Official-sounding bio:

Jade is an expressive arts practitioner and facilitator based in Bengaluru, India, working with clients online and in person. Since 2023, they have been facilitating arts and play-based sessions for emotional wellbeing.

With a background as a creative designer and mixed media artist, Jade uses arts and storytelling to shift how people experience and respond to the world around them. Their work invites a gentler, more curious approach to self-discovery — one that questions standard ways of living and asks what actually works for each individual.

Jade creates a space where it feels okay to simply show up as you are, with whatever you're carrying.

They love staying in touch with their whimsical side. Outside of sessions, they're painting murals, experimenting with art, collecting cute stickers, playing Dungeons & Dragons or getting lost in a fantasy novel (preferably one with dragons).

They advocate for accessibility and community well-being, with a vision for an inclusive future where everyone belongs. Their motto? Jump in, figure it out, and help others along the way.

I offer arts and play-based sessions that help you move from feeling disconnected to more alive, so you can build a way of living and working that supports you.

A picture of Jade — short black hair, rectangular black glasses, smiling at the camera. Wearing a t-shirt with white, blue and green organic shapes. Daytime light falling softly on the left side.

Book a 15 min intro call

A little more about myself

I offer arts and play-based sessions that help you move from feeling disconnected to more alive, so you can build a way of living and working that supports you.

Official-sounding bio:

Jade is an expressive arts practitioner and facilitator based in Bengaluru, India, working with clients online and in person. Since 2023, they have been facilitating arts and play-based sessions for emotional wellbeing.

With a background as a creative designer and mixed media artist, Jade uses arts and storytelling to shift how people experience and respond to the world around them. Their work invites a gentler, more curious approach to self-discovery — one that questions standard ways of living and asks what actually works for each individual.

Jade creates a space where it feels okay to simply show up as you are, with whatever you're carrying.

They advocate for accessibility and community well-being, with a vision for an inclusive future where everyone belongs. Their motto? Jump in, figure it out, and help others along the way.

Book a 15 min intro call

Queer & Neurodiversity affirmative

With Lived experience

Trauma informed

Expressive Arts Practitioner & Facilitator · Neurodivergent human

Come, let me tell you a story

Imagine a window.

A little kid, lost in storybooks and drawings.

As days go by, the world tells the kid to grow up. Stories and drawings are hobbies that don't pay.

Imagine a window.

A little kid, lost in storybooks and drawings.

As days go by, the world tells the kid to grow up. Stories and drawings are hobbies that don't pay.

Sit still. Study. Earn. Be more. Do more.

A hand drawing of a kid with short brown hair, wearing a blue striped t-shirt and yellow shorts, sitting by a window reading a book. A pile of books and papers rest on the ledge in front of them, with trees and houses visible through the window.

A picture of a person with short hair, wearing a floral cotton shirt, standing with their back to the camera and looking out a window. The window has a coloured glass border in yellow, red, white, blue and green, opening to a view of trees.

They obey.
But life starts feeling bleak after years of working and adulting.

Nothing they do is enough for the world.
Then one day, without thinking much,

They obey.
But life starts feeling bleak after years of working and adulting.

Nothing they do is enough for the world.
Then one day, without thinking much,

the kid buys a box of crayons and comes back to the window.

Every day, they listen to music and just start drawing. Tiny repetitive lines.

Some days feel lighter. Trees and flowers appear. They do little dances in the room. The days that are heavy have clouds on the pages.

Every day, they listen to music and just start drawing. Tiny repetitive lines.

Some days feel lighter. Trees and flowers appear. They do little dances in the room. The days that are heavy have clouds on the pages.

Every day, they listen to music and just start drawing. Tiny repetitive lines.

Some days feel lighter. Trees and flowers appear. They do little dances in the room. The days that are heavy have clouds on the pages.

Play and drawing find their way back into the routine.

A hand drawn mixed media image of grass in watercolour and colour pencils with varied colours. Small paper flowers in pink, purple and white are laid out on top.

