Hey there beauty
I’m Elena, a Transformation Coach, Trauma-Aware Shamanic Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, Intuitive Guide & Healer - passionate about helping you return home to yourself, to reconnect with the truth in your heart, empowering you to create the life you love, to truly live a life that is wildly joyful
A bit about me
As a coach and guide, I mix sensitivity, compassion and fire - sensitivity, needed to understand what is really going on underneath the surface to help people go deep, compassion, to allow people to let go and feel safe during periods that are more challenging, and fire, to inspire and empower courage.
I am a rebel at heart and truly believe in empowering people to live a life of freedom, joy & adventure, trusting that things are happening just as they are meant to. I witness the magic in life every day, living in the moment (as much as humanly possibly), appreciating the little things. I want to help you see that too.
My life has led me from industrial engineering, to corporate consulting, to teaching, to sales for a tech startup, to a degree in environmental science, until I ultimately embarked on a deeper calling that lead me into trainings in yoga and coaching, and being initiated into shamanic transformation practices.
As a nature lover and explorer of the unknown, I have traveled far and wide and lived in many different countries. Having grown up in Norway riding horses and regularly hiking and camping, I have always had a strong connection with nature, including my own nature. I embrace my own primal energy - it brings us all back to embracing our animal instincts in an awe striking way.
I for sure do not have everything figured out myself - I am constantly on a journey as we all are. To hear more about my story, check out my 1st podcast episode of Joyfully Living. There I speak about some of my major challenges and struggles including eating disorders, anxiety and feeling deeply lost and alone. If listening is not your jam, you can scroll further down on this page for some written words I wrote a while ago.
I love connecting through sharing vulnerably, remembering that we are never alone.
A piece of my journey
Nature child by heart
I grew up in Oslo, Norway, spoiled by the endless and pure nature that surrounded me. In my early years, my passion for protecting the environment naturally grew and led me to pursue a master’s degree in environmental engineering and business management.
Challenging transitions forced me into the unknown to discover my true calling
But soon after graduating in 2020 , I felt incredibly lost. I had put the weight of the environmental crisis on my shoulders and knew that engineering wasn’t my path. It was a difficult period filled with anxiety and fatigue. I learned that my partner wanted to separate, which stripped away the last comfort that was left. This forced me to face myself and embrace the unknown. I moved to Mallorca and started a yoga teacher training which deepened my journey inwards. From this place I was able to sense a deeper calling, which brought me to coaching.
Lost myself to please others and fit in with societal expectations
My journey to get here was quite a ride. As a child I was hypersensitive, immensely curious, daydreaming and often looking up to the universe wondering about what and who we are. Always concerned about the big questions in life. But somewhere along the line I learned that being this way had no place in the world. I slowly started abandoning myself and became the person that I “should” become based on expectations and societal belief systems. I was so disconnected from my body and my inner knowing that I had to constantly seek out external validation and guidance for my decisions. I felt easily overwhelmed and was terrified of letting others down and be abandoned.
The struggle with eating disorders and anxiety; I had no other choice than to turn inwards
This created a constant need to distract myself from myself - to numb myself. I did not feel safe in my body, so i did everything to escape it. I struggled with anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders, fatigue, and a deep sense of unworthiness underlying it all. These experiences forced me to turn inwards and I became so fascinated with the mind. Ever since my wake-up call to recover from my eating disorders - the moment I fell down on the bathroom floor at the age of 19, filled with the terror & shock of seeing the scale - I declared and decided that I had to return home to myself - no matter what it would take. Yoga, meditation, breath-work and journaling were some of my saviours in my healing process, along with participating in numerous personal development programs and working with therapists, coaches and energy healers. I learned that calming down my nervous system was essential for tuning inwards and returning home. To start feeling safe in my body and be with what is.
Started connecting with my inner knowing; change began with transforming from within
This has been an intense journey for the past nine years. Reconnecting with myself was both the most difficult and the most beautiful part of my life. And it is still unfolding. Throughout the years, it was hard to know the difference between the fear of the mind and my inner truth, and I made plenty of missteps along the way. It just got easier with practice. The journey will never end and it’s a joy to discover new depths in myself. I’ve learned that it takes time - to start listening to and trusting your inner knowing is like building a relationship with yourself. I believe any real change, whether on the personal level or on the broader societal level, starts with transforming from within, so it’s an essential relationship to build.
My calling was always obvious, I just didn’t know how to see it
Looking back, I always knew that I wanted to dedicate my life to helping and empowering others to transform. Since I can remember, this was my natural way of being – with my friends, family and even strangers. But I never admitted it nor had the courage to pursue it. The first time I worked with a coach was when I was 15 years old dealing with showjumping insecurities. I can now recognise that I was truly drawn to it back then, given how much it helped me and the impression it made on me ever since.
Committed to helping you return home to yourself & empower you to create the life you are meant for
As I’ve gone through this journey myself (and forever will) I feel so committed to helping you on your journey. Nothing would make me more filled with love and joy than to see you return home, light up and start living the life you are meant for - to witness the fire in your heart, your full vibrancy and aliveness… for you to return to your inherent wildness - the fully expressed version of yourself. And in my experience, it all begins with the body. It is the only way home. So that’s where I’ll take you.
My name, Elena, is of Greek origin and means “bright, shining light” - I’m here to use my light to guide you towards your own inner light and amplify your fire within.