Sacred Art of the Threshold: Ink, Intention, & Initiation with Lua Kanlikilic

In this episode of the SBW podcast, Joshua sits down with Lua (Buse) Kanlikilic, a Turkish multidisciplinary artist working nomadically across ritual tattooing, body painting, ceremonial workshops, symbolic textiles and garments, altars, and immersive spaces. A trained Reiki practitioner, Lua brings deep energetic sensitivity to each offering—channeling talismanic designs that support personal intention and invite specific qualities into the body and living space.As a threshold keeper and intuitive translator of symbols, Lua approaches art as devotion: a grounded, transformative way to mark transitions, reconnect to self, and remember the ancient language of images beyond the analytical mind.They explore how Lua’s journey—from an intense, productivity-driven chapter in Dublin to an initiatory “cocoon” period during the pandemic in Koh Phangan—reshaped her relationship with art, slowness, and spiritual integrity. Together they unpack tattooing as a rite-of-passage practice: not just decoration, but a ceremonial crossing—where symbols, sigils, sacred geometry, and body placement become a living language for transformation.You’ll also hear reflections on masculine productivity culture vs. feminine spaciousness and gestation, how to create from deep listening instead of algorithmic pressure, and why purpose may be less a fixed destination and more an evolving puzzle that assembles through the right people, places, and timing. The conversation weaves in underworld journeying, nature-based wisdom, and Lua’s work with Ogham (the Celtic tree alphabet) as a pathway into belonging and deeper inner guidance.Lua’s Offerings Website: http://www.artoflua.com Use Discount Code SOULBODY10 to claim your discount on ANY offering. Instagram: @art.of.luaSOULBODY WHOLENESS COMMUNITYFollow on IGFor more info/offerings: http://www.soulbodywholeness.life/Listen on SpotifyListen on AppleWatch on YouTube