What Your “Visual Wound” Says About Your Healing Journey

What Your “Visual Wound” Says About Your Healing Journey

There’s a moment in every Transformative Art Healing session where the room gets quiet.
The markers come out.
And the client draws what I call their “Visual Wound.”

It’s not a picture of what happened.
It’s not about being artistic.
It’s the energy of what they’re carrying—translated onto paper in color, shape, and movement.

And what shows up is always powerful.

Because the Visual Wound reveals what the body has been holding…
And what the soul is ready to release.

What Is a Visual Wound?

In Phase 1 of the Transformative Art Healing process, clients are guided through a short meditation where they connect with the energy of their issue.

They’re asked to identify:

  • Where they feel it in the body
  • Its color, shape, texture, and symbol
  • The emotional weight it holds

Then they draw it—using lines, colors, and marks that represent what’s stuck inside.

No art skills required.
Just honesty. Presence. Willingness.

The result?

A raw, symbolic snapshot of their inner world.
A portal to pain they’ve often never spoken aloud.
And the beginning of the healing journey.

Why This Works So Deeply

The Visual Wound bypasses the logical mind and accesses the subconscious.

It lets clients express:

  • What they can’t put into words
  • What they’ve been too afraid to face
  • What they didn’t even know they were still carrying

And because it’s visual, it becomes something they can see, hold, and eventually… release.

It externalizes the energy.

So instead of carrying it in their body,
They transfer it to paper—and start the process of letting it go.

Real Clients. Real Breakthroughs.

I’ve had clients create:

  • Angry scribbles with jagged black lines
  • Tight spirals of fear drawn in red
  • Sludgy gray blobs that felt “stuck”
  • Tiny shapes buried in the corner of the page, representing forgotten parts of themselves

It might look like a mess to the mind.
But to the soul, it’s exactly right.

The most healing thing isn’t what it looks like.
It’s the act of making the invisible visible.

And Then… We Release It

Here’s where the sacred alchemy happens:

After additional steps (like dual-handed drawing, EFT tapping, and movement), the client returns to their Visual Wound—and they destroy it.

They:
🌀 Rip it up
🔥 Burn it
💧 Dissolve it in water
🌬 Release it in a ritual

It becomes a ceremony of release.
A physical act that tells the body, “It’s safe to let this go.”

And in that moment, something shifts.
For real.

From Wound to Wisdom: What Comes Next

After the release, the client embarks on Phase 2 of the TAH process, where they receive a Yantra—their new visual affirmation, symbol, and frequency from the Divine.

The Visual Wound was the before.
The Yantra is the after.

One holds the pain.
The other holds the truth.

And the client walks away not just feeling better—but with a visual map of their own healing.

Your Scribbles Are Sacred

If you’ve ever felt like:

  • You’re holding energy that you can’t describe
  • Talk therapy isn’t enough
  • You’re stuck and don’t know why
  • Your Visual Wound is waiting to be seen.

You don’t have to explain it.
You don’t have to make it pretty.
You just have to let it speak.

And then—you get to let it go.

Want to Learn How to Guide This Process?

In the Transformative Art Healing Certification Course, I teach you how to:

  • Facilitate the creation and release of the Visual Wound
  • Guide clients through symbolic, somatic, and energetic clearing
  • Help them uncover what’s really going on beneath the surface
  • Do it all safely, intuitively, and without retraumatizing your client (or draining yourself)

You’ll walk away with a sacred, trauma-informed healing process that changes lives—visibly.


👉 Click here to enroll in the Certification Course.
Because sometimes the most powerful healing starts…
with a single scribble.

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