About
At 16, a near-torn Achilles from pointe work took me off my feet overnight, after dancing since I was four — the first time my body asked to be heard instead of pushed through. The lower back injuries that followed only made it clearer: if recovery isn't done well, other things up the kinetic chain go. I went looking for the science of how bodies actually work and heal, because studios weren't giving me answers.
That pursuit became a decade-long path — a BSc in Biomedical Science, osteopathic Pilates training in Cologne, Gyrotonic under Master Trainer Anke Hauerstein in Berlin. Ten years and three continents later, from COMO Parrot Cay to my current base at COMO Shambhala Estate, Bali, one thing hasn't changed:
I meet you in your actual body, not a textbook version of it.
The path there wasn't linear. Alongside the biomechanics and certifications, I spent a year in Thailand practising Vipassana meditation with Thai monks — learning to sit with discomfort rather than move past it, a lesson that shaped how I now guide people through recovery. A 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh deepened that further, grounding breath and stillness alongside the more clinical, hands-on work. This showed me how to use breath and mindfulness techniques to calm a nervous system that has been stuck in "on," to bring it to a state where real change can begin.
That same lineage-close-to-the-source thread runs through my Feldenkrais observation in Taipei, sitting in on teacher training sessions and watching how neuroplasticity and conscious movement can quietly rewire ingrained patterns, long before a body is ready for strength work.
Over ten years, that combination — clinical training, contemplative practice, and hands-on mentorship — has shaped how I work with every person who comes to me. Whether you're recovering from an acute injury, living with chronic pain, or simply trying to move well in a body that's changed, I bring all of it into the room: the science, the stillness, and ten years of learning to actually listen to what a body is asking for.