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Artfully Inspired Adventure: The Wondrous World of Tinkertown Museum

By Nancy Yuskaitis

Artfully Inspired Adventure: An activity or experience providing an exhilarating journey into the world of inspiration and creativity.

Tinkertown Museum:  An eccentric collection of magical creativity, western memorabilia, and wondrous handcrafted design by the late Ross Ward.  It is located in Sandia Park, New Mexico.

It’s been a gorgeous summer in Santa Fe and on this day the sky was the perfect blue for a historic and scenic road trip along the Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway to the Tinkertown Museum.  

The drive up Highway 14 provides breathtaking views as you travel through the art town of Madrid and up the mountain to Cedar Crest which is about fifty five miles.

My longtime friend, Cindy and I arranged to each drive about the same distance from our homes in different directions for our art date.  We chose to meet up in Cedar Crest and ride together the few miles to Sandia Crest in search of the renowned Tinkertown Museum.

This was her second visit after many years and she was curious about any changes that were made in the past twenty years.   Since this was my first visit, my mind was fully open to experience this artfully inspired adventure at this unique, outrageously creative and entertaining art installation.

When we arrived at Tinkertown, we were graciously welcomed by Ross’s wife, Carla Ward and his daughter author, Tanya Ward Goodman at the entrance.  

After our self guided tour we stopped by the gift shop for a few souvenirs and chatted with the two ladies as they warmly recounted stories of Ross’s art life and of his brother-in-law, Fritz who sailed the world in the Theodora R for ten years before bringing it to join the adventures at Tinkertown Museum.

Inside this museum you will find magical miniature hand carved collections of Americana displayed along with circus decor, western memorabilia, Esmeralda the fortune teller, a wishing well, and the giant antique wooden boat, Theodora R prominently displayed.

Every surface is hand painted, embellished or adorned with creative signage, collectables, glass bottles and eclectic art pieces including an art car belonging to the creator of this imaginative, magical world.

This museum was a 40 year art project to construct and design by the late Ross Ward, a carnival show painter and artist.  It’s exterior features welcoming sculptures and artistic style to admire and explore.

As a spiritual medium I observed the gentle presence of this artistic and talented soul guiding over this impressive folk art attraction he so lovingly imagined and created before and after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease at age fifty seven.

In perfect circus form “The Show Must Go On” and his family carries on his legacy and passion by sharing this imaginative environment with the world.

The charming gift shop is a treasure trove of memorabilia, books, art and decor from Tinkertown and New Mexico and is an enjoyable part of the tour.

I invite you to visit this delightful museum on your visit to New Mexico.  

Soulful Inspired Adventures uplift, inspire and reclaim joy to body, mind and soul.

What adventures or experiences are you enjoying?

Happy Soulful Adventuring!

Nancy Yuskaitis

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Cuisine Inspired Adventure: Food for the Soul

By Nancy Yuskaitis

 Soulful Greetings

 
“An activity or experience providing a delicious journey into the world of culinary art and food.”
 

One of the most important aspects of a soulful self care journey is the enjoyment of fresh, healthy and delicious cuisine.

Being mindful of the quality and assortment of food choices available to you and choosing ones that uplift and nourish your body, mind and spirit are helpful to your well-being.
Whether you are dining at home, at a favorite restaurant or trying a new place on your travels take a moment to soak in the aroma, beauty and flavor of your meal.
 
Does it satisfy your senses for taste?
Does it nurture your body and uplift your spirit?
Does it feed your soul?
Does it display creativity of design and culinary art?
 
Notice how you feel about dining alone or around a table filled with family or friends.
Do you enjoy the quiet time to slow down and collect your thoughts or do you appreciate the sharing of this experience and lively conversation?
Allow yourself to observe how you feel about your food choices, the company you share it with and your enjoyment factor for an enhanced quality of life and wellness.
 
Recently, I enjoyed sharing this beautiful lunch with an author friend, Heloise Jones whose passion is to mentor heart centered souls who desire to write.
Our conversation was thought provoking and genuine as we shared stories about our life, our life purpose and new directions.
 
