MATA SAKKA
Movement · Touch · Body Awareness

My work has grown through more than three decades of movement, touch, curiosity and experience.

Before dance became my profession, movement was already part of my life. I grew up as a track-and-field athlete and runner, experiencing the body through training, endurance, discipline and performance. 


I began as a dancer and movement educator. Dance opened another way of understanding the body — not only through performance and technique, but through sensation, timing, relationship, effort and change.

Over the years, my curiosity led me into many different fields: Shiatsu and bodywork, Yoga and Qigong, functional movement, therapeutic touch, relaxation and breath practices, hypnotherapy, and the exploration of how the nervous system influences the way we move, feel and respond.

I studied, trained and worked in different countries and with very different people — dancers and athletes, people experiencing pain or stress, people recovering from injury or exhaustion, and people simply wanting to feel more at home in their bodies.

But perhaps the most important part of my education has come through working with people themselves.

Every body responds differently. Every body is their own universe.

This gradually changed the way I work. Instead of asking Which technique should I use?, I became more interested in asking:

What does this person — and this body — need right now? 

Today, I don't experience my different disciplines as separate methods. Movement can become therapeutic touch. Touch can create movement. Breath can change posture. Awareness can change effort. 

Sometimes doing less creates more possibility than trying harder.

This way of working eventually became the foundation of  BodyRevisit — an approach that brings together many years of experience while leaving space for each person to be met individually. 

I continue to study, question, explore and learn.

For me, the body is not something to master. It is something to listen to.


Background & Training


My professional background brings together experience in movement, dance, bodywork and body awareness.

I trained in Dance Education and Movement Studies and worked professionally as a dancer and movement practitioner. My early background as a track-and-field athlete and runner also shaped my understanding of physical training, performance, recovery and the different demands placed on the body.

Over the years, my studies expanded into Shiatsu, therapeutic and sports massage, functional movement and alignment, Qigong, Kundalini Yoga, Yin and Restorative Yoga, Reiki, breathwork, relaxation practices, and hypnotherapy.

I am a certified Qigong Teacher, Kundalini Yoga Teacher (600+ hours), Hypnotherapist, Reiki Usui Master and Health Practitioner for Shiatsu (DGAM), alongside extensive training and continuing education in bodywork and somatic approaches.

My ongoing studies draw from principles and practices including Feldenkrais, Klein technique, Craniosacral and Thai Yoga bodywork, acupressure, Traditional Chinese Medicine, nervous-system regulation, somatic approaches and functional anatomy.

I continue to study and develop my work because I see the body as an ongoing field of discovery rather than something we ever completely finish learning.


Selected Professional Experience

My work has moved between the worlds of dance, performing arts, sports, therapeutic bodywork, yoga and corporate wellbeing.

Since 2005, I have worked within the professional dance environment of  Sasha Waltz & Guests, first as an ensemble dancer and later supporting dancers through movement, bodywork and individual therapeutic work. I have also worked with dancers and artists from other international productions and companies. 



For many years, I have also taught dance and creative movement to children within the Sasha Waltz & Guests educational program. Working with children has become an important part of my teaching experience, bringing together movement, creativity, play and body awareness.

In sports, I have worked as a therapist with the German Basketball Team 55+, supporting preparation, mobility, recovery and physical wellbeing.

Alongside my private practice, I have many years of experience providing workplace health and corporate wellbeing, including yoga, movement and on-site body treatments for employees and professional teams.

My professional collaborations and working environments have included TK GesundheitsTicket, Holmes Place, Soho House/Cowshed, Maz & Movie, Universal, Die Wohlfühler, as well as workplace health programs for Berlin public institutions, including Finanzamt Bülowstraße and Finanzamt Bundesplatz.

I teach individuals and groups and have worked with people across a wide range of ages, professions and physical backgrounds — from professional dancers and athletes to people living with stress, pain, limited mobility, or simply wanting to reconnect with their bodies.


Selected qualifications

Dance Education & Movement Studies · Qigong Teacher · Kundalini Yoga Teacher 600+ · Certified Hypnotherapist · Health Practitioner specialised on Shiatsu DGAM · Reiki Master



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