Penny Lane shares an oracular journey through the Portals of Presence designed by Deborah Koff-Chapin.TAROSOPHIST INTERNATIONAL Experimentation starts with an open mind, without fixing the outcome. We accept the possibility
Deborah Koff-Chapin introduces her deck of Faces drawn from the Subtle Realms We ingest images through our eyes. They enter the body and psyche directly, prior to reflection by the
Portals of Presence: the Art of Deborah Koff-Chapin – An interview with Alan Steinfeld of New Realities
Women spiritual leaders are emerging more prominently than ever before across the major religions and spiritual traditions of the world. This auspicious trend is gradually eroding long-standing oppression of women’s
An enlivening experience of the new deck by the creator of SoulCards Deborah Koff-Chapin, with David Spangler Open your eyes and bring your attention to your environment. You might walk
I listened deeply to presentations throughout the Parliament, and created spontaneous drawings that reflect the content of each one. My aim is to capture the essence of the Parliament themes
https://vimeo.com/588143081 This presentation was part of the Shift Network Sound Healing Summit. Deborah talks about the universal power of the arts for healing, soul development and communion with the sacred
Michelle Kurzenacker weaves Touch Drawing wordlessly and naturally into this beautiful short film about Authentic Movement. this is so appropriate. I often describe Touch Drawing as the Authentic Movement of
https://vimeo.com/691186472 In this recording of the live launch event, I share how I created these faces, and tell stories of how some of them came into being. I then showed
In this article written for Evolve magazine, I share the significance of faces as a universal language. I then tell stories of sacred journeys in which some of the faces
This is a wonderful hour-long video conversation with Justine Serebrin. It was part of her Intuitive Artist Mastery Code Course. I felt free to roam into details of my process
Dying and Living Our world is going through challenges, upheaval and confusion. Some see this moment as an evolutionary threshold. Death feels closer. False beliefs, obsolete structures, and ideas of
Deborah Koff-Chapin “I was shocked to find SoulCards were created in the 90’s! The art is timeless, seeming to spring forth from the void of eternal knowing, truth, and love.
An offering to ring in the new year Earlier this past summer I carried my new crystal bowl up to a peak in the North Cascades Mountains to open the
My friend Kris Kinosis who leads sacred tours of Scotland has a strong connection with the tour guides who work in the chapel. He got permission for me to have a few
Deborah Koff-Chapin BFA is an artist, vocalist, author and teacher. She has been developing Touch Drawing since she came upon it in revelatory play in 1974. Through her years of
Journey through the 2019 Touch Drawing Gathering through the photos below. Click on the images to enlarge and see in correct proportion. OPENING SESSION: After a relaxed afternoon of arrivals
This conference brought together more than 500 earth repair practitioners, grass-roots activists, farmers, scientists, indigenous leaders and supporters to talk about the social and technical aspects of earth repair and
The Conference on World Affairs, sponsored by the University of Colorado Boulder, is a premier forum for discussion of world affairs, attracting a diverse group of experts from around
THE DECISIVE DECADE SERIES: Chaos, Community, and Compassion Thursday, January 24 – Sunday, January 27, 2019 Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island, Washington. The Whidbey Winter Gathering is an invitational leadership conference
The World’s Oldest, Largest, Most Diverse and Inclusive Global Interfaith Event Toronto, Ontario Canada, November 1 – 7, 2018. The Promise of Inclusion, the Power of Love: Pursuing Global Understanding,
Time lapse of Deborah creating a Touch Drawing “Engaging with the subtle worlds isn’t simply to experience or explore the non-physical dimensions. The larger purpose is to engage the underlying
Equilibrium – An Image Offering for the EquinoxI created this Touch Drawing while sitting on the beach on my island home on a late summer day. The experience when I
Young Women Empowered and Hedgebrook team up each summer for an amazing leadership and creative writing summer camp on Whidbey Island, WA. This is a weeklong exploration of young women’s voices, stories,
Journey through the 2018 Touch Drawing Gathering through the images below.Click on the images to enlarge and see in correct proportion. After a relaxed afternoon of arrivals and settling in, we
I was asked to create a video about SoulCards for one of the distributors. It was a joyous experience to reach out to SoulCards users and receive testimonial videos from
Authentic Messengers Interview A wonderful hour-long conversation with Catherine Van Wetter on the theme Strengthening Your Soul Through Creativity.
