Meet Mia Catra
Mia Catra is an artist and facilitator working at the intersection of embodiment, drawing, and inner awareness.
Her work centers on a body-led creative method where inner states are explored through simple geometry on paper and integrated back into lived experience.
Today, Mia works with individuals and groups through portraits, guided drawing sessions, and embodied creative practices. Her role is not to interpret or diagnose, but to hold a structure in which insight can arise naturally — through attention, movement, and form.
Her practice is rooted in presence, sensitivity to the human nervous system, and deep respect for personal autonomy. The paper becomes a mirror, the body a compass, and geometry a shared language for what is often felt but unnamed.
Her Method
Mia is the author of an original body-led creative approach often referred to as Inner Geometry — a process that moves through body awareness, drawing, reflection, and embodiment.
Rather than teaching symbolic meanings, her method invites participants to observe:
proportion
distance
relationship between shapes
sensation before and after drawing
The work unfolds slowly, guided by readiness rather than instruction.
It is experiential, grounded, and accessible — requiring no artistic background.
How She Works
Mia does not position herself as a therapist or psychologist.
She works as a guide of creative attention — holding space, structure, and clarity so that participants can meet themselves honestly.
Her work values:
embodiment over explanation
experience over theory
integration over catharsis
Experience
Mia has over a decade of experience working with people through art, creativity, and facilitated group processes.
Her experience includes:
leading art and animation workshops for children and young people
working with sensitive and vulnerable groups
facilitating creative practices focused on emotional awareness and self-regulation
creating long-term portrait projects as reflective and integrative processes
She has led both short-format intensives and longer programs, adapting her language and pace to the needs of each group while maintaining a clear methodological structure.
Education & Background
Mia’s education is interdisciplinary and practice-based, shaped by:
fine art and visual storytelling
animation and stop-motion techniques
long-term facilitation of creative processes
lived experience of working across cultures
Her method did not emerge from academic theory, but from years of embodied practice, reflection, and direct work with people.
Countries & Cultural Context
Mia has lived and worked across several countries, including:
Ukraine,
Lithuania,
the United Kingdom, Norway, Italy, and Eastern Europe.
Spending many years in Europe significantly influenced her sensitivity to dialogue, diversity, and facilitation styles. At the same time, her work remains deeply connected to Eastern European embodied knowledge, resilience, and relational depth.
Online
Contact via email to request one to one meeting
Via ZOOM / G-Meet
Based in Ukraine · Working worldwide
