The journey behind the work.
Teacher. Facilitator. Mentor.
What has shaped my path most has always been curiosity. A curiosity about how things fit together, about what gives life depth beyond what can be measured or neatly explained. I grew up around different spiritual ways of thinking, and that early exposure quietly shaped how I began to look at life and at myself.
Later, I learned to move in a world that valued productivity and forward momentum, and I could function within those structures, but I was never willing to accept a life lived only on the surface. I kept returning to the inner life, to what pulls, unsettles, or quietly asks for attention, and to practices that invited a slower and more honest contact with what was unfolding.
From this place, InSights Journey began to grow.
On curiosity, practice, and what quietly shapes a life.
I spent eleven years working in international project management — structured, outcome-focused, always moving. It was meaningful work, and I was good at it. But I was also, the whole time, running a parallel inner life that had almost nothing to do with deliverables and timelines.
It was not a sudden turn. It was more like a gradual listening — to what kept coming back, to what felt alive in a way that spreadsheets did not. I had trained in mindfulness meditation and completed a Naikan facilitation training, and I began to notice that the things I was learning changed how I was with people — in ordinary conversations, in difficult moments, in the moments where people quietly needed someone to think alongside them.
I am now also part of the academic world, working at the University of Freiburg, and I find that this keeps me grounded in rigour and precision — a useful counterweight to what can sometimes become vague in contemplative spaces.
InSights Journey is not a wellness brand. It is an attempt to offer something I believe is genuinely rare: practice-based, person-centred accompaniment that takes the inner life seriously without being precious about it.
I work in German and English, in person in Freiburg and online.
What I have studied and where I teach.
Mindfulness Meditation Teacher
Certified training in mindfulness-based meditation teaching. Regular weekly sessions at Yogaraum Freiburg and for the University of Freiburg.
Naikan Facilitation
Trained in the facilitation of Naikan, a Japanese practice of structured self-reflection. Offered in retreat and adapted group formats.
Mindfulness Mentoring
One-to-one mentoring integrating mindfulness practice, contemplative inquiry and presence-based accompaniment over longer arcs of inner work.
International Project Management
Eleven years in international project management. Currently Research Operations Manager at the University of Freiburg (CIBSS Excellence Cluster).
Collaborators & partners.
These are people and organisations whose work I trust, whose values align with mine, and with whom I collaborate or whose services I am glad to point people towards.
A welcoming yoga studio in the heart of Freiburg offering a broad range of classes for all levels. Home of the Wednesday Evening Meditation and a space I am glad to teach in regularly.
Visit Yogaraum Freiburg →
The German-language centre for Naikan practice and training, led by Sabine Kaspari — my Naikan mentor and trainer. I hold my Naikan retreats at the centre and we collaborate closely. An essential resource for anyone wanting to explore the tradition further.
Visit Naikan Zentrum →
A teacher and studio founder whose work brings mindfulness, movement and community together. Brenda offers wonderful retreats in Ireland in the most stunning places — deeply nourishing and beautifully held.
@peaceful_warrior_studio →
A coach and facilitator working with people navigating inner transitions and relational challenges. Monika and I co-host the Monastereo podcast together, exploring contemplative practice and the inner life in conversation.
@insideoutcoachmonika →If something here resonates.
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