Healing Notes from Melissa Robin
Art can heal. I have known that art in many forms can be therapy; fine art, dance, psychodrama. MOMA in an article published in 2021 launched an initiative around artful practices for well-being. In these times of divisiveness, violence, and anxiety art and beauty are essential. Melissa Robin created her own healing journey from body dysmorphia through art and photography.
Melissa has turned her own healing experience into a powerful healing practice that allows individuals to experience themselves and their inner beauty, As a bonus she captures it in stunning photography. Melissa also offers cacao medicine, embodied dance, and group ritual that allows you to be witnessed and seen.
Melissa is a gifted healer and practitioner who offers ritual photography, embodied physical movement practices, and healing community retreats to connect you to your divine feminine and masculine.
I am honored to share Melissa’s thoughts on her healing journey and her self nurturing practices:
What mind/body wisdom can you share from your field of work or passion for engaged living?
My work has taught me that embodiment is the bridge between spirit and form ♥️ that our bodies are not obstacles to transcend but sacred vessels for truth, creativity, and healing. When we slow down enough to listen, the body reveals what the mind can’t yet articulate. Whether through movement, breath, ritual, or the lens of a camera, I invite people back into relationship with their aliveness ✨ to feel rather than perform, to express rather than suppress, and to remember their inherent beauty and belonging.
What are your favorite healing modalities?
My foundation is in somatic therapy, ritual arts, and yoga, woven with intuitive photography and creative expression. I also find deep medicine in dance, sound, nature, and intentional ceremony. Each of these practices helps me (and my clients) integrate the unseen with the seen ✨ embodying our essence in a tangible, felt way.
What are your experiences with psychology/psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy has been an important part of my own healing, especially in learning to hold compassion for the parts of myself that once felt unworthy or too much. I’ve also studied trauma-informed somatic work, which beautifully complements traditional therapy by involving the wisdom of the body in the process. Together they’ve helped me soften old survival patterns and open to deeper trust, connection, and creativity.
How do you nourish yourself?
I nourish myself through slowness, morning rituals, movement, time in nature, cooking nourishing foods, and surrounding myself with art and community that feel real and soul-led. I also find nourishment in solitude, in tending beauty, and in remembering that rest is not a luxury but a sacred act of devotion.
