ANNA Massagetherpeut & lichaamsgericht coach

13/01/2026

When having a complaint that you take into the practice space it is natural to look for that big shift of that complaint.
However what mostly happens when working with the body and its nervous system is that these shifts might show up in a different way than you expected.

You know that something is shifting when:

🍀 you are able to sense more than before
(for example sensing that you have cold feet or sensing that you are hungry/ you stop eatingwhen full)

🍀you are able to follow those cues of your body
(putting on some extra socks/ eating something)

🍀things that you were scared of before don't set you off as much anymore
(phobias of mice or spiders for example)

🍀you are able to set small boundaries
(getting asked to meet up with a friend but when the day comes you feel like you need some time for yourself)

These are just a few but there are many more things that might shift gradually.

So before you might see a shift in your symptoms/complaint there might be all those other shifts to look out for.

30/12/2025

Any moment is the right moment to start something new!

07/11/2025

Do you know that breathwork, yoga, doing sports, taking supplements or ice baths can be beneficial?
Did you know that it could also causing more harm than good?

The difference is getting to know your body and it's stress response.

Why?

When you get really good in sensing and getting to know when your autonomic nervous system is going into more overdrive you have a choice to stop whatever you're doing and take a different course of action. It is giving you agency.
However when you aren't able to do that and all you hear is this or that is good for you, you might add more stress to your body at any given time without realising it.

And that could be the reason why you feel great after .... (fill in the gap) or exhausted/activated/restless and you just can't figure out why.

Do you need help getting to know your body and it's stress physiology?

28/10/2025

This picture is standing in my practice space as a reminder for everyone that enters, that nothing needs to be fixed.

Take that pressure off and move into the direction of inviting the parts that never got to be expressed to come forth.

It's gentle, yet powerful!

No fixing but a space to welcome all of you.

With curiosity,

With some humour,

With awareness.

See you there.

Anna

16/09/2025

Louder for the people in the back!

The body doesn't want to be rushed.

More input doesn't equal a better outcome.

More input doesn't equal a faster outcome.

When it comes to the body, I have learned and witnessed over and over again that:

LESS IS MORE!

And the most transformation and AHA moments happen when I go slow, when I take time, when I give space, when there is a pause and the tiniest input. And if you dare to take that pause and listen, it isn't quiet.

That's when the body speaks loudest and you can hear clearly what had only been a wisper before.

Do you dare to do less? And what happens in that space?

25/06/2025

You know it's easier to feel good when things are going according to plan...

but
..what if nothing works out the way you wanted?

25/05/2025

This saying was introduced to me by a friend of mine.

It is exactly that, wherever you go, there is your nervous system.

Although sometimes it can be beneficial to us to change the workplace or relationship, if nothing has changed about how we relate to ourselves and the world around us, which comes down to the way our nervous system is wired, nothing will change.

We can change jobs, relationships, clothes, the place we live at, we can try to change our thoughts or behaviours as many times as possible...
..however if it doesn't address the autonomic nervous system, we end up in the same situations over and over again.

The wiring of your nervous system can't be cheated.

The power to transform lies within your nervous system. Are you ready to look within?

18/05/2025

Everyone is talking about safety but sometimes in order to be able to recognise true safety you need to be aware of what feeling unsafe feels like.
You might be thinking: I'm fine, I have a great life. I don't experience stress.

Until you crash. Again and again.

You might be thinking: I don't understand how that could happen again, everything was going well yet somewhere along the way you've missed those signals from your body and ended up overwhelmed or burned-out.

The reason for this might be that you have gotten so used to that 'stress' that you don't even recognise it as such. Maybe the moment this 'stress' started was in utero and then continued afterwards.

So to even recognise that you are pushing, that you are going over your boundaries again it is important what that energy of fight, flight, freeze even feels like.

And then you might come to realise that the majority of your actions were rooted in unsafety and that's why you keep repeating the same pattern.

Anna

20/04/2025

Just a bit over a week we finished our second intensive of the scientuitive training in Austria.

Before we went I was a bit apprehensive as I was travelling with my partner and two daughters. I didn't know how it would be for me to take part in this training and simultaneously having to take care of our 4 month old in breaks and night times.

Let me tell you that it was a full program for me personally however so worth it.

This trauma training was rich and made me forget the apprehension I had felt before. There was laughter, movement, play and education.

I've cried tears of grief, from laughter, joy, from release and from the beauty that a seemingly simple exercise of 'passing through' could touch me so deeply.

Bravo to everyone involved.

Thank you for having had this vision and bringing it to life. Thank you for a new way of looking at movement. Thank you to the rest of the team and last but not least to all the participants for the laughs we had and for the dances and conversations shared.

It was truly nourishing on so many levels.

P.S. our dog Lilu was very excited when we came back home she showed a bit of sympathetic energy of running around wildly ;)

16/12/2024

9 month I carried you under my heart and then on the day I had my birthday contractions started in the early hours.
In the end little one decided that she wanted to have her own birthday ♥️

What a journey it has been. The process of giving birth has shown me again how the body-mind connection works.

The mind is very strong in getting 'in the way'. If that is in the context of healing or giving birth.

Only when I got back into trusting the process and getting back into my body and out of my head, which was thanks to my midwife, did it move along again.

How I supported my body and nervous system in the month before was through chiropractic care from , through a course which got introduced by my friend and instructor .embodied.emotions and all the nervous system knowledge I've gained in my with .

All of these things helped me to create more overall flow within my system so I was able to give birth in the safety of my home in a birthing pool.

The miracle of life amazes me everyday ✨️

02/11/2024

As I come out of being sick and slowly having a bit more space again to be more online I'd like to share about the incredible time I've spent with my peers and her team.

What I took from this intensive is the absolute power for transformation every one of us holds within their body.

When we've built enough capacity to sense and we are able to connect to the environment and we are met with simple attunement (no agenda) then the body is able to just let go.

No trauma release 'technique' needed.

I call this POWERFUL!

Through connection (to ourselves and each other) we change the world.

Each one of us holds that key to create a more harmonious world.

If we all make a little ripple we can create a wave so big that nothing stands in it's way.

I'm forever grateful for this work, how everyone of my peers showed up authentically and held space for each other and for Irene and her team. 🙏

18/09/2024