Heather Midori Yamada
Artist and Teacher of Contemplative Arts
Upcoming in Montréal
1 week only!
"Traces" Group Exhibition
Heather Midori Yamada and Stephen H. Kawai with invited guest Alain Carrière
September 2-7, 2025
hours: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. daily
Vernissage: Thursday, Sept. 4 – 5 to 8 p.m.
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Galerie ERGA
6394 boul. St.Laurent, Montréal (map)
Creativity in Nature / Créativité dans la nature
POSTPONED / REPORTÉ
Five-Day Creative Retreat
New dates to be determined
Nouvelles dates à déterminer
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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)
Summer 2026 at Hollyhock
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Contemplative Mind, Spontaneous Brush Workshop
Five-Day Creative Retreat
June 5-10, 2026
A five-day creativity retreat at Hollyhock on Cortes Island, BC. inspired by the natural beauty of Cortes Island. Steady the mind and body via silent guided meditation. Explore the endless wonders of Japanese washi papers, inks and colour.
The Language of Flowers Workshop
Four-Day Creative Retreat
Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2026
A four-day retreat at Hollyhock, outdoors amidst the natural autumn wonders of gardens and forests of Cortes Island. Inspired by Ikebana, Japanese floral arrangement from the Sogetsu School, we will work with found and cultivated plants and flowers. Arranging in low vases, suiban and sketching indoors we include tinted Japanese washi papers for simplified line and gesture drawing and collage.
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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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!