heArt & Soul ~ Creative Classes for the Spirit

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November 2026 Classes

Every class this month, with a sample of what you'll create. All supplies are provided and no experience is needed.

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  Tue, Oct 27 · 6–7:30 pm

  The Golden Ratio

  with Michael Shankara

  The Golden Ratio is a universal principle for creation in nature, how all things express themselves in form, movement, growth, and relationship. Learn to draw and understand this simple proportion through the Golden Spiral, the Pentagon, and the Sublime Triangle, a secret of the ancient world that reveals the universe's fractal nature and the principle of absolute beauty.

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  Wed, Oct 28 · 6–7:30 pm

  Travel Altars: Cigar Box Shrines

  with Katrina Gustafson

  Create a portable altar from a vintage-style cigar box, a small sacred space to honor ancestors and loved ones for Día de los Muertos and all year long. Tuck it in your suitcase, set it on a shelf, or bring it out each year. We'll use decoupage, paints, charms, and trinkets. Bring photos, small artwork, keepsakes, or murtis to make it your own.

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  Tue, Nov 3 · 6–7:30 pm

  The Celtic Knot

  with Michael Shankara

  The Celtic Knot, or Triquetra, is a symbol of unity, trinity, and Self-Realization: Mind, Body & Spirit ~ Yin, Yang & Shen ~ Father, Mother & Child. Woven from a single unbroken line with no beginning and no end, it expresses the eternal nature of the soul and the interconnection of all things. Its three interlaced arcs are born from the Vesica Piscis, the same sacred geometry at the heart of the Flower of Life. Learn to draw the Triquetra and the ancient over-and-under weave that brings knotwork to life, along with the Trinity Knot within the circle, the Triskele spiral, and other traditional Celtic interlace patterns. A meditation in patience and presence, where each crossing becomes a moment of awareness and the finished knot a mandala of wholeness.

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  Wed, Nov 4 · 6–7:30 pm

  Raven in Watercolor

  with Amber Buker

  Once upon a midnight dreary, a raven perched above the chamber door, stirring memories of a love lost. In this one-color study, also known as monochrome, we’ll explore feathers black as night and snow-dusted beaks. Our painting practice centers on building contrast, layering dark pigments to bring depth, drama, and mystery to the page. Come play in the shadows with us.

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  Sun, Nov 8 · 11:30 am–1:30 pm

  Diwali Rangoli: Celebrating the Light

  with Katrina Gustafson

  Join us in honoring Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with the joyful tradition of rangoli. For generations, these vibrant, symmetrical designs have graced doorways and courtyards across India to welcome light, abundance, and blessings into the home. We’ll begin by learning to draw the Seed of Life, the sacred geometry pattern of seven interlocking circles that symbolizes creation and new beginnings. Then, working with fresh flower petals, fragrant spices, herbs, and grains, we’ll bring it to life as a living offering, a celebration of light overcoming darkness and the radiance that lives within each of us.

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  Tue, Nov 10 · 6–7:30 pm

  Tiny Tins of Intention

  with Stephanie Stoetzer

  Create a tiny vessel to hold your intentions. We’ll begin by tuning into the present moment and listening for how your tin wants to be adorned, using papers, paint, ephemera, found objects, and gems. Nature or glitter? Follow what feels alive in the moment. Then we’ll fill each tin with just what you need. Created with an open heart and explored with an open mind, your tin may be kept for yourself or offered to someone else. You’ll know what’s best.

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  Wed, Nov 11 · 6–7:30 pm

  The Rose Window: Stained Glass Sacred Geometry

  with Michael Shankara

  The stained-glass windows of the world’s great cathedrals are breathtaking expressions of Sacred Geometry. Their crown jewel is the Rose window, often glowing at the center of the far altar wall, as at Notre-Dame and Chartres Cathedral in France. Together we’ll create two to three designs that capture the radiant beauty of Rose windows using Sacred Geometry, while exploring their mystical and cosmological meaning and how they mirror the journey of the Soul.