San Jose Costa Rica March 12-16, 2018 See the full English/Spanish conference program booklet Welcoming statement by William Keepin and Cynthia Brix, Conveners of the Dawn of Interspirituality Conference series
Sixty images in each deck offering no interpretations, no scholarly dissertations and no pre-fabricated answers to life’s questions, yet SoulCards have inspired the imagination of thousands of people throughout the
Parliament convenings bring together thousands of individuals committed to fostering a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. Often times, individuals and communities are inspired by the spirit and mission of
INDIGENOUS ROOTS OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS Transformation, Social Justice and Social Change The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) and the Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy Institute (WHEAT) collaborated to co-host the
A conference of hope and wholeness focusing on the pioneering work of forming partnerships with the multiple dimensions of Earth’s living ecologies. This effort is called Gaianeering – exploring collaboration
Mo Golden interviews artist, Deborah Koff-Chapin about her creative process. This is the first of two videos, so check out the next one too. This video series is funded by
Little did I know when I published SoulCards in 1995, how deeply rooted they would be-come in lives of so many. In my travels to teach Touch Drawing and draw
This was memorable – doing Touch Drawing in the center of who-knows-how-many drummers, percussionists & dancers! We also had a group of Touch Drawers around the edge of the circle – my
Each year at the opening night of the Women of Wisdom Conference in Seattle, I carry my Touch Drawing materials into the meeting hall and set up my portable studio on
Evening 1 – Gina Sala Music, Caroline Muir: The Art of Conscious Loving Evening 2 – Rebekka Goldsmith Group Improv Singing, WOW Ensemble Directed by Pam Gerke, Laurie McCammon: Enough! A Deep
OPENING CIRCLE: After a relaxed afternoon of arrivals, dinner and a contemplative land walk, we gather and light candles to open the sacred circle. DEEP DRAWING: Each day revolves around
Ready for arrivals, decorating folders to hold drawings, and opening our sacred circle. The core of our time each day is to dive deep through Touch Drawing. Reflecting on our drawings
This is not an easy image. We are not in easy times. I created this drawing during the Indigenous Day of Action as a part of Break Free Pacific Northwest. I carried my
The Next Level of Empowered Creative Engagement From the Creator of SoulCards, Deborah Koff-Chapin In 1995, I took a leap of faith. I published sixty of my drawings as a
The immediacy and spontaneity of Touch Drawing has allowed me to draw in so many settings. Over the years I have developed an overwhelming archive of drawings created during talks by some
Creativity, Myth and Mysticism: Something Calls to Be Remembered By Claudia Connelly I hadn’t expected it to happen this way, my venture into painting. At the age of forty-six I
Art and Creativity for Staff, Management, Executives and Organizational Change by Deborah Koff-Chapin Chapter 22 from Art Therapy in Healthcare, Edited by Cathy Malchiodi PhD, LPAT, LPCC, ATR-BC, REAT When
EVOLVE! MAGAZINE SoulTouch™ Coloring Journals Years in the Making, But Right on Time by Deborah Koff-Chapin Twenty years ago, I released the first deck of SoulCards. They continue to live
An Interview with Deborah Koff-Chapin by Cat Saunders One of the gifts of interviewing people is that I get to meet some amazing people. Some of them are well known; some
Version One: The Story as told by SoulCards creator, Deborah Koff-Chapin Version Two: Part of the same story as told by Will McGreal, the first person to use SoulCards A
Friday Evening Plenary Dreamdance13 — Sacred the evening opened with the angelic vocals of The Luminosas, whose members are Elle McSharry, Susan Dumett and Ines Andrade-Maricle. The first speaker was Lillian Hewkes,
See inside each book and order your own Gabriel Tamaya, United Kingdom Working with the images from the Soul Touch Coloring Journals has allowed me to access the images much more
Creative Awakening Fullness of Life Gifts of the Feminine Opening to Love Listening Within
October 15 – 19, 2015 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA The Parliament is the oldest, the largest, and the most inclusive gathering of people of all faiths and traditions. The first
This was more like a conversation between friends than an interview. Susan asked about the process of creating the SoulTouch Coloring Journals, and other probing questions about my work. We
A single selection from Touch Drawings done during the presentations of various authors: Gabrielle Roth, Isabel Allende, Angeles Arrien, Joanna Macy, Stephen Levine.
