Shiatsu by Snezhana Stoeva - Embodied Psychology
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My Shiatsu

Shiatsu is not about "fixing" things. Shiatsu is about supporting you to reach your full potential as a human being. It is a path of coming back to who you are. It's about Life and how present we are in our connection with ourselves, with people around us, with Nature and with the Universe. When we meet in Shiatsu touch it is a recognition of the breath, of emotion, of thought, of habit, of movement or the lack of movement.
I could compare Shiatsu with Breathing through the core of the body, which gives you the tangible experience of your multidimensional reality (body-mind-spirit), and invites you to shift out of survival and reactivity mode into a state of potential and awareness of a higher purpose instead.

Clean Language

I use Clean Language questions in my sessions, especially when my clients would like to explore in depth how their inner world is manifested in bodily symptoms or patterns of energy movement. During the Clean Language session a safe space of trust and support is built. By exploring the potential and the power of verbal and non-verbal language, unique, personal metaphors emerge. These body-mind metaphors are a flow of meaning that transfer into the energy work of the session.
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About Snezhana Stoeva, MrSS, MPsych 
​Shiatsu Practitioner & Teacher

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As a teenager, I believed I would one day become a therapist. I did a Masters in Psychology and graduated with honors but I didn’t find the answers I was looking for in the academic world.
I wasn’t confident that I had the right tools for a career as a therapist, so I shifted my focus to the much safer territory of business. I became a sales person, and I learned to listen to others’ needs and create strategies that were beneficial for both sides. Later on, I became a project manager (PRINCE2 certified). I still enjoy visualizing where I want to be and creating road maps in my mind’s eye, planning resources and predicting what could go wrong.
But all those years I was living in my head. I saw my body as something to support my head. It came as quite a shock when I finally realized that I am my body. Nowadays, I integrate Shiatsu, Sei-Ki, Do-in, Qigong, mindful movement, meditation and Clean Language in a body-friendly therapeutic method to support my clients to the best of my abilities and to deepen my understanding about this beautiful union of mind-body-spirit, also known as a human being.

Timeline
October 2024- present:  Shiatsu Therapist & Holistic Transformation Coach at Neal's Yard Remedies, London, Covent Garden
July 2019 -present: Seiki and Shiatsu therapist at home-clinic in Sidcup, Kent
• Supporting clients to have more balanced lifestyle
• Supporting clients with pain management
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 Supporting increased awareness around mind-body connection
• Creating awareness around migraines and causative factors
• Supporting clients with menopausal symptoms 
• Holistic work with trauma related body-mind symptoms
• Holistic work with burnout and stress related body-mind symptoms
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July 2024- present:  Shiatsu Teacher, registered with the Shiatsu Society UK
December 2022-August 2024:  Shiatsu Therapist at Neal's Yard Remedies, Sevenoaks, Kent
October 2022-June 2024:  Stress Management Facilitator at UCLH, London 
September 2022-June 2024: On-site Shiatsu Therapist at UCLH, London 
September 2021-July 2024:   Teacher Trainee at Shiatsu College, London
September 2021-June 2024:  Teaching Assistant at Shiatsu College, London
November 2020 -June 2024: Founder & Co-creator of www.mindbodify.com 
November 2021- January 2023:  Shiatsu Therapist at Neal's Yard Remedies, Borough Market Therapy Rooms
April 2022-December 2022: Shiatsu Therapist, SoulFit, Edenbridge, Kent
January 2020 – March 2020: On-site Shiatsu therapist at Groundswell (Project of Shiatsu College, London)
• Giving Shiatsu sessions to the volunteers and staff: Releasing tension, improving mobility, supporting mental and emotional awareness, work with trauma.
October 2019 – March 2020: On-site Acupressure and Shiatsu therapist at care homes in Kent
• Working with the residents of the care homes to improve their mobility, somatosensory perception (feeling in muscles, connective tissue and skin), and proprioception (posture and movement)
• Working with the Autonomic Nervous System(ANS) during the treatment to calm anxiety states and relieve insomnia.
July 2018–July 2019: Acupressure therapist, home clinic in Kidbrooke Village.

