Step into this first practice with openness and curiosity.
Choose a quiet, comfortable place where you can spend a few uninterrupted moments. You may wish to have a notebook and pen nearby, or art materials if visual expression feels supportive.Take a little time to create an atmosphere that helps you settle — soft light, silence, or gentle music....

This is the second practice in The Art of Feeling at Home. As this work is just beginning, it is helpful to return to the practice regularly, allowing the body and mind to open in their own time and rhythm.This meditation explores the natural cycles of tension and release in both breath and body. Through four stages, you are invited to hold the breath for a moment, gently contract your body,...

The Unknown Secret Forest: Guided practiceBuilding on the attention and familiarity developed in the earlier practices, this third practice brings meditation together with journaling, painting, sculpting, or any other creative activity that feels accessible to you. Moving between stillness and making offers different ways of listening through the body, through attention, and through creative...

This meditation invites you to explore your inner adventurer with gentle curiosity. By blending mindfulness with creativity, it offers a space for you to connect with your inner call and simply be present with whatever arises. As you engage with this practice, it encourages a sense of openness to the journey ahead, allowing space for new insights and experiences to unfold naturally, at your...

The intention of this practice is to gently bring awareness to your vision and attention, inviting presence and curiosity without expectation.   

In this guided practice, you will explore body sensations using imagination and gentle movement. By visualizing yourself as a tree, you'll connect deeply with the ground and feel rooted and stable. You'll observe how your body and mind respond as you move freely, guided by your breath. This practice combines mindfulness, visualization, and creativity to deepen your connection with...

This practice helps you notice your breath and the tension in your body. When coping with the effects of trauma, it offers a safe way to return aThis practice helps you notice your breath and the tension in your body. When coping with the effects of trauma, it offers a safe way to return attention to your body and breath, allowing small moments of release and grounding. There is no need to...

Breathing in Colors is a visualization practice that helps you connect with your emotions. It encourages you to exhale what you no longer need and inhale what nurtures and supports you, using colors as a way to engage with your feelings mindfully, and create a sense of balance and calm. 

This practice invites you to slow down and bring mindful attention to each bite. Notice the taste, texture, aroma, and appearance of your food, and allow yourself to be fully present in the experience. Simply observe and savour what arises, cultivating curiosity, awareness, and a gentle connection with your body in the moment.  

Chocolate Meditation is a sensory meditation that invites you to experience a piece of chocolate with full awareness. Through mindful tasting, you explore its texture, aroma, and flavors, allowing yourself to fully savour each moment. This practice turns a simple act into an opportunity to cultivate presence, curiosity, and gentle enjoyment. ...

Navigating the Pendulum's Swing is a playful meditation that explores the balance between contrasting emotions and experiences. With a light hearted approach, this practice encourages embracing the ups and downs and finding resilience and strength in the subtle middle ground.It highlights the beauty, growth, and connection that emerge when we navigate the full spectrum of our journey...

LAKE Meditation is a gentle practice that invites you to be present with your emotions, allowing them to come and go without judgment. It encourages a calm and accepting mindset, helping you find inner stability amidst changing feelings.

The Middle Way through Mindful Sculpting is a practice detailed in The Art of Feeling at Home. It invites you to explore balance and self-awareness through creative, hands-on sculpting, using mindfulness to find a middle path between effort and ease. 

Turning on the Light Practice invites you to gently face personal fears with compassion. “Turning on the light” is a way of bringing kind awareness to hidden or challenging emotions, allowing them to be noticed without judgment. By staying present with what arises, this practice supports gradual understanding and gentle inner exploration,...

A.C.O.R.N. builds upon the practice of Navigating Difficult Emotions, expanding its focus to include a creative dimension. Inspired by the well-known R.A.I.N. meditation, developed by Michelle McDonald and popularised by Tara Brach. A.C.O.R.N. deepens the approach of recognizing and accepting emotions by inviting active engagement and transformation.    

