Denise DeMaras, Artist, Counselor, and Writer

Denise with Cassie

After a week long trip cross country with my dog, Cassie, I shifted gears in my career  in order to experience a more authentic life experience. I returned to schools to study and learn how to teach self healing practices and there I found the path to a heart centered life with  purpose and meaning. I became a holistic health coach and meditation and creative practices instructor to help others find their way to live a genuine and passionate life.

As I was finding my footing on this new path, I was in an accident which  proved to be a life changing experience limiting my movement and my work. It proved to be a dynamic turning point in a life that had already experienced more changes, turns and moves than most people.  I experienced for the first time in my life, the physical pain of injury with the emotional frustration and anxiety of the limitations they caused. This  resulted in a new awareness and compassion for others suffering with injury and physical limitations. I became  determined to find a way ‘out’ of the bonds of pain and restriction.

Through an integrated approach to nutrition and health I explored and found new creative expression that cleared pain, emotional and physical, and brought me healing. It is now my intention to share these findings and help you heal your life, and the pain you may suffer from past memories or events.

Self healing practices, especially creative practices and meditation, are at the heart and soul of my work and life. The holistic self healing practices I’ve learned and teach, produce profound changes and positive shifts for living with passion and purpose. I know first-hand the impact of change on body, mind and heart and it is always better when you are in tune with it so you can go with it, be aware of the unlimited possibilities for living inside every moment. You also become aware that the miracle of life is inside the changes and there lie the opportunities to heal and grow.

In my book, Heal from Your Heart with Breath, Rhyme and Art, self healing practices are taught to help you deal with changes as they occur and process emotions and events from the past to add positive, passionate purpose to your life. Enjoy vibrant health and a balanced body, mind and spirit to live life with ease and authenticity.

I teach HEAL FROM YOUR HEART, WITH BREATH RHYME AND ART workshops that include self healing practices such as meditation, art and creativity together because as an artist, I’ve experienced the healing power of creative expression and meditation together throughout my life. I understand how the process works and how as a practice has the power to heal. Self Healing practices are powerful medicines.

I include meditation with creativity because I know that stress can block the creative process. That’s where meditation fits in to the classes, workshops and personal programs I offer. I learned this when I experienced a shift in my own stress reduction and awareness during a class with Deepak Chopra while studying holistic health and nutrition in New York. I was so transformed I set out on the Chopra Center’s Teachers Path to learn more about meditation and how to teach it. The practice of meditation increases our ability to release and express feelings, ideas, and creativity in a way that promotes deep lasting healing that affects all the different parts of our lives.

HEAL WITH ART AND  RHYME TO HEAL, are taught with breath awareness meditation to provide a transformational experience as it is a  powerful way to process and heal emotions that otherwise prevent us from leading and living happy healthy lives with meaning and purpose. Regular practice brings balance and better health to body, mind and spirit.

I’m certified a board certified holistic health counselor certified to teach Art for Healing by Chapman University and Primordial Sound Meditation by the Chopra University. I’m also board certified holistic nutrition and health Counselor through NAAP, Columbia University Teachers College and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Please contact me to find out how to begin.