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HEART Centered
Expressive Arts and Wellness
Welcome
Connect, Create, Grow
HEART Centered brings art, movement, writing, and the natural world together in adult group programs that build resilience, regulation, and connection. Serving Sanford, Orlando, and Central Florida.
Creative expression allows people to explore emotions and experiences that are often difficult to articulate with words alone. Through guided art-making, movement, rhythm, and reflection, participants are invited into a supportive process of discovery and growth.
Expressive arts uses many art forms together, such as drawing, painting, collage, movement, music, and writing, to help people explore what they feel and experience. The focus is on the process, not on making a perfect piece. You don't need any art experience. Moving from one art form to another often opens up new insight, ease, and connection, especially for things that are hard to put into words.
What is Expressive Arts?
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A REACE® (Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator) is a professional registration from the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA). It recognizes practitioners who have completed specialized training and supervised experience in expressive arts and who use it in education, consulting, wellness, and community settings. It is not a clinical license. As a REACE, Dr. Peña leads expressive arts groups and workshops for learning, wellness, and personal growth.
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The HEART Process
Every HEART Centered experience follows five movements, drawn from expressive arts and ecopsychology.
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Harmony: We begin by listening to breath, body, and the living world around us.
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Expression: Color, texture, and movement give form to what is felt but unsaid.
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Awareness: We notice, without judgment, how our inner landscape meets the natural one.
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Renewal: Like the seasons, we let go and make room for new growth.
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Transformation: Participants carry their discoveries into daily life with a renewed sense of self-worth and connection.
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Testimonials
I have been to several of Marien's workshops. I always discover something about myself. I have learned about the true connection between myself and nature and how to communicate with nature. Marien's workshops are always therapeutic, you are guaranteed to also communicate with emotions that need your attention, whether you were aware of it or not. These are skills that I can use when working with children, for their benefit, and for mine.
Tara Crosby
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Member of The International Community of Ecopsychology