I’d love to hear about a recent cuisine inspired adventure that uplifted and reclaimed joy in your life.
 
Happy Soulful Adventuring!
~ Nancy Yuskaitis

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I genuinely appreciate your support as I share my insights, experiences and inspiration with you with love, compassion and light.

I look forward to a continued relationship with you as you join in this healing journey.

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Soulful Inspired Affirmation: Remain Flexible & Light

By Nancy Yuskaitis

Today’s Soulful Inspired Affirmation:

“Life flows through me and I remain grounded yet flexible and light in heart.”

There are times in your life when things feel overwhelming and we are immobilized in fear, uncertainty or emotional pain.

This is the time to take a moment to just breathe, focus on letting go and allow these emotions to flow through you as you release your hold on them.

Let yourself remain grounded and strong yet flexible as you adjust to life’s changes.

Hold an intention of feeling lightness of heart as you practice self-care, compassion and kindness to yourself and the world around you.

Soulful Blessings,

Nancy Yuskaitis

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I’d like to thank you for visiting my blog and staying in touch on social media.  I genuinely appreciate your support as I share my thoughts, experiences, and inspiration in love and light.  I look forward to a continued relationship with you and to assist you in your healing journey.

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Reiki Healing Energy: Soulful Inspired Self Care for Beautiful Souls

By Nancy Yuskaitis

Hello Beautiful Souls,


REIKI … is a spiritual healing art with its roots in Japanese origin. The word Reiki comes from the Japanese word (Rei) which means “Universal Life” and (Ki) which means “Energy.”  Reiki is not affiliated with any particular religion or religious practice. It is not massage, but a subtle and effective form of energy work using spiritually guided life force energy.

Reiki is the life energy that flows through all living things. Reiki Practitioners understand that everyone has the ability to connect with their own healing energy and use it to strengthen energy in themselves and help others.

A Reiki session can help ease tension and stress and can help support the body to facilitate an environment for healing on all levels – physical, mental, and emotional.

My Reiki practice began years ago as a young woman impassioned about all things related to health, wellness and spirituality.  At the time I was the owner and manager of an organic market and I was raising my two children.

I provided healthy food options and education for local families yet I also sought to expand my knowledge and ability to regain and maintain my energy, focus and passion for life and serving others.  This desire prompted my training in transcendental meditation (TM) and guided meditation at the nearby new age center.

Around this same time my healing path led me to participate in a Reiki 1 certification class before I had received my first Reiki sesson.  Immediately, I began to practice self treatments on a nearly daily basis to assist in re-balancing my energy, provide healing to my still grieving heart following the loss of my baby daughter, strengthen my weary spirit and fuel my love and light-filled mission to not only survive trauma, emotional abuse, divorce and a health crisis, but to light the healing path for others.

This practice changed my life in so many ways that was crucial to uplifting and nurturing my body, mind and spirit over the next few years and beyond.  Becoming a reiki master was a milestone I sought in my healing journey as a way to enhance my ability to share this healing energy with the world around me.

To this day, as I grieve childloss yet again I still implement reiki as well as meditation in my own self care practice and I send abundant love and radiant light out to the world in all that I do to uplift, inspire and encourage the beautiful souls on their own healing journey.

I would love to hear how reiki has impacted your life and well-being in positive ways.

May your soul be uplifted as you sparkle and shine with radiant healing energy and light.

May we be all be empowered by love.

Blessings to all,

Nancy Yuskaitis

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Soulful Inspired Self Care for Beautiful Souls

By Nancy Yuskaitis

Temps are heating up and uplifting soulful inspired adventures are on the horizon for many of you.

Remember to be mindful of ways to practice self-care for yourself along the way.

Your emotional well-being is of utmost importance to your body, mind & soul.

Dance into the Magical

Happy Soulful Adventuring,

Nancy Yuskaitis

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU

I’d like to thank you for visiting my blog and staying in touch on social media.  I genuinely appreciate your support as I share my thoughts, experiences, and inspiration in love and light.  I look forward to a continued relationship with you and to assist you in your healing journey.
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Hello February: Please Be Sweet

By Nancy Yuskaitis

 


 

Hello, February 💟 Soulful Greetings!

