OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE Mentor, student, ceremonialist, singer, embodiment teacher, spaceholder. Women’s & polarity work facilitator.

I support women and couples in embodying sensuality, heart-centered relationships, and creative expression.

This time of year holds a special place in my heart.A few years ago, I chose to step away from celebrating New Year’s as...
20/12/2024

This time of year holds a special place in my heart.

A few years ago, I chose to step away from celebrating New Year’s as an unconscious festivity—chasing fleeting highs, drinking excessively, and waking up the next day with little more than a fragmented memory and a heavy head.

In contrast, for centuries, this “time between the years” has been regarded as sacred across cultures and religions. From the solstice on December 21 to January 6, it is said that the veils between worlds grow thinner, offering us deeper access to our shadows, the unconscious, and the realms of possibility—the upper world of our becoming.

I embraced the tradition of the Rauhnächte rituals as a way to honor this potent threshold, creating an intentional and embodied transition from one solar year to the next. Over time, friends began joining me in this practice, and their enthusiasm inspired me to create a small guide to share this experience more widely.

I hope this booklet supports you in co-creating a conscious and meaningful transition into the new solar year.

If you’d like to receive it, simply share your email address with me. I’ll add you to the list and send the full guide tomorrow, just in time for the solstice. ✨

Grief has rewritten the way I experience life.It’s a force that stretches you, pulling your heart open to hold more than...
12/12/2024

Grief has rewritten the way I experience life.

It’s a force that stretches you, pulling your heart open to hold more than you ever thought possible. It teaches you to sit with the heaviness, to breathe through the ache, and to meet the rawness of loss with courage.

I am learning to welcome the discomfort, to sit with it rather than run from it, and to let it transform me. In this surrender, grief transforms you, sharpening your focus and realigning your life with what truly matters.

It has taught me to let go—not out of bitterness, but with clarity—of relationships and situations that no longer align with my heart. Grief reshapes priorities and alters the way you see the world. It can harden you if you resist it, or it can soften you if you let it, stripping away the shallow and insincere, making space for depth, connection, and authenticity.

I’ve come to see emotions, grief included, as waves. When fully felt, they move through us, eventually passing. Emotional maturity means allowing these waves—this energy in motion—to flow freely, so they don’t linger as unprocessed trauma. Resisting hardens us; surrendering softens and frees us. I truly believe that this is the new way of being human - one we are called to awaken to in these times.

For me, grief has softened my edges and expanded my capacity to embrace the messiness of life. It doesn’t fade, but I’ve grown stronger around it, carrying its weight with greater ease.

In this way, grief becomes a quiet teacher. It reveals the strength in surrender and the beauty in impermanence, reminding us that even in loss, there is profound wisdom to be found.

Once you grow up, you realize you don’t want to be crazy in love.You want to be calm in love,stable in love, patient in ...
01/12/2024

Once you grow up, you realize you don’t want to be crazy in love.

You want to be calm in love,
stable in love, patient in love,
understood in love, safe in love.

Living with an open heart isn’t the easy road. In fact, it can be incredibly hard. It’s not as simple as opening your heart once and having it stay that way forever (unless you’re Amma or Eckhart Tolle). ☺️

Through my journey, I’ve learned that there’s a lot of misunderstanding and bypassing when it comes to the idea of an “open heart.”
An open heart isn’t just a concept. It means being untethered, seeing beyond the veils of separation, knowing who you truly are, and living as your ultimate essence. That is the absolute truth.

And then there’s the relative truth:
The truth of my story, my lineage, my shadows and longings, my emotions and my tears. It’s the place where my heart leaps with joy and also where it cries many tears.

Living with an open heart is an art form—a dance in the open field. It requires full presence.
When my ego wants to turn away and hide, I choose to stay in the game with my heart wide open. Consciously.

We can only be safe in love ourselves. Nobody else can do it for us. This is my Sadhana, my life’s practice.

It is the medicine I have to offer—to myself, to those I engage with, and to a world that is challenging us to armor-up and live a life of battle and separation.

Here’s a little secret: you have that medicine in your own pocket, too.

In Love,
Ava
♥️

The Heart Knows, 2024 Writing poetry is an art form I only discovered in recent years. I love its simplicity and the way...
26/11/2024

The Heart Knows, 2024

Writing poetry is an art form I only discovered in recent years. I love its simplicity and the way it invites us to immerse ourselves fully in its essence.
Let your heart speak and see where it takes you.

