about the work

The expressive arts therapeutic process is a supportive tool in addition to any other healing activities that you are undertaking such as psychotherapy, talk therapy, faith-based communion, mindfulness etc. This practice aims to complement the body-mind-spirit connections.

As your facilitator I work with you one-on-one, with your family, and community or organizational group during one time sessions or a series of sessions, depending on your goals and capacity. During our time together I look for building a trustful and respectful relationship, and a space for you to integrate challenging questions and experiences that you want to explore, at the same time as building on the resources and tools for facing everyday stressors and difficulties, and cultivating nourishing self-care practices.

who is this for?

Movement and expressive arts practice is for anyone who wants to connect an reconnect with their bodies and their creativity. My goal is to work with those who live in liminal spaces, in the in-betweens, like holding multiple cultural, racial and other identities, such as immigrants, those living in diaspora, members of the 2SLGBTQ+ communities, and those who have a desire to explore the gifts and burdens that these life experiences can bring to individuals and communities.

I want to support those in our communities who are caretakers of others, those with visions to create change in our world. I want to support individuals and communities who move mountains of any sizes everyday, from pushing for justice, to policy change, from building full lives while living with chronic illness, to carrying family and cultural expectations, and support those caring for our future generations.

This is a practice for you if you are looking for a space to explore in a creative and playful way how to carry these responsibilities, get in deep connection with your gifts, and build your own self-care and healing path through your body and the arts.

your session

At the beginning of each session we check in about what are your goals and expectations
We start scanning our physical body, to understand where any discomforts or soothing sensations are. Our bodies carry in them many experiences that we may not be conscious about, it holds all our interactions, and places that we have experienced.
Then we explore any natural movement, no matter if they are big or small. We work with our breath, nervous system regulation, locating ourselves in the room, or any other activity that you need to feel settled and present in the space
From there it’s all up to what is needed at the moment, we start working with different modalities of art making using simple and everyday objects. We create drawings, stories, movements, spaces to relax in, anything that will allow for you to explore your goals.
We end our session by reflecting about your experience and building meaning about how to integrate it into your goals for your healing and life you are building.

Same nonbianary person seating on the floor working on a wooden and paper sculpture, there are different balls of yarn and scissors in front of them on the floor

Offerings

individual sessions

Online or in-person, this is designated for individuals to process and explore their thoughts, questions, and lived-experiences. It can be a one-time session, or multiple sessions.

60 mins session | Read more

family sessions

Online or in-person, this is an opportunity for family groups of up to four individuals to come together and practice how to build trust, collaboration, loving relationships, and how to be comfortable with challenging circumstances.

90 mins | Read more

community
group sessions

Online or in-person, this is an opportunity for informal groups to grow in their collaboration, gain resources for personal and collective healing, to grieve together, and build more connections.

120 mins | Read more

organizational group sessions

Online or in-person, this is an opportunity for non-profit organizations, businesses, or any other formal group to come together for self-care, trust building opportunities, and resource building to create healthy relationships at the personal and collective level