Dancing Mindfulness & Expressive Art Therapy by Mindful Journey Center

08/09/2025

This morning, walking to Terminal G7 at Fort Lauderdale airport, I noticed an art exhibition in the JetBlue terminal. They show art from their employees. For me, the most special part is that, between the lines, they are celebrating diversity. These are the ones that touched me.

08/06/2025

New Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator Training!

Date: December 12-14, 2025

Dancing Mindfulness is a trauma-informed practice created by Dr. Jamie Marich that invites participants to explore mindfulness through movement.

No dance skills needed, just a willing spirit and an open heart.

In this training, you’ll learn how to lead powerful, healing classes grounded in the consensus model of trauma treatment (developed by Pierre Janet ), based on the three-stage approach:

Preparation – Building safety and resources
Trauma Work – Engaging memories with care
Integration – Making meaning and restoring wholeness

This model reminds us: trauma healing needs a beginning, middle, and end. Jumping into trauma work without proper preparation is not enough, and Dancing Mindfulness honors that rhythm.

Whether you’re a therapist, healer, or simply passionate about movement and presence, this training is for you.

Come move, breathe and create with us!

Register here: https://bit.ly/453yxp0

Online Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator Training- Expressive Arts Module A: December 12-14, 2025 (Eastern Time)

08/03/2025

Join Our Community Dancing Mindfulness Today, August 3rd at 1:00 PM (ET)!

Let’s celebrate the power of letting go with our newest facilitator!

Bring your playful, younger parts and dance into what’s possible when we are fully present in the moment.

This is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/cRY6p39QRq6MNKNVQyArgA

07/19/2025

So happy to be home in Puerto Rico, teaching Day 2 of EMDR Training with Expressive Arts. During breaks… I get to visit my sunflowers, caterpillar, and hang out with Lucky Bones and Lilah. 🌿🐾 My nervous system is loving this rhythm.

05/20/2025

With time, we learn what we truly enjoy, what we don’t, and—most importantly—what we believe. We start to notice the difference between what we were taught and what life has shown us to be true. That’s how we begin to walk our own path. And often, it’s a path we walk alone—until, somewhere along the way, we finally meet ourselves.

05/14/2025

Inner exploration is an act of resistance. When life feels off, we often avoid feeling the hard feelings.

But there’s always a doorway— A way to express what words cannot hold.

Through writing, painting, movement, and stillness,
we give shape to our sorrows. Expressive arts become our witness,
our storyteller.

In this gentle back-and-forth, our inner parts learn to support each other.
How do you give your feelings a voice when words are not enough?.
ExpressiveArts

05/13/2025

Have you 🧠❤️, ever feel like you’re juggling too much? 🤹‍♀️ When our nervous system gets overwhelmed, it escapes by disconnecting 📴.
Distraction 🌀, zoning out 😶‍🌫️, poor focus 🎯, and decision paralysis 🤯 are signs it’s time to pause ⏸️, step back 🚶‍♀️, and retreat 🧘‍♀️. You (we) deserve a reset 🔄

05/11/2025

There are times when spoken words fall short.
That’s when we turn to movement, art, and creativity—
to express what must not be silenced.

03/17/2025

🌿✨ Expand Your Clinical and Self-Care Skills! ✨🌿

Join us for this training—part of the Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy with Mindful Journey Center—where you'll explore how mindfulness, movement, and expressive arts can enhance healing.

🧘‍♀️ Mindfulness is the practice of noticing without judgment and staying present. Research has long supported its effectiveness in clinical work, and therapists continue to develop new ways to teach mindfulness for coping and distress tolerance.

💃 In this practice and curriculum , has been developed by Dr. Jamie Marich, we’ll focus on integrating dance/movement, mindfulness, psychodrama, and meditation into therapy. Learn how these approaches, rooted in Gestalt and person-centered traditions, can foster wellness and recovery.

This training is for therapists and mental health professionals looking to deepen their skills in expressive arts therapy while using movement as a pathway to mindful awareness.

📅 Secure your spot today and take your clinical and self-care practice to the next level!

For more information and registration, please visit 👇

Online Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator Training- Expressive Arts Module A: April 11-13, 2025 (Eastern Time)

03/07/2025

Receiving the message.

10/11/2024

Feeling your emotions and simply sitting with them can be a powerful daily practice.

We all experience sensations and emotions that may be hard to be with.

Would you be open to exploring what helps you sit with your feelings and sensations, and learn from them?

Give yourself the time to discover what supports you in this moment. Your needs may be different from others, and that’s perfectly okay.

10/10/2024

As trauma therapists, we might mistakenly think that clients need complex techniques or special skills to feel grounded and centered.

In reality, many of us can find connection and grounding in the small, everyday moments of life.

Each moment can be an opportunity to pause, notice, and feel that sense of connection.