TOUCHED
BODYWORK
About me
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Hi, my name is Ayo Gry Jonassen
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I grew up in Denmark and after moving to Berlin in 2018, I feel now as a danish/berlinish person. Unfortunately my german is still bad, but I do understand most words and I enjoy a linguistic playground in sessions. My main languages are english and danish.
I am a non-binary transperson with pronouns they/he.
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My work as a somatic practitioner began in 2019, where I simultaneously studied Sexological Bodywork and co-founded Skinship_Berlin. I started offering pleasure- and nature-focused workshops and collaborated on the art installation "When The Body Says Yes" by Melanie Bonajo, which was showcased at the Venice Biennale 2022.
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As a somatic practitioner, workshop facilitator and art-collaborator, I enjoy holding a delicate combination of nerdy knowledge about nervous system theories and methods of regulation and emotional release in one hand, while in the other hand, I hold space for the nature-oriented, witchy, spiritual, intuitive experiences that I believe are essential for our connection with each other and the feeling of belonging in the world. Unfortunately, many of us have forgotten how to listen to and play with these qualities in our everyday life and we easily disconnect from ourself and each other.
I am especially passionate about healing the wounds related to queer experiences and empowering the resources and knowledge that arise from queer lives.
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My wish is to continue growing healthy communities where touch and intimate connection are acknowledged as essential resources and holds a variety of skills that everyone can learn. Relational and emotional communication as well as pleasure and consent are among my favourite fields of teaching and I believe they hold the keys to our hearts and to a more balanced, empathetic and respectful future.
Before 2019 I was the manager of a cultural bath house Sjællandsgade Bad in Copenhagen and very active in climate and social justice activism - but thats a whole other story!
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Somatic and therapeutic certificates
2019
Certified from The Institute of Somatic Sexology as a Sexological Bodyworker
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2020
Introduction Course to Ritualistic Tantra by Katja von der Forst
Certified in Introduction to Embodied Counselling from The Institute of Somatic Sexology .
Student of MindBody Therapy from the Institute of Embodied Philosophy
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2021
Certified in MindBody Therapy from the Institute of Embodied Philosophy
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2022
Student of The Pantarei Approach in Berlin.
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2023
Certified from The Pantarei Approach in Berlin.
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2024
Student of the advanced practitioner level from The Pantarei Approach in Berlin.
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Get in contact
Email: touchedbodywork.ayo(@)gmail.com
Insta: touchedbodywork
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