I was born in Santiago de Chile, and was lucky to have a family that gave me plenty of love and room to explore myself. I could follow my desire to climb trees and play with my creativity. I had the privilege to attend a Waldorf school, where I was free to be a child, and learned through interest and amazement rather than through rules and punishment. Movement was a big part of my essence, so my body and I grew up pretty close together.
After growing up in this beautiful bubble, I missed being part of the “normal” world, so driven by that and my desire to understand society and make a difference, I started my adult life studying Economics. I thought that would be a good path to change the world, but by the end of my studies, I felt rather lost, as I found no joy, pleasure, or passion.
I decided to move to Berlin and expand my world; quickly, Berlin became my home. I spent some years exploring, having fun, finding myself in new ways, while neglecting some of my needs and self care. I was learning, growing, and changing my skin, but in an unbalanced way where there was no grounding or proper integration.
This led me to a period of mental health struggles. My deep disconnection to my body and sensitivity showed up as multiple symptoms that forced me to stop everything and take my time to look inside and heal.
I found myself face to face with my shadows and fears, feeling all the emotions of a lifetime. I found myself in the emptiness of a huge existential crisis, that broke me open and brought me back to connection. The healing journey that followed was raw and beautiful, and the home I found in meditation and yoga inspired me to travel to India, into the roots, and train as a teacher. This was the beginning of a new and fruitful chapter of my life.
This opened the world to me again, this time from the inside, and I realized my way to make a difference was not in the world of numbers, but in the hearts and bodies of people, in the symbols and magic that guided me my whole life, in the questions about love, life, and happiness, and the deep curiosity and wild journey through my own shadow self.
Movement, breath, awareness. After finding my path again, it was easier to continue, as my creative energy was free again to run. My next step was training in Energetic Body Psychotherapy, which gave me the tools to guide and support others in the journey into themselves.
Today I work as a teacher, somatic practitioner and group facilitator of ceremonies, events and retreats, which fills me with purpose and inspires me to keep working on myself.
This is my little grain of sand in the revolution that will move us out of the outdated system of oppression we are in.
I am deeply grateful for the trust and commitment from my clients and students.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I'm looking forward to working together if you feel inspired to do so.
With love,
Pascale
