About our Sacred Art
In 2020, Lara began seeking an artist to paint her dreams and meditations. While she could sketch them, she was looking for an artist who could accurately bring what she was seeing and experiencing to life. It was her vision to use these pieces of art, each encoded with symbols and imagery, as supportive teaching tools to facilitate inner exploration and promulgate world blessings.
On Rakhi, a Hindu festival that celebrates love and duty between brother and sister, Lara stumbled upon a piece of Richard Laeton’s artwork in a closed Facebook group of their shared yogic lineage and immediately sought his help. They’ve been working together for the two years since and their collaborative effort can be seen in the images throughout this website.
Lara meditates, hand sketches, and writes about the images, mining the teachings within. Richard receives these and then meditates in turn, working with mantra, while the graphic art imagery is brought to form on the computer. Their process is continually unfolding and revealing more each time they subtly dance and merge with one another. They share a mission to bring healing and joy to the world and its inhabitants.
Richard Laeton received his artistic training at Parsons School of Design and Carnegie Mellon University. Over his lifetime, he’s created graphics and illustrations for spiritual seminars, events, books, and CD covers, as well as helped define the visual identities and design guidelines at an ashram, Real Music, and private projects. His artwork is intuitive and poetic, inspired by his long-time yoga practice, naturally occurring forms, colors, textures, and the metaphysical.
Events
Candlelight Restorative With Healing Touch at Seattle Yoga Arts
Sunday, July 3, 2022, 7:30 PM–9:00 PM—single offering
If you don’t have holiday plans and would like to nurture yourself, please join me this Sunday evening when I substitute for Nicole Bratt at Seattle Yoga Arts. We’ll dive into the stillness and quietude that provide access to your inner healer and wisdom. Restorative Yoga is a receptive and relaxing practice in which your body is completely supported by props. Each shape is held anywhere from 5-20 minutes and gentle massage and Reiki are offered optionally. People of all backgrounds, levels, sizes, and ages are welcome. No yoga experience is necessary; just a desire to be present to yourself. Wear comfy layers and bring an eye cover. If you are attending livestream: gather several blankets, bolsters or cushions, blocks, a chair, strap, etc.
Full Moon Mandala 2022: Monthly Immersive Yoga Practice at Seattle Yoga Arts
Monthly series through December 6, 2022
7:30 PM–9:00 PM
An invitation to gather in community around a moon-strewn mandala of yogic arts. Everyone is welcome to this intimate, in-studio only circle.
Monthly Meditation Circle at Lara’s Home Studio
One Friday per month
7:30 PM–8:45 PM
Learning to meditate and developing a regular home practice is very supportive of your well-being and those whose lives you touch. Meditating consistently with a group of dedicated practitioners strengthens our ability to make progress on our interior journey and contributes to our world at large.
In these monthly sessions, we’ll explore a variety of prompts and guided meditations to enliven your personal practice. You’ll receive suggested explorations for time between sessions and be able to ask questions.
- June 17
- July 15
- August 12
- September 9
- October 7
- November 11
- December 9
To attend please email: info@larasanderson.com
Autumn Meditation Series at Lara’s Home Studio, September 2022
4-week series, Thursdays, September 6–September 27, 2022
7:15 PM–8:30 PM
Fall is a natural season to examine the rich interplay between beauty and decay, life and death, attachment and aversion. This four-week series is for those interested in studying teachings about surrendering and letting go. It is helpful to practice with these major themes, as they are asked of us many times each day over the course of our lifetime.
To attend please email: info@larasanderson.com