I have taught and read Tarot & Astrology in Perth for 30 years.
All the experiences of my life and my natural tendencies lead me to read and teach Tarot and Astrology and to music, to study and expression aa an Artist, Writer and Feminist Academic.
From an early age, I lived a quiet life of solitude. I experienced the world sensitively and emotionally. I lived in the liminal spaces and sought refuge in story, folk tales, music, and the spiritual or mystic.
Not surprisingly, I grew into a reader of books, a poet, a writer (my Doctorate is in Creative Writing researching pre-verbal trauma) and with an interest in the 'why' of who we are (I have a BA in Psychology).
From young, there was always and ache and a knowing there was something more, a pull back to The Beloved (an ancient term that the Sufis exquisitely understand, that we may call God, or the Divine, or Consciousness, or the All, or the Nothing that encompasses Everything etc). I have walked many spiritual paths only to find that at their mystic hearts, they are all One.
Like most of us, the experiences of love, relationship, marriage, children, loss carve a path inward. My years of therapy brought the psychological and spiritual into a very personal confluence of understanding through Tarot and Astrology, Music, Poetry, and Research. These modalities all merged into a beautiful coherence, a way to express Truth, Art, and the Sacred - hence the Sacred Arts Therapies - as a way for me to walk in a landscape that seemed familiar but definitely the road less travelled, and also provided me a way to work in the world that suited my Neurodiversity and sensitivity and pre-verbal experiences - for more on the latter you can find more at www.kimcoull.com
So I teach what I have learned from a weaving of these strands. Really these strands wove me. At this point in my life, I share through Tarot and Astrology whatever I have gleaned along the way.
I teach Tarot and Astrology as a Path to Self Love, Deep Embrace, and Beloved Homecoming because that is what I needed to find, what I was searching for (whether I knew it or not). Certainly, I've come to realise that sacred symbol, story, and compassionate therapeutic and relentless spiritual inquiry seem to be where the many rivers of my life meet.
Over the years, as a Psycho-Spiritual Therapist, Teacher, I have been blessed to engage in work that deeply but quietly (and I hope reverently) shares what seems to help in the very sticky and painful places of our minds and hearts. I have learned so very much from all the beautiful souls that I have had the absolute privilege to walk with over the years (thank you ALL so very very much) and each one of your lives has enriched my journey.
So it is, that all the modalities offered here I have personally lived, loved, and explored over many years and I continue to do so. All have become sacred, beautiful and artful ways to heal the pain of separation, early childhood trauma, and existential longing. Their beauty and enigmatic mysteries, I believe, help us see into the recalcitrant beliefs and scripts of childhood conditioning that orchestrate our negative self-beliefs. For those of us who speak this language, these modalities help us grasp what lies beyond mere learning and thought, into the very heart of all things, into the sacred spaces that never see the light of day, into the liminal spaces in which we secretly live while trying to fit in, the spaces that hold such pain but also such potent, beautiful, and eternal riches.
The bottom line for me is this, that through a day by day organic, as needed, practice of kindness and compassion, via psychospiritual inquiry, I learned (and am still learning) to love my humanity and this has revealed (to my absolute wonder) The Beloved Within.
I wish for you this Love and Presence always.
Thank you for stopping by.
Beloved, beautiful blessings,
Kim
I teach Tarot and Astrology as a heart-based, client-centred practice, informed and underpinned by depth psychology, compassionate psychology, narrative therapy, and psycho-spiritual inquiry.
My aim is to embrace, heal and empower others, to teach the embodied, innate, psycho-spiritual, emotional language of the heart and soul through the beautifully sacred and collective symbolism of Tarot and Astrology.
My intention is to guide others to a deeper and empowering self/Self-awareness, soothing anxiety, quietening self criticism, and healing personal and existential grief. - to give each student a lifelong mastery of Tarot or Astrology (or both) that will support and nourish their lives (and the lives of those they touch) emotionally, psychologically, spiritually and materially.
This mastery honours the personal sensitivities, innate gifts, and experiential wisdom of every participant as they take these skills out into the world professionally.
Ultimately, my goal is to teach the healing and immersive power of deep insight, heart wisdom, loving kindness and compassion that brings us into the Embrace of Pure Loving Awareness and Presence.
You can buy my CD 'Ten Thousand Suns', an album of original music, songs and Vocal and Instrumental Art for meditation, relaxation, and healing.