I am Luisa. I teach mindfulness and yoga for PhD students and researchers to release stress and promote wellbeing. I support them in finding their unique ways of overcoming internal and external challenges related to their work and research projects.

During my own research career I was part of the fellowship Disability and Inclusion at the Max-Planck-Institute of Social Law and Social Policy in Munich and worked at the TU Dortmund in Rehabilitation Science and later the TU Munich and Sports and Health Science, all in the sector of Sociology.

During that time I was torn between lecturing, faculty management and making time for my own research project. I got thrown in at the deep end, learning how to handle challenges and overcome hurdles when it came to time management, setting boundaries or self-doubt and self-care. And all the way I was longing for support in these areas and was looking for a combination of coaching, structured time to write my thesis and yoga and mindfulness to find balance and relaxation. But sadly I couldn’t find such a combination in one course or retreat. It also turned out, that most of my colleagues were longing for similar thing: support, stress release and connection with others.

This is why, after I finished my PhD, I trained as a yoga teacher and mindfulness coach. I then developed a unique offering of mindfulness, yoga and academic writing to help doctoral candidates to finish their work with skill and confidence.

I am a German citizen, living in East London, Mile End with my husband, my daughter and our cat Merlin. I teach at Universities in Germany and the UK.