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Seasoned in creating safe space, Marina serves as a compassionate guide to meeting all of life with loving presence. She specializes in supporting adolescent and young adult women on 1:1 journeys toward deeper connection with themselves, others, and the world around them through an intuitive weaving of mindfulness practices, parts work, gentle movement, and creative expression. Her healing containers are guided by the wisdom of nature, and held with the intention to honor the expansiveness of the human experience. Marina is fully devoted to this sacred path following previous lives as a wilderness guide, teacher, and climate policy advocate. At the heart of all her offerings lies an invitation to love and dance with life.

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I believe in the power of nature to heal, ground, teach and remind us who we really are. I believe that we are animals here to love, to play, to feel, to create, to express. ​My mission is to help bring you into deeper relationship with yourself, others, and the natural world. When we are in tune with our undeniable interconnectedness, we can walk our unique path with greater authenticity, peace, joy, and fulfillment.

"We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say we have lost our connection to nature, we have lost our connection to ourselves.” - Andy Goldsworthy.

 

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credentials

BA Colorado College, Environmental Science

MA New York University, Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness

associate professional clinical counselor #15511 (supervised by Sharon Yu #50028)

internal family systems Level I​

somatic coach [B3]

certified nature therapy guide [ANFT]

level 2 sound practitioner [Love & Alchemy]

registered yoga teacher [RYT200]​​

heart of the woods healing
Based in Los Angeles, California, Marina Mendes is an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor specializing in Internal Family Systems and nature-based healing. In addition to individual and group therapy, she facilitates retreats and is a certified nature therapy guide, yoga teacher, sound practitioner, and somatic coach.
Heart of the Woods LLC
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