Studio Zen
Share
Healing Arts Collective in Anderson IN❤️Building a community for transformation, love, & empowerment✨
Come see us at Fall-O-ween 10-4 @ Little Shop of Floras
My friend teaches at Summit Salon Academy. After the mannequin heads have been cut, colored, styled, and practiced on until there’s nothing left to work with, they’re discarded.
Except Nicole started rescuing them from the dumpster and turning them into the coolest, most beautiful planters.
And I kind of love everything about that: Something headed for the trash, given a little imagination, a little care, and a completely new purpose.
And now, something GROWS from it!!!
Tell me that isn’t absolutely perfect for Studio Zen.
Saved from the dumpster and waiting for a new home at the boutique.
Studio Zen will be operating on modified hours ALL of October. Scheduled class and services will continue. Your practitioner or instructor will unlock the front door approximately five minutes before your scheduled start time. Regular public hours will resume in November.
09/30/2026
Anderson, THIS is one of those stories we should know.
Deon Parson, better known as Supr Dee, is a nationally syndicated cartoonist with deep roots right here in Anderson.
Deon graduated from Anderson High School in 2013, where he drew cartoons for the school newspaper. And some of the people, places and experiences from his years here eventually found their way into his work.
Today, Deon is the creator of Rosebuds, a nationally syndicated comic strip.
The strip follows three sisters, Rosa, Maria and Maricela. They were named after and loosely inspired by friends Deon knew at Anderson High School, along with his own experiences growing up with sisters and other family members.
And the Anderson connections keep going.
The school in Rosebuds is named Anderson-Highland High School. Principal Pickett was named after Ellen Finney Pickett, one of Deon’s former ACS teachers who went on to become a principal at Highland.
And, Anderson isn’t just where Deon is from. Pieces of this city quite literally live inside his art!
And we’re lucky enough to have a little piece of Rosebuds at Studio Zen too. Deon drew one right on our bathroom wall!
Deon was mentored by Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, who helped him get his comics into local newspapers.
Years later, Rosebuds made its national newspaper debut, making Deon the FIRST Black Indiana cartoonist to have a nationally syndicated comic strip since the 1920s.
His work can now be found in major publications across the country and beyond, and right here at home in The Herald Bulletin.
Earlier this year, Anderson High School welcomed Deon back and unveiled a Rosebuds mural in his honor.
And now another full-circle moment is happening downtown.
This Friday, the Anderson Museum of Art opens The Funny Pages: A Comic Strip Exhibition, featuring 40+ Indiana artists, including Jim Davis and, proudly, Anderson’s own Supr Dee.
There is something pretty special about a kid drawing cartoons in the Anderson High School newspaper growing up to see his work syndicated across the country and displayed in his hometown museum.
This one is ours, Anderson.
And we should be INCREDIBLY proud.
This morning, we joined Cerenity Recovery Café for their 2nd Annual “Recovery in Motion Walk" celebrating people in our community doing incredibly hard work
EVERY.
SINGLE.
DAY.
Choosing differently.
Beginning again.
Taking the next step,
even when it isn’t easy.
Recovery takes courage.
It takes honesty.
It takes getting up and choosing the next step over and over again.
Healing doesn’t happen all at once.
It happens one day,
one step,
one moment at a time.
And none of us should have to do our healing alone. We all deserve people along the way reminding us to keep going.
We see you.
We’re cheering for you.
Keep going! 💪🏽🖤🤍
StudioZenHealing.com
These women deserve a better photo reel than the extreme close-ups and chopped off heads here. But, I wanted a face with each name.
When I opened the studio, Jessi (Naked Heart Yoga), just a block away, WELCOMED me with a Buddha head planter. Of all the places in Anderson, I chose a spot right next to her. But, she didn’t see me as competition, and to this day we send people each other’s way. The funny part? I already had the same planter! Now, our plantless 🥴 Buddhas sit side by side on bookshelves.
That feels right.
This week, Shelly (8th Street Carriage House) offered to help prepare our loft for Airbnb. I didn’t ask. She OFFERED to share years of hosting wisdom AND to help me clean an old prison bathroom in the basement.🤮
Now that is a friend.
Cathy, Gray’s Design Studio
Treva, Cultured Urban Winery
Pam, Ruby’s Cafe & Bakery
Sharon, Little Shop of Floras
Darla, The Toast and Finlay’s
Shelly, Thyme Stamp Boutique
Karen, Star Digital Arts
They take our classes, book services, send people our way, share advice, make connections, and offer a shoulder.
I have stories about every single one of them, but IG/FB have character limits for people like me.
They have their hands FULL building their own businesses and still hold the door open for mine.
We’re gonna need a whole other post for the men supporting and dreaming alongside us.
I wanna give some love to our women on the southside, too. Twisted Twigs, Wild Moon Child, Full Moon Creations. I’m very proud to carry your products.
I KNOW I’ll post this and think of people I missed, like Michelle Skeen, my CPA down the block & Studio Zen Foundation board member.
The customers. The cheerleaders. Those who share our posts, tell a friend, take a class, book a service, or drive across town for a greeting card they could get somewhere more conveniently.
A VERY special shout-out to my girl Sonia, A-Town Center. She was doing this long before me, turning an old building into a nonprofit and a home. She shared what she learned, helped me find my way and made me believe I could build here.
I LOVE that Andersonians don’t just build something of their own. We make room for someone else to b
There’s something special about putting pen to paper.
A quiet place for thoughts, ideas, gratitude, dreams, or simply whatever needs somewhere to land.
We just received a beautiful new collection of journals at Studio Zen. The antique-inspired pages are incredibly satisfying to write on, and each one feels like something you’ll want to keep for years.
Sometimes a blank page is exactly where you begin.
You don’t have to know anything about breathwork to begin.
Healing Breathwork is a gentle but powerful practice that uses intentional breathing to help you slow down, reconnect with yourself, and create space to release patterns that may no longer be serving you.
It’s an opportunity to quiet some of the outside noise, reconnect with your authentic self, and tap into your own sense of clarity and personal power.
No experience is needed. Just come as you are, breathe, and see what opens up.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/2urwb8bh
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.
Contact the practice
Address
940 Main Street
Anderson, IN
46061
Alerts
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Studio Zen posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.