Hi, my name is Karina.
I found Astrology in a very challenging period of my life. Until today it remained the most meaningful tool on my journey to self-acceptance. This is why I committed to bringing the wisdom of Astrology into the world.
For the majority of my life I thought there was something wrong with me, I felt torn apart by paradoxical parts and had a hard time going through emotions. Astrology has helped me to meet all of my parts with compassion. To understand that emotions are sacred data on our evolutionary path that can open gates of transformation. This alchemical process is an intimate journey with ourselves which can guide us from fragmentation to wholeness.
Looking at myself and others through the lens of astrology has also helped me to come to peace with the most difficult and painful relationships that I had from a place of deep understanding rather than resistance and control.
Through different experiences in child- and adulthood life has challenged me and brought me to my knees many times. Luckily, I found my way back up which is why I feel a deep commitment in supporting others going through hard times and transformational processes with the help of the ancient wisdom of Astrology. I want to bring back its therapeutical potential, the respect it deserves as a science and support the evolution of human consciousness with it – both on a personal and collective level.
Through my personal therapeutic path I was able to understand that there’s an innate healing capacity inside each human that can be activated through different tools – Astrology is only one of them. Once we get in touch with this inner wisdom and activate it, the process of meeting our whole self unfolds magically. But not only this, when Astrology is applied in a safe therapeutical container – it can remind us of a higher meaning and our connection to the cosmos. This can bring back the meaning and purpose many of us are seeking.
As much I feel passionate about Astrology I also understand the limitations of it. That’s why I don’t work with future predictions since I feel they are a violation of our free will. I am here to support you reconnecting to your strength and life force in order to make your own decisions rather than letting the planetary constellations take away our control and dictate your future.
I live in Mexico near Tulum and work from here. I give consultations in person and online world wide in German, English and Russian language. If you feel a desire to study Astrology with me, please check out my workshops.
Astrological &
therapeutic education.
First and foremost, I’d like to say that life itself had been the most profound school. It were my personal experiences and transformation of those that have taught me how to see myself with eyes of compassion and create a similar space for others where alchemy can happen. Nevertheless – especially when it comes to holistic sciences – I feel it’s important to validate my work through education and honor my teachers that have brought me onto this path by sharing their knowledge and wisdom with me. A special “Thank you” goes therefor to Giorgia Pecora who ignited the spark of Astrology within me, Elke Buck who has guided me through the guidelines of working as an astrologer and Michael De Baker who passionately taught me about the world of Evolutionary Astrology and the evolution of human consciousness. All of them and many more have supported me on this path tirelessly and with all their hearts which I’ll be always grateful for.
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This training provides the foundation for working with the body from a somatic perspective. Over the course of several modules, the connection between body and mind is explored, learning how to use movement, touch, and awareness to support the nervous system, promote self-regulation, and deepen the sense of embodiment.
It’s about understanding the body on a deeper level—both anatomically and experientially—and learning how to support others in reconnecting with their own inner wisdom through movement, breath, and presence.
