My relating to DIVINITY is both deeply personal and philosophically abstract. I was lucky to have the freedom to explore spirituality without a religious blueprint, which allowed me to be open to a wide range of  religious perspectives and mystical experiences.

Honoring the values of critical thinking and the scientific approach, my path to connecting with something truly DIVINE has been as much experiential as it has been a mental and logical approximation. An important element of my work therefore is the developing and practicing of ideas and mystical understandings of what the DIVINE actually is and how we can enter into an honoring and authentic relationship with it.

The spiritual traditions of Latin America have been very important for me as a context in which I was first able to talk to other people about actual spiritual experiences.  I am grateful to have been taught, shown and offered a lot of insight into the spiritual realm in the context of latin american spirituality. In honor of those traditions, I do not offer any of it as part of my work, since I do not consider it ethical from a postcolonial point of view to do so as a white woman of German descent. México is my chosen home and I am dedicated to practice spirituality in a way that respects, protects and acknowledges the incredible value of native spirituality.

My daily practice in meditation has also been a source of growth and deep insight for my spiritual path. It started in 2015 on a therapeutic farm in North Carolina where I was doing an internship for my academic studies in psychology. Since then, meditation has been continuously with me and I cannot describe the value it has brought to my life and my growth as a human being. In the last years, I have been diving deeper into meditation theory and eastern philosophy so as to add a layer of philosophical understanding to the experiential knowledge aqcuired over the years.

My academic background in psychology has gotten me interested in the link between psychological wellbeing and spiritual awareness. I believe that spiritual connection is a core factor in mental health and healing processes. At the same time, spiritual experiences are many times an expression of our own inner psyche as well as collective psychological phenomena. Spirituality therefore must also be looked at through a psychological lense. Even though I am not a licensed psychotherapist, I do therefore rely on my psychological studies as a background to the spiritual work that I do.

Additionally, I seek to educate myself constantly on new research in that intersection between spirituality and psychology. The emerging field of transpersonal psychology is of particular interest to me.

Sociopolitical dimension and struggles for liberation are a natural part of an active spiritual practice. Spirituality must lead to collective liberation. To see “the world as GOD sees it” means to see the struggles, the injustices and the problems we are collectively facing- and to actively engage in bringing about change. As a practicioner, I consider it my duty to include the political dimensions in my work and I ask my clients to cultivate a sensitivity for and an awareness of systems of oppression.

Spiritual work which does not strive for and actively contributes to providing optimal living conditions for all people and all life is missing the point of what spirituality is about.