I’m beyond excited to assist Rex Rafique and his team at ISTA Level 1 in Bavaria so soon. Some spots left! More info and...
28/10/2024

I’m beyond excited to assist Rex Rafique and his team at ISTA Level 1 in Bavaria so soon. Some spots left! More info and dates o via Link in my Bio!

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✨ Rückblick auf unseren Tages-Workshop „Art of Connection“ ✨Ich bin zutiefst berührt von unserer Reise in die Erforschun...
22/10/2024

✨ Rückblick auf unseren Tages-Workshop „Art of Connection“ ✨

Ich bin zutiefst berührt von unserer Reise in die Erforschung von Körperintelligenz, Traumabewusstsein, Schattenarbeit, unseres Nervensystems, Sinnlichkeit und Polaritäten.

Die Techniken und Methoden waren wertvoll, doch das wahre Geschenk lag in der persönlichen Transformation. Jede Teilnehmerin begab sich auf ihre ganz eigene, intime Reise – eine Reise der Selbstentdeckung und des Wiedererwachens.

Der Workshop öffnete Türen zu neuen Möglichkeiten des Seins. Gemeinsam haben wir gelernt, unseren Körper bewusster zu bewohnen, mehr Freiheit und Lebendigkeit zu spüren und tiefere Verbindungen – zu uns selbst und zu anderen – zu schaffen.

Danke an alle, die diesen Raum mit ihrer Offenheit und ihrem Mut mitgestaltet haben. Es war magisch! ✨

Ein besonderer Dank gilt meiner wunderbaren Zwillingschwester und ihrem

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Ich freue mich riesig auf unseren Workshop an diesem Sonntag im Space in Dachau. 🤗 Aktuell sind noch 4 Platze frei. Die...
15/10/2024

Ich freue mich riesig auf unseren Workshop an diesem Sonntag im Space in Dachau. 🤗 Aktuell sind noch 4 Platze frei.

Dieser Workshop ist für alle offen und du kannst allein oder als Paar teilnehmen.

Der Workshop ist für dich, wenn du
• Ta**ra kennenlernen und für dich nutzen möchtest
• deine Bedürfnisse und Grenzen besser verstehen und ausdrücken möchtest
• authentischer leben und tiefere Intimität erfahren willst
• richtig “streiten” lernen möchtest
• weniger Scham und Beklemmung empfinden möchtest
• dich tiefer verbunden mit dir selbst und deiner Partnerin / deinem Partner fühlen willst

Was kannst du erwarten:
• ⁠Einführung in die Ta**ra Philosophie
• Exploration in Solo-, Gruppen- und Partnerübungen (mit Kleidung)
• Meditation, Embodiment & Atemübungen
• Bewusste Berührung
• Einführung in Tantrische Sexualität
• Sharing und Q&A
• Ein Duo aus Tantrikerin & Gestalttheraupeut mit Erfahrung in Yoga, Ta**ra, Therapie und Coaching
• ⁠Schöner, neuer Studiospace in Dachau (20 min von München)
• Zeit für Ruhe und Integration

Was du mitbringen solltest:
• Bequeme Kleidung
• Journal oder Notizbuch

Lighter Studio Dachau
Exchange 129€ p.P. inklusive veganem Lunch.
Wann: Am Sonntag den 20. Oktober von 10-18 Uhr
Mit: und .andyou

Alle Infos und Anmeldung über link in Bio oder unter:
www.lighterstudio-dachau.com

Wir freuen uns auf euch ♥️

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O P E N S P A C E

Yoga is taking responsibility for ourselves, our actions and the world around us. It is a philosophy, a way of life, a path of healing and can induce a deep sense of contentment and inner peace. In the west yoga is still often misunderstood as a physical workout. Even though it is true that a yoga asana can lead to a healthy and toned physical body, it is only a small part of the holistic practice. When “being in Yoga”, we experience pure presence, a sense of being one with everything – universal love.

Though practices from Hatha & Bhakti Yoga, Ayurveda and Ta**ra – interweaving asana, pranayama, meditation, music, nutrition and more, – we use our body-mind to unveil layers of conditioned identity, entering a portal of pure spirit.

Open Space is a safe container enabling the experience of reconnection to your innermost, authentic Self – a place of intuition, creativity and freedom. It is an experimental space where we can come together in community, supporting each other on our paths of healing and growth.

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