I am here to guide you into your own wisdom and creativity. I vow to do this with presence, acceptance, respect, compassion and kindness. I am here to help you know your true self and get closer to your own truth. I am here to show you the way into your own intuition and self-love to direct your own life with awareness and joy.
-Mariana
Solluna ☼☽
= Transformation & Creativity Practice - 1:1& Group Expressive Arts Sessions.
Joy Circle! Arts
= Encompasses the "Joy Circle!" + other Creativity Workshops for all ages like the “Music & Art Camp” and more.
English & Español
Part of my story
I have been an artist all my life. For me, creating art comes naturally.
When I started teaching art, first to kids and later to adults, I realized that to most people it not only didn’t come naturally, but they had been discouraged to even try, and they struggled to express themselves, to connect to their innate intuition which is what one needs to access to create, what creativity and imagination are all about.
Right then I realized that what I loved most was not teaching a particular medium or technique, but to help people unblock and express themselves through art, and thus know themselves, connect to who they really are.
Everybody can and should be able to express themselves in some creative way. I believe that it is imperative for human beings to find some way of expressing themselves. Art in all its many forms is healing. Not only to the creator but also to the perceiver. Making art is not just for artists, everybody has the ability to create. To express themselves.
Even if you don’t plan to be a professional artist, making art helps you connect with parts of yourself in a way that is not so easily accessible through other therapies, because art is a mirror. It can transcend the interference of the mind.
Creativity is needed not just for art, but for life itself. Because Life is Art, which we are creating at every moment.
Being able to access your imagination and/or intuition is the basis for creating the life that you want. Once you start to know yourself and you recognize your beliefs, you can start consciously creating.
To be able to create consciously the life that you desire, you need =
CREATIVITY (imagination) + TRUST (in yourself/faith); which also comes from self knowledge and unconditional love of self.
When you connect to your imagination/intuition you also connect to your true self. When you connect to your true self, you access your natural gifts and talents, and when you do, through a path of self love and acceptance, you start wanting to share these gifts with the world.
This is why I am passionate about this work. The more people who are in touch with their natural gifts and share them from a place of joy and service, the more wonderful this world is going to be!
With love, Mariana.
More about Mariana
Mariana has been an artist all her life, so she has about 50 years of making art! She is/has been also an Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Web-designer, (has a degree in Commercial Art) Social Media Creator, book creator, apparel designer, textile designer/maker, etc. Mariana has worked throughout her life with multiple media including: Drawing and painting, Print making, Collage, Papier maché, Ceramics, Vitro fusion (glass fusing), Mosaics, Textiles , Sewing and Jewelry making. She made and sold her art in these mediums and most recently spent her time creating at her own Ceramics business: O-Ceramics (now @marianaoppel.studio)
Art making later became teaching art and crafts to children and adults in private studios and school settings. Some of these experiences with children: Homeschooling groups facilitator of artistic and educational activities, music, games and yoga with kids. Member of organizational board at Waldorf school in CR and many years of accompanying her son’s education, learning about Anthroposophy and Waldorf Pedagogy and volunteering at Waldorf schools. Mariana had her own Art studio where she hosted and facilitated a variety of Art & Healing Arts workshops for all ages.
Mariana has traveled and lived in many places, her most significant experience was living in the South Caribbean Costa Rican rainforest. Having these mind and heart opening life experiences have been an important part of her life journey. Through exploring & experiencing different healing modalities in her own transformation and healing path, Mariana discovered her passion in helping others to know themselves, express themselves, transform themselves by getting back to their true essence, and find their own unique gifts. Some of Mariana’s personal experiences and healing practices among countless books, workshops and individual & group experiences: Meditation techniques, hypnosis, past life regressions, Energy clearings, Hatha yoga, Kundalini Yoga, kineseology, Floral Essences, Concientización Energética con Carlos Lopez, Family Constellations Systems workshops, GaiaYoga meditation, group circles of sacred sounds and songs, Yoga of the voice, ( and music & dance; Afro-brazilian dance, Haitian dance, West African dance & percussion, Five rhythms, Taller de Música Ancestral, etc.) Other Professional trainings: Expressive Arts Therapy (Creative Connection) with Graciela Bottini at IEATA Argentina. Barbara Brennan - Hands on healing & personal Transformation.