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