💗 Today’s Soulful Inspired Intention: Be Sweet.

🌸 This month is all about love, kindness, compassion, and creativity: Heart Inspired Adventures

Be mindful of the love you feel for yourself as you practice self-care in life-affirming ways; the love you feel for your life in all its ups and downs, heartbreak and heart inspiring times; the love and compassion in your life, your relationships, with your spouse, your family, including those no longer with you,  your loyal pet and the intention in which it is given and received; the love you radiate out to the world around you and the love that returns to you in abundance; the love and passion in which you embrace your creativity and emotions in expressive ways.  It is to be cherished.

💗 It’s my favorite winter month for many reasons. I adore the special time dedicated to sharing kindness, compassion, and love.  

🌸 I have always been fond of hearts, dark chocolate, and pink roses.

💗 It’s also my birthday month, and I believe birthdays are meant to be acknowledged and celebrated no matter the age.

🌸 May you feel the love that surrounds you this month and all the days of your life.

💌 With Love, Nancy

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU

I’d like to thank you for visiting my blog and staying in touch on social media.  I genuinely appreciate your support as I share my thoughts, experiences, and inspiration in love and light.  I look forward to a continued relationship with you and to assist you in your healing journey.

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Soulful Inspired Adventures Challenge: Week Four

By Nancy Yuskaitis

 

🌻Soulful Greetings!

☀️  A Year of Magical Adventures to Uplift & Reclaim Radiant Joy. 💛

Week Four of the Soulful Inspired Adventures Challenge brought beautiful experiences into my life through various adventures  including heart inspired, writing inspired, zen inspired, travel inspired and cuisine inspired.

Each day brought about an uplifting and enjoyable adventure for myself and at least one other.  The mutual exchange of light and energy that transpires when we give our full attention to embracing the present moment is a wonderful gift for all who are blessed to be a part of the exchange.

Writing has been a passion in my life and becoming more so each day as I promised myself this year to write an intention and what it means to live it on as many days a week as possible.  I also am stepping out to spend time with other writers and aspiring authors as I follow my passion into the book writing realm.  I will continue to share my insights with you on this format and also on social media in the hope to inspire you to join me in the journey to joy beyond loss with soulful self-care adventures. 

#soulfulinspiredadventureschallenge

🌻 I invite you to join me on this healing journey to joy by promising yourself to find something beautiful in your life each day. ✨Many times it can be found in the simple joys found in nature, friendships, food, music, movies, books or creative expression.

✨What Soulful Inspired Adventures will you experience this week?

 Soulful Inspired Intention: Mindfulness Matters.

🌻 Mindfulness allows you to be fully present in the actual moment in which you are living. It brings your awareness to observe how you are feeling emotionally or physically. ✨ It provides a way for you to pause and intently observe your surroundings, nature, home, relationships, meals, activities and everything else you may experience. ✨In my recent blog post, you can “Discover Why Mindfulness Matters.”

I love to receive confirmation that I am in the right place at the right time.

It was perfect to see this sign when ordering food at my lunch with a writer friend.

Mindfulness Matters

Breathe!

✨💛✨  

#soulfulinspiredadventureschallenge

Soulful Inspired Intention: Be Peacefully Passionate

✨ May your heart be filled with peace and your purpose be clear for the passion that lights up your life and the lives you touch. 

Soulful Inspired Intention: Just Breathe

✨Allow yourself a moment to center and calm your breath. Notice how you are feeling as you breathe in and out, slowly. Inhale … Exhale …

🌻 Do you need more peace, vitality or joy in your life today? Is it healing that you desire? Let your breath nurture you with the experience of bringing in that which you seek.

✨ Allow yourself to be filled with the energy of wellness in each inhale and let each exhale take with it that what is no longer needed for your highest wellbeing. May you be at peace, radiantly healthy and joyful.

