Create a Sanity Journal

Sanity Journal with Alina Bettancourt: Come create a beautiful reflection of YOU!

Discover the joy of self-expression through Sanity Journaling, a creative practice developed and refined by Alina Bettancourt over many years. This class invites participants to explore their inner world through artful journaling—combining words, images, and color to create a deeply personal reflection of life, dreams, and emotions.

There is no right or wrong way to do this. Each page becomes a space for authenticity, play, and self-discovery. Whether the process feels lighthearted or profound, every mark and collage piece contributes to a unique story—your own.

Participants will experiment with a variety of materials, including magazine cut-outs, paint, markers, pencils, and pens. The journal can hold affirmations, meaningful quotes, personal insights, memories, or simply serve as a creative playground for new artistic techniques.

This is a space free of judgment and full of encouragement. The goal is to honor individuality, embrace imperfection, and celebrate the beauty of self-expression.

Bring your curiosity, your imagination, and your heart—and create a journal that reflects the essence of you.

Alina Bettancourt is a lover of creating beauty in the world through art. She enjoys creating with different media, and her favorite is loose watercolor painting. She is a retired marriage-family therapist (MFT), a physical fitness trainer, developer of BIW (a meditative exercise program), and recently is a certified Primal Reflex Release Technique practitioner (PRRT). Alina is a mother of 6 grown kids and 13 grandchildren. She lives a quiet cabin life in Clearwater, Idaho, fully enjoying many winter hours of guilt-free painting.

Please RSVP. If your plans change after registering, please let us know if you cannot attend so we may offer the space to another. You will also have an option to make a donation to support continued free arts programming for Kamiah and beyond. You can bypass this option by just hitting “Continue”. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders.

Please be on time. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!

Ages: 12 and up; unless a previous arrangement has been made, kids must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

FREE ~ Participants are welcome to stay longer in the studio if they need more time.