Re-membering Ourselves Home - Soul Retrieval
Shamanic Medicine Art by Roberta Orpwood
This painting speaks to the ancient healing art of Soul Retrieval, a shamanic practice rooted in the understanding that when we experience trauma, grief, shock, or loss, fragments of our soul essence can separate or retreat inwardly as a way of protection. These parts do not disappear. They await, patiently. They linger in other realms, held in memory, in dream, in the unseen.
In this piece, one woman holds sacred space as keeper of the threshold, cocooning another in fierce and tender love. With the breath of life, she calls Spirit back into form. The healing breath is crafted with intention, prayer, and re-membering medicine. Around them, Soul Birds gather, luminous and purposeful, returning lost fragments to their rightful home. Each glowing wingbeat carries a piece of vitality, innocence, creativity, or power once set aside for survival.
Soul Retrieval is the sacred act of re-membering, of becoming whole again. It is the journey of calling ourselves back from the edges of wounding and welcoming every lost part into the heart.
This painting is a prayer for wholeness, a reminder that nothing true is ever lost forever.
What part of you is ready to come home?
This artwork is available not only as an artist-signed fine art paper print but also as a canvas print, making it easier to hang immediately on your wall.
The video below displays the canvas print sized 16” x 12”
This artwork was originally created for ‘The Ultimate Guide to Shamanism’, written by Rebecca Keating and Published by Quarto Knows, Fair Winds Press.