                                                                                                       Love and Light 💛

Soulful Inspired Intention: Be Enchanted

 ✨❄️✨❄️✨❄️

Take a moment to notice something beautiful in your surroundings. ❄️ It can be in your own yard, at work or while running errands that something beautiful catches your attention. ❄️ In every weather condition, there is beauty to be found if you look closely. Wishing you a beautiful uplifting day with radiant joy.

💛

Happy Soulful Adventuring!

🌻Please share your soulful inspired adventures with us on our facebook  page or on instagram.

#52weeksoulfulselfcarechallenge   #danceintothemagical    #theartofsoulfulinspiredliving

With Love,

Nancy Yuskaitis

 

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU

I’d like to thank you for visiting my blog and staying in touch on social media.  I genuinely appreciate your support as I share my thoughts, experiences, and inspiration in love and light.  I look forward to a continued relationship with you and to assist you in your healing journey.

If you enjoyed the SOULFUL INSPIRED Inspiration and CHALLENGE feel free to share on social media and help spread the joyful positivity.

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Why Mindfulness Matters: Mindfulness Inspired Adventure

By Nancy Yuskaitis

Soulful Greetings

MINDFULNESS … the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental state of heightened or complete awareness of one’s thoughts, emotions, or experiences on a moment-to-moment basis.

Mindfulness allows you to be fully present in the actual moment in which you are living.  It brings your awareness to observe how you are feeling emotionally or physically.

Mindfulness provides a way for you to pause and intently observe your surroundings, nature, your home, relationships, meals, activities and everything you may experience.  

For the first time you may begin to notice the sky ablaze in color, a songbird’s sweet serenade or you may discover a flower blooming that you’ve never noticed before or how sweet or savory your food may be.  

You may also begin to notice the warmth of the sun upon your skin or the sound of the wind in the trees.

Being mindfully present gives depth to our relationships and enjoyment in our daily lives. This is especially beneficial in times of stress, grief recovery or difficult life situations when life seems dull and gray.  

It only takes a moment of observation to notice something beautiful and amazing in your life to uplift your spirit and improve your wellbeing a moment at a time.

Cultivating mindfulness means simply to live intentionally moment to moment with conscious awareness of the details in your life.

Yesterday, as I was meeting a new friend for lunch I mindfully noticed the sign in the restaurant and it made me nod and smile.  It was a delightful confirmation about my recent intention to soulful inspired awareness to not only, breathe but it was also a reminder that Mindfulness Matters.

I invite you to take time each day to notice something in your life that causes you to smile and nod in confirmation and delight.

Love and Light,

Nancy Yuskaitis

Soulful Inspired Adventures Challenge: Week Three

By Nancy Yuskaitis

Soulful Greetings

In the third week of this new year I experienced six adventures that brought joy to my life in the pure experience of them in the moment and for days to come including celebrating our yellow lab’s birthday and the magical heart inspired, nature inspired and cuisine inspired adventures of watching a gorgeous sunset, entertaining family from another state, a snowy winter hike and a delicious treat of new mexican food for breakfast, lunch and dinner on one day.

Soulful Inspired Intention: Dream in Color.

💛 Color is all around us, all we need to do is heighten our awareness to it. Color therapy can help balance our emotional lives, relieve sadness & stress and affect our moods, thoughts, and behavior. ✨ The colors we surround ourselves within our home and the colors in our natural environment can influence us in profound ways. ✨ What colors are you drawn to this month that brings you uplifted joy? 💛

#artfullyinspiredadventure #soulfulinspiredadventurechallenge

 What adventure or activity will you promise yourself to experience that will offer uplifting, restorative joy to your life?

Will it be inspired by nature, travel, art, music, creativity, wellness, cuisine or zen adventures? 

It’s important to the wellbeing of your body, mind & soul to be aware of at least one opportunity to feel joyful and light each day. 💛

Soulful Inspired Intention: Cultivate Happiness

 ☀️ Cultivating a happy life involves developing a mindful awareness of the beauty surrounding you in your everyday life that increases your joy.

