Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Alexandra. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alexandra, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.

For fifteen years, my corporate career was a rich ecosystem of its own, rooted in instructional design and training and development. I led a multidisciplinary creative team, and though my title was “lead,” my truest work was building relationships, connecting with people on a deep human level. This systems-based thinking served me, yet a whisper of something more personal persisted. In the margins of a notebook filled with project notes, I sketched the first draft of a logo for Flutura Creative, a future I envisioned where I could be a full-time artist and weave the power of story into my work. Then, in the global pause of 2020, the layoff came—not as an ending, but as an initiation. Standing on the ancestral lands of my home, I felt the world’s ache in my bones, a call to reciprocity that clarified my path. After many iterations, the butterfly and disco ball archetypes guided me to my true purpose: elevating the human experience through somatic inquiry, embodiment, and creative expression. I now guide others back to themselves through The Art of Somatic Living, which encompasses a series of micro-practices in nature, our greatest muse for becoming whole.

Alexandra, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

From the Body, For the Soul: The Story of Flutura Creative
I am Alexandra Granato-Garcia, a Central Texas-based Registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist (RSME/T) and the founder of Flutura Creative. My work is rooted in my Indigenous heritage, a commitment to land reciprocity, and a deep reverence for nature as our primary muse. I stand on the ancestral homelands of the Yanaguana, the land of the spirit waters, San Antonio, TX, and it is from this place of connection that I guide others back to the wisdom of their own bodies.
The Journey to Here
My story begins on the Texas-Mexico border, where the annual monarch migration filled my childhood with wonder. My grandmother called me “Little Butterfly” because I was always flitting about, curious and connecting with the world. This became my first archetype: a symbol of transformation, resilience, and migration.
I carried that spirit to Texas A&M University, where I studied Communication and Dance. A compassionate professor introduced me to somatic movement therapy, and I began my certification journey. It was during this time that I experienced a profound loss: my father passed away from cancer. My budding somatic studies became my real-time practice for processing grief. I learned firsthand that the body holds our stories, our sorrows, and our capacity to heal.
Life then swept me into a 15-year corporate career in instructional design and training and development. I led a multidisciplinary creative team, and my role was less about managing projects and more about building deep, human relationships. The systems-based thinking I cultivated served me well, but a whisper of something more personal persisted. In the margins of a corporate project notebook, I sketched the first draft of a logo for Flutura Creative—a dream of a business that would weave together my love for art and the power of story.
The whisper became a calling in 2020. A corporate layoff coincided with a moment when I saw the world hurting. I felt that collective ache in my own bones, and it prompted me to reopen the “somatic vault.” It was an initiation, a return to my path. Grief has a way of revealing your heart’s truth, and my truth was calling me back to the body. This period also sparked a reconnection with my ancestral roots, helping me understand why story is the language of my lineage and what it means to be a lineage keeper.
What is Flutura Creative?
Flutura Creative is the expression of this journey. It’s a practice of Values-Led Creativity, my second archetype: the disco ball. Each of us is a composite of countless facets—our joys, wounds, gifts, and experiences. Our light shines through them all.
Values-led creativity is the practice of making from the body—guided by core values, lineage, and nature—so your expression heals, serves, and sustains you and your community.
It’s about creating from a place of deep somatic wisdom, aligned with core values of reciprocity, integrity, and service. It honors nature as our teacher, centers somatic safety, and integrates ancestral teachings with evidence-trauma-informed practices. It is a way of making art and experiences that heal and illuminate, not just for ourselves, but for the collective.
How I Serve
My offerings are invitations to explore this practice. I guide individuals and groups to regulate their nervous systems, rebuild self-trust, move through grief, and reconnect with their inner artist. The goal is to cultivate coherence between your soma (body), psyche (mind), and soul (heart), allowing you to live and lead from a place of wholeness.
All of my services can be held online or in person; travel is available.
Group & Retreat Facilitation: Themed experiences that blend somatic inquiry, embodied movement, creative expression, and community connection.
1:1 Somatic-Creative Mentorship: Personalized guidance to support your unique journey.
Creative Direction for Organizations: Consulting and collaborative leadership for organizations seeking to craft human-centered experiences and cultivate embodied leadership, bringing the focus back to relational values and workplace environments where every individual feels seen and valued.
Organizational & Speaking Engagements: Bringing somatic culture design, embodied creativity, and workplace wellness to teams and events.
What Sets This Work Apart
I believe healing happens in relationship—with ourselves, with each other, and with the natural world. The heart and hands of Flutura Creative are at the center of this vision. I see our hands as an extension of our heart space, carrying the energy of our intentions into the world. Through these “listening hands,” I create experiences that invite others into a space of intergenerational healing. My approach is unique because it blends several powerful streams of health and the arts:
Outdoor-First Facilitation: Nature is our co-facilitator, offering a free and powerful resource for regulation and inspiration.
Lineage-Honoring Reciprocity: My work is informed by my Indigenous heritage and a commitment to giving back to the communities and lands that hold us.
Evidence-Informed & Trauma-Informed Methods: I integrate proven modalities like Shin Somatics® methodology and Rooted BodyBased™ practices to ensure a safe and supportive container for all.
Systems + Story: We blend the logic of systems thinking with the heart of storytelling to create profound shifts.
Micro-Practices for Sustainable Change: Simple, repeatable actions you can weave into your daily life for lasting transformation, I call this “The Art of Somatic Living.” Each week I create a newsletter grounded in story, themes from the natural world, and somatic micro-practices—a way of sharing my voice that feels not only aligned, but truly regenerative for both myself and the community I am building.
My Vision
I am most proud of creating compassionate, inclusive spaces where people feel safe enough to be their full selves. It fills my heart to see clients leave with tangible artifacts and embodied practices that continue to support them long after our session ends. My dream is to build a treehouse studio sanctuary, a sun-drenched indoor-outdoor space where people can come to experience the wholeness of who they are.
An Invitation
What I want you to know most is that you belong here. Your loving presence matters to this great web of life. Whatever stirs within you today—whether it’s the fire of anger or the spark of excitement—know that it is the same energy, fuel for creation. This is my greatest advice for today: let what stirs you take form. Life is meant to be created with; when we bring our inner experience into expression, the world responds with magic and possibility.
This work isn’t about quick fixes; it’s about planting seeds of awareness that grow over time. It’s about remembering that the simplest practices can change everything. You already have everything you need within you. I am simply here to provide the guidance and the space to help you remember the answers carried within your body.
I invite you to connect, to get curious, and to explore what it feels like to live a more embodied, creative, and values-led life.

