Rekindle aliveness and reconnection
Creative Arts & Soul Therapy for navigating life’s challenges & Chronic conditions
Perhaps...
Perhaps you've been navigating experiences that have changed your relationship with yourself, your body, or with life itself.
Perhaps life has become more about coping than truly living.
Perhaps you've lost touch with what brings you joy, meaning, creativity, or a sense of aliveness.
Perhaps you're longing to feel more connected, to yourself, your body, your relationships, nature, or to something deeper that is difficult to name.
Perhaps, despite everything you've tried, something within you senses that another way is possible.
* Reconnecting to Life *
* Reconnecting to Life *
There is an intelligence woven through life, one that exists beyond what we can analyse, predict, or fully understand.
We witness it in seeds that know how to become towering trees, in the changing seasons that move through cycles of birth, growth, death, and renewal, in birds that instinctively know when to wait before taking flight, and within your own body, where millions of intricate processes are unfolding every moment—breathing, repairing, adapting, protecting, and transforming—all without your conscious effort.
Life is continually creating, responding, adapting, and finding new ways forward.
What if this same intelligence is also present in your own life?
What if the challenges you are living with are not only asking for relief, but also inviting you into a deeper relationship with yourself, your body, your creativity, others, nature, and the unfolding of your own life?
Reconnecting to Life is an invitation to rediscover connection, creativity, meaning, and aliveness alongside life's challenges.
It is a compassionate, creative, playful, and holistic therapeutic journey that invites you to reconnect with yourself, your body, your creativity, others, nature, and the wisdom woven through life.
Together, we create a space to become curious about your experience not simply as something to fix or overcome, but as something that may hold insight, invite transformation, and deepen your relationship with yourself and the world around you.
It is a space to nurture your wellbeing, rediscover your uniqueness and inherent worth, uncover new perspectives and possibilities, and cultivate the inner and outer resources that support a meaningful, connected, and creative life.
From this place of reconnection, a renewed sense of safety, peace, wonder, belonging, and aliveness can begin to emerge.
Reconnecting to Life is not about fixing yourself or becoming someone different. It is about rediscovering the connection, creativity, meaning, and aliveness that have always been possible within you and within life itself…
Ways we can work together
The Inner Oracle
A playful and creative inquiry to reconnect with your inner guidance and the wisdom that lives within you and around you.
Is there something in your life where you are seeking clarity, insight, or guidance?
Perhaps you're navigating a challenge, a life transition, a relationship, a difficult decision, or a period of uncertainty. Maybe you're longing for a different direction but aren't sure what comes next. Or perhaps you're nurturing a creative project, a business, or a new idea that is waiting to take shape.
Bring your curiosity and a question or area of your life you'd like to explore. Through creative arts therapy, symbol work, play, and intuitive and imaginal practices, you'll be invited to connect with the wisdom of your body, heart, soul, nature, and the more-than-human world.
Sliding scale fees available.
Rekindle Aliveness
Group Sessions in Brunswick
August 20th - September 17th, 2026
Five weekly small group sessions
11:00 am -12:30 pm
Between 2 and 5 people in a group.
Working in a group is insightful & powerfully healing
AU$375
I am an enthusiastic student of Life and the soul’s journey. Originally from Mexico, I made New Zealand my home for 16 years. I recently moved to the Yarra Valley in Melbourne, Australia.
I've been on my own journey with conditions like endometriosis and fibromyalgia. 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 and layers of healing.
This made me reconnect with my body, nature, ancestral wisdom, intuition, 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 and mental wellbeing 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 inspiring teachers and wisdom 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 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!, you can embrace these qualities even while facing difficult challenges.
You’ll learn to reconnect with your precious, unique self. You’ll rediscover your connection to nature, your breath, the present moment, the imaginal realm and the intelligence of life.
You’ll befriend and learn to understand how your nervous system works with chronic conditions and trauma. You will engage in practices to help you integrate unprocessed personal, ancestral, or collective wounds and patterns that once served to protect you.
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Online and in-person sessions
In Brunswick, Melbourne
Individual sessions
(60-70 minutes)
Private: $150
NDIS (self & plan managed) : $156.16
* Please note that for NDIS sessions, an additional 15 - 30 minutes will be billed for non-face-to-face support at $156.16/hr, which includes the time spent before and after sessions of preparation, note writing and follow-ups.
Reconnecting to Life : Rekindle Aliveness and Connection
Group Sessions in Brunswick
August 20th - September 17th, 2026
Five weekly small group sessions
11:00 am -12:30 pm
Between 2 and 5 people in a group.
Working in a group is insightful & powerfully healing
AU$375
If you deeply desire to start your journey of reconnection and are struggling financially, please get in touch with me, and together we can find a way to make it happen.
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 a reconnection to the full espectrum of your being. It is a process, a journey, that aims to strengthen your emotional, mental, physical and spiritual well-being, providing insights into the challenges you are going through while restoring a sense of safety, peace, awe, and aliveness.
Our bodies have a natural capacity for connection and empathy. Reconnecting to Life taps into this innate ability, helping you open your heart and access a deeper sense of aliveness, compassion, presence, and peace. From this place of open-heartedness, connection, and wholeness, you not only support your own healing—you also become a true force for healing and transformation in the world.
FAQ
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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.
Reconnecting to life helps you understanding the landscape of your autonomic nervous system. 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.
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.
Other benefits can include emotional release, physical relaxation, stress reduction, increased present-moment awareness, feelings of safety, playfulness, self-compassion, and self-care.
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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 and connects us with the imaginal realm (the in-between) the physcial and the spiritual world.
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 helps reintroduce the experiences of play, curiosity, creativity, and aliveness, which are essential for restorative imagination and healing.
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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.
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Weekly (or fortnightly) sessions are recommended to help maintain consistency and keep you engaged in your journey. They make the process more effective and supportive.
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Refund Policy
Please advise with a 24 hour notice if you cannot attend a scheduled session. If you have trouble, please email norma@reconnectingtolife.com, and I will respond as soon as possible.If you do not provide 24 hours' notice and/or fail to show up for your session, the session will be charged in full.
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You can also email me to: norma(at)reconnectingtolife(dot)com