somatic and expressive arts healing practice
Access a creative therapeutic process for individuals and groups, and reconnect with body, mind, and spirit in person and online with Mayavita Expressive Arts Therapy and Facilitation. Services offered in both English and Spanish.
my approach
As facilitator for Mayavita Expressive Arts Therapy and Facilitation, I work with individuals, families, groups, and organizations who are looking for creative ways to answer challenging questions about their environments and lives. The expressive arts process allows us to change perspectives about the stories that we have told ourselves and that others have placed on us, through the use of different modalities like movement, drawing, writing, sound, meditation, reflection, cultural rituals and many more.
My role is of a collaborator to nourish and reconnect with our creative power to work through challenging circumstances, and find new and more accessible non-verbal forms of approaching situations. I believe that this creative and healing process can bring a sense of connection to our bodies and each other. This work is welcoming of all, you do not have to consider yourself an artist or a creative, this is a space for self-expression to find your own roadmap for your immense internal capacity for healing and creation.
about me
Disclaimers:
*Movement and expressive arts sessions are not a substitute for medical attention, examination, diagnosis or treatment. Physical movement and psychological inquiry may not be recommended under certain medical or mental conditions.
*I am not a medical provider (physician, psychiatrist, nurse practitioner, etc.), or licensed mental health worker. I am a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator through ISMETA (The International Somatic Movement Education Therapy Association), and an Embodied Expressive Arts Educator and Therapist through Expressive Arts Institute of Oregon.
*I am not providing health care, medical or nutritional therapy services, or attempting to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any physical, mental or emotional issue, disease or condition.
* I am not available to receive any insurance at the moment. But I do offer sliding-scale prices for my offerings, please review the sliding scale prices here.
My name is Maya Muñoz-Tobón (she/they/elle) and I am a Latine immigrant, a Colombian living in diaspora in Oregon. I am a committed arts and environmental justice advocate, and a place-based, political and sensorial facilitator.
I have been a community facilitator and educator for over two decades, and an advocate for public health, immigrant rights, environmental justice, and community-based cultural development. All of this work has taught me the importance of healing in relationship with others, of connection, and the value of creating worlds we want to live in. Throughout my diverse roles I have seen how so many of us need opportunities to cultivate our resilience and self-care in order to keep showing up for ourselves and others.
I understand that we as individuals do not live in a vacuum but in structures and systems that have exploited, overused, and marginalized our humanity and natural environments, and that has hurt us all deeply. This is the reason I am doing the work I am doing, to come back to ourselves, to our bodies as home once again. I invite those who are desiring to build safety within their own bodies to do it through imagery, movement, sound, and self-reflection.
I am a Registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist (through ISMETA). My work of movement and expressive arts is guided by the connections of our cellular, social, and political contexts to our physical, mental, and spiritual health. I integrate body-based intuition for working through ancestral gifts and traumas, and the power of the art-making process to nourish our resilience and create new meanings in our lives. I honor the deep relationship of how our bodies are shaped and influenced by the places, communities, and environments we live in, and how our creative force can heal and build the world we want to see. Finally, my work combines nervous system regulation, sensorial explorations, cultural affirmation, and art-making in order to invite playfulness and expansion in the healing journey for individuals and groups. Let’s work together to remember ourselves!
