
Rekindle Joy and Aliveness: Creative Soul Therapy for Chronic Conditions
Do you deal with Chronic Conditions Like Anxiety, Stress, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Autoimmune Disorders, IBS, Migraines, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Endometriosis/Adenomyosis, Depression, Severe PMS and more?
Living with a chronic condition can be profoundly challenging, altering your sense of self and life. It’s easy to feel frustrated and betrayed by your body, unheard, lonely, and misunderstood.
You’ve likely tried countless ways to feel better and reclaim your life. Some methods may have worked, while others haven’t. This process can be tiring and disheartening.
You are seeking relief from symptoms and pain, the chance to regain a sense of purpose, connection, aliveness, joy, and hope. You long to make sense of your life and be part of it. You yearn for new visions, perspectives and possibilities.
Reconnecting to Life is an invitation and a wake-up call for transformation, growth, connection and a deeper understanding of healing through chronic conditions.
It is a holistic, compassionate, creative, and therapeutic process that helps you rediscover the awe and divinity of Life.
Are you ready to reconnect to the wisdom of your body, heart and soul?
THIS IS FOR YOU IF...
THIS IS FOR YOU IF...
You’re challenged by a chronic condition or symptom (the list is long, but if you have it often and it affects your life, then this is for you).
Sometimes, you long for the magical pill and treatment that will make it go away asap, but deep down, you know these conditions require time, holistic processes and inner work.
You are ready to explore your wisdom, strengths and possibilities for growth, healing and transformation without bypassing the difficulties, the challenging moments, the wounds; these are doorways that need your awareness and compassionate attention.
You are open to exploring holistic and groundbreaking processes that blend creative arts therapy with Indigenous wisdom, somatic practices, and findings from the latest research on neurobiology—specifically regarding individual, collective, and ancestral trauma.
I am an enthusiastic student of Life and the soul’s journey. Originally from Mexico, I have called New Zealand home for the last 15 years.
I've been on my own journey with fibromyalgia, endometriosis, and adenomyosis. After facing limited treatment options and feeling intense frustration at being unable to work and function properly, I made a heartfelt intention: To trust my body, listen to Life and explore the depth, layers and real meaning of healing.
This made me reconnect with my body, nature, ancestral wisdom, intuition, compassion, and creativity. What started as a wish to feel better, heal, and return to my ‘normal life’ turned into a profoundly transformative path, where confusion, sadness, anger, chronic pain, and exhaustion shifted into clarity, peace, presence, and gratitude for Life. I understood that healing goes far beyond the ‘removal’ or improvement of symptoms.
I am a registered Creative Arts Therapist (ANZACATA) and an Inner-Work facilitator with 15 years of experience as a Facilitator, Educator and Nutritionist. Through my work, I support people in their journeys of reconnection, self-love, transformation and healing.
In my path, I’ve been fortunate to learn from and be inspired by many wise teachers and spiritual traditions. You can read more about my training and studies here.
Hi, I’m Norma Hernandez
When we work together....
When we work together....
You’ll be safely, gently and compassionately guided to tap into your own innate wisdom. Together, we’ll explore new possibilities and perspectives in your life, helping you find your way to healing and wholeness.
You’ll rekindle your curiosity, creativity, inspiration, and playfulness—because yes!, we can embrace these qualities even while facing difficult challenges.
You’ll learn to reconnect with your precious and unique self in a caring and loving way. You’ll rediscover your connection to nature, your breath, the present moment, the imaginal realm and the divine essence of life.
You’ll befriend and learn to understand how your nervous system works with chronic conditions. You will experience practices to help you integrate unprocessed personal, ancestral or collective wounds and patterns that once served to protect you.

Kind words
Why reconnecting?
This logo transmits the essence of my work, and the understanding that we are deeply interconnected with other human hearts, plants, Earth, Sky, animals, Life, and Divinity.
The nervous system in our bodies, the roots of the trees, and the fungus mycelium mirror how we relate, communicate and interweave within ourselves and with each other.
Reconnecting to Life (with a capital letter) means for me a reconnection to wholeness. It is a process, a journey, designed to help you reconnect to yourself, others, nature, Life and Divinity through the wisdom of your body, heart and soul.
It aims to strengthen your emotional, mental, physical and spiritual well-being, providing insights into your chronic condition(s) while restoring a sense of safety, peace, awe, and aliveness.
