Yoga  ·  Nervous System  ·  

Resilience  ·  Embodiment

With a professional background in Social Entrepreneurship (M.Sc.), Positive Psychology Consultancy and facilitating Yoga experiences, my work combines classes and trainings around sustainable and holistic personal development. In my resource-oriented approaches I support you in developing clarity, emotional balance, and a sense of meaning — in everyday life and at work.

I’m currently based in Hamburg, Germany and offer my services in German and English language.

Three ways to work with me:

  • Yoga, Embodiment & Mindfulness

  • Resilience & Vagus Training

  • Train the Trainer: Body-Based Nervous System Regulation & Resilience

Hej, I’m Carla.

  • Roskilde University — M.Sc. in Social Entrepreneurship & Management

    February 2013 – September 2015

    Overall grade: Excellent
    Curriculum: Social entrepreneurship & social business, sustainability & strategy management, CSR, work & organizational psychology, organizational development, social & environmental innovation, academic research & writing, marketing.

    Exchange semester: University of Hamburg, Sep–Dec 2014.

    Internship (4 months): Berlin — Men’s Health Foundation (Stiftung Männergesundheit): fundraising, academic research, strategy & operational management.

    Additional training: “Primary Leadership and Emotional Intelligence in Leadership,” Case Western Reserve University.

    Maastricht University — B.A. in European Studies

    July 2009 – June 2012

    Overall grade: Very good
    Curriculum: EU politics with modules in European history, law, culture, development cooperation, political science, economics, philosophy, sociology, negotiation skills, and academic research & writing.

    Exchange semester: Institut d’Études Politiques de Rennes (France), Sep–Dec 2011.

    Activities:

    • 7-month active member of the United Nations Student Association: fundraising for local projects in developing countries; organizing seminars/lectures; arranging overseas internships for Maastricht students.

    • 6-month volunteer at MISEREOR (Aachen), focusing on fundraising.

    • 4-week internship at ZDF (Mainz): journalism and media production in society & politics.

  • Coaching
    - Certified Consultant in Positive Psychology with focus on Positive Leadership in Business, Positive Parenting & Education, and Positive Embodiment, Inntal Institut (2024)
    - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for ADHD, Dr. Russ Harris (2025)
    - Certified Parent Counselor for ADD/ADHD, Institut für Integrative Lerntherapie und Weiterbildung (2025)
    - Leader in Active Parenting of Teens, Dr. Michael Popkin (2025)
    - Introduction to Ego States Therapy, Hamburg Institute for Trauma Therapy (2024)
    - Introductory Course in Systemic Transactional Analysis, Kessel & Kessel (2023)
    - Certified Specialist Advisor for High Sensitivity (HSP), BIEK (2022)
    - Certified “Resilience Trainer in Nature”, German Academy for Forest Bathing & Health (2022)


    Mindfulness, Yoga & Meditation
    - Meditation Teacher Training (2016)
    - 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training (2016)
    - 300h+ Advanced Trainings in Yoga Therapy for Trauma & Eating Disorders, Yin Yoga, and Inclusive/Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness (since 2016)

  • Founder & CEO · CRYSTAL SOUL®

    Founder of a circular Alpine crystal label. Owned the end-to-end value chain — from raw-stone sourcing and design/production in South Tyrol to e-commerce, wholesale, events & workshops — with verifiably ethical origins(stones collected by local mountaineers rather than mined) and transparent supply chains.

    Press: Grazia, Herzstück, Fuck Lucky Go Happy

    Skills:
    Alpine sourcing (non-mined), supply-chain build-out (Italy/DACH), product & quality, e-commerce & growth, B2B & trade fairs, workshops & community, circularity/ESG, P&L & operations




    Co-Founder / Venture Lead · ZALDIA®

    Built a brand for premium, sustainable equestrian apparel; led material and product development as well as go-to-market preparation. The venture was concluded after two years once core material performance criteria could not be consistently met.

    Skills:
    venture building, supplier management, ESG/circularity, product/material development, service/brand design, experimentation & prototyping logic

Yoga · Embodiment

In my classes you can expect:

  • Mindful as well as intuitive movement

  • Invitations to dive into body awareness through breath, asana, nervous-system balancing exercises (without pressure or “fixing”)

  • Meditations supporting you to center yourself and explore self-awareness

  • Space for self-experience — practical, human and down-to-earth

  • A practice that respects different bodies, moods and nervous systems

This is for you if you want to…

  • feel more present in your body and daily life

  • develop clarity through movement and awareness

  • experience yoga as a resource — not a rigid ideal

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Resilience Training · Positive Psychology Leadership

Resilience doesn’t mean being calm all the time, and it doesn’t mean ignoring intensity. In my work, resilient individuals stay connected to yourself, even when life is dynamic — and they have practical ways to return to clarity, compassion and agency.

This training combines evidence-based Positive Psychology, mindfulness, and self- reflection in a format that is understandable and highly transferable into daily life.

Core themes include:

  • Mindfulness for awareness, clarity and wise decisions

  • Strengths-based organizational and personal development: recognizing potential and what truly supports you

  • Emotional balance: flowing with emotions and dealing with pressure as well as stress.

  • Nurturing environment: creating conditions for authenticity, focus, engagement and vitality

  • Values & meaning: finding a purpose that feels true and sustainable

  • Simple, short body-based practices that support nervous system regulation in daily routines (non-clinical, practical).

Format:

  • 1-4 day training (in-house / organisations / education providers)

  • structured, practical, with clear takeaways and implementation steps

  • suitable for teams, leaders and individuals

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Train the Trainer:

Body-Based Nervous System Regulation & Resilience Training

You want to become a resilience trainer who includes somatic approaches? Or maybe you already work as a coach, trainer, yoga teacher, therapist oder educator?

This training has been created for you if you intend to offer resource-oriented and body-based methods deriving from yoga, embodiment and Positive Psychology in a responsible way. We explore the nervous system not as something to “fix,” but as a meaningful lens for:

  • understanding stress and emotional dynamics

  • building supportive habits and environments

  • working with energy, motivation and boundaries in a grounded way

What you’ll learn:

  • nervous system basics explained in everyday language (polyvagal-informed)

  • embodiment methods: body awareness, posture, breath and yoga

  • mindfulness in the body as a core competence for clarity and stability

  • strength- and value-based resource work to explore potential and meaning

  • how to guide short sequences (1:1 and groups) with clear framing and consent

Upcoming training remote in German:

Via Zoom 6x donnerstags von 09:00–15:00 Uhr: 22. & 29. Mai 2026 & 5., 12., 19., 26. Juni 2026

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Important note:

This training is not psychotherapy, not trauma therapy, and not a medical qualification. It is a professional education and training program for working with psychologically stable adults. It does not replace medical or psychotherapeutic care.

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