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Kaila Jade

@kailajvde

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During our Shakti Spirit retreat, I led a conversation on Dharma: our soul’s purpose, our sacred duty. ✨  Dharma can be translated as “duty,” but it’s more than obligation, it’s alignment. When we follow our Dharma, we step into the role that divine creation uniquely shaped for us.  It’s the most selfless selfish act: by honoring our true path, we not only find personal fulfillment, we contribute to the harmonious unfolding of the universe.  I’m Kaila, and I’m here Kaila-ing which means creating and expressing spirit through art forms. 🎨🌀🎶 I’ve known this was my design for a long time, but it was only when I found the courage to pursue it as my one true purpose, my vocation, and my passion, that I began to contribute to the flow of life that is part of the greater river of the universe in harmony.  
And this journey of truth has opened my world in ways I never expected. Now I see that the friendships, experiences, and nourishment that appears when I am living my purpose, were also, uniquely, for me.

Living in alignment with our Dharma isn’t just beneficial for us, it’s a gift to the whole. 🌍💫

Are you clear on what you’re here to do? taken in Costa Rica by @kailajvde

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✨Meet Kaila Jade @kailajvde of the @visionarymusecollective ✨

Hi I’m Kaila ♡
I’m a visionary painter, muralist, and teacher inspired by nature, spirit, and the subtle energies that move through all things.
Painting for me, feels like a remembrance, like something ancient is guiding me. I trust and listen to the plants and animals around me.

I’m most inspired by the space where earth meets ether, flowing landscapes, feminine essence, elemental forces, and dreamlike realms. I’m especially drawn to the wisdom of nature and the sacred cycles of life, often weaving in themes of prayer, growth, and the exploration of inner and outer wilderness. I offer my work in service to the blossoming of our planetary consciousness.

Creating is how I return to myself. It’s how I let the light in. And this has expanded into the spaces I hold for others, through painting workshops and retreats that weave together creativity with yoga philosophy. As a yoga teacher, I love guiding people into their bodies and into presence, using art as a bridge for self-expression, healing, and reconnection.

Through my paintings, workshops, and immersive experiences, my intention is to create spaces where people can soften, explore, and see clearly their own divinity as reflected in our mother 🌎.

This is round 3 for me with the Visionary Muse Collective and I’m so honored to be part of this movement of powerful, visionary women. Excited to co-create and see what magic unfolds ♡

Some photos here captured by @iamthecarpenter and @existenceinlight 🙏 by @kailajvde

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If non-duality isn’t the vibe don’t invite me. “Animas Alvarius Rasa” acrylic painting on canvas.
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What does it mean to merge with the Divine?
To lose yourself in the eternal embrace,
to let the veil of separateness fall away?

Feel the boundaries of “self” dissolve, as the drop becomes the ocean.
What remains when the great wind
sweeps through your being,
taking your name, your body, your stories, your fears.

What is left but something vast, infinite,
and profoundly still?

It is the way in which the stars burn with the same fire that ignites your soul.
There is no “other.” All of it
is you.

Thank you for witnessing my art. I sit in eternal gratitude.

#sacredmedicine #spiritualawakening #consciousliving #medicinejourney #innertransformation #returntosource #consciousness taken in Sonoran Desert by @kailajvde

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2 years ago

October is for ritual craft
#greenwitch by @kailajvde

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Now I know they come from above, through my cultivated connection to the unseen ✨🪽 by @kailajvde

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1. Lay your whole body onto the earth, feel her supporting you and allow her to absorb heaviness and stagnant emotions.

2. Get sunshine on your face first thing in the morning.

3. Offer your moon blood to the earth.

4. Pray. Say your prayers aloud, in front of other people or to the elements and directly to spirit.

5. Listen to non lyrical music rooted in ancient tradition like Indian ragas or native American flute music.

6. Adorn yourself and your space. Adornment is protection.

7. Breathe deeply near flowing water. Natural water is best but in the shower works too.

8. Walk barefoot in nature.

9. Expose your skin to sunlight without sunscreen regularly. If you’re fair, you can start with one gentle minute and build up slowly.

