In curiosity and not-knowing lies an openness to restoration and healing. Transformation unfolds in surrender to the unknown.

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About fifteen years ago, I became ill, and at first it was not clear what was causing it or how my situation could be improved. This created a need to look with curiosity and lightness to restore a lost sense of balance, without knowing how. When your willpower runs out, and your body and cognitive abilities begin to fail you, how do you continue to meet life? It became more necessary than ever to learn about my personal patterns, structures and background, and about what it means to be human from new perspectives.

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I began exploring bodywork and energy work. I was searching for what I had to offer beyond my work in the arts and cultural workfield, and I discovered my capacity to be present in a deeply intuitive and empathic way, with love for people and for the earth. The body in expression has always moved me deeply, both as a discipline within the arts and in everyday life.

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Through exploring a variety of approaches, I eventually came to the Ilan Lev Method, a method that works with movement based on the fundamental principles of life itself. I love working through the tangible reality of the body and the magic of touch. Working with creativity and lightness, in a gentle and open way.

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In curiosity and not-knowing lies an openness to restoration and healing. Transformation unfolds through surrendering to the unknown. We are constantly moving, responding and re-organising organisms, shaped in relationship with the world around us. Shaped by the lives of the generations before us — and, you could say, by the generations that come after us.

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The healing power of the body is immense. What we call the body’s capacity for self-healing is, of course, life itself! Life finding its own way towards restoration.

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Even though we live in a society that is often sceptical of the intelligence of the body — and of the existence of the soul — a scepticism shaped by our history and dominated by mechanistic, materialist thinking, I have always felt that it is time to feel, to reconnect with all parts of ourselves, with one another, and with the natural world.

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To keep opening our hearts, again and again, and to search for ways that make this possible. To honour diversity as the foundation of unity. This time is yearning for celebrations of our humanity.

Over the years, various people have guided me in developing and learning to value my sensitive and intuitive gifts. This has shaped me into the person and practitioner I am today.

I want to express my gratitude to everyone who has stood beside me, and to Ilan Lev and his method, which gave me wings and opened access to deeper layers that had previously seemed unreachable. It enabled me to heal and recover in places where this had once seemed impossible, and gave me the tools and techniques to support others in their own process.

Ank