is a Berlin-based Body Oriented Systems Therapist and Consultant for Embodied Leadership. She weaves her background as a dancer, choreographer, and social activist combined with her spiritual practice, into an approach she has coined “Radical Presence: moving with playful compassion”. With her work she supports Organisations and Communities in order to strengthen resilience and systemic social impact.
Her 30+ years of international experience, has brought her to places like Bosnia during and after the war, Team and Community building around Embodied Social Justice issues in the USA and throughout Europe. She is currently working as a trauma informed therapist and trainer in her private practice (live and online) with individuals, teams, groups and organisations.
Her passion is to support Leaders (“anyone who cares and is willing to do something about it”- M. Wheatley) to continuously develop Embodied Skills in order to collectively thrive while nourishing equity for all beings.
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“Gut Stolzenhagen”
an intentional Community with 41 members
“Schmiede Stolzenhagen”
educational and community space
“K77 Studio”
a collaborative dance, movement and art venue.
“The embodiment circle”
A space for professional exchange around Embodiment
“The intercultural youth center” in Bosnien und Herzegowina
before and after the war
“Balkan black box”
from 1998-2007
and collaborations
Keynote Speaker at many Conferences and Events
Membranes and Entanglement published by Collective Imagination-Tools
Co-Author of “The (new) Ethics of Facilitation” published by Horizontal School, Insha Osvita and EcoVisio
Supervision for people and Organisations that support others
Recent Facilitation:
European Civic Forum, Brussels
Deutsch-Polnisch Jugendwerk (Trauma sensitive training)
InHope (Supporting people that fight against Child Sex Abuse Material in the internet)
Oe-Tag (2015-2022) – Inner transformation in change processes
Further information
Series of “Art for Healing” Events with the Red Dot Foundation and
the German Embassy in India
Teaching at Helsinki University, Department of Somatic Education.
Co-Operation with Socius & Purpose and Motion
2018 EU funded four Country Erasmus Project
AN INTERGENERATIONAL PROJECT
A workshop about movement and relationship
with Morag donelly & CHrista Cocciole
The Embodiment Podcast
Go to the episode here “Trauma and Community”
Tanznetz dresden
To the interview with Christa Cocciole & Pablo Escorio
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