ABOUT THE ARTIST

ASHLEY ABBS

Welcome! You might wonder how painting, acupuncture, and writing all fit together.

To me, they’re the same thing:

Ways of seeing. Ways of healing. Ways of remembering who we are beneath the noise.

Art reaches the emotional body. Acupuncture brings harmony to the physical and energetic body. The 5 Elements give language to the seasons we move through—both inside and out. And writing? It’s how I make sense of it all. How I hold space for you to do the same.

Each of these threads weaves a net of support. So you can soften. So you can feel. So you can choose a new way forward.

WELCOME TO A SANCTUARY OF HEALING & CREATIVITY

The philosophy of the 5 Elements is woven through everything I create—whether it’s a session in my acupuncture practice, a piece of artwork, or a chapter of writing.The Elements offer a framework for remembering who we are underneath the demands, doubts, and expectations of everyday life.

My work is grounded in nearly 20 years of clinical experience, mentorship, and personal healing. But more than credentials, what I offer is a steady hand back to yourself. Through small, devotional practices and deep reverence for your emotional landscape, I invite you to reconnect—to beauty, to belonging, to your own innate wisdom.

This is for the woman who holds everything. Who feels the pull toward something more spacious, more true.

Here, healing isn’t something you chase. It’s something you allow.

And it begins with a single breath, a single moment of beauty, a single yes to yourself.

THE INTERSECTION OF ART & HEALING

Each piece of my work - whether its a healing session, a painting or a written reflection - is a bridge between beauty and transformation. Here is how I hold space for you to return to yourself:

ACUPUNCTURIST

I offer 5 Element Acupuncture for those navigating life’s transitions, emotional overwhelm, and the quiet longing for change at my Calgary studio TerraSana Health.

Our sessions are a sanctuary—a place to reconnect to your body’s wisdom, regulate your nervous system, and move with the natural seasons of your life. Healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about remembering who you are.

ARTIST

My artwork is an extension of my healing practice—offering visual rest and reflection.

Through soft pastels, layered landscapes & florals, I create emotional companions for your space: reminders that beauty, stillness, and emotional clarity are always within reach..

AUTHOR

In my writing, I explore the ways nature, embodiment, and the 5 Elements can guide us home to ourselves.

My book, 5 Element Alchemy: Use Your 5 Element Type to Embrace Your Gifts to Create A Life You Love offers readers a way to understand their own rhythms, reconnect to their emotional landscape, and live with greater alignment.

WRITING MENTOR

I support emerging authors who feel called to birth work from the depths of their emotional and creative journeys.

My Mentorship & Writing Program focuses on intuitive, embodied storytelling—where your lived experiences, healing, and elemental rhythms become part of the page, guiding both you and your readers into deeper truth.

A FEW FACTS

I’m a former competitive top 10 Canadian national ice dancer. I married my husband Sheldon in 2011, we welcomed our son (nicknamed E) in 2013. When I’m not hanging out with my two favourite men, you will usually find me painting in my studio, however I also can be found skiing, golfing-terribly, mind you, dancing, reading, writing, & travelling