Who is Lydia Ruyle also known as YA-YA? I am a 66 year old crone with much life experience, partner of Bob for 44 years, mother of three and grandmother of six, five girls and one boy. My oldest granddaughter, Mae Elizabeth Rukstalis, gave me the name YA-YA when she was learning her first words. It was hard for her to say Ly-di-a. It came out YA-YA.

    I invite YOU to explore the divine feminine with art, stories, journeys, resources, and links.

    I am an artist /scholar who has been pursuing Goddess research for several decades with my mind, body and spirit. As an artist, I create icons, sacred images of the divine feminine from the many cultures of the world. Since 1995, the icons have become spirit banners which fly around the globe weaving the sacred energies of the divine feminine. 

    Lydia Ruyle is an artist scholar on the visual arts faculty of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a Master of Arts from UNC and has studied with Syracuse University in Italy, France, Spain, and with the Art Institute of Chicago in Indonesia. She works regularly at Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Center in Florence, Italy and Columbia College Center for Book and Paper in Chicago. Her research into sacred images of women has taken her around the globe. She exhibits her art and does workshops throughout the U.S. and internationally. She is the owner operator of Goddess Tours / YA-YA Journeys, spiritual pilgrimages for women to sacred places in the world.

 To read more about Lydia please visit her website: http://www.lydiaruyle.com/aboutlydia.html