What we are today is the sum of the experiences we have had in life.
The training, encounters, imprints, friendships and matters of the heart.
And of course our origin! Everyone has their story and looking at mine, I see a brave and curious woman
who is enthusiastic and extremely ambitious and who manages to become what she secretly dreams of.
The search for peace and a happy and fulfilling life has always occupied me
and this is how the adventurer in me was awakened, whose longing for other cultures and distant countries
plays an important part in my life.
And isn't it also the "coincidences" in life that reveal the traces that are already laid deep inside us?

1. 1971: Begins at the John Cranko Ballet School in Stuttgart.
   At the age of 7 my mother, who was once a ballerina herself when she was young,
   sent me to this famous ballet school.
   I was hooked from the moment I entered the dance hall. And as luck would have it, my parents had their import-export business just around the corner from the ballet school,
   with plenty of space in the upper sales rooms.
   So I spent many afternoons there with myself, practicing steps and pirouettes in front of the mirror and inventing dances and stories.
   From then on, dancing in all possible forms has accompanied me throughout my life.
   

2. 1972: Home means commuting between Germany and Sicily .
   My mother is Prussian with Latvian roots and married a Sicilian, my father.
   He came to Germany as a guest worker with 50 DM in his pocket at the end of the 1950s.
   They fulfilled their dream of a hotel in my father's hometown and from then on commuted back and forth between Germany and Sicily.
   My brother and I grew up sheltered with my mother's sister taking care of us while my
   parents worked.

2. 1982: Sports and gymnastics teacher training and my secret life plan.
   By the time I was 18, I was determined to be a dancer in New York.
   I really wanted to go to this city because there I could learn modern and contemporary dance at the best schools.
   My physique was not suited to be a ballerina.
   Thank God! Because in America I learned everything I wanted to learn as a creative dancer. Because of the “training certificate” I went to the sports teacher training and trained
   for my dream
   at a dance school in Stuttgart A dream that I secretly dreamed and never shared with anyone. I think it's because I didn't want anyone to take it away from me, talk it out, or have anything else to say about it.
3. 1985: Actress or Dancer?
   So what now? Further studies: acting school.
   My acting teacher said to me one day that I had to decide now what I wanted to be:
   an actress or a dancer?
   With the cork in my mouth for speaking practice, I shuttled back and forth by car from one passion to another.
   Then I decided to dance. Inside I said to myself, ok, you can still act at 40... Which I did later!

5. 1987: New York. Finally! Dance training and a variety of dance styles without end!
   As a little girl, I used to dance on the floor to "New York, New York" and
   watch the Westside story countless times! So it was clear that I
   wanted to complete my dance training
   Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and Martha Graham Dance School And anyway! In New York at that time you could learn from the greatest teachers around every corner. I was 3 years in enthusiasm and learning fever!
6. 1989: First engagement in New York as a dancer .
   My first engagement as a dancer was with Nai Ni Chen , a Chinese modern dance company in New York.
   Her style of movement has shaped me to this day.
   From her I learned how to use energy instead of strength, how to choreograph and above all a lot about Asian art of movement.
   This later led me to Tai Chi and other Asian martial arts such as Aikido and TAO Yoga.
   Working with energy fascinates me to this day!

7. 1993: Sinai: First encounter with the desert
   My first trip to the desert takes me to the Sinai.
   There I am traveling with a friend from Germany, two Bedouins, three camels and a goat that will later be slaughtered to feed us all these days.
   12 days through the desert from place to place, sleeping under the open sky.
   Authentic travel and pure adventure! From then on, countless desert journeys began for me.

8. 1993: 6 months India: Vipassana, OSHO and Yoga
   My spiritual journey begins: A Buddhist monastery in southern Thailand, 10 days of silence and meditation.
   Learning yoga in India, in Rischikesch, where I live for the first time for a few months in a big house in the mountains all by myself.
   Coincidence? A book by Osho falls into my hands and just a few days later I'm on the train to Poona to Osho's Ashram.
   I spend three months intensively with meditation, personal development and letting go of
   deep-seated conditioning.
   

9. 1994: Teacher for bodywork at the drama school
   I have been teaching at the drama school for almost 20 years.
   In addition to dance, tai chi and yoga, my experiences in consciousness and body work are incorporated. I love seeing my student blossom. I am also a mentor for them.
10. 1995: Foundation of my own theater in Neckartailfingen .
    The theater gallery (until 2020) and the birth of my son Lorin in 1996 shape my everyday life between the stage,
    events and being a mother.
    We live and work in the same house. After 5 years together with my husband, I run the theater gallery alone from 2000, with a really great team!
    And I learn a lot about lighting technology, advertising, graphics, etc.

11. 2000-2011: cabaret prize, personal upheaval and new tasks
    My colleague and I received first place in
    the cabaret prize of Baden-Württemberg for my choreography “Hello”.
    At the same time I am getting divorced and I am organizing festivals, organizing concerts and supporting
    young artists.
    Years later, with a cruciate ligament tear, I took a longer break from the stage and began to offer culinary cultural events, with themed cuisine and a piece to match.
    My kitchen is in demand and I love to offer Sicilian hospitality in Swabia.

13. 2012: Encountering Morocco
    A new heart story begins.
    Here in the Sahara I meet my soul home and experience beautiful as well as painful things.
    What I learn about myself later becomes part of my mentoring for women. My vision is: to have a permanent place in the desert. And so I start offering trips and retreats for women
    to the Sahara.
    I love this country from the bottom of my heart and am happy to accompany people through the desert on their personal transformation journey.

14. 2015: Healing and training as an Ayurvedic bodyworker .
    India: Back at Osho!
    Here I do a very profound therapy and heal my depression and my heart. Then the encounter with Shikha, a strict and loving master who
    massages and "washes my head" during this difficult time.
    I start training with him to become an Ayurvedic body worker. Wounds create miracles and with my touch I open hearts, remove blockages and miracles happen...!

15. WHAT am I today?
    Today I would describe myself as a mediator of cultures, body wisdom, awareness and joie de vivre.
    As a passionate energizer and body worker, desert companion, heart opener,
    dancer and traveler, I love to inspire people and encourage them
    to live their lives authentically and in a self-determined manner.
16. 2022: Commitment to Life and Letting Go
    Let's see where the flow of life will take me next.
    For the last two years I have lived and worked mainly in Sicily.
    In the many contacts with women, I see myself increasingly in the role of
    mentor for personal development for women in midlife.
    
    enjoy life to the fullest Here is an article about my work with women.