❋ Embodied Resilience
Positive Psychology and nervous system education for people, teams and professional learning spaces.
Services
I support individuals, teams and professionals with evidence-informed trainings at the intersection of Positive Psychology, Embodiment, Yoga, neurodiversity-informed practice and nervous system education.
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Evidence-informed trainings for teams, leaders and organisations who want to strengthen focus, emotional balance, communication and sustainable performance.
Core themes:
Positive Psychology and strengths-based development
Focus, emotional balance and stress regulation
Embodied micro-practices for daily work routines
Values, meaning and sustainable motivation
Neurodiversity-informed collaboration and leadership
Format:
1–4 day trainings
in-house, online or hybrid
available in English and German
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Body-based workshops and classes for grounding, presence, self-awareness and nervous system balance — practical, human and accessible.
Core themes:
Somatic Yoga and mindful movement
Breathwork and body awareness
Vagus-oriented practices
Grounding, orientation and self-connection
Practices that respect different bodies, moods and nervous systems
Format:
workshops
retreats
team sessions
individual or group formats
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My German-language certification trainings are offered through NESYI — the Neurodiversity Embodiment Somatic Yoga Institute.
NESYI provides digital live trainings for professionals in coaching, education, therapy-related fields, yoga, mindfulness and people-centered work who want to integrate embodiment, vagus-oriented practices, nervous system education and resilience methods into their professional practice.
Current certification paths:
Trainer:in für Embodiment & Vagus-Training
Trainer:in für Positive Psychologie & Resilienz
Kombinierte Zertifizierung: Embodiment, Vagus-Training & Resilience
NESYI Alumni Circle for certified graduates
These programs are currently offered in German.
Meet Carla Sophie Tiemann
Carla Sophie Tiemann is a trainer, yoga teacher and People & Culture consultant based in Hamburg, Germany. Her work combines Positive Psychology, Embodiment, Somatic Yoga, nervous system education and neurodiversity-informed facilitation.
With a background in Social Entrepreneurship, European Politics and organisational psychology, she supports individuals, teams and professionals in developing embodied resilience, emotional balance, focus and meaningful ways of working.
She is the founder of NESYI — Neurodiversity Embodiment Somatic Yoga Institute — where she offers German-language certification trainings for professionals in coaching, education, yoga, mindfulness and people-centered work.
Qualifications
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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.
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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) -
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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
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Skills:
venture building, supplier management, ESG/circularity, product/material development, service/brand design, experimentation & prototyping logic