Guided Creative Experiences for Reflection, Connection, and Exploration
Jasmine Solei creates low-pressure, artist-led spaces for art-making, journaling, media exploration and creative self-reflection. She helps hold space for meaningful creative time, at your own pace.
- B.A. in Art Education, CSU Fullerton
- Educator, Orange County Educational Arts Academy
- Based in Southern California
Creative Wellness, Led by an Artist
I help people use art as a way to slow down, relax, reconnect with themselves and others, reflect on what they're feeling, and strengthen their creative thinking. The focus isn't on making something technically "good." It's about giving yourself permission to create, experiment, and pay attention to what comes up along the way.
Find Your Creative Experience
Five ways to make space for creativity — pick the one that fits, or book a free consultation and we'll figure it out together.
1:1 Healing Arts Sessions
From $60A guided, one-on-one creative session using art-making, journaling, and reflection to help you slow down and reconnect with yourself.
Creative Wellness for Kids
$50 + travel feeA shorter, playful mobile session that helps kids slow down, express themselves, and explore their creativity.
Creative Reset
From $200A four-session series to go deeper — reconnecting with your creativity, art journaling, and identifying what helps you feel most like yourself.
Creative Connection Date Nights
$100 per coupleA guided art experience for couples, complete with a mailed creative kit and a live Zoom session to kick off your date.
The Artist's Way Cluster
FreeA free, 12-week community group working through Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way together, every Saturday morning via Zoom.
Creative Wellness for Kids
A shorter, playful mobile session that helps kids slow down, express themselves, and explore their creativity.
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Session Formats
Online
Meet on Zoom from wherever you are. All you need is your own art supplies — a recommended list is sent ahead of time.
Mobile
Jasmine brings the creative experience to you — your home, office, a park, a coffee shop. Available throughout select areas of Southern California; travel fees vary by distance. All supplies included.
Ask About Mobile SessionsMost experiences are 1:1. The Artist's Way Cluster is the one group experience — see below.
You Don't Need a Portfolio to Belong Here
You do not need any prior art skills or experience. There's no grading, critique, or expectation that your artwork needs to look a certain way — just permission to create, experiment, and see what comes up.
The Artist's Way Cluster
A free, 12-week community group working through Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way together — Saturdays, 10:00–11:00 AM, via Zoom. Beginning October 10 and concluding December 19, 2026 (no meeting November 28).
Please purchase your own copy of The Artist's Way and complete Week 1 before the first meeting.
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An Artist, Educator, and Activist
Jasmine Solei is an artist, educator, and activist based in Southern California. She holds a B.A. in Art Education from CSU Fullerton and teaches 7th and 8th grade at the Orange County Educational Arts Academy, where she uses creativity to help students build emotional intelligence and critical thinking skills.
More about Jasmine →Simple, From First Message to First Session
Reach Out
Send a message or book a free 10-minute consultation to share what you're looking for.
Find Your Fit
Together, we'll find the experience, format, and timing that feels right for you.
Create Together
Show up as you are. Each guided creative experience unfolds at your own pace, in a low-pressure space.
Featured Work
Storytelling, identity, and resilience — a few pieces from Jasmine's own mixed-media, print, and ceramic practice.
America The Great series
Abolition
Explores the intersection of incarceration, poverty, mental health, and rehabilitation.
Matrescence series
Breaking Free
Explores the profound transformation of becoming a mother, using a repurposed Tiffany box and personal artifacts.
Matrescence series
Broken Promises
Examines the emotional complexities of motherhood, broken trust, and rediscovering oneself.
Garden series
Grow Outside the Box
A reminder that growth isn't always linear, inspired by California's resilient desert landscapes.
- Orange County Register — Bonding behind bars: Student uses art to help heal families (opens in a new tab)
- Bold Journey Magazine — Meet Jasmine Solei (opens in a new tab)
- CSUF News — Art Students Bring Color and Creativity to Prison Communities (opens in a new tab)
Creative Wellness Resources
Grounded, beginner-friendly reading on creative wellness, healing arts, and art journaling — a place to start before, or between, sessions.
What Is Creative Wellness?
Creativity isn't reserved for artists. What creative wellness is, how it relates to healing arts, and why a simple creative practice is worth returning to.
Creative Wellness vs. Art Therapy: What's the Difference?
Art therapy is a licensed mental-health profession; creative wellness is something different. An honest look at both — and how to tell which one you're looking for.
How to Start Making Art Without Being "Good" at Art
"I'm not good at art." So what? Three simple ways to let go of perfectionism, embrace play, and start making art again — starting today.
Common questions
What is the point of healing arts?
Is this therapy, counseling, or mental-health treatment?
Who might benefit from this kind of experience?
Let's Find Your Creative Fit
Book a free 10-minute consultation and we'll figure out the right experience together.