About Anja

At some point I stopped feeling myself: the bush drums in my stomach, the overflowing heart, the dissolution of body boundaries, the flow of free thoughts, the stillness in simply being.

It was a gradual process.

The longing for an “ocean of being” became a swamp of rules, reason and conventions. I disappeared more and more and hid the last remnants of my vitality.

The shame of breaking taboos was too great, my inner light was no longer visible. I looked for beacons outside of myself: father figures, spiritual directions, therapeutic methods and much more. Some things helped me move forward, but it was only when “death” woke me up one night and asked me to “let go!” that my self-image began to crack.

Even the best make-up could no longer conceal my “true self”.

I had grown tired of the same old roles – especially in my marriage. And yet, as a child of divorce, I wanted to believe in eternal, great love.

I had become a stranger to myself in the many loveless arguments, my self-lies and the hope that things would get better at some point, because after all, we all carry our own backpacks.

Mine was overflowing with sadness from my childhood, but also an irrepressible longing to shed my old, cramped clothes and fly naked. To feel the warm summer wind, to breathe freely, to feel, to experience EVERYTHING – with skin and hair.

Sensually, with my wings wide open, one day I flew away from my old life into a new one that was still completely unknown to me.

The separation helped me to find my new self and to be a light to myself.

In being, my roles and robes disappear – even if it still scares me to be so open and vulnerable. My trust in the power of love and in the light of clarity has grown stronger.

Medical masseuse

Certified physiotherapist

Alternative practitioner for psychotherapy

Education

Psychotherapeutic training as a Gestalt therapist according to Fitz Pearls (Cologne)

Career path

2000 -2003
Physiotherapist in various practices (Munich)

2003 – 2005
Self-employed in own practice for physiotherapy and massage (Munich)

2006 – 2013
Managing Director “Massage Zurich” / Practice for Massage, Relaxation and Body Awareness (Zurich)

2009 to date
Relationship coaching / practice for couples therapy and individual coaching together with Rainer Grunert (Zurich)

2018 to date
Practice for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics / Transformation and Healing (Berlin/Zurich)

Further training:

• Cranio Sacral Therapy (Winterthur)
• Kinesiology (Munich)
• Ortho-Bionomy (Rottenburg)
• Trauma therapy: Somatic Experiencing (Zurich)
• Esalen Massage (Zurich)
• NLP (Zurich)
• Hypnosis (Zurich)
• Talk therapy according to Rogers (Cologne)
• Couples counseling IBP (Winterthur)
• Art therapy (Berlin)
• Feldenkrais (Berlin)
• Integrative-formative psychotherapy and counseling for women (Zurich)
• Voice Dialog (Zurich)