10. Look directly at the sun as it sets.

Would you add anything? by @kailajvde

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15 days ago

Go forth and be fearless, we got this✨ by @kailajvde

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14 days ago

The creator within you knows how to alchemize rage into action.

We live in a world full of doomery, enough to make us numb, cynical, distracted. Enough to convince us that nothing we do matters.

I think art reminds us otherwise.
Being in relationship with our artform keeps us devoted to the world we are trying to create. It keeps the imagination alive.
Because before we can build a more beautiful future, we have to be able to imagine one.

I want to keep finding the music that makes me remember what I’m fighting for. Finding the images that make another world seem closer. Reading the words that ignite something inside me.

Make things. Share things. Keep dreaming. Keep building. Refuse to let despair have the final word.
The creator within you knows that beauty is not frivolous in trying times,
it is fuel.

May all beings be happy and free.

#visionaryart #newearthartist #wildlifepainting #artmeditation by @kailajvde

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15 days ago

“Venenarius”
My portrait of @mantracoraart for the @visionarymusecollective

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If you didn’t know, I’m part of an all women’s art collective that has shows all over the country. This year we drew names, and painted portraits of each other with the theme of plant allies
Mantra Cora’s portrait includes her allies of Belladona, Holy Basil, and Elephant Ear. I loved working with this theme to honor the ancient relationship between the feminine and plants, women and medicine. I saw her as an illuminated medicine woman acknowledging both the light and the dark of our approach to harnessing the power of herbal offerings.

And so much gratitude to @emmamarie.artistry for capturing me and the rose so beautifully.

We also all collaborated live and wove together our shared visions to remember this moment in time when women from all over the world came together to create. This piece will be available thru auction soon!

Thank you to @lodostudios for hosting this show. It will be on display until January so if you’re near Santa Barbara, go see it and let me know what you think ✨

To find out more about the paintings and learn about the Muses ➡️ @visionarymusecollective

#visionarymuses #visionaryart #divinefemine #herbalism medicineart by @kailajvde

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18 days ago

People say to find your true dharma, remember what you loved as a child. I think it makes so much sense that my work revolves around plants and animals. My art, my teachings, my yoga practice, it all connects back to reverence for the divine beings with which we share this realm.

Which spirit guides have visited you?

Acrylic paintings from 2020-2024

#animistart #wildlifeart #earthbased #naturemysticism #visionaryart by @kailajvde

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If jaguar is showing up for you today, pause for a second… this one’s subtle 🐆

Jaguar medicine isn’t loud.
It’s the quiet way you choose to move through your life.
It’s love and integrity…
but not in some perfect, polished way.
In the real moments.
It’s answering the message honestly
having the conversation you’ve been avoiding
keeping your word to yourself
facing the shadowy parts because even though it’s dark, you trust in your intuition.

It’s the way you walk through your day when no one is watching.

That’s the medicine.

Jaguar sees that. (She’s quietly watching)
She meets you in the effort
in the moments you choose truth over comfort, compassion over reaction, integrity over the easy way out.

If this is finding you,
let it land as a reflection…
you’ve been showing up differently.
More grounded. More real. More in alignment with yourself.
Even if it’s messy. Even if it’s small.
Let yourself receive that.
And keep going.
Keep choosing the version of you that feels honest in your body.
Keep moving with an open heart, even when it feels vulnerable and takes immense bravery.

This piece is a prayer~
to call forth the best in humanity.

To remind us that how we move through this world matters.
May your heart stay open and soar like the hawk.
May it rise. ✨

#visionaryart #jaguarmedicine #spiritofthejaguar by @kailajvde

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It’s all a part of it ✨ by @kailajvde

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