Modules:Skeletal System
Organs
Sensations and Perceptions
Human Movement Development I, II, III
Endocrine System
Nervous System
Connective Tissue and Ligaments
Muscles
Fluids and Voice
Somatic Vision
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The Relationship between Source, Soul and Ego
The Twelve Astrological Archetypes
Setting up the Evolutionary Axis
Skipped Steps and the Uranus Placement as the Model of the Multidimensional Psyche and Trauma Indicator
Working Therapeutically with the Moon and its Nodes, Evolutionary Axis
Special Placements
Determining Planetary Function
Paradoxical Placements
Pluto by House & Sign
Determining Planetary Function, Understanding Aspects Evolutionary, the Evolutionary Potential of Transits & Progressions
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JUNG’S UNIQUE PSYCHOLOGY with J. Gary Sparks
DREAMS: WHY DO WE HAVE THEM AND WHAT DO THEY MEAN? with Robert Moradi
WHY STUDY ARCHETYPES AND COMPLEXES? with Corey Hooper
THE PSYCHE IN THE WORLD: HOW CULTURAL COMPLEXES CAN TAKE POSSESSION OF OUR SOULS with Thomas Singer
IN SEARCH OF THE SELF with Stephen Kenneally
WHAT’S THE REAL STORY? with John Beebe
WE THINK WITH OUR HEARTS: READING JUNG THROUGH NATIVE EYES & INDIGENOUS IDEAS OF SPIRIT AND TRANSFORMATION with Jeanne A. Lacourt
JUNG, AA, AND ARCHETYPAL EVIL with David Schoen
JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY AS A CONTACT SPORT: WRESTLING WITH BIG DREAMS & WRESTLING WITH THE PROBLEM OF EVIL with Michael Gellert
MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ’A AURORA CONSURGENS with J. Gary Sparks
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Exploring philosophical and psychological structures of Astro Drama
Giving voice to the planets using props like m asks, zodiac wheel, puppets or figures.
Embodying the Zodiac based on glyphs, seasonal themes, body parts, and animals of each sign) through movement and gesture.
Working with Music / guiding planetary journeys.
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The effect of location on our personal astrological make-up.
view of where the Sun, Moon & planets were rising, setting, culminating (at the MC) and bottoming out (at the IC) at the moment of a person's birth.
Principles of relocational astrology.
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Identifying constellations & fixed stars
How a birth chart is derived
Understanding the primary & secondary motion of the sky
How the 12 houses were originally derived
The precession of the equinoxes
The nature of the ecliptic, and its obliquity to the Earth's equator.
The retrograde motion of planets
Eclipses & the nodal axis
The synodic cycles of the planets
Celestial latitude and declination
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Elemental Balance in Relationship
The Houses in Relationship Astrology
Planets in House Overlays
Venus & Moon in Relationship Astrology
Chiron in Synastry
Saturn in Synastry
Cross Aspects in Synastry
Intimacy & Attachment Styles in Astrology
The Astrology of Sexuality
Sexuality in Synastry
Composite Chart
Cross Aspects with Generational Planets
Karma in Synastry
The Moon’s Modes & Aspects
The Vertex & Anti-Vertex
The Asteroid Juno
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Safe In The Body
Your Relationship To Your Body
Somatic Empowerment
The Window Of Tolerance
The Triune Brain
Embodied Relational Awareness Practice
Regulating Hyperarousal
Regulating Hypoarousal
Understanding Neuroception
Symptoms Of Trauma
Internal & External Somatic Resources
Instinctual Responses
Procedural Memory
Active Defenses
The Attachment Cycle
Conscious Relating
Survival Resources
Embodying Creative Resources
Early Attachment & Orienting
Relational Trigger Spiral
Somatic Sense of Safety
Integrating Instincts
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LEVEL 1
• Multiple theoretical lenses on multiplicity and innate wisdom
• Parts and wisdom
• Differential qualities of inner states
• Map a system of parts
• Extend innate wisdom to parts
• Key IFS concepts: Systems, Polarizations, Unblending, Unburdening.
LEVEL 2• The six practices of Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Somatic Awareness, Conscious Breathing, Radical Resonance, Mindful Movement, Attuned Touch and Embodied Self
• Awareness of personal somatic parts
• Experiences of parts and breath
• Working with clients with medical illness
• Deepening personal embodiment of innate wisdom.
LEVEL 3
• Common intentions of defensive strategies.
• Working with strong protectors
• Protectors as allies
• Personal legacy burdens
• Protocol for releasing legacy burdens.
• Process to release a personal legacy burden.
