About

Annika Pahlén

Annika has 20 years of experience in various body therapies. She is a physiotherapist, certified Somatic Movement Teacher, Yin and Restorative yoga teacher and is a devoted tango dancer and teacher with a special eye for anatomy.

"In everything I do, I have a pronounced focus on body awareness and physical, mental and emotional sustainability. I work closely with my clients to find solutions and I often combine tools from my different practices".

A selection from my CV:

Physiotherapist

Certified Living Somatics Movement Teacher

250 h Yin – and Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

50 h Yin Fascial Yoga

Teacher Trainer in Restorative Yoga

Certified Coach

Licensed Facilitator Resistance Stretching

Somatic Stress Release Practitioner in training

Tango, the body and how it all started...

When I first encountered the Argentine tango, I immediately fell for its beauty, complexity and wordless presence. During most of the 90s I taught tango in Stockholm and around Sweden. After a while I started having pain related problems in my body but I couldn't find the way to give myself the time I needed for healing and recovery. In the end, it became such a serious injury that I had to put the tango shoes on the shelf.

But my longing to dance didn't go away and I started looking for solutions. I studied movement patterns and physiotherapy and after working with that for 15 years I chose to further my education in the complementary methods that I myself benefited the most from in my own healing.

I am grateful to finally have tango back in my life. Now I use my combined knowledge of tango and of the body to make sure you can keep tango in yours.

Do you have a restriction you want to get rid of? Maybe you are wise enough to want to take care of your body and nervous system in time? Regardless of your background, you are welcome just as you are. With all of yourself.

Grundare

Annika Pahlén

Annika har 20 års erfarenhet inom olika kroppsterapier. Hon är fysioterapeut, undervisar i Somatic Movement, yogalärare i Yin- och Restorative och är hängiven tangodansare och – lärare med ett särskilt öga för anatomi.

"In everything I do, I have a pronounced focus on body awareness and physical, mental and emotional sustainability. I work closely with my clients to find solutions and I often combine tools from my different practices".

A selection from my CV:

Physiotherapist

Certified Living Somatics Movement Teacher

250 h Yin – and Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

50 h Yin Fascial Yoga

Teacher Trainer in Restorative Yoga

Certified Coach

Licensed Facilitator Resistance Stretching

Somatic Stress Release Practitioner in training

What my clients say

I am incredibly grateful to have such a professional, experienced and responsive teacher like Annika. I am fascinated that such a soft and sympathetic method can produce such radical effects! Over time, I've noticed changing processes in both body and mind, and how these relate to each other, something that doesn't just happen during the classes, but that stays long after and has become something I can integrate into my everyday life.
Somatic Movement feels like a long exhalation where the body bit by bit releases tension. Sometimes I am completely warm and soft afterwards in the area we worked on and some tensions may have completely released that I usually need to go to a chiropractor with. Annika guides in such a relaxed and clear way that it is a pleasure just to listen to her. I can highly recommend Somatic Movement with her.
Susanne Åström
I didn't know this was what my body craved, but now I know. In my individual sessions, I have received very good help with a shoulder that has been inflamed for many years. The exercises and movements that Annika has developed have felt completely right and adapted to my needs. Annika is warm, pedagogical and very knowledgeable. In less than six months, the shoulder is much better and I also understand much more what is behind the pain and can adapt what I do to my own body. I can warmly recommend Annika!
Andrea Arlid

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