Meditation (Zurich & online)
Regular meditation practice is a way of mindful living that allows you to re-connect to yourself and live from a deeper purpose. Sandra introduces you to easy-to learn Somatic Meditation practices, that build your awareness, connect you to your deeper essence and release stress and tension in your body and mind.
The somatic approach of meditation is particularly effective for healing trauma and guides you to live in the present moment again. The practices are based on original Tibetan Buddhist and Taoist teachings and offer a heart-opening pathway to fundamentally embrace yourself with a new sense of acceptance and self-love.
During your Somatic Mediation classes you will receive guidance to mindful breathing, helping you stop the chatter in your mind, thus allowing you to come to a deep stillness from where healing can occur. Being in connection with your soma (entire body), allows you to reach a deep sense of relaxation and awareness of the unity of body and mind.
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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
~ Thich Naht Hanh
The Foundation of Somatic Meditation
Somatic Meditation teaches you how to reconnect with the wisdom and awareness of the body. These practices can easily be integrated into your daily meditation and mindfulness practice.
Unlike purely mental meditation techniques, Somatic Meditation invites you to meditate through direct body awareness. As a result, the practice becomes more grounded, embodied, and deeply felt.
Even experienced meditators often discover that Somatic Meditation brings a valuable new dimension to their meditation practice.
Through this approach, we learn to recognise the natural wakefulness already present in the body. Over time, this can deepen both mindfulness and inner clarity.
Roots in Buddhist Meditation
These teachings are inspired by advanced traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, which emphasise that genuine realisation is discovered through direct embodied experience.
Sandra shares insights from her own long-term meditation path and her studies with respected Buddhist teachers, including:
Pema Khandro
Chögyam Trungpa
Reginald A. Ray
Pema Chödrön
Thích Nhất Hạnh
These influences shape the contemplative and embodied approach that Sandra offers in her Somatic Meditation teachings.
Somatic and Therapeutic Influences
Sandra’s exploration of body awareness began early in life. She has been developing somatic awareness since the age of 15 through various forms of dance and martial arts.
Later, her professional training in Somatic Psychotherapy and Breath Therapy in Switzerland deepened this understanding.
Her work has also been influenced by pioneers in body-oriented psychology and therapy, including:
Peter A. Levine
Fritz Perls
Alexander Lowen
Ilse Middendorf
Jack Lee Rosenberg
- Bessel van der Kolk
As a result, Sandra’s teaching combines meditation, somatic awareness, and therapeutic insight.
Upcoming Somatic Meditation Classes
Somatic Meditation classes and practice series are offered in Switzerland and online.
To learn about upcoming courses, workshops, or retreats, please visit the Events Calendar on this website.
