First of all, I want to thank you for visiting my blog and website.

My name is Elisabeth and this is meant to be a site where you can learn more about me, the things I am passionate about and the kind of work I do.

I will regularly be sharing reflections, news and resources on the Blog

It has taken me a very long time to make a decision about this website – I really do not like promoting myself. But the older I get and the more I long to do independent work I realise that this is a necessary part of life in these modern times.

The most difficult part is to say who and what I am…

I can give you some more or less boring facts, like:

• I was born in 1981 in Skagen, Denmark
• I went to Steiner School untill the age of 15
• I have a Danish equivalent to English A-levels but never went to University – still undecided about whether I ever will
• I was serious about dancing from the age of 9 to 19 and joined a Junior Company in Copenhagen for a year before I had to stop dancing. Read more about my relationship with dance here 
• I have worked as: shop assistent, nanny, church singer, strawberry-picker, cleaner, translator, newspaper-delivery-girl, mental health speaker and workshop facilitator

I have participated in several courses and training events on a wide range of subjects, including:

• ♥  art of hosting
• ♥ facilitating Hearing Voices groups
• ♥ facilitating Peer Support Groups
• ♥ Voice Dialogue for people who hear voices
• ♥ Non-violent Communication
• ♥ Mindfulness
• ♥ Modern Dance
• ♥ Drama
• ♥ food and nutrition
• ♥ French
• ♥ Turkish
• ♥ Being Highly Sensitive
• ♥ using the Maastricht-interview
• ♥ self-development
• ♥ creative expression
• ♥ Qi-Gong 
• ♥ pilates 
• ♥ yoga 
• ♥ Italian
• ♥  Rock and Water
• ♥  working with young people who hear voices
• ♥  Inclusive movement and dance

I believe that things we have done and what we have experienced are big parts of who we are. But I also think there is much more to our being than that. The sufi mystic Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī wrote

So maybe telling you what I love is a better way of introducing myself.

I love…

My mother – so much it makes me well up when I think of her

Deep sleep

Watching plants grow

The sound of water – running, dripping, streaming, raining, gushing, crashing, drizzling

When friends cook for me

Walking in a forest when there is no wind and everything seems to be holding its breath

Tiki-taka football

A Maori haka

Facilitating workshops and training. Alone, with my partner or as part of a group

Reading Lord Peter Wimsey stories

Hugs

Fresh berries and exotic fruits

And so much more….

I think I’ll finish for now and so just want to say:

Thanks again for visiting and reading – have a look around on this site and get in touch if you have any comments, questions or are interested in working with me.

With Gentle Kindness

Elisabeth Svanholmer