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  Sun, Nov 15 · 11:30 am–1:30 pm

  Full Moon Illumination

  with Amber Buker

  A full moon rises over an imaginary land. Inspired by the simple magic of moon gazing, we’ll paint the way moonlight illuminates the landscape below. Working with watercolor washes and the technique of lifting pigment away, we’ll let light emerge from the paper itself. Birds take flight to add life, leaving us to wonder: is it day, night, or that enchanted place in between called twilight?

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  Tue, Nov 17 · 6–7:30 pm

  Funky Cactus Greeting Cards

  with Nadia Sperry

  Create colorful, one-of-a-kind cactus greeting cards with acrylic paint and ink. We’ll enjoy every step of the process: sketching our cactus designs, choosing a vibrant palette, and finishing with playful details, patterns, and lines. Hand-painted cards are a joy to send and a treasure to receive, just in time for the holiday season.

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  Wed, Nov 18 · 6–7:30 pm

  Venus & Mars: Cosmic Flowers of the Planets

  with Michael Shankara

  After the Sun and Moon, Venus and Mars carry the great feminine and masculine currents of the sky, and each moves with Earth in a geometric dance that blooms into celestial flowers. Every eight years, Venus and Earth meet five times, tracing a five-petaled rose: the pentagram, a shape woven with the Golden Ratio. Mars dances more wildly, looping into retrograde roughly every two years, and over its 15-year cycle with Earth it weaves a seven-fold star. Together we’ll draw these cosmic flowers by hand and color them as planetary mandalas, discovering their beauty as cosmic chakras.

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  Sun, Nov 22 · 11:30 am–1:30 pm

  Gratitude Oracle Deck

  with Stephanie Stoetzer

  Who better to guide you than your Higher Self? Let’s slow down enough to listen. Using a variety of mark-making techniques, each of us will design our own gratitude oracle deck, a playful practice for opening to our inner knowing. As messages come through, they’ll become gentle reminders each time you pull a card. Your cards also make sweet gifts, a way to share your wisdom in ever-widening circles.

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  Tue, Nov 24 · 6–7:30 pm

  Thankful Tree

  with Katrina Gustafson

  Gather with us to create a Thankful Tree, a beautiful centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table or a year-round reminder of the blessings woven through your life. Using a simple vase, smooth stones, gathered branches, and paper leaves, we’ll craft a living altar of thankfulness. On each leaf, you’ll write something you’re grateful for, then intentionally hang them on the branches, watching your tree fill with the abundance already present in your life.

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  Sun, Nov 29 · 11:30 am–1:30 pm

  Chakra Meditation & Healing Bracelets

  with Nadia Sperry

  Begin with a guided chakra meditation, then move into the intentional creation of healing bracelets using a variety of beads, crystals, and stones. Along the way, we’ll explore which crystals best support and balance each chakra as you add your own personal touch and unique expression. You’ll make two bracelets: one to keep, and one to give as a gift.

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Meet Your Art Teachers

Katrina Marie Gustafson

Upcycled Soul

Katrina has always used her creative skills in some capacity, whether it’s decorating the studio, writing articles, or crafting an art piece in her kitchen. She loves to access the limitless possibilities that come through our beautiful minds. As a former high school Language Arts teacher, she realized that helping people tap into their creativity was one of her many callings. She believes that our creativity is a gift of our spiritual nature, and when we access our creative flow, we open a connection to our High Self.

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The mermaid of the mountains, Katrina Marie seeks the heights of the peaks and the depths of the oceans in her practice. Through the wisdom of the heart, her purpose is to help guide others to open their own. She has studied in the temples of India, the pyramids of Mexico, and in the crucible of modern life, finding the sacred in the rhythm of the seasons, the stars, and every second of life.

As the founder and creator of Karma Yoga Center in Denver, now in its third location after 17+ years of serving the community, Katrina brings the Bhakti from all wisdom traditions to her classes: singing, chanting, dancing, and journeys into the heart. She weaves in the teachings of her yoga mentor Saul David Raye and the cosmic knowings from the lineage of Evolutionary Astrology, filling every session with love and luminous presence.

