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Where I got to...

For the past nine years, I have successfully worked with hundreds of people using embodiment. I offer workshops around the world, focusing on relating, boundaries, self-awareness and leadership.

My approach combines conversation, embodied exercises, postural work, breathwork, somatic presencing, and movement to tap into the psychosomatic dimensions of our being. I provide clients with concrete somatic tools and techniques that they can practice through their body at home to initiate lasting change.

Through my journey, I've learned that connecting back to our embodied intelligence is not only key to self-empowerment, but also to making this world a better place.

I'm excited to share my experience and knowledge with you and help you on your own journey towards embodied self-discovery and fulfillment.

Work with me!

My Journey

Self-mastery, spirituality and enduring.

Growing up as an only child with a single mom, I learned early on to be fiercely independent and self-reliant. But that same drive also led me down a path of perfectionism, self-doubt, and a harsh inner critic. I struggled with feeling like a burden to those around me and not believing in my intrinsic worth.

My journey towards self-mastery and spirituality began at a young age. I was inspired by the Shaolin monks and Eastern philosophies, and started practicing different martial arts from the age of 12. By 14, I was introduced to Tibetan Buddhism and started meditating and practicing spiritual discipline.

Always seeking challenge and growth, I moved to Japan at 16 to study and live with a host family. But this came at a cost.

To fit in I suppressed my emotions.

When talking didn't help I danced.

After finishing university I was lost and directionless, facing my first heartbreak. I tried talk therapy but found it wasn't helping. It was then that I realised the only way to heal was by getting into my body.

I started belly dancing and contact improvisation, which transformed everything. I was finally able to reconnect with joy, aliveness, and myself.

Aikido and personal growth.

In 2015, I felt a calling to deepen my embodied and spiritual practice and moved into a Dojo to practice Aikido, yoga, meditation, and self-inquiry on a daily basis.

It was 15 months of facing patterns, conditioned behaviours, and beliefs, leading to expansion and growth. And while the black belt I received was a symbolic token of my inner growth, the real reward was in the transformation of my mindset.

Laying down the armour, embracing intimacy.

Through all the martial arts, I had cultivated confidence, assertiveness, and clarity - the warrior archetype. Yet, there was an armour and rejection of vulnerability and failure.

To embrace my feminine and free flowing side, I engaged in free dance, 5 Rhythms and contact improvisation, and followed intimacy, conscious relating and sexuality teachings.

Stretching my comfort zone and riding the waves that came with allowing parts of myself that had been neglected to be re-integrated.

Credentials

Somatic Coaching & Embodiment Facilitation

Embodied Facilitator and Coach Certification (2017)
Co-lead Trainer on CEC – Certification of Embodiment Coaching (since 2022)
Trainer on FEC – Foundations of Embodiment Course (since 2020)
EYP – Embodied Yoga Principles Teacher Training (2017)

These foundational trainings gave me the structure and clarity to guide others somatically, not just emotionally or mentally, through lasting transformation.

Breathwork & Nervous System Practices

Breathwork Facilitator Training (150h), KENAZ (2024)
Rebirthing, integrative, and somatic breathwork modalities (ongoing)

Breath and body go hand in hand. These tools support deep release and nervous system regulation — essential for true change.

Water-Based Somatics & Healing Touch

Eternal Flow Aquatic Bodywork Training with Kutay Aksoy (2024)
Thai Massage Training with ITM, Thailand (2018)

Working in water and through touch taught me how safety, surrender, and healing happen beyond words — and often below the surface.

Yoga & Feminine Embodiment

Sacred Journeys into Yoga for Women, 200h YTTC with Lorraine Taylor (2021)
Chakra Yoga Fundamentals Training, Pyramid, Koh Phangan (2020)
Assistant Teacher at Sunyata Yoga School, Switzerland (2015)
Feminine Embodiment Practices (ongoing)

My yoga path has always been about listening inward, not performing outward. These trainings deepened my feminine approach to embodied presence.

Martial Arts, Movement & Relational Practice

1st Dan Black Belt, Aikido (Aikikai) — with 15 months of full-time immersion (2014–15)
18 years of martial arts and 10+ years of Contact Improvisation
Assistant in Conscious Conflict Resolution Training (2015)
Channel Manager for Intimacy & Relationships, The Embodiment Conference (2020)

Aikido taught me how to meet conflict without collapsing. Contact Improvisation keeps me playful and present. These practices live in everything I offer.