MY APPROACH
Intuitive, unique, connected.
My goal is to support you in finding your path. I have a dance background, that’s where my roots are. At the age of four, I started dancing ballet. Later on, I also tried out jazz dance, show ballet, hip hop, rock’n’roll as well as standard dance and pointe. I stopped dancing when I was 18. The training took too much time and I was preparing for my final high school exams. When I was in university, I discovered yoga. In 2019, I started my first yoga teacher training. By now I have completed several different teacher trainings. My heart belongs to Anusara yoga, but I also love Kundalini. A variety of disciplines have influenced me and I work with an array of tools such as Vinyasa, Fascia yoga, Somatic Experiencing, Contact Improvisation, sound meditation, Vocal Embodiment, Breathwork, nervous system knowledge, Tantra and shamanism to name just a few. Moreover, I trained as a mediator and Ayurvedic nutritionist. My training as a lomilomi massage therapist as well as discovering the world of Hawaiian shamanism also had a deep, healing impact on me.
I combine all of these tools in an intuitive approach which I tailor to my clients’ needs.
You will learn to:
- feel your emotions without fear.
- set clear and healthy boundaries.
- accept yourself the way you are right in this moment.
- be proud of yourself; show yourself appreciation and gratitude.
- understand other people and your own behaviour better.
- listen with empathy and make others feel seen and taken seriously, with all of their needs and truths.
- see your own needs for what they are and communicate them in a respectful and kind way; stand your ground, without any judgment and fully capable to deal with the consequences of your actions.
- understand what your needs are and where your feelings come from;
- distinguish emotions from projections; take responsibility for your honest behaviour and well-being.
Why Do I Offer These Services?
As a coach, I wish to accompany people on their journey. Especially in difficult times, when they struggle or feel overwhelmed. After all these years of therapy and yoga, I finally managed to understand myself. However, I sometimes still struggled to turn these insights into actions. I understood that I shouldn’t take comments and other people’s actions personally, but that didn’t mean it didn’t hurt. I couldn’t distance myself from it. Despite all of my efforts, I couldn’t manage to NOT take things personally. On the other hand, I was aware of potentially hurting others with my comments or actions. But I sometimes couldn’t stop myself from doing it anyway or find an alternative way that was less hurtful for all parties involved. Sometimes I only realised afterwards how I could have handled a situation better and found a kinder, more understanding, lasting and more comfortable solution – for others but also for myself.
I addressed these issues with my therapist at the time. But she wasn’t really able to help me. Her answers to my questions were vague and not satisfying in my opinion. “It just needs time”, or “you can’t force it” – something along those lines. This might all be true to a certain extent. But ONLY to a certain extent. It’s true, changing or dissolving old beliefs requires time. Through my somatic therapy, my own training in Somatic Experiencing, Contact Improvisation, yoga, Bodywork, Voicework and generally all forms of my embodiment practice, I have learned that time alone is not the key to change. It takes more than time to heal wounds.
It takes a sense of safety. Ideally this safety is rooted in our deepest core. While doing the internal work, it is unavoidable to build an external environment which also feels safe to us. Stability, trust, reliability, honesty, clear communication, respect, compassion and authenticity.
We also need people who are dear to us, who we can share this new safe space with and make positive memories with. We also need people who are dear to us, who we can share this new safe space with and make positive memories with. People who also feel safe to us. People who nourish this feeling of safety, so that we can be our authentic selves. Social connections and relationships, joy, intimacy, pleasure and lightness.
My personal goal is to address my client’s issue from several different perspectives, to create breakthrough moments and extend their horizon.
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