Exploring Felt Sense and Emotions- Beyond Words
Therapeutic Tool for Inner Exploration
What Are Moties®?
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Moties are hand-felted characters designed to help people explore their felt sense and inner world — especially when words are hard to find. Each character represents an emotional experience, a part of self, or a body-based state that can be held, named, or simply noticed.
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Moties are a little like a Rorschach image — they’re open to interpretation. The meaning of each one may shift depending on the moment, the body, or the story. A heavy feeling might reflect sadness one day and groundedness the next. That’s the beauty of felt sense — it’s fluid, layered, and deeply personal.
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Originally co-created by a neurodivergent therapist and artist-client, Moties can be used as a gentle, creative invitation to explore experiences in a freeform way — or alongside a structured card deck with guided prompts to support deeper reflection and facilitation.
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“Where do you feel this part in your body?”
“What does it need from you today?”
“What might it be trying to protect?”
Moties are for therapists, families, educators, and individuals looking for a more embodied, accessible way to connect with inner experience.
Get to Know Us
Moties® is a therapeutic tool born from lived experience—co-created by a therapist and client navigating their own journeys through trauma, neurodiversity, and mental health. Rooted in a shared understanding that some feelings live beyond language, Moties offers a tactile, visual way to explore the inner world when words feel out of reach.
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Each set combines a deck of gentle, reflective cards with a collection of hand-felted felt sense characters—crafted to represent the subtle, powerful sensations of our felt sense. Whether used in therapy, at home, or in the classroom, Moties creates space for every part of us to be seen, held, and understood.
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Based in Brisbane, Australia, Moties is dedicated to supporting emotional exploration across all ages.
Our mission is to provide tools that honour non-verbal expression, nurture nervous system safety, and invite compassionate connection—within ourselves and with others.