A picture of Jade smiling at the camera, holding up muddy palms. In front of them is a mud sculpture of two cupped hands with a crumpled piece of paper resting in the right one.

Life starts being bearable because of this small ritual of drawing and moving with music.

A moment to feel alright. Permission to just be, without striving to be different.
Not always happy, but joyful.

Life starts being bearable because of this small ritual of drawing and moving with music.

A moment to feel alright. Permission to just be, without striving to be different.
Not always happy, but joyful.

This is my story of returning to myself.

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The best way to move through feeling lost is to let go of "I shoulds".

To wander, draw, and play. To be childlike again. That's when our hearts feel full.

I wanted to share this practice.

So, I trained and qualified as an expressive arts practitioner to find language for my own experience.

To wander, draw, and play. To be childlike again. That's when our hearts feel full.

I wanted to share this practice.

So, I trained and qualified as an expressive arts practitioner to find language for my own experience.

To wander, draw, and play. To be childlike again. That's when our hearts feel full.

I wanted to share this practice. So, I trained and qualified as an expressive arts practitioner to find language for my own experience.

My credentials

Certified Peer Support Provider | Safe Access, New Delhi

Foundation course in Expressive & Creative Arts Therapies (FECAT) | SMArT, Bangalore

Mixed Media Artist & Storyteller

Official-sounding bio:

Jade is an expressive arts practitioner and facilitator based in Bengaluru, India, working with clients online and in person. Since 2023, they have been facilitating arts and play-based sessions for emotional wellbeing.

Jade creates a space where it feels okay to simply show up as you are, with whatever you're carrying.

They advocate for accessibility and community well-being, with a vision for an inclusive future where everyone belongs. Their motto? Jump in, figure it out, and help others along the way.

I offer arts and play-based sessions that help you move from feeling disconnected to more alive, so you can build a way of living and working that supports you.

Book a 15 min intro call

A little more about myself

Mediums we’ll explore

Based on what feels right during a session, you can explore any of these mediums

Words & Sound

Free writing, poetry, picture books, and music

Nature & Body

Art with found objects (like leaves or feathers) and gentle movements

Texture & Making

Playing with wet paint or dry colours, sand or clay

How we work together

Our sessions will be planned to:

Ease in with play

We begin by playing through drawing, moving, or writing to uncover your thoughts and feelings that are hard to put into words.

Take time to notice

Slowly, you get to know your feelings and notice how they show up in your daily life. Start recognizing your patterns, and learn to respond to them gently.

Figure out what helps

Together, we create small rituals and ways of living that actually feel engaging and supportive for you.

Mediums we’ll explore

Based on what feels right during a session, you can explore any of these mediums

Words & Sound

Free writing, poetry, picture books, and music

Nature & Body

Art with found objects (like leaves or feathers) and gentle movements

Texture & Making

Playing with wet paint or dry colours, sand or clay

How we work together

Our sessions will be planned to:

Ease in with play

We begin by playing through drawing, moving, or writing to uncover your thoughts and feelings that are hard to put into words.

Take time to notice

Slowly, you get to know your feelings and notice how they show up in your daily life. Start recognizing your patterns, and learn to respond to them gently.

Figure out what helps

We meet one-on-one over secure video. Each session is shaped around what's present for you that day.

I love to see people settle into who they are and release the pressure to be a certain way.

Book a 15 min intro call

An illustration of a white cat lying on its back in the grass, eyes closed, paws spread out.

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ITAC

Through the International Teaching Artist Collaborative's Global Working Group on Accessibility, I help build shared resources and co-create accessible events.

Queer Quiet Hours

Since September 2024, I have been running Queer Quiet Hours—a monthly, arts-based meetup providing creative rest for the queer community in Bengaluru.

ADHD Queeple

ADHD Queeple is a collective of queer and neurodivergent people providing peer-led, community-based support. I co-facilitate support groups and participatory research workshops.

My Dabblings

Beyond one-on-one sessions, I'm a bit of a dabbler — here's what else I do.

ITAC

Through the International Teaching Artist Collaborative's Global Working Group on Accessibility, I help build shared resources and co-create accessible events.