Hi there
I am Monique. I work with people who are tired of living against themselves.
I spent a long time trying to untangle what was mine from what had been learned, imposed, expected.
What I discovered: nothing needs to be forced. Everything needs to be allowed. It is in that allowing that something settles — and life starts to flow again.
My intention
To offer a space to sense. To feel what belongs to you and what does not. To unlearn what was imposed. And, little by little, to live fully as yourself.
My path
I have always been curious about people — about what happens on the inside, about what makes us lose ourselves or find our way back.
I have worked in very different contexts — humanitarian, street-level social work, HR, professional integration. Always with people in transition — lost, searching, rebuilding.
What I observed everywhere: we try to fix individuals without questioning what put them under pressure in the first place. For me, people are not broken — they are often responding in healthy ways to systems that are not.
For more than ten years I have been training and exploring — yoga, mindfulness, somatic approaches, the nervous system. To understand from the inside what I accompany.
It is often in the difficult periods that we come closest to what we truly are. It is there that we can finally choose ourselves — if we wish to. That is my path — and that is where my work comes from.
Education and certifications
From Sept. 2026 | Somatic Experiencing® certification training
2025-2026 | Personal myth cycle, tracking the shadows | Aynea Heyoka
2024-2025 | Toltec Wisdom cycle | Aynea Heyoka
2021 | Certified professional coach FLOW | ICF
2021 | MBSR instructor for adults, Level 1
Since 2020 | Continuing training in somatic approaches
2018-2022 | +300h Yoga, breathwork and mindfulness
Since 2017 | Meditation, silent retreats and diets
2018 | Certificate of Advanced Studies in Development and Cooperation | ETH Zurich
2009 | Bachelor in Business Administration | Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne