Heather Midori Yamada
Artist and Teacher of Contemplative Arts
Recent Work
I would like to share a series of new floral banners. March Folly Series (2025) is a mixed-media collection of banners on Washi paper. Each is 39 x 15 inches. The bolder linear quality of Sennelier chalk pastels punctuates the overall meshing, layering and dipping of liquid acrylics including metallics.
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Upcoming in Victoria BC in 2025
Fairfield Artists' Studio Tour
Saturday May 3 - Sunday May 4, 2025
11 am - 4 pm
Heather Midori will open up her studios on the lower level of the Annex building of St Matthais Church building to showing watercolours, mixed media canvasses, banners on Japanese washi, cards and prints.​
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Heather’s Studio
Annex Building of St Matthais Church, 600 Richmond Ave at Richardson St, Victoria, BC (map)
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*payment by e-transfer, cash or cheque
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"Nature's Calling"
All-level contemplative mixed media on washi workshop
Sunday May 18th 1pm - 5pm
Heather’s Studio
Annex Building of St Matthais Church, 600 Richmond Ave at Richardson St, Victoria, BC (map)
ATTENTION!! VAJRA YOGA workshops
coming soon to Victoria!
“My studies and practice of hatha yoga began in the late 1990’s during a particular ‘dry spell’ in my Buddhist Kagyu ngondro period. I felt stuck and sensed that my challenges might reside in my physical body, including my ideas about body/mind. I have had the great fortune of studying under excellent dedicated and well trained teachers. I completed a two year teacher training in Montreal in the early 2000’s. Currently I continue practice and study with yoga and Buddhist teachers. I invite you to join in a space of shared ‘well-being’ where everyone can experience their authentic selves. As in all teachings, you are always the ‘boss’ of you, I will be a guide." - Heather
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Stay tuned!
Upcoming in Etobicoke ON, 2025
Contemplative Mind, Spontaneous Brush Workshop (New exercises! New Washi!)
Saturday, April 26, 2025
10am-4pm
The Japanese Paper Place
The Japanese Paper Place, 103 The East Mall #1, Etobicoke, ON (map)
For more information and to register...
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Summer 2025 at Hollyhock
Contemplative Mind, Spontaneous Brush Workshop
Six-Day Creative Retreat
Upcoming in Montréal and Lotbinière QC 2025
Creativity in Nature / Créativité dans la nature
Five-Day Creative Retreat
Sunday August 24 - Friday August 29, 2025
Dimanche le 24 août au vendredi le 28 août, 2025
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​Guided meditations two times a day; all-level hatha yoga (optional); creativity workshops - painting, drawing, collage with Japanese papers; demonstrations by Heather Midori, and more.
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Méditation guidée deux fois par jour ; hatha yoga de tout niveau (facultative); ateliers de créativité - peinture, dessin, collage avec papier japonais, des démonstrations par Heather Midori, et plus
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Auberge Le Saint-Louis, Lotbinière, Québec (map)