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Introduction to the Mayan Cosmology
Connecting to the Pleiades Star System
Opening and Closing Sacred Space According to the Mayan Tradition
Introduction to the Mayan Nawals
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Birth Chart Analysis
Elements and Qualities
Psychological Interpretation of a Natal Chart
Interpretation of Personal Planets, Social Planets and Collective Planets
Psychological Interpretation of the Aspects in a Horoscope: Conjunction, Opposition, Square, Sextile and Trine
Retrograde Planets and their Meaning
Conscious Use of Orbs and their Importance
Aspect Figures in the Natal Chart: T-Square, Grand Trine, Yod, Grand Square, Grand Cross, Kite, Trapeze, Cradle & Mystic Rectangle
Constructive Integration of Difficult Aspects in Real Life
Intercepted Signs in the Natal Chart, Unaspected Planets, Missing aspects, Positions of the Planets in the Houses
Forecasting Methods
Astrological Forecasting Methods: Transits, Primary Directions, Secondary Progressions and Solars
The Saturn Cycle, the Uranus Cycle, the Neptune Cycle and the Pluto Cycle
The Transit System and its Message in the 12 Astrological Houses
Experiential Prognostic Astrology: It’s Possibilities, Benefits, Limitations and Dangers
Detailed Analysis of the Transit Planets: Interpretation of the Personal Planets; Importance of Personal Retrograde Planets in Transit
Theory and Practice of the Solar, Solar Rhythms and Self-Discovery through the Solar
Secondary Progressions and their Interpretation in Synastry to the Natal Chart
Regression and Directness in the Secondary Progressions
Calculation of Secondary Progressions for a Specific Date
Synastry
Systematic Procedure for a Synastry Horoscope: Mental-Spiritual and Erotic-Sexual Matching, Additions, Tolerances, Indifferences, Frictions and Disturbances of Relationship Astrology
Aspects in the Synastry already present in the Natal Chart and their particular Evaluation; Finding Solutions to Relationship Problems
Destructive and Constructive Struggles in Relationships from an Astrological Perspective
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Somatic Psychology and Trauma Recovery for the Individual Body with Dr. Arielle Schwartz
From the Individual to the Systemic: Sites of Trauma and Healing with Staci K. Haines
Towards an Alchemical Resilience: Foundations and Inspirations with Nkem Ndefo
Tending The Collective Body with Sherri Mitchell
Polyvagal Theory and Pathways to Connection with Deb Dana
Hakomi - Core Principles with Manuela Mischke-Reeds
The Evolution of Somatic Psychology: Hydraulic Model vs. Embedded Relational Mindfulness with Kekuni Minton
Phases of the Mindful Somatic Information Processing Model with Kekuni Minton
Closing Your Eyes to See: Focusing, Active Imagination, and Inner Dialogue Dr. Albert Wong
Balancing Individual & Collective Transformation with Fresh “Lev” White & Staci K. Haines
Trauma & the Internal Body Mind Family with Susan McConnell
Trauma & Embodied Movement with Manuela Mischke-Reeds & Dr. Scott Lyons
The Legacy of Early Attachment Relationships: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Perspective with Dr. Pat Ogden
The Bodily Roots of Developmental Trauma with Ruella Frank
Ecologies of Trauma & Resilience with Karin Bell
Treating Shock Trauma and Repeated Complex Trauma: Integrating Somatic Psychology and EMDR Therapy with Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Structural Embodiment: Somatics for the Collective Body with Farzana Khan
Healing Trauma with Children with Lisa Dion
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Saturn: Its Nature & Cycles
Chiron the Healer
Lunar Nodes and The Life Mission
Retrograde Planets
Sexuality in the Natal Chart
Rulerships and Dispositors
Interceptions in the Natal Chart
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History of Astrology, Elements & Qualities
The Zodiac
The Houses
The Luminaries: The Sun & the Moon
Personal Planets: Mercury, Venus & Mars
Social Planets: Jupiter & Saturn
Generational Planets: Uranus, Neptune & Pluto
The Aspects
The Foundation of a Chart Analysis
"Prescriptions assume that something needs to be fixed; transformation brings forth the healing — the coming to integrity, to wholeness — of what is already there.
— Gabor Maté