This series was created during a talk at by Yehezkel Landau on Israeli/Palestinian relations. This presentation includes notes on what he was saying while I drew each image. Find out
Seven Tibetan monks on tour from the DalaiLama’s Drepung Loseling Monastery in Karnataka, India, visited Whidbey Island to offer chant and sand painting on behalf of world peace. Staying on
by Nancy Shemaya Blauer accompanied her family through Auschwitz and offers her story: As a Jew one of my struggles has been how to experience and express the immense emotions
Reclaiming Creative Spirit by Helen Warren Helen Warren worked through clinical depression to arrive at a place where she reclaimed her Creative Spirit and her connection to Mother Earth. She
By Akiko Mukunashi (Body Worker/Psychotherapist), Oita Japan Japanese Version click here (Translated by Junko Kurata kurajun@gmail.com) I had heard about Touch Drawing from my friend,
British BBC Film by Sue Mason Touch Drawing was featured on the British BBC television program “Inside Out” last autumn (2003), a regional magazine style programme. It formed part of a
Cynda Rushton PhD, RN, FAANAssociate Professor of NursingCo-Chair Ethics ServiceJohns Hopkins University and Hospital Last year, at a retreat of the Ethics Service of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, I invited
We have just completed the sixth reprint of SoulCards 1, which makes 61,000 of this deck now in print! We included a special edition of 1,100 decks for Steven Lam.
Spiritual Director Uses SoulCards to Help a Woman to Access Deeper Presence in the Onset of Dementia Cheryl Rose, HM, Cleveland, OH I taught high school for many years and
by Kris Steinnes, Founder, Women of Wisdom Foundation Every February since 1995, I have done Interpretive Touch Drawing at the Women of Wisdom Conference in Seattle. A large number of
by Carla Summerlin Executive Director, Hampton Alzheimer’s Community Vancouver, Washington Carla@thehampton.com I first encountered the SoulCards at a meeting that was sponsored by St. Charles Medical Center in Bend Oregon.
by Linda Howe Linda is an artist, educator, writer, poet, storyteller and facilitates Touch Drawing. She recently had an exhibition of her drawings, paintings, poetry and stories at the Gallery
by Jewell Jnana Scanlon I began Touch Drawing in 1999. It was an amazing opening for me. My sense of a small self stepped aside or rested back. I began
by Barbara Hulin I have been attracted to Deborah’s art since, as a graduate student, it was introduced to me through the SoulCards. I went on to get my Master’s
by Karen Berg-Smith, Illona Root-Chang, & Becky Leonard “Art that arises out of the inner landscape and is connected to our lived experience, illuminates the darkness and heals the Soul.”
Group Exhibition at Portland Library, Portland, Maine From March 1st through April 12th, Maine artists and Touch Drawing practitioners Helen Warren, Debra Windy-Horse Holloway and Jennifer Wadsworth along with seven
A ‘Loving Walk’ to Wholeness and Healing by Candy A. Magno This article traces the history and genesis of the use of the SoulCards in the Philippines through the Healing-Quest
by Noreen Wessling and 7-Arts Studio Touch Drawing Workshops are a popular event at 7 Arts Studio in Milford, Ohio. I have facilitated these groups for the past 5 years.