Research has found a link between chronic conditions and chronic stress and trauma. Some theories suggest that in chronic conditions, the body often becomes trapped in a defence mechanism, and we lose connection. This can manifest as a hyperactive nervous system (e.g., pain, inflammation, anxiety, stress, nervousness, a desire to escape) or as an underactive nervous system (e.g., brain fog, shutdown, exhaustion, lethargy, feeling disconnected from one’s surroundings). I’ve found that in chronic conditions, both responses can occur simultaneously.
The body is a physical container of your individual, ancestral, and collective history. When emotions or parts of yourself are silenced or repressed, they get lodged in your body, no matter how long they have been repressed. Your body does this for protection. There is an intelligence behind the body’s tensions, pain, and stagnation. When you tenderly explore these pains and tensions with the help of creative arts, somatics and the imaginal realm, you can release stuck emotions and protective patterns, which reduce pain and fatigue and increase the availability of energy.
Your body has a natural tendency to connection and empathy. Reconnecting to Life opens your heart, and aliveness, creativity, kindness, curiosity, playfulness, compassion, presence, and peace become available. This is exciting and inspiring because these health challenges become an opportunity and an urgent call for transformation and reconnection. From this place of open-heartedness, connection, and wholeness, you heal yourself and truly support transforming and healing the world.
Single individual Session
NZ $180
Ten individual sessions
(Weekly or fortnightly, 60-70 minutes each)
NZ$1,600
Can be paid in 3 monthly instalments
Ten Group Sessions
STARTS ON FEBRUARY 2026.
Book your space.
Weekly small group sessions, 90 minutes each. Five people maximum. Working in a group is insightful & powerfully healing
NZ$900
Can be paid in 2 monthly instalments
* If it’s your deep desire to start your journey of reconnection and you are struggling financially, please get in touch with me, and together we can find a way to make it happen.

FAQ
-
Creative Arts Therapy uses expressive processes such as art, creative writing, movement, sculpting, sound, nature, symbol work, and imaginative play to promote mental, emotional, and spiritual health and well-being. It supports the exploration and expression of inner experiences—feelings, emotions, perceptions, and thoughts—that may be difficult to put into words.
By fostering present-moment awareness, Creative Arts Therapy aids in regulating emotions and calming the nervous system, it can also serve as a powerful tool for stress and pain relief, enhancing overall quality of life.
Creative Arts Therapy offers a sensory-based, somatic bottom-up approach that helps reintroduce the experiences of play, curiosity, creativity, and aliveness, which are essential for restorative imagination and healing.
-
Not at all! You DON’t need to have artistic abilities. The focus of this process is on expression, exploration, and self-discovery rather than on creating “art” in a traditional sense. Everyone has a unique way of expressing themselves, and the creative activities are meant to help you tap into your feelings, thoughts, experiences and the imaginal realm.
-
Research has found a link between chronic conditions and chronic stress and trauma. Some theories suggest, that in chronic conditions, the body often becomes trapped in a defence mechanism. This can manifest as a hyperactivated nervous system (e.g., pain, inflammation, anxiety, stress, nervousness, a desire to escape) or as an underactive nervous system (e.g., brain fog, shutdown, exhaustion, lethargy, feeling disconnected from one’s surroundings). I’ve found that in chronic conditions, both responses can occur simultaneously.
Understanding the landscape of our autonomic nervous system, reconnecting with our bodies, and practising the resources shared in this process can be valuable components of a holistic approach to managing chronic conditions and improving overall well-being.
Some benefits include emotional release, physical relaxation, stress reduction, increased present-moment awareness, feelings of safety, playfulness, self-compassion, and self-care. This approach can also help you rediscover your sense of self beyond your chronic condition and reconnect with the joy and vitality of life.
-
It's easy! Once you make your payment, you’ll be prompted to schedule your weekly or fortnightly 1:1 or group sessions.
-
Yes, weekly sessions help maintain consistency and keep you engaged in your journey. They make the process more effective and supportive. If weekly sessions are not possible, fortnightly sessions are possible.
If, for any reason, you cannot attend your session, you can reschedule with a 24-hour notice.
-
Refund Policy
If you decide to withdraw for any reason, you may cancel your participation within 7 days of your payment to receive a full refund (minus the first session if it has already occurred), or a credit for future use. Refund requests must be made in writing. Refunds will be issued to the original payment method and may take up to three weeks to process. No refunds will be granted after this period.Even if you choose not to participate or don't use all your sessions, the remaining balance of the package is still due in full and must be paid according to the original timeline, unless otherwise agreed upon.
Follow this link to read all the Terms and conditions
Take the next step.
Fill out this quick form and I’ll be in touch within 48 business hours. There’s no obligation or pressure on the other end - promise.
You can also email me to: norma(at)reconnectingtolife(dot)com