Qualifications
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL THERAPY, BODY AND ENERGY WORK, MINDFULNESS
- Graduate in Integrative Psycho-Spiritual Energy Therapy - 4-year studies at Snowlion Center School in France and Switzerland (2001-2005), including body oriented psychotherapy (Core Energetics - J. Pierakkos; Bioenergetics - A. Lowen), work on auric levels with hands-on healing techniques (Barbara Brennan) and foundations of Cranio-Sacral Therapie
- Mindfulness and Compassion Training with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach (2021), Certification from the University of California, Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and the Awareness Training Institute (ATI)
- Interactive Guided Meditation (2023), Masterclass with Jack Kornfield, with Certification (2023)
- Healing Trauma - Somatic Experiencing (SE)® online course with Peter A. Levine (2021)
- Solution-Focused Coaching, with Certification (2023)
- Forest bathing
- Pranic Healing & Pranic Psychotherapy certification (Master Choa Kok Shui, Basic and Advanced Levels) at All India Pranic Healing Foundation (India, 2000)
- Reiki Level 1 certification (Germany, 1999)
ADDITIONAL INFLUENCES, EDUCATION AND PRACTICE
- Eckart Tolle Online-Trainings
- continuous practice of 5 Rhythms by Gabrielle Roth
- 10 years practice in Focusing (E. Gendlin) with Angelika Kopecny, Focusing Institut Berlin
- Polyvagal Theory (Dr. Stephen Porges)
- Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT, Prof. Paul Gilber)
- Holotropic breathwork by and with Stanislav Grof
FINE ARTS, DESIGN, ENGINEERING
- IvaDesign (since 2001): a freelance graphic/web design agency, focused on Authentic Design, a holistic aproach to creating design; see also www.ivadesign.com
- 4-year studies of Fine Arts at the Art Academy in Novi Sad (Serbia) and at the Bauhaus University Weimar (Germany)
- Dipl.-Ing. in electrical engineering (graduated at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia); specialized on automatisation and computer technology
SPIRITUAL WAYS
- Vipassana
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Mindfulness and Compassion
- Shamanism
- Amma - Mata Amritanandamayi
- Osho Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
- Sufism
- Yoga
I was born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1969. Serbian and Croatian roots are intertwined in my family. I moved to Germany in 1997, studied in Weimar and worked in Stuttgart. I have lived in Berlin since 2000 and spent a year 2004/2005 in Amsterdam/Netherlands .
I have a daughter whose presence reminds me every day that all-encompassing love permeates everything.
We have a dog who enriches our lives with an incredible amount of joy and an ecstatic liveliness.