Certifications Include:
International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association – RSME/T – https://ismeta.org/registered-somatic-movement-educators-therapists#!biz/id/688bc995396d1282a9059fd9
School of Somatic Arts – Certified Somatic Practitioner – https://theschoolofsomaticarts.com/alexandragranatogarcia
Yoga Alliance – RYT 200 – https://app.yogaalliance.org/teacherpublicprofile?id=003TR00001AftTjYAJ

Can you tell us about what’s worked well for you in terms of growing your clientele?

My most effective strategy for growing and nourishing my clients is staying radically authentic—showing up in my fullness as a deep feeler and an observer of the intricate interconnectedness that binds all life. I have learned to lean into the fear of being misunderstood, trusting that the depth and honesty of my soul-level work will speak directly to those it’s meant for. The experiences I offer touch a space within the body that is the prima materia, the sacred matter before language—a realm where healing and creativity spring directly from source.
Nature serves as an unparalleled muse, providing both a scientific and spiritual lens through which we can curiously explore the depths and wonder of our being and ultimately find our way back home—to our most authentic self. In the early days of entrepreneurship, this partnership with nature and inner truth was a challenging dance, but time and again, experience redirected me back to what is real. Experimentation has been my compass, allowing me to be transparent with clients about the process: while I hold a clear framework for each journey, I ultimately trust my intuition and embodied wisdom to provide exactly what is needed in the moment. Every session is wholeheartedly co-created alongside participants, honoring the uniqueness of each gathering.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

Your body is a legacy. Not a dusty heirloom, but a living, breathing library of wisdom inherited from those who came before you. I had to learn this truth in the crucible of loss. At nineteen, just as I began my somatic studies, I lost my father to cancer. His passing was a crossroads, a moment where I could either fall into my family’s well-worn patterns of grief or choose to interrupt them. I chose to interrupt.
My ancestral lineage is a study in both profound loss and fierce trailblazing. Through my own healing, I learned how deeply the wound of abandonment runs in my family. My grandmother was left by her parents to be raised by her own grandparents. In her mid-twenties, she lost her husband in an accident, leaving my mother to grow up without a father from the age of eight. I watched my grandmother mourn her own son, my dad, and saw my aunt lose her best friend. Yet, this same lineage is no stranger to breaking barriers. My aunt became the first woman in our city’s fire department in the 1980s, rising through the ranks to the chief’s office. My father served 32 years in law enforcement, a career of immense dedication. He passed away less than three years into his retirement, a stark lesson that life isn’t guaranteed. I knew then I had to truly live, to feel all of it without letting grief consume my human experience.
Understanding the body at a somatic level gave me comfort, but it also gave me a deep reverence for its wisdom. I realized my maternal lineage gifted me medicine to navigate the depths of the unconscious, to find the slivers of light hidden in the darkness of a wound. My paternal lineage gifted me a different medicine: to embrace my sensitivity not as a weakness, but as a superpower for deep empathy. Duality is always present, and these gifts have shaped who I am and what I carry forward in my work.
My resilience is carried by devotion and reverence. It’s a quiet conviction to build a business that is true to my own desires, in a way that’s never been done before. I didn’t approach it from the traditional lens of therapy, whether mental or physical. Instead, I built it from the felt sense of the body, from soul-level work that exists in the prima materia, the space before language. I had to lean into my fear of being misunderstood as a deep feeler and observer of the interconnectedness of all things.
Whenever I doubted, nature responded. It provided the evidence, the synchronicities that affirmed I was on the right path. This connection keeps me tethered to the vision for Flutura Creative, leading with my body as my compass. My hands have become an extension of my heart. Through these listening hands, I create experiences for others to heal. This is my artistry. I remember a moment of facilitation in Maui, transmuting the raw power of the elements into somatic inquiry and creative expression. The future learns from how I listen.
When you invest in working with me, you invest in a co-created experience that is never the same twice, because your body leads the way. It’s a path to clarify your desires, commit from the heart, and channel the gifts of your lineage into embodied action without burnout.
This is a line-in-the-sand moment. It is a call to honor the legacy in your bones and the wisdom in your tissues. The way we choose to live, heal, and lead plants seeds for generations to come. You are the echo and the answer your lineage is waiting for.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://fluturacreative.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fluturacreative/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fluturacreative/

Image Credits

Personal photo credit was from retreat facilitation: b.a.m.photography (Annie Maier) and The School of Somatic Arts (Andee Love)

Headshot photo (me with hibiscus plant) Sarah E Cooper Design & Photography