About MYO
Meet Garima Arora
Garima is an educator, arts facilitator, and founder of MYO Centre in Jaipur. With a Masters degree in Visual Arts and four years of experience as a Waldorf educator, she has deep expertise in nurturing child development through creative play and learning. Her additional training in arts-based therapy enriches how she supports families and children's holistic growth.
Our Philosophy
At MYO, we believe children learn best through creative play, meaningful connection, and a safe, nurturing environment. Waldorf education focuses on imagination, creativity, and whole-child development rather than early academics. Garima's training in arts-based therapy deepens this approach, giving her tools to support children's emotional well-being alongside their learning. She creates spaces where children can explore, express themselves, and develop confidence through mindfulness practices, creative expression using art and music, and an understanding of each child's unique needs—whether they're thriving toddlers or children who need extra support. Her research and work with children have shown how creative expression helps with development, confidence, and emotional regulation.
Her Approach
Garima weaves together a range of mediums and traditions in her work — drawing on the arts, philosophy, and contemplative practice to create experiences that meet each person where they are.
Multi-Modal Healing
An integrative approach that combines visual art, music, movement, mindfulness, and somatic practice. Rather than relying on a single modality, sessions are tailored to what each individual or group responds to most deeply.
Music
Sound and rhythm as pathways to emotional expression and regulation. Music supports nervous-system regulation, creative release, and connection in both individual and group settings.
Visual Arts
Drawing, painting, and making as forms of inquiry and integration. Visual art offers a non-verbal language for processing experience and discovering new perspectives.
Kabir's Mysticism
The poetry and philosophy of Kabir as a foundation for inner reflection. Kabir's teachings on unity, presence, and the inward path inform the contemplative texture of her work.
Buddhist Philosophy
Mindfulness, compassion, and awareness practices rooted in Buddhist teaching. These offer practical tools for working with difficulty, cultivating presence, and resting in awareness.
Credentials & Experience
Garima holds a Master's degree in Visual Arts from Baroda and is a certified practitioner from Kathakar Trust with B.O.A.T affiliation through WCCL Pune. She has advanced research and intervention experience from her work at Vimhans Hospital Delhi, where she conducted arts-based therapy interventions with daycare patients. Her expertise spans multiple therapeutic modalities and art forms—including visual arts, music, theatre, and somatic practices that integrate body awareness and movement. She has conducted workshops across educational institutions in Delhi NCR with caregivers, teachers, and adults, and brings four years of Waldorf educator training from Ukti Waldorf in Delhi. Today, she offers both one-on-one sessions at MYO's Civil Lines centre and online services to clients outside Jaipur.
