Testemonials

28/1/2021

“Testimonial for Ms. Saskia Bartscht

This testimonial is regarding Ms. Saskia Bartscht in her capacity as an Intentional Creativity Coach and has been provided at her request.

Saskia has practiced her Intentional Creativity Coaching with me and these sessions were undertaken via video conferencing. I am a social welfare worker of twenty-five years’ experience and I have assisted many clients to access Art Therapy but I have never personally undertaken these sessions previously until working with Saskia.

Saskia prepared me for these sessions by ensuring I had the required materials and giving me a brief outline of what the sessions would involve and how long they may take. She organised specific times to undergo these sessions and was prompt in adhering to these times.

During these sessions Saskia took me through a variety of techniques and activities to explore my feelings and emotions through the use of art. Saskia confidently collaborated with me with clear instructions. These activities included the use of coloured pencils on paper, using different hands and with prompts on how to approach each activity. For example, to pick a colour of my choice and to draw a shape without lifting the pencil from the page to draw shapes that I think best describes how I see myself. She then spent time exploring the results, both how I felt about it and what it may suggest.

During these sessions Saskia was very positive and enthusiastic in her approach and treated me with unconditional positive regard. She was very calm in her demeanour and made it clear that there was no right or wrong result.

For the previous eight months I have suffered chronic pain due to damage to a vertebra in my neck and tendon damage. The session I undertook with Saskia did raise some emotion for me and Saskia was very aware of this and spent considerable time after the activities to discuss these emotions and place them in perspective.

I got a lot out of these sessions, and they have encouraged me to pursue artistic endeavours through a variety of mediums which I feel has been beneficial to me and has helped me with the difficulties I have been experiencing.

I have no hesitation in recommending Saskia in her capacity as an Intentional Creativity Coach and appreciate the assistance she has provided. Yours Sincerely, Timothy C. Australia 28/1/2021”

“Dear Saskia

I was very much looking forward to it because I urgently needed distance from the currently very difficult processes, where I am supposed to go through. Accordingly, I was also a little overwhelmed.

The technique with the water was new for me and very exciting. Very lively and uncontrollable.

Actually, I love surprises, but with the background condition, which has brought a lot of uncontrollable into my being, it was a bit too much, of that. It would have been good for me if I could have covered the floor in advance and made everything splash-proof in my small studio. There I was not prepared for it, perhaps I had overlooked that in the mail.

So, I sprayed in the first pass much too much water, which is why my picture was very pale.

And in the second pass (rework the layer background) it was simply not yet stably dry for the next steps;

even if it felt like it, the paint was torn away right away. You learn from experience; I think it would have taken at least half a day to dry. In the morning, however, I did not yet know whether it should remain pale….

There I would have needed perhaps also at the beginning a word to the Maas, or something guidance; because I had by my background process evenly already the control not completely with me, as otherwise.

For inspiration, in this regard, I think that in the beginning of imagining (with others) naming the state of mind, for you as a couch this can be valuable. I can’t remember if you had done this.

That with the atmosphere’s layers, I still want to deepen; the Dancing Queen is not yet finished…, she did not want to be a warrior, but in lightness through the worlds. It is beautiful also in a larger group and – the inspiration is also more.

You are already very routine on the road, and I notice that I have to find my way, for example, with the different brushes first, but the more different techniques, the better the overview of what fits now.

I am with this picture more in communication because I have paid more attention to what it wants to tell me….

You had also brought it up.

In the night I had dreamed with the picture, which I enjoy, because then I know that I am fully there.

Due to the overload of the uncontrollable (situation & water) I am somehow almost with a trance through the process and have forgotten this and that.

That is at the moment what I can say about the workshop.

Maybe in addition it speaks more to me because I have had these difficulties….

Thank you so much, I find it quite spacy….

All love, Anonymous”

“I had the lucky pleasure of attending a workshop lead by Saskia B. We painted a large painting with many colors & layers representing the cosmos, from the Earth’s core, and on out to the stars. Saskia was encouraging and flexible whenever we struggled. Overall, it was super fun. I ‘d be happy to attend another with her anytime.”