EDUCATION:
2018-2020, Shiatsu College, London, Zen Shiatsu Training
2017-2018 Shiatsu College, London, Holistic Acupressure 
1998-2002 Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria, Master's Degree, Psychology
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​​ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION AND COURSES:
•  Self-Regulation Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism, ADHD, Sensory or Emotional Challenges
 (April 2025)
•  CBT-I To Treat Insomnia: Proven Interventions That Go Beyond Sleep Hygiene (December 2024)
•  Anxiety Certification Course: Integrate CBT and Exposure & Response Prevention for Treatment of GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, Social Anxiety, & Phobias​ (November 2024)
•  Finding a Faster Way to Treat Trauma: A Neurobiologically Informed Approach, online course with Janina Fisher, PhD​ (October 2024)
• Complex PTSD: A Comprehensive, Mind-Body Approach to Treating Clients with Chronic, Repeated, and/or Developmental Trauma, online course with Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT​ (October 2024)
• Traumatic Grief: Cognitive, Behavioral and Somatic Approaches, online course with J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS​ (September 2024)
• Clean Language with Nick Pole  (29.06 & 30.06.2024)
• Anxiety, Trauma and Hope - Shiatsu Summit 2024, Vienna, Austria(30.05-2.06.2024)
• Polyvagal Theory: Neural Exercises for Safety and Connection with Dr. Stephen Porges (December 2023)
•  Wellness Coach Certification (Nov-Dec 2023)
•  Holistic Life Coach Certification (Nov-Dec 2023)
•  Holistic Health Coach Certification (Nov-Dec 2023)
• European Shiatsu Congress, Kiental, Switzerland (14.09- 17.09 2023)​
• Meditation Practitioner Certification: Teacher Diploma​ (July 2023)
• International Sei-ki Gathering, Bracciano 2022, Italy (11.11-13.11.2022)
• The structure of awareness: Heaven & Earth, Advanced course with Adam Hellinger (29.10 & 30.10.2022)
• The Chakras and the Archetypes of Greek Mythology​, workshop with Diego Sanchez, Athens, Greece (23.09-26.09.2022)
• HeartTouch: Mindfulness based Approaches for Emotional Pain, Trauma & Psychosis, workshop with Anthony Fidler with support from James Scurry​ (04.09.2022)
• The structure of awareness. Working with the shoulder and neck, advanced course with Adam Hellinger (30.04 & 01.05.2022)
• Shiatsu College Residential Weekend, Rydal Hall, UK, workshops with Anne Palmer, Claire Gilliver, Cat Westwood, Nicola Ley, Rachel Ecclestone, Adam Hellinger, Annie Cryar, Sarah Oldfield (01.04- 04.04.2022)
• Work with Fascia ( Level 2), workshop with Gabriella Poli, Pizarra, Spain (18.03-20.03.2022)
• International Sei-ki Gathering, Ghent 2021, Belgium (29.10-31.10.2021)
• Assisting at Sei-ki London & Athens linked workshops, 2021 with Alice Whieldon (24,25.06 & 14,15.10.2021)
• Developing Qi Awareness, advanced course with Adam Hellinger (11.09.2021)
• Clean Language online advanced course, with Nick Pole (6.05-27.05.2021)
• Guilt & Karma, online Mindclearing workshop with Alice Whieldon (16 & 23.03 2021)​
• European Shiatsu Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands (04.09- 06.09 2020)​
• Kokoro(Heart), online Seiki workshop with Alice Whieldon (18 & 19.06.2020)
• Seiki: the Secret Art of Shiatsu, 1-Day online course with Alice Whieldon (01.05.2020)
• Clean Language online advanced course, with Nick Pole (16.04-07.05.2020)
• Meditative Vocal Practices – Sound & Soma, 8-week course with Cordelia Zafiropulo (7.01-3.03.2020)
• Energetic Anatomy, workshop with Nicola Ley (22.02.2020)
• Non-doing & Seiki, workshop with Alice Whieldon & Nick Pole (13-15.02.2020)
• Improv and Shiatsu, workshop with Alice Whieldon & Nick Pole (16.11.2019)
• Quantum Shiatsu Evolution, workshop with Gabriella Poli (13 & 14.10.2019)
• “Weathering Storms”: Mindfulness-based Approaches for Emotional Pain, Trauma and Psychosis, workshop with Anthony Fidler & Tamara Russell (14.09.2019)
• Roots of Shiatsu, workshop with Carola Beresford-Cooke (20 & 21.07.2019)
• Seiki & Clean Language, workshop with Alice Whieldon & Nick Pole (29, 30 & 31.03.2019)
• ​PRINCE2 Foundation, 03946606-01-48XZ, APMG International, Project Management, December 2015

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