Beyond the yoga mat, Katrina offers Spiritual Counseling and Energy Clearings, two of her most beloved offerings, drawing on years of teaching and her studies in Dr. David Frawley’s Vedic counseling program. Her sessions are warm, grounding, and deeply restorative, helping people find their way back to themselves.

Together with her beloved partner Michael Shankara, she shares the journey as “The Shaman & The Mermaid,” offering teacher trainings, retreats, spiritual immersions, workshops, and free New Moon astrological forecast videos. Their mission is to build community, share the spiritual teachings, and inspire others on their own path of self-discovery.

Amber Buker

Beginner Watercolor

My name is Amber. As a long time yogi and artist, I devote myself to bringing more harmony into the world. I am a Colorado native, living and breathing here most of my life. My husband and I have two grown children that light up my heart every day. I am a creative being experiencing and sharing joy.

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All things art make my heart go bump bump. My favorite medium currently is watercolor. I love watercolor because it has so much magic in it. Sharing a watercolor experience with others is my dream come true. I look forward to painting with you soon.

Michael Shankara

Sacred Geometry

Michael Shankara is a yoga teacher, Mayan shaman/priest, astrologer, Qi Gong practitioner, sacred geometer, and author of I Am the Snake ~ In Lak’Ech (iamthesnake.com), a work of spiritual initiation and alchemy weaving together Mayan teachings and ancient wisdom traditions from around the world.

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He is an initiated apprentice of Dr. Don Miguel Angel Vergara, a revered Mayan Elder, Wisdom Keeper, Mayan Priest, and former cultural director of the sacred Chichen Itza Pyramids. This lineage deeply enriches Michael’s work to understand and share universal and perennial spiritual teachings from many ancient wisdom traditions.

Integrating his shamanic and yogic training, Michael offers transformative experiences through music, sound healing, crystal healing, energy healing, and astrology readings. With over a decade of study in Western, Mayan, Greek, Vedic, Native, and Chinese astrology, he brings deep wisdom to his teachings. Michael also shares the principles of sacred geometry through engaging drawing classes, seminars, and workshops, and blends Taoist and Vedic yoga to help students balance Mind, Body, and Spirit.

Together with his beloved partner Katrina, he co-owns Karma Yoga Center in Denver. As “The Shaman & The Mermaid,” they create a loving community offering teacher trainings, retreats, spiritual immersions, classes, workshops, and insightful teachings, including free New Moon astrological forecast videos. Their mission is to build community, share the spiritual teachings, and inspire others to embark on their own transformative journeys of self-discovery, empowerment, healing, and spiritual growth.

Nadia Sperry

Meditative Intuitive Art

Nadia has been immersed in her art and jewelry creative and healing journey for 20 years. As a self-taught artist, she has always worked with intuitive free-form expression. This open, playful approach brings out the creative process with little focus on the end result. Nadia has been a member artist at Denver Art Society, a non-profit art cooperative in the Santa Fe art district, for the past 8 years, where she shows her art and volunteers.

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She has also enjoyed teaching creative and meditative workshops at Karma Yoga Center and other local venues for the past 5 years. Nadia received her 200-hour yoga teacher certification from Karma Yoga Center and has had a dedicated meditation and yoga practice since 2016. She believes that creativity is an important aspect of mindfulness and looks forward to sharing this beautiful practice with the community!

Stephanie Stoetzer

Intuitive Expressions

Stephanie is a devotee of the Divine mystery. A multi-faceted creative with heart focus on Fun Expression, Connecting and Allowing. Practices with mixed media, intuitive process and using supplies ‘outside the box’ are some of the ways she finds artsy play. Always a student of life, the collaboration within Karma’s new creative offerings lights her up! Holding space, being present and supporting each other along the path of love while wondering: What wants to be made? Let’s create!