Soulful Inspired Intention: Choose Happiness

I invite you to observe your current state of mind and as you do so, let yourself be immersed in thoughts and experiences that provide a colorful lightness to your life.  If at all possible, choose happiness even just a moment at a time.

🌟 May you bask in the feelings of happiness today and every day.

 I’d love to hear what activities, experiences or adventures uplift and bring joy to your life.

Happy Soulful Adventuring.

Nancy Yuskaitis

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU

I’d like to thank you for visiting my blog and staying in touch on social media.  I genuinely appreciate your support as I share my thoughts, experiences, and inspiration in love and light.  I look forward to a continued relationship with you.

If you enjoyed the SOULFUL INSPIRED Inspiration and CHALLENGE feel free to share on social media and help spread the joyful positivity.

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Soulful Inspired Adventures Challenge: Week Two

By Nancy Yuskaitis

Soulful Greetings,

Week Two of the Soulful Inspired Adventures Challenge brought beautiful experiences into my life through various adventures including heart inspired, nature inspired, zen inspired and cuisine inspired.

Each day brought about an uplifting and enjoyable shared adventure for myself and at least one other.  The mutual exchange of light and energy that transpires when we give our full attention to embracing the present moment is a wonderful gift for all who are blessed to be a part of the exchange.

In the mindful, intentional living approach there are many times when in the process of providing self-care for yourself that others are additionally uplifted and soul-filled by your presence.

It is in this moment that the magic occurs and the healing takes place.  Allowing yourself to be fully present and mindful of your surroundings and of the experience that is taking place will add beauty and lightness to your life that may otherwise be overlooked.

Live Creatively:

Creativity is an avenue for soulful, expressive healing.

Express your true self with authenticity and adventure as you explore new art forms or re-connect with familiar skills in a new way.

What type of artistic endeavor feeds your soul and adds a colorful lift to your life?

May your expressive nature be cultivated and fulfilled as you let your imagination run wild.

Savor the Flavor:

A mindful and wonderful way to allow yourself to be uplifted by the enjoyment of a favorite beverage.

Whether it be your morning coffee, mid-morning smoothie, afternoon tea or evening glass of wine I invite you to savor the moment and the taste of delight.

Dream in Color:

Be mindful of the beautiful ways in which you can add a colorful lift to your life.

Immerse yourself in your favorite colors or luscious shades of the season,

What colors are you most drawn to this month that brings you outrageous joy?

May you be surrounded by bright and happy shades of delicious color.

Shine Brightly:

Nature provides vibrant inspiration for all the world to see.

Let your light shine brilliantly and brightly in all you do and all you are.

What nature inspired activity or experience provides a lift to your body, mind and soul? 

May your self-confidence and courage be elevated as you realize the depth and beauty of your soul.

Just Breathe:

Allow yourself a few moments each day to focus on your breath.

Allow it to calm and center you as you inhale radiant health and well-being and exhale whatever is no longer needed in your life such as pain, sadness, anger or regret.

What zen inspired activities may add a calmness, gentleness and ease to your life?

May you breathe into your being radiance, peace and tranquility.

Namaste

Be Nourished:

Our food choices offer more than a nutritional benefit.  They feed the soul in ways that are impossible to measure.

What type of cuisine or dining experience nurtures, nourishes and feeds your soul?

May you be mindfully aware and soulfully satisfied by your cuisine inspired adventures.

Dance Into the Magical with me this next week.  Let the most adventurous part of yourself be filled with hope and passion to renew, restore and reclaim joy in your life.  Let your soulful self be open to experience an uplifting journey of transformation, expansiveness and magical light-filled adventures as you heal and grow.

To participate list six things each week that you intend to experience or have experienced that will most certainly uplift and add joy to your life.  They can be simple or grand activities that you can do, anytime.

Share your experience with us and encourage others along the way.

Happy Soulful Adventuring,

Nancy Yuskaitis

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU

I’d like to thank you for visiting my blog and staying in touch on social media.  I genuinely appreciate your support as I share my thoughts, experiences, and inspiration in love and light.  I look forward to a continued relationship with you.

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