“Every session brings something new and profound. A common thread is the deep connection that is established, allowing the experience to unfold naturally. The space created is one of gentle guidance, offering awareness as a resource without imposing anything that feels forced or overwhelming.

It feels like the boundaries are always respected, empowering each person to explore, understand, and heal in their own way. After these sessions, there’s a sense of having been supported while also gaining valuable insights that remain as tools for personal growth. The wise and cheerful guidance leaves one feeling more joyful, peaceful, and determined.”

“It was really important to come back from the sky, and from being lost in the rules of the mind. Back into the body, back into the nervous system to really rethink of what it is to be myself, to be me, to be here. And that was really an important transformation for me.

After the sound journey I felt cleansed and glowing, I had much more energy and clarity than before. Catarina and Markus held space in a way that helped me direct this new awakened energy into positive change I had set out to pursue. Thank you!”

“It was a very deep week, with many layers, with a lot of learning and feeling. I would say, I experienced a new way of perception, a listening that is beyond information. I was listening with the body, with emotions and also in a quite neutral way without judgement, without resistance, or blocking —what I am used to do.

Amazing what happens being completely outside of this usual mode — not like in a normal holiday just by myself, but within a group setting and with the guidance and inspiration of Markus and Catarina intervening not too much and not too little.”

“I’ve just been to my second Acoustic Body retreat and was tremendous! The impulse I took away from the first retreat was to immerse myself in the sound and stop analysing, and just being there.

I think that’s what compelled me to go to the second one as well, to explore what’s beyond many things that cannot be grasped with the mind. You have to feel them. And that happen through sound and through the exercises we did, through having enough time and freedom to process them and feel what they opened in you.”

“It’s deep work but actually fun too. There is a sense of it being very creative and participants got encouraged to tap in not only to their body but their own creativity so that the whole experience feels like creative work.

The range of therapeutic techniques that takes us into our body, into our nervous system as a way of regulating it is extraordinary and very practical, so in a sense, we have this toolkit that we can take away with us.”

"When I first got to experience the Acoustic body approach in a Workshop for health professionals some time ago, I was blown away by the originality, profundity and depth of this approach.

As a psychiatrist and trauma therapist, I immediately grasped the healing potential of this approach. It is beyond words, beyond stories, works so to speak on a subconscious level, on the limbic system and the reptile brain, beyond rational defences or mental capabilities of the cerebrum. Thus it crosses language and education barriers which so often limit psychotherapy. It offers an immediate experience of oneself as a unique human being."

“These were magnificent experiences. These processes were guided by Markus and Catarina in such a great way that we all felt safe the whole time and everyone was able to take something for themselves, something very meaningful. And I’m very grateful for that!”

“Catarina I wanted to tell you that I continue to notice changes in my mind and personality since I worked with you. I continue to remember things from my childhood and analyze them more consciously. I’m also seeing clearer and clearer the things that bother me and looking for ways to communicate more productively with others.

My life is beginning to flow and I’m starting to live more fully. Letting go of some old fears… For all of these, I want to thank you very much for the help you gave me.”