When the Unknown Begins to Speak:
The Art of Integration

This series follows Yvonne’s journey through eight FieldBody sessions. We met every other week over the course of four months. When we started, her paintings were delicate and precise. They brought her calm during a long period of spiritual awakening. Over time, her art began to change. What once felt composed started to move and breathe.

Through body awareness, creative exploration, and reflection, she learned to trust what wanted to emerge. Each painting became a step toward feeling, releasing, and integrating what was ready to be seen.

The Garden of Control

Yvonne’s early paintings were full of color and beauty. Flowers, birds, and bright light, all carefully arranged.
They brought her peace, but also kept her within the familiar.
The beauty acted as protection, holding emotion at a distance.
Underneath was a quiet fear of what might come through if she let go.

The Edge of the Unknown

Something began to shift. Her brushstrokes loosened, her colors deepened.
A river appeared, and with it, a sense of movement and uncertainty.
The bright order of her earlier work gave way to something more fluid, more alive.
The unknown began to enter the picture.

Breaking Open

The energy turned raw and expressive. Forms began to dissolve.
The painting became less of an image and more of a feeling, a movement, a release.
Color started to carry emotion that words couldn’t hold.
This was the moment something deep began to move through her.

Reorganization

After the breaking open came a quieter rhythm.
The chaos softened and a new structure started to form.
The golden light returned, not as something to reach for, but as something she could feel from within.
There was more coherence now, not from control, but from trust.

Returning to Herself

In this stage, Yvonne returned to one of her older paintings and began adding new layers and marks.
What was once frozen in time began to breathe again. She painted over old strokes, bringing freedom into what once felt fixed.
There was joy and curiosity in reclaiming the past rather than leaving it behind.

Integration

The final painting carries a deep calm. The tones are cooler, the space feels open.
It feels like a breath returning to the body.
The unknown is no longer frightening. It has become part of her landscape.

In Yvonne’s Words…

“I have been working with Emilia now for few months. I looked her up after a recommendation, and I just knew straight away we would be a good fit. When I spoke to her face to face, there was a level of safety and presence I had not felt before.

She has opened me up to new depths within myself and helped me explore with more curiosity. I have found it easier to be open and vulnerable than I ever have with any other therapist.

Emilia has been with me on this new phase of my art and creativity and has helped me grow and express in ways that I have never done before, learning how to use my art as a form of healing.

Emilia holds space so that I can allow the love and compassion for my inner child to feel safe and to come forward into the present moment.

We have danced and laughed together.
We have stomped and roared together and been wild together.
We have given anger and rage to the earth together.
We have cried together.

I’m grateful she is in my life as we explore this journey together.”

(Shared with permission.)

Closing Reflection

This is what integration can look like, a conversation between the seen and unseen, between the body and imagination.

Through the FieldBody process, art becomes more than expression. It becomes a way of knowing, a mirror for transformation that words alone can’t hold.

  • The Garden of Control

  • The Edge of the Unknown

  • Breaking Open

  • Reorganization

  • Returning to Herself

  • Integration