“Hello dear Saskia, I love your workshops the muse and her spiritual animal. Each one is a whole new experience and full of surprises. A journey of discovery into the inner self. This one has a very strong effect on me – because it is a longer workshop and because the theme is very central… it will also continue to work – because the picture is not quite finished, and it may stand with me until it calls me…. I especially like the 3 colors in the beginning and the way the process has gone, the now and the future have blurred the past…. This is very deep into my system. Through meditation and the power of animals, overnight the intension of recognizing beauty has expanded into recognizing power and instincts. Both aspects speak to me, the muse, and the animal. Tenderness and presence. Receiving and being ready to leap. Integration of the almost opposite aspects … I am in the picture – I am the picture- the picture is in me…. This is my part 1… Maybe more Insights will come… I thank you from the bottom of my heart for having gone this way ahead and that I may take part. You do the workshop quite naturally – in peace – with a clear plan – and then surprise with unexpected technical steps, which put the created again on the head and thus also the inner concept that must then reinvent itself / may…. You weave in your personal painting experiences and thus give the participant a protective framework. Also, the suggestions at the end allow an inner further growth and further exploring that the theme is well internalized and thus makes the picture a treasure – a personal treasure, because it has an inner message and thus awakens the magic…. Thank you, All love A.”

4th of December 2022

“Dear Saskia! I love guided painting because it helps me expand my imagination and push out my mind and patterns of behavior. It is always unpredictable, and that element makes it exciting for me. You opened the space us connected with the thread, the meditation was short and long enough to receive the “vessel”. I notice that painting has become a ritual for you, because you have internalized it, it comes to me. Always good is the beginning with only three colors, which helps me to tame my inner “polychromy”…. I also find the 5 min exercises important, without putting the pen down, to get into the flow and increase concentration on the subject. The time went by very quickly. But the effect is still strongly noticeable; of course, also because my picture is still waiting to be finished. So, the affirmation also has a longer lasting effect. You led fluidly through the lesson, and I felt comfortable. I love to immerse myself longer, but even a short painting lesson has its effect. You always did a good job of giving input and examples that are inspiration for the topic, so you broadened the scope of experience. You also gave space without saying too much. I think that is very important. It is a very great work to get in touch with your parts through painting. This one was like a colorful bouquet of flowers for me. Many thanks to you dear Saskia from AH.”

“The workshop “Elixir of Life” with Saskia was a surprise collection of self-reflection and attributes. Delivered in a calm and nurturing way, it was very enjoyable. The workshop “Elixir of Life” was delightful romp in the stories of the heart. It’s twisty rooms but with Saskia’s quiet and skillful style I found a dialogue of joy and coziness where my dreams found a place of sweetness. Very helpful on a difficult winter’s day. Thanks Susan H.”

Workshop House of the Heart 22.03.2025 at 4 pm for 90 mins.

„Dear Saskia

Thank you for this journey. It connects me with a childlike memory- not because of what is written underneath, but the playful and the dreaming….

The procedure was very different, you let us do more – it was intimate, also by sharing your poem. I understand you and this way of being at home.

Thank you for sharing.

When I think outside the box, it fits my process of reappraisal and it has an attraction to the painting, even if it could be embellished painterly- it is something else this attraction. It is bringing home of the playfulness of connectedness and the permission to dream and be as I am. I do not even remember what I wrote in the heart, I will have to look it up….

It was very nice to paint with you.

Thank you, dear Saskia“

“I always felt safe and in good hands with Saskia. No matter what came up, she was kind and present with me so that I could concentrate fully on the process.”

“In my 2 years of immersion at Innerland, I had the opportunity to work a lot and intensively with Saskia as a “client”. I owe a lot to her guidance in my ongoing process.

Saskia has an incredibly strong understanding, empathy and ability to combine. She always helped me to get back to the essentials when my mind wanted to escape again.“

“Saskia has a great deal of knowledge and is aware of the connection between the human soul and the body and is able to integrate this very well into her counselling. Having worked in the care sector, she has a basic attitude of serving, caring and listening. She is very compassionate and goes along with the narrator.

I feel very well supported by Saskia. I can always ask back if I don’t understand something and she takes time for me, is patient and very present.”

“IBC™ with Saskia is wonderful. She guides and leaves a lot of space, supports until you have arrived at yourself, resting clearly, openly, and softly within yourself. Thank you Saskia smile

I find peace through IBC™. It centers me and gives me great clarity and serenity.”