Body and Art: a therapeutic approach that integrates body, creation, and expression.
There are moments when we realize that something needs to change, but we still don’t know exactly what.
Not everything we experience can be put into words. Not everything that needs to be transformed can be accessed
through conversation alone.
There are also moments when we understand intellectually what we are going through, but feel that, on its own, this is not enough.
In my work, I accompany people through processes of transformation using a therapeutic approach that integrates Body and Art.
Some experiences need to be felt before they can be understood.
A path that brings together therapeutic listening, embodied practices, and expressive resources to expand awareness, encourage new forms of expression, and support the integration of experiences, while respecting each person’s timing and individuality.
Every process is unique.
Because every story finds its own rhythm to be lived, understood, and transformed.
Marina Clauzet | Therapy | Body and Art as a therapeutic path
What if your body knew things that
you still can’t put into words?
The body brings us closer to experience. Sensations, tensions, movements, rhythms, and changes in breathing can reveal aspects of what we are living that
we do not always perceive immediately.
When we turn our attention to the body, we expand our awareness of ourselves and of the way
we are experiencing a situation.
Through embodied experience, we can recognize emotions, deepen our presence, and perceive
what we are living in different ways.
The body brings what we feel closer to what
we are able to perceive and express.
In the therapeutic process, I bring conscious awareness to the breath — the foundation of this exploration. It becomes a key to integrating body and mind. Through posture and movement, through gesture, we explore what is asking to be experienced, opening space for new ways of feeling, moving, and living.
There are experiences that first call for expression, and only then for understanding.
Art expands the possibilities for expression. An image, a color, a gesture, a drawing, or a painting can give shape to what we feel before we are even able to explain it. They can reveal aspects of our experience that still remain unspoken.
When we create, we observe, play, experiment, and relate to what we are living in different ways.
Not in search of an aesthetic outcome, but as a way of integrating experiences, recognizing inner resources, and creating space to experiment with different ways of feeling, responding, and living.
body
&
ART
The body ceases to be merely a place where we feel, and art ceases to be merely a way of creating.
Together, they become a path for exploring human experience.
Why work with Body and Art?
You don’t change simply because you understand.
Many people can explain exactly what they have been through. They understand their story, recognize patterns, and know, rationally, what they would like to change.
And yet, they continue to react in the same way.
Even when we believe we have understood or overcome an experience, it can remain present in the way we breathe, move, feel, and relate to others.
We think, feel, and experience life through the body.
Even when something seems to be understood, that experience can remain present in the way we breathe, move, or relate to ourselves, to others, and to life.
That is why the body is not merely a place where we observe symptoms. It is a gateway to expanding awareness and recognizing experiences that, many times, we still cannot put into words.
Some forms of creation begin before words.
Before an idea exists, there is a sensation. An impulse. A rhythm. A breath. It is also in the body that we perceive, feel, and encounter the first movements of creation.
And when I speak of creating, I am not referring only to art. Creating means finding new ways of responding to life, building relationships, making choices, and making space for what is new.
That is why we begin with the body.
When we bring our attention back to the body, other possibilities for perception and expression can emerge.
Some experiences do not ask for explanation. They ask for expression.
Some experiences first arrive as a sensation, an image, a gesture...
Art offers a way to explore and give form to what has not yet found words. You do not need to know how to draw, paint, or make art.
Here, art is not used in pursuit of an aesthetic outcome. It becomes a language for exploring and expressing experience.
When body and art meet.
The body expands perception. Creation expands the possibilities for expression and experimentation. Art is one of the ways this creation can take place.
It was from this encounter that my way of accompanying therapeutic processes emerged.
An approach that integrates presence, listening, expression, and creation to expand self-awareness, experiment with other possibilities, and find new ways of relating to oneself, to the body, to the world around us, and to life.
BODY
PERCEPTION
ART
INTEGRATION
EXPLORATION
TRANSFORMATION
TO FEEL
EXPRESSION
Transformation does not happen simply because we understand.
It happens when what we understand can also be lived in a different way.
YOU AT THE
CENTER
OF THE PROCESS
There is no predetermined path. There is a path that is possible.
Each person arrives with their own story. That is why I do not believe in predetermined paths.
Each process is shaped by the person’s story, timing, and needs.
Through the integration of Body and Art, I bring together therapeutic listening, embodied practices, and expressive resources to expand presence, support the process of making sense of experience, and create possibilities for experiencing
different ways of living what is happening.
Rather than simply applying techniques, I seek to create a space where you can deepen your awareness of yourself and discover new ways of living your experiences.
SOMATIC
PRACTICES
Feel. Inhabit the body.
Listen. Notice.
Recognize signals, patterns, and inner resources that often go unnoticed.
EXPRESSIVE
PRACTICES
Express.
Play. Create.
Give form to what has not yet found words.
Experiment with other ways of relating to what we are living.
What can begin to change when we expand our awareness?
When we begin to perceive what we feel, think, and do in different ways, new possibilities can emerge in everyday life.
This process invites you to develop a more conscious relationship with yourself.
As this awareness expands, many people begin to notice changes that are reflected in everyday life, such as:
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becoming more aware of the signals of your own body;
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recognizing emotions and patterns of response;
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gaining greater clarity in difficult situations;
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experimenting with new ways of setting boundaries;
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bringing feeling, thinking, and acting closer together;
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finding different ways of responding to situations;
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developing a more conscious relationship with yourself and others.
These changes can begin when perceiving, feeling, understanding, and experimenting become part of the same process.
Transformation happens when it moves beyond intellectual understanding
and becomes a lived experience.
Offerings
One to one session
A space for those who wish to understand their own experience more deeply.
In our sessions, I integrate therapeutic listening, embodied practices, and expressive resources according to the needs of each process.
Each therapeutic journey is shaped in its own unique way, respecting your timing, your story, and the way your body and creativity take part in this process. Each session is shaped by the moment you are living.
In-Person Sessions in Resende, Rio de Janeiro
Online, Anywhere in the World 🌍
Workshops & Talks
Group experiences that invite body, creation, and reflection into dialogue.
Each session is designed to expand awareness, strengthen connections, and create spaces for experimentation, whether in educational, institutional, or corporate settings.
Trainings
Training programs for educators, therapists, and teams who wish to integrate embodied and expressive practices into their professional contexts.
Rather than presenting tools to be replicated, I propose experiences that broaden the way we understand learning, care, presence, and human relationships.
Let's Talk About Where You Are Right Now.
About me
My work grew out of the understanding that not every experience can be accessed through conversation alone.
Throughout my journey, I came to realize that the body holds stories, memories, and resources that cannot always be explained in words. And that creation can open pathways for expressing what has not yet found language. It was from this encounter that my way of working emerged.
Today, I accompany people through a therapeutic approach that integrates therapeutic listening, embodied practices, and expressive resources, respecting the timing, individuality, and history of each process.
Rather than guiding someone toward a particular outcome, my role is to create a space where it is possible to perceive, express, and integrate one’s own experience.
