“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ― Anaïs Nin
My therapy sessions have emphasis on uniqueness of well being for each individual and invite acceptance of differences. Hence they aim for self empowerment through self development and self awareness.
Body Oriented Talk Therapy Sessions
Wielding Somatic Experiencing®, ISP™, TRE®, Intermodal Expressive Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Techniques – I am specializing on migration, sexual traumas, auto-immune system diseases.
› Private Studio Sessions – 1.5 hour
This Self-Reflective Therapy Session is for the ones who are willing to go deeper in the psycho-physical functioning of one’s self. The session calls for opening your sensations and perception towards releasing of any tension in your system as a whole by utilizing TRE®, Somatic Experiencing®, Integral Somatic Psychology™ and Inter-model Expressive Art Therapy approaches. Within this session we may be working via talking, self and/or therapist touch, moving, writing, and drawing techniques towards coping with physical, emotional, cognitive blockages creatively. Some of the tools of this session can be utilized in daily life for more mindful, self-reflective ways of functioning with ease.
› Private Online Sessions – 1 hour
This Self-Reflective Therapy Session is for the ones who are willing to go deeper in the psycho-physical functioning of one’s self. The session calls for opening your sensations and perception towards releasing of any tension in your system as a whole by utilizing Somatic Experiencing®, Integral Somatic Psychology, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approaches. Within this session we may be working via talking, self touch, small movements, writing, and drawing techniques towards coping with physical, emotional, cognitive blockages creatively. Some of the tools of this session can be utilized in daily life for more mindful, self-reflective ways of functioning with ease.
“Learn what you already do in order to be able to choose what you will do.” ― Donald Schön
Body Therapy Sessions
Working for physical traumas, local or general physical pain, chronic or acute problems, and relaxation.
› Release-Balance-Integrate – min 1.5 hour
This body therapy session is a combination of Deep Tissue Release, Trigger Point & Movement focusing mainly on acute or chronic muscle tension, joint injuries and unease in joint articulations; accompanied by soft adjustments of the skull & spine. Following the session body needs to rest and restore, so it is recommended to receive at a time, where you can take time to rest after.
› Deep Tissue Release Massage – min 1 hour
This massage session is realized with soothing essential oils and focuses on releasing the tension and toxins in the soft tissues (muscles, connective tissue) of the body; accompanied by soft adjustments of the spine. The techniques follow the pathways of the lymphatic system and have also detox effect. It is good to receive any time during the day, before or after workout (it is recommended that you share your schedule of the day with the therapist and she adjust her techniques to your body’s needs accordingly).
› Integrative Cranio-sacral Therapy – min 1.5 hour
This body therapy session is based on the complex understanding of how the body works according to the fascial and cranial system, with a deeper understanding of the anatomy and body’s self-healing mechanisms. The session combines cranial techniques and diagnostics with the mechanical tests and techniques. However the primary treatments used here are very subtle and not mechanical but cranial; aiming at harmonizing with the natural rhythm in the central nervous system and therefore the other systems of the body as a whole. Following the session body needs to rest and restore, so it is recommended to receive at a time, where you can take time to rest after.
› Feet Reflexology – min 45 min
Focusing mainly on the skeletal system and vital organs thru refexology points on the feet, this session proposes to relax the body as a whole and allow the person to connect better to all the systems thru the feet. Not only the feet –that carry all our weight all thru the day– but also the whole skeletal structure and viscera finds balance and rest. It is recommended to receive especially at the end of a hard working day.
“Certainly we must be strong, but strength is, to me, not just a force, but rather a vocabulary of many means” ― Doris Humphrey
Group Therapy Workshops
Aiming for psycho-social and psycho-physical wellbeing.
› Every Body Knows™ –for Holotropic Breathwork practitioners
The mind is like the wind and the body like the sand: If you want to see how the wind is blowing, you can look at the sand. — Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
There is nothing new under the sun! And yet “everything that is” invites us to dive deeper into the layers of our presence; to seek a conscious yet liberated and sovereign place to dance our life from.
Together we are zooming into our physical, emotional and mental foundation. We are working with the sensations and anatomical make up of our bodies from conception until now, directing our awareness to responses for inner and outer stimuli. Building awareness of our perception system in action, gradually allowing habitual patterns to change, we find our own resources for resilience: strength, flexibility and endurance. Let’s meet in an elevated flow, experiencing self-sufficient, self-satisfied and effortless bodies as we move and dance.
Besides four Holotropic Breathwork Sessions (2 as a breather and 2 as a sitter) principles and various tools from Experiential Anatomy, Developmental Movement, Authentic Movement, Expressive Art Therapies and Contact Improvisation are at our guidance to relate to our own unique self and reach out to dance with our soul and others.
No previous experience with Holotropic Breathwork, dance or movement practices is needed. If you feel drawn, you are welcome!
› Gravitating to Joy – for all human and non human beings
An Invitation for Embodying Safety and Trust:
At times of turmoil: conflicts, violence, sufferings and wars, where nature calls… How can we develop a sense of safety and trust the flow of our life, and move on?
Overwhelmed with information on ecological, political and social crisis; fatigued by restlessness and anxiety… How can we find our resources; to survive, to enjoy life, to find meaning and strength for action?
In this workshop, we are inquiring these questions by connecting to our physical, emotional and mental foundation through moving and dancing. We are searching for new ways to frame the information coming at us — in favour of coming alive and connecting to and caring for ourselves and others (human and non-human). We do this by discovering the relations between our sensations, feelings, thoughts, and movements.
As we are relating to our selves and looking for our own resources for resilience, principles of Somatic Experiencing, Authentic Movement, Expressive Art Therapies, Experiential Anatomy and Movement Improvisation are being at our guidance. The 5 elements from Indian Philosophy provide support for the embodiment of emotions.
As we move we focus on the things that may be “disturbing” us and we also direct our attention on the resources we have within and around us. We work through movement and dance to build capacity to contain the opposites. Through embodying polarities within, we cultivate resilience…
There are solo, duet and group practices. Let’s get moving and create joyful dances with this precarious world we live in! Cause we are all alone in this, together!
› On demand Closed Group Sessions
Meetings with specific focus, theme, goal and methods that are determined by the needs and inquiries of the group members.
These meetings can be weekly, monthly or in weekend or week long retreat formats.