A gentle invitation to bring attention to the present moment and observe your thoughts without judgment. This practice encourages gratitude for the moment and for your own presence, supporting calm, clarity, and steadying awareness as you move through the Hero’s Journey.  

Handling Anger and Other Challenging Emotions is a practice that helps you mindfully acknowledge and explore intense feelings with compassion, creating space for understanding and balanced responses.Incorporating the A.C.O.R.N practice into dealing with anger encourages a holistic approach to navigating difficult emotions. It invites us to explore, understand, and ultimately find peace within...

Mindful Meditation Self-Compassion: This practice encourages being kind and gentle with yourself. It involves acknowledging your struggles with mindfulness and offering yourself compassion, fostering inner warmth and resilience. The book offers several creative approaches to exploring self-compassion, enabling a deeper, more personalised practice.      

P.L.A.Y is a practice I created to help engage with life’s challenges through a playful and mindful approach. It emphasizes creating a “potential space” where creativity and authenticity can thrive, allowing individuals to explore their emotions deeply and meaningfully. By focusing on Presence, Letting go, Acceptance, and Yielding, this practice cultivates curiosity, adaptability,...

Inspired by the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, this practice honors the deep connection between challenges and growth. Like the lotus that blooms from muddy waters, it invites you to bring mindful awareness to difficulties with presence, compassion, and gentle curiosity. As you sit with this practice, you are guided to notice how pain and adversity can be met with care, opening space for resilience,...

This practice invites you to explore opposing emotions or experiences through writing, art, or other creative expression. By noticing contrasts without judgment, you cultivate balance, presence, and gentle self-awareness, allowing the full range of your experience to be acknowledged and met with curiosity.  

This practice uses the A.C.O.R.N. framework - Allow, Create, Observe, Relies, Nourish as a way to bring mindful attention to self-doubt and limiting beliefs. It invites gentle inquiry and compassion, supporting self-awareness and creating space to notice new perspectives and possibilities. 

This practice, a cornerstone of the MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) approach, invites you to cultivate strength and stability by imagining yourself as a steady, unshaken mountain. By resting in this awareness, you are supported in fostering resilience, calm, and a grounded sense of presence.

A.C.O.R.N. of Forgiveness is a practice focused on cultivating forgiveness as a path for growth. By acknowledging pain and accepting our own and others' mistakes, we nurture the seeds of forgiveness, allowing healing and transformation to flourish.   

A.C.O.R.N. of Generosity is a practice that encourages cultivating generosity with mindfulness and creativity. It involves acknowledging abundance, giving selflessly, opening your heart to others' needs, and releasing anticipations. Through creative acts of giving whether time, resources, or knowledge you nurture the joy of generosity, continuously finding new ways to contribute and make...

As the Hero returns home, this practice invites you to nurture compassion for yourself, others, and the world through mindfulness and creativity. Using the A.C.O.R.N. framework, you explore ways to reconnect with your heart and embrace kindness, allowing the journey’s lessons to settle gently within you. Creative expressions, writing, art, or acts of care support a deeper sense of empathy...

A.C.O.R.N. of Love is a guided meditation inspired by Buddhist loving-kindness (Metta) teachings, weaving mindfulness and creativity into each step. Using the A.C.O.R.N. framework - Acknowledge, Create, Observe, Release, Nourish- you are invited to nurture love within yourself and in your relationships. Through gentle, creative expressions, writing, art, or acts of kindness, the practice...

In the challenges of life, stress, and anxiety, there’s an opportunity to find moments of calm, connect inwardly, and feel more at home with yourself. I am here to offer empathetic and professional support, directly from the comfort of your own space.    With over 20 years of experience in emotional therapy. Since the epidemic also facilitating online workshops, and as...

The integration of the mindfulness approach in mental health therapy was developed as a therapeutic intervention about 40 years ago by the scientist, author, and professor of medicine John Kabat-Zin.Mindfulness has been proven in research to help reduce stress and cope with a lack of emotional regulation. It is now known that the practice of access tools contributes to the development of...

