Closer Together
Express. Connect. Transform.
Express yourself through the arts and let your creative imagination take flight.
CloserTogether is an invitation to express, connect and transform.- Break free from mental blocks and ignite fresh ideas,
- Unlock new perspectives and creative solutions,
- Access moments of deep play and tap into your creative flow.
Expressive Arts and Sound Healing practices offer a holistic approach to connect with yourself, improve your well-being, navigate challenges, cope with stress, and build resilience.
Expressive Arts is a creative, process-oriented practice that uses movement, sound, visual arts, storytelling, and other creative modalities such as play, poetry and nature art to explore our inner world.Expressive Arts is not about being an artist or creating "perfectly good" art.Show up as a fuller, more authentic being with the ability to connect with your emotions, intuition, and desires.Let's bring your imagination to life and access a fuller, grounded, and resourceful version of yourself through Expressive Arts, Sound Healing, and Creative Storytelling.
Therapeutic Space for Creative Exploration
Expressive Arts is an inclusive creative space open to individuals, groups, teams, families and communities. There's no language, age or cultural barriers to participate in a session.- Are you someone looking to strengthen your relationship with yourself and those you love?- Are you navigating a big life transition and seeking clarity about job, career, relationship, or life choices?-Are you looking to connect with your emotions and intuition on a deeper level to better handle challenges and conflicts?Get in touch with me to explore how we can work together, one-on-one or as a group.
What to Expect During a Creative Exploration?
During a session, we work together to set up a safe and non-judgmental space to explore what is most alive and present for you.Here are some of the themes that a client can choose to explore during a session:
- Triggers at work, home, personal life.
- Navigating career shifts, relationships, relocation, or personal growth.
- Finding creative ways to release tension, restore balance, and cultivate rest.
- Working through self-doubt, perfectionism, and fear of judgment while nurturing self-kindness.
- Exploring and expressing emotions such as grief, anxiety, anger, or joy in a creative way.
About Nilofar Haja (she/her)
Nilofar Haja (she/her) is the Founder and Lead Practitioner of CloserTogether.This work is not just what I do; it is how I choose to live. It is an invitation to embrace our full humanity, to slow down, to listen deeply, and to heal through movement, art, and sound.
I create a safe, supportive space where you can reconnect with your inner self. My approach is gentle, compassionate, intuitive, and holistic.Expressive Arts and Sound Healing sessions are designed to help you build your capacity to navigate challenges, stress, and conflicts through different art forms. You will learn to harness your rich inner resources and abilities to live a more fuller, grounded, authentic life.
I have built my foundation in spiritual, creative, embodied practices through trainings across multiple modalities:• Certified Intermodal Expressive Arts Practitioner, Swahansa (Auroville), in cooperation with the European Graduate School, Switzerland.
• Level-4 Sound Meditation & Healing Facilitator (from the Tibetan tradition of Shamanic sound healing by Shreekant and Meghana), Mysore.
• 200-hour Hatha Yoga certified yoga instructor (Amrutha Bindu Yogshala, Bangalore).
Number of sessions facilitated: 45+ hours (as of July 2025) | Client age group: 11 to 39 years | Professionals from various backgrounds have been part of these online sessions: Student, Marketing Executive, Teacher, Therapist, Musician, Product Sales Manager.
Testimonials from clients
"When I think of you, I feel warmth, ease, quiet strength and presence – soft, playful, rooted, and expansive. You hold space the way a tree holds a swing: gently, with just the right balance of support and freedom. You have a gift of making people feel seen without needing to perform, and in doing so, you remind them of their own wholeness. Anyone who finds their way to you, will find a sanctuary to feel, explore, simply be and blossom as their true selves."Testimonial from Neha Jain, 22, Delhi
"What drew me to signing up for your sessions was the chance to explore my inner world through a creative medium. I felt warmth and curiosity from you right from the first session, and that helped build deep trust and encouraged me to keep coming back (we did 8 sessions). I am so grateful for how you held space for me. I always felt respected and safe and everything moved with my consent. What surprised me was experiencing the inner shift taking place every week through the 4 months. I found a way to get in touch with myself intuitively and meet myself through painting. This was totally different from the visual art explorations I did in the past where I felt constant pressure to create beautiful-looking art. I met parts of myself with gentleness and got the opportunity to kindle a renewed relationship with painting and colors."Testimonial from Astha, 31, Auroville
"We both had a great time doing the session and it was an amazing mother-daughter 'having fun together' space. Thanks so much for helping us through it. Reva still had the journal entries stuck on her wall and we keep rhyming the poem we made. It brings us both together over a laugh that no one understands but we both do… and that’s the beauty of it."Testimonial from Neha Khandelwal, 40, and her daughter, Reva, 11, Mumbai.
Get in touch with me
I design and facilitate creative workshops online and in-person for individuals, friends and couples, groups, and professional teams.Book a 30-minute free discovery call via Calendly (link below) to explore which offering is right for you.Expressive Arts Offering:
• Sessions take place online
• Session duration: 90 minutes
• Cost per session: ₹1500.Get in touch to explore group sessions in-person and online for your organization or community.Sound Healing Offering:
• Designed for individuals and groups in-person (only in Maharashtra).
• Duration of a sound healing session: 90 minutes
• Cost per session for individuals: ₹2,200.
• Get in touch for group fee.
• Sound Healing not offered online.
