During a trip to Thailand, yoga came into my life as a sudden evidence, just 4 years ago… A practice that allows me today to engage my whole being, in the depth of its dimensions.
Uplifted by a quest for meaning
Strarting at a very young age, I have always had a thirst for learning, for understanding beings and the world at large. This quest probably finds its roots in a rather unstable family environment. My inner life has therefore always been very rich and I naturally began my education with a master’s degree in philosophy. I devoted so many years to the study of different forms of wisdom, to finally test the limits : those of the resonance of words often empty of reality.
Beyond any form of ideology, self-awareness in the relationship with the other became my main object of interest… This search for inner coherence, for congruence between individuals, challenged me deeply. How can thought and behavior be so dissociated in the same person? What kind of inner demon can make us do this? And above all, how to support people towards more exemplarity? From then on, what became important for me was to embody as much as possible what I was saying, another way became possible…
My answer was then to focus my action on changing behaviors: individual and collective
Driven by the call of experimentation, I was then trained and committed to human resources. For more than a decade, I have dedicated myself to supporting change by focusing on the positive contagion effect in a collective environment. My humanistic values have indeed guided me to the noblest aspect of human resources wich is to raise the level of consciousness of individuals, groups and organizations.
Then, I was called upon to raise awareness of ecological issues, this call from the Earth took the form of an additional specialization in sustainable development. Field where I practiced in a company for more than 6 years to finish as a senior executive, a form of achievement achieved at the expense of my own ecology…
Back to exploring the human psyche
The year I hit 40 was marked by a huge awareness, I felt like I was in an illusion and I had to make radical changes in my life. And I made sure that my whole environment was hidden under my feet (family, work, home, couple, social life…). Alone in front of myself, I regained my freedom to experience the void and begin a long journey of healing, like a phoenix that is constantly reborn at each cycle of its life. And it took me years to learn to love myself, to accept mylself as I am : a human being made of shadow and light experiencing my own duality.
That’s how I became a practioner of the neurocognitive approach (neuroscience, psychology and behaviorism). This approach offers tools to work on mental switching, in other words to switch from an automatic operating mode to mindfulness.
From the idea to the behavior, I finally understood that there were several stages: awareness, emotional and behavioral shift. The evolution of behaviors necessarily involves the body and the senses !!! And it was a true revelation for me, which also gave me the keys to myself, with an almost surgical precision (unconscious brain mechanisms at the origin of certain behaviors…).
Alchemy by the body : a form of supreme resilience
At the same time, during all the years that preceded my encounter with myself, I perceived my physical body as a vehicule that worked rather well, without having to really worry about its maintenance… And then, I felt that my body sent me a call to really embody and listen to it.
Only a few years of Pilates preceded my yoga practice. Patiently, I then returned to my body. Day after day, I learned to listen to it by renewing this inner dialogue with myself, to overcome my many resistances (mental, emotional and physical), to finally fully inhabit my body. That’s how yoga became essential in my life. With practice, I naturally developed my internal resources to complete a new life transition: becoming a full-time teacher.
These different learning experiences allowed me to measure the importance of the body, or rather the importance of the Presence in the body. The inner alignment has become the key for me. Probably the only one likely to bring some common sense into our so-called modern and advanced societies….
This whole process, which is at work in the positive evolution of behavior, is an integral part of my teaching. I studied it with great care and then experienced it, it is in me and shows through in each of my interventions. This is why I propose practices that can act at different levels: development of self-awareness, of others, work on the liberation of emotions, on the physical body and the more subtle bodies…
My yoga teacher journey :
- Ashtanga Vinyasa Retreat in India with Ty Landrum, 2019.
- 200 hours: YogaWorks, at Yogamoves Strasbourg, 2016.
- 300 hours: Swara Yoga Academy, Thailand (including 100 hours of Yin Yoga Therapy with Tina Nance), 2016.
My added value :
- Practitioner of the neurocognitive approach, 2014.
- Executive MBA: Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility, 2011.
- Master II: Human Resources Management, 2006.
- Master I: Philosophy, 1995 / 2000.
