HeartScapes, LLC
Ecotheraplay™
About HeartScapes
Hello and welcome to HeartScapes.
A unique approach to wellness through mid-life's changes.
Most of the women I work with are struggling with midlife change, feeling disconnected in mind, body and spirit.
I offer a multi-dimensional holistic approach addressing midlife change through restoring connection and working with the tides of change. It's called Ecotheraplay™. It's a nervous system based approach that incorporate principles in nature, helps you reconnect with your internal and external environment through coaching, movement, empowerment and community.
Ways to work together:
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Individual Life Coaching Sessions
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Restorative Yoga (and somatic)
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Private Yoga Sessions
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Subscribe to Ecotheraplay (tm) a weekly Substack
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Articles about the Mid-Journey
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Somatic Practices Notes
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Nature Based Field Notes
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Who may benefit
A multi-dimensional approach can help:
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navigating stress, burnout, grief, and major life transitions
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feeling changed by hormone shifts, aging, or body complexity
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craving meaning, steadiness, and a return to creativity
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tired of wellness culture, hustle, and “optimization”
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looking for support that is human, nervous-system-aware, and not performative
About Me
I’m Julie Cardoza, founder of Heartscapes LLC. I’m a real person living in a real midlife body—and I work from that truth.
My work is shaped by lived experience in the Mid-Journey. I've been through the waves of changes like caretaking, induced menopause, metabolic issues and chronic nervous system challenges. I have the credentials, and perhaps even more relatable, I live from the practices I offer:
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grounded nervous system care,
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nature connection,
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embracing creativity,
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honest ritual that supports meaning making
My Credentials include:
RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) • IWHI Certified Menopause Coach • Certified Morning Altars Teacher • Polyvagal-informed nervous system education and somatic training
Multi-Dimensional Approach
Are you tired of a one-dimensional approach to wellness that is typically about youth culture?
Then welcome to a multi-dimensional approach. This approach that acknowledges and works alongside the multi-level shifts of the Mid-Journey (midlife).
Called Ecotheraplay™ it's a way of seeing ourselves from a more ecological point of view, of finding repair and restoration through play and creativity, and building relationships, community.
Based in the scientific understanding of how our inner ecology—our nervous system, body, emotions, energy, and meaning—is constantly shaping how we meet the world. And the external world—nature, seasons, environment, relationships—shapes us right back.
Ecotheraplay™ is the practice of working with that relationship gently and intelligently, so we can live with more steadiness, creativity, and self-respect.
Are you ready to connect and
Work with me
Ecotheraplay™ Substack
Whimsy and wisdom subscription.
Explore more in depth articles, yoga/somatic practice notes and nature-based field notes
This is the heart of my work.
Private Coaching or Yoga
1:1 Sessions through coaching: Especially for women seeking menopause coaching support in understanding hormonal changes, developing nervous system strategies and tools that support your goals.
1:1 Morning Altars (tm) Specific nature based sessions that can support grief, transitions and finding ways to bring ritual and meaning into your daily life.
1:1 Restorative Yoga: Restorative Yoga is about learning how to cultivate the Art of Rest. For women, hormonal changes shift our stress capacity and can bring challenges in learning how to support the body's language of non-sleep deep rest states (called NSDR).
Current Events
WOMEN'S MONTHLY RESTORATION CIRCLE
A 90 Minute Gentle Movement and Restorative Practice in a small intimate environment limited to 10 participants. (more below)
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Book a Workshop
I offer occasional live experiences for small groups, retreats, organizations, and community spaces.
Workshops may include:
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nature mandalas + embodied ritual
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nervous system restoration practices
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seasonal reflection + creativity
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gentle movement and grounding
Current Events
March - Balancing Mid-Life Hormonal Health For Women (COIL Yoga Workshop)
Saturday, March 14th 2:30 to 4:30 pm
Join Me and Katie Flinn, ERYT, SEP for BALANCING MID-LIFE HORMONAL HEALTH FOR WOMEN. This will be both educational and practices for this powerful transition. Hope to see you there!
Monthly Women's Midlife Restoration Circle
3rd Sundays, 3:30 to 5:00 pm @ Body Sense and Wellness Center, Fresno
Limited to 10
The practice
75 minutes of breath, gentle movement, and restorative rest — held in an intentionally small space. We are not here to talk through what's hard. We are here to unwind it. To support the body in doing what it already knows how to do when given enough stillness and safety.
The Space
This is a small gathering by design — 10 people across two intimate rooms. There is no back row to hide in, and no front row to perform for. Just enough space to settle in, spread out, and be held by the practice.
The Thread
What holds the circle together is something quieter than words. It's the shared breath, the common ground of the female body moving through midlife, and the simple act of practicing alongside one another. We celebrate that. We don't fix it, analyze it, or push through it. We honor the body's need for rest as something sacred — not something earned.
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