Meet The Practitioners
Here you can find people who are certified to give Touch & Awareness sessions and have minimum done Foundation and Intermediate, 2 years of Training.
Contact the practitioner of your choice for their availability and rates
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Schirin Zorriassateiny
Founder
Rosen Method Therapist | Dancer | Trauma practitioner | Yoga teacher | Tantric teacher | contact
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Through her broad background with body awareness, she has created Touch & Awareness Bodywork in Amsterdam.
She teaches others to become bodyworkers, so this work can benefit more people.
“My passion is to create a space and atmosphere where people can feel accepted and safe enough to then be curious and honest with themselves.”
Co-facilitator / Practitioner
Anita Mulderij
Advanced graduate |
Body Confidence Coach
Abcoude / Amsterdam | contact
"I keep being amazed by how much the body can tell about who you truly are, by just being present with it in a gentle, loving way. I support people in creating a positive body image and loving their body just as it is. With T&A I invite my clients to come from the mind into their body. To become more aware of what the body is telling so they can release tension and explore their protective meganisms. This work supports them to embody more of their true essence."
Co-facilitator / Practitioner
Themer Abourayan
Advanced graduate | Life coach
Amsterdam | contact
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Themer gives in addition to bodywork, coaching and trainings. "With Touch and Awareness bodywork I work with the body to release tension, bring deep relaxation and increase aliveness. But also to gain insights. To my experience the body knows much more about ourselves than we think!
This is highly intuitive work that focuses on whatever is present in your body at the moment."
Anna Aknaeva
Assistant / Practitioner
Advanced graduate | Bodywork
Zaandam | contact
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“Committed to living fully and passionately I help people to explore their protective layers and to open up safely into deeper connection with their true essence. In my Touch & Awareness training I've learned to support people in the nature of their experience, to approach bodies with listening hands in a way that isn't intrusive, to create and hold space for anything that needs to come up in the moment.”
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Assistant / Practitioner
Advanced graduate |
Brasschaat, BE | contact
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"I welcome you in a calm and inspiring practice space, where all emotions and parts of your personality are met with softness. With a soft touch guided by intuition, I invite your body to reconnect where tension is stored. Based on the knowledge of emotional anatomy, I guide you into the unconscious to let go of deeper trauma, no matter how big or small they might be.
My own experience with the combination of psychological therapy and Touch & Awareness sessions has been powerful and transforming. There is more space for exploration and aliveness. And my playfulness came back!
Fleur van Baarsen
Assistant / Practitioner
Advanced graduate |
Utrecht | contact
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"My deepest joy is to be fully present with the person on the table: to discover layer after layer what is there, and to meet all this with loving attention. I have an ever-growing trust that the essence of this work is to be present with you, with the willingness to fully meet what’s there. This allows you to sink deeper into your body: your vehicle to enjoy life with."
Practitioner
Advanced graduate |
Amsterdam | contact
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"Are you ready to reconnect with your inner voice and trust your intuition? I believe that true personal growth involves integrating the body, allowing us to tap into our deepest needs and desires. As a practitioner, I have witnessed clients cultivate a profound sense of aliveness in both body and mind by embracing this proces.
My approach is guided by an invitation from your body’s wisdom. Together, we will navigate towards empowering you to live a life that is free and authentic."
Sophie Eekman
Practitioner
Intermediate graduate |
Amsterdam | contact
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"Being a very tactile person I’ve worked with my hands my whole life:
first as a photographer, and later as a ceramicist, where I refined my
delicate yet supportive touch.
In my own experience receiving Touch and Awareness sessions,
I went back to moments early in life, when I had felt alone and abandoned. I realised that these experiences were what made me
so convinced of the power of
touch, and the vital importance
of feeling held.
That’s what I’d like to offer to people during Touch of Awareness. I find it quite amazing and surprising what
can emerge during a session."
Practitioner / Admin assistent
Intermediate graduate |
Porto, PT | contact
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"In my work as a composer, my hands hover softly over the piano keys to find its hidden melodies. With a profound curiosity, I bring a similar listening touch to a Touch & Awareness session. I have a calm and gentle approach, and in this serenity, I am genuinely present with you and with whatever arises in the moment."