❋ 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.
These programs are currently offered in German:
Certified Trainer for Vagus-Training, Embodiment & Resilience Methods
NESYI Alumni Circle for certified graduates
Meet Carla Sophie Tiemann
Carla Sophie Tiemann designs and delivers certified training programs in resilience, yoga, body therapy and neuro-inclusive leadership for companies, teams, leaders, and yoga teachers.
Born in Hamburg in 1989, she studied European Studies (B.A., Maastricht) and Social Entrepreneurship & Management (M.Sc., Roskilde) with a focus on work and organizational psychology, then spent nearly a decade founding and running her own businesses.
A yoga teacher since 2016, she has completed further training in trauma-sensitive yoga, yoga for eating disorders, trauma pedagogy, ADHD coaching, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, positive psychology, trauma-informed mindfulness and embodiment. In 2025, she founded the Neurodiversity, Embodiment & Somatic Yoga Institute (NESYI) intending to support people in balancing their nervous systems and building a life that matches their nature.
As an AuDHD woman herself, she was inspired to explore resilience and embodiment in the context of ADHD. She shares what she found in her debut non-fiction book, The ADHD Matrix.
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) -
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