Private ReLOVE ReTREATS

A contemporary dancer, teacher, community dance artist, Yoga teacher, fitness instructor, Active Hope facilitator and holotropic breathwork leader.

These days I call myself an Embodied Movement Facilitator, it’s a title that feels like it encapsulates the essence of my offerings.
I love to support people to come more fully into their bodies, to experience and appreciate their existence through their living, breathing, moving bodies and through this, find a deeper sense of contentment and balance with this human life.

I weave my 40 years of movement experience into my sharings, from Scaravelli inspired Yoga to Release technique, Body mind centering to Contact Improvisation and Yoga mudras to Swing Jive.

I am a passionate advocate of moving these clumsy human feet that we were given, listening to the pulse that keeps our internal beat and connecting with the continuous movement of everything within and around us. I love to hold others, to share the journey and make new connections. I look forward to moving with you.

My personal story and my passion for Health in its wide definition brought me to discover Siddha medicine (a holistic medicine from the South of India) and, later, the holistic therapy known as EMTE (Energetic Massage Therapy Eidetic) which I have been practicing since 2017 after a four years training in Brussels.

Based on the power of Love and true presence, this holistic approach uses different tools in adjustment with the person’s needs, among which are breathing exercises, massage, movement, body tightening, emotional release and trauma recovery to connect oneself with his/her resources, to welcome and heal wounds from the past and therefore to get closer to one’s core self.

My role as a ReLOVE practitioner is to accompany you on your journey of exploration, connection and deep relaxation, offering you supportive, trauma-informed, therapeutic touch. Helping you to embody the shifts and realignments, during this special time of retreat.

During our sessions we give time, space, guidance and voice to the body, Asking the question – what does the body need? I don’t know, but you do! When we slow down to the body’s pace, we open to its inherent stories and wisdom and aliveness.

When you come for a session, you don’t need to know what you are looking for. We can create an open session of Somatic Bodywork or, you can choose a specific modality.

I am a Zero Balancing Touch Practitioner and Deep Bodyworker, trained in the trauma recovery work of Somatic Experiencing.

I have been exploring the field of therapeutic movement and touch for over 25 years and enjoy finding ways to support different bodies with their different needs.

After my initial five-year physiotherapy study, I was still looking for a more profound and holistic approach. Therefore I embarked on a four-year training in fasciatherapy. With its roots in osteopathy, this therapy enables sustainable effects and starts a lifelong learning process. Experiencing one’s own body from the inside out is quintessence. I further developed myself in dance and movement therapy and I facilitate contact improvisation dancing.

Both in the therapeutic and relaxing sessions, I work with hands-on techniques directed to the fascia, organs, blood, and nervous system. People experience my touch as determined but gentle, bringing relaxation and opening the door for deeper connection with the self. We enter a state of embodied presence. Authentic movement and directed exercise can be a part of the sessions, as well as meditation and verbal reflection.

A session starts with an intention. From that, I create a session that is directed to the individual needs of the client. This can be the body telling a story, a specific physical problem, a psycho-emotional blockage, discontentment, or spiritual longing. I promote the natural self-healing ability of the body and empower the client to find her/his own path of healing. This way, clients are supported in taking their health and healing in their own hands.

My journey towards the deepest self-discoveries began somewhere in India when I was 20 years old. There I studied yoga and Reiki and was amazed by the magic inherent in these worlds. I continued my travels around the world and was exposed to more and more cultures, healers, medicinal plants and more. During my travels in Australia and New Zealand I felt a deep calling to study the human soul in depth and enrolled in a 5-year study of somatic psychotherapy called “biosynthesis”.

During my studies I worked as a dance teacher In every possible studio in my area of residence and at the same time I was exposed to and fascinated by the tribal fusion belly dance which I started learning from the teacher who brought the style to my country. In this style I found a deep and exciting connection to my body, to my femininity, to a gentle and powerful movement.

I danced tribal belly dances until the beginning of the ninth month of my first pregnancy! After the birth of my firstborn I was exposed to the biodynamic craniosacral therapy and saw its immediate effects on both my son and myself. I promised myself that one day I would learn this wonder myself and indeed it happened!

Today I take care of adults, children, pregnant women, babies and postpartum women and I am still excited and amazed by the body’s ability to heal itself, to release patterns and traumas and to reorganise. In fact, all my fields of work touch each other and deal with the connections, the mediation, between the worlds of the body , the soul and the spirit.

Dance has been the guide of my whole journey up to this moment, that transitioned from performing on stages and teaching, to a deeper research into anatomy, physiology and psychology. A focus on the emotions, how we process, mobilise, transform and communicate through the healing power of dance, music and creativity, led me to study Dance Movement Therapy in 2010.

On a parallel but inseparable journey, I had the privilege of training with my Taijiquan professor from an early age, which inspired me to learn more about Chinese Medicine, health and longevity through massage and movements and has been a gift that I continue to share with people.

I am a certified Holistic Massage Therapist and massage teacher, with over 20 years of experience and constant studies. Proficient in different techniques such as shiatsu, deep tissue, lymphatic drainage, aromatherapy, clay, reflexology and others, I tailor bespoke treatments according to each individual’s need. Each session is a unique experience that mobilises and integrates the person as a whole.