An 8-Week Exploration of Presence and Creativity. This introductory course invites you to explore the essential tools of mindfulness and creativity in therapy. Together, we will gently lay the foundation for integrating mindfulness into your work, fostering presence and connection with clients and yourself.    What Awaits You:Core mindfulness practices for grounding and...

An 8-Week Journey of healing and transformation. This advanced course builds on the foundation of Level 1, focusing on the deeper integration of mindfulness and creativity in trauma therapy. Designed for professionals working with trauma, it explores tools to help clients-and yourself-navigate the complexities of recovery and growth What Awaits You:Advanced techniques for emotional regulation...

What Makes This Course Unique? + Real-World Impact: Techniques you can apply immediately in your practice. + Personal and Professional Growth: Nurture your resilience while supporting your clients. + Proven Results: Feedback from graduates highlights the course's transformative impact.  What Graduates Are Saying "Many talk about mindfulness,...

How can we support trauma healing in a way that is both grounded and creative? This training introduces practical tools based on mindfulness and creativity, while guiding participants through the five stages of the Hero’s Journey as a therapeutic framework for trauma processing.What You’ll Gain:- A deeper understanding of trauma healing processes through...

Courses, workshops, and retreatsThe mindfulness approach tools are proven in research to help reduce stress and cope with emotional dysregulation. It is now known that attentiveness allows the development of communication skills, emotion regulation, and mental clarity through intentional and non-judgmental attention to sensations, thoughts, and emotions in the present tense. Creation allows...

In the workshop, we will learn about and experience a practice based on brain research. This research proves that a short workout per day can change brain functions and improve the quality of life when dealing with challenges and solving problems.  Each session includes theoretical background, practice, and sharing. Between the sessions, personal practice is sent,  How...

This story began in 2020 and brought me to give a lecture and workshop at the European Conference of Art Therapy, held in Riga. It all started during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when we were all in lockdown. Despite the pressure and worry, inspiring initiatives started to emerge, promoting connection even in a time of isolation.New opportunities were created, how to find freedom within...

The purpose of this article* is to explore the integration of mindfulness and creative practices within therapeutic settings, highlighting their contributions to emotional regulation and the enhancement of balance. This integration can be particularly valuable for professionals in the therapeutic field, educators, and parents, as it nurtures a growth mindset, lays the foundation for conducive...

Although children with ASD receive treatment in educational and therapeutic settings, the primary and most significant contributors to a child’s development are their parents. Research has shown that parents of children with autism experience higher levels of stress compared to parents of children with other disabilities or developmental delays. Importantly, a study has demonstrated...

During a conference focused on different approaches to integrating mindfulness into daily life, Jon Kabat-Zinn leaned closer to the camera and, almost whispering, said something that surprised and moved everyone: "Practicing mindfulness is like making love with life."  I imagine that if someone had said this to me before October 1993, I wouldn’t have understood what...

In times of stress and tension, we all need small moments of calm and inner connection. Meditation can be a wonderful way to ease worries and gently bring our attention back to the present moment.  You don’t have to sit still to practice. Presence can be found in everyday activities that invite creativity and enjoyment. Imagine yourself baking cookies—feeling the dough’s...

Glad to invite you to attend the First Zoom session  In a series of 8 sessions.  We will meet through mindfulness approach and creation with essential content that engages us all,  How to reduce suffering and practice inner freedom in any situation.  To feel at home in a spacious comfort ourselves.  When ?  The first Sunday of every...

Mindfulness and creativity are intimately connected approaches that naturally enhance the psychotherapeutic journey, offering a pathway for profound healing and personal exploration. As a therapist grounded in the practices of mindfulness-based and creative psychotherapy, I invite you to delve into the transformative potential that this integrative approach holds.  Mindfulness,...

The connection between the quality of sound and the quality of speech and its influence on our well-being is a fascinating topic.When I was first exposed almost 30 years ago to how sounds, tones, speech intonations, and speech styles immediately affect our physical, mental, and emotional state, I gradually discovered how to cope with situations where we have no control over what is said to...