Sem Anja — doktorica teoretične fizike, embodiment coachinja in facilitatorka, predana učenka Shaolin kung fuja in Qi Gonga, praktikantka Chan (Zen) budizma in mama treh otrok.
Znanost me je naučila spraševati, analizirati in razumeti. V letih raziskovalnega dela sem razvila spoštovanje do poglobljenega razmišljanja, natančnosti in lepote razumevanja narave in njenega delovanja.
Vzporedno z znanstveno kariero sem hodila še po drugi poti.
Od leta 2008 prakticiram Shaolin Kung Fu, Qigong in zen pod vodstvom učitelja Shifu Shi Heng Dao. Te discipline so me naučile nečesa bistveno drugačnega: razumevanje je dragoceno, vendar skozi prakso razvijamo sposobnost, da se odzivamo drugače.
Sčasoma sta se ti poti začeli povezovati. Pri tem je imel ključno vlogo embodiment coaching, ki sem ga poglobljeno spoznala pod mentorstvom Marka Walsha. Pomagal mi je prepoznati vrednost znanja in sposobnosti, ki sem jih razvila skozi različne discipline, razumeti, kako se medsebojno dopolnjujejo, in jih povezati v celovit pristop.
Iz tega povezovanja se je začel oblikovati Embodied Self-Mastery — pristop k razvijanju sposobnosti odzivanja v skladu s tem, kar je najpomembnejše, tudi ko pritisk sproži ustaljene vzorce.
Much of how we respond to life is habitual. Our reactions have been shaped by years of experience, and many serve us well. But some patterns no longer support what matters to us.
Even when we recognise these patterns, understanding alone may not be enough to change them. Under pressure, we often fall back on familiar ways of responding.
Stimulus → Habitual response
Embodied Self-Mastery expands the space between what happens and how we respond — making consciously chosen responses more available under pressure.
Stimulus → Notice → Stay → Choose → Practise → Become
Recognise what is happening in your body, thoughts, emotions, and behaviour — tensing up, shrinking, breath change, posture shifts, … — as it unfolds.
Remain present with discomfort, uncertainty, or pressure without immediately reacting.
emdobdied presence
Consciously choose your response, guided by what matters and what the situation calls for.
Experiment with and rehearse new responses in a supportive environment, until they become increasingly available in everyday life.
emdobdied agency
What we repeatedly practise shapes who we become — and how we live, relate, and lead.
Each cycle changes the next:
what you practise shapes what you notice, what you can stay with, and which responses become available.
In individuals, repeated practice shapes character. In teams, it shapes culture.
The aim is not control or perfect calm, but greater freedom of response despite discomfort — and self-leadership that remains available under pressure.
My work is experiential, grounded in real-life situations, and adapted to the individual or group.
Rather than only discussing challenges, we explore how they show up in the body — through posture, breath, movement, attention, and interaction.
Three principles guide how I work:
Embodied — We experience and practise new ways of responding, rather than only discussing change.
Practice-based — Through repetition, we strengthen the capacity to respond differently when it matters.
Contextual — We work with real-life situations, helping insights translate into meaningful changes in how we live, relate, and lead.
And underpinning it all is something fundamental, yet often underestimated: trust, attunement, and human connection.