Susan Beamish, Algonquin Energy Medicine & Healing, Bernard Bear Clan, Tent Shaker Tradition I have recently started using SoulCards in my shamanic healing work with clients and find them to be a
by Kathleen DentonTwo years ago I met my soul partner. I had the richest year of my life and after a year we married. Two months later my husband had
A Card a Day Keeps Uncertainty Away… by Leland R. Kaiser, PhD One of the ways to accelerate your intuition is to remember to use it each day. This card
Kari Grady GrossmanAuthor of Bones That Float, A Story of Adopting Cambodia In the fall of 2000, I was impatiently waiting for the adoption of my son from Cambodia, when
by Mark RungeI’ve made art for years. Ever since I can remember, I’ve drawn on paper, in dirt, and in my mind with clouds, fabric, fur and many other textures. For
by Racheal Himsel I bought my first deck of Soul Cards when I was living in Chicago in 1999. When the second deck came out I was thrilled, and added
SoulCards were released in the fall of 1995. I had spent the year selecting images, writing the guidebook, preparing the cards for printing, developing a marketing plan, and generally jumping
THE DECISIVE DECADE SERIES Where Do We Go From Here? Thursday, January 29 – Sunday, February 1, 2015Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island, Washington We are in the fifth year of what
On Thanksgiving Day after 9/11, Chef Tom French embarked upon a journey across the country to ask the question – “How do we bring the heart of what we love
By Suzanne FageolIt was the day during the Summer Gathering when we were to draw from the collective and to focus on peace. We all went out to the labyrinth
Curtis Manzano and Joanne Hobbs Curtis Manzano is a young man who is devoted to developing his creative work, despite very difficult home conditions. Joanne Hobbs met him as his
From September 27– October 3, 2014, the Findhorn Foundation and Community hosted its most ambitious event to-date, the week-long ‘New Story Summit: Inspiring Pathways for our Planetary Future’ – a
by Mohammad Mukhamair Last fall Mukti Khanna invited me to introduce Touch Drawing to two Palestinian therapists from Gaza who were in Olympia, WA for a trauma treatment training program.
by Katrina Plato In July I taught a one week, half days Touch Drawing class for children ages 7 to 12 at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Nine
Aleah Chapin with Deborah Koff-Chapin This summer, my daughter Aleah took a journey to the Dominican Republic to volunteer for Sister Island Project. An artist in her own right, it
by Irv Knowlen On February 20th, 2009 Victoria Anderson and the Expressive Arts Gallery of Sarasota had a special opening of art that I’ve done since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s
Touch Drawing and Pain Management:A Beautiful Meeting of Ideas Rebecca A. Leonard, MA, MFT As an Expressive Arts Therapist and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I have been using
by Deborah Koff-Chapin A beloved friend had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. She used it as a catalyst for her awakening. After three years, she slipped into a coma.
The Power of Touch Drawing to Heal by Julie Rathbun and Sean Mcgee Note from Deborah: Julie has been using Touch Drawing in her process of healing from Leukemia. She
by Ivy Shawl-Song I am a Certified Childbirth Educator and Rehabilitation Practitioner. I am currently completing my requirements for Midwifery registration in Alberta, Canada through the Midwives College of Utah’s
Saint John’s Hospital Stroke Retreat & Refresh Weekend Facilitated by Janet Nix October 10-12, 2008Written by Debbie Woodford, RN, BS, Director of Outcomes Management, Saint John’s Hospital Touch Drawing is
The Sarasota Herald Tribune recently published an article featuring Charles Jursa, a participant in the Touch Drawing classes for Parkinsonians at Health South Rehabilitation Hospital of Sarasota, Florida. The article
A Hospice Worker Processes her Experience Through Touch Drawing by Shemaya Nancy BlauerAs a hospice volunteer I often sat bedside and entered into an intimacy and being that words could
by Deborah Koff-Chapin When a friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, my way to support her during surgery was to draw. During her recovery the walls of her room were
by Ruth Vanden Bosch, M.A., R.N., L.P.C. I have worked with Exceptional Cancer Patients (ECaP), a group founded by Bernie Siegel, MD, for several years. It is a specialized form of individual and group therapy
By Susan Jackewicz in collaboration with Victoria Domenichello-Anderson VICTORIA_ANDERSON6@msn.comAlong with Kathleen Horne, Victoria started the Art and Healing Certificate program at the Ringling School of ArtThis pilot program evolved from
by Tosha Tobias with Photographs by Kenny Tosha Tobias has been opening the way for Touch Drawing in Chile for a number years. Along with her working partner, Ximena, she
by David Baum, Ph.D. Done during a five day Touch Drawing Class as part of the Doctor of Ministry program at Mathew Fox’s University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland, California.
I want to share some images and writing from one of my Touch Drawing workshops at the Open Center in NY. These workshops were offered free of charge to anyone