About me
I am Anke Schulz, originally from Berlin, Germany, and I currently live and work in Bilbao, in the Basque Country.
I believe we are here to evolve, to increasingly become who we truly are, and to reconnect with our capacity to love.
For me, personal transformation is a process of letting go of what separates us from ourselves: old patterns, fears, conditioning, and ways of relating that no longer serve us.
This understanding is at the heart of my work.
Through Tantra, tantric massage, bodywork, yoga, movement, conscious communication, and emotional integration, I create spaces where people can slow down, reconnect with their bodies and emotions, and explore a more authentic relationship with themselves and others.
I work with individuals and couples, and I facilitate workshops, retreats, and longer-term training processes in Spain.
Before dedicating myself fully to therapeutic and transformational work, I worked for many years in the civil aviation sector. Alongside my professional life, I felt increasingly drawn to art, movement, personal development, and spirituality.
Over the years, this path led me to train with different teachers, therapists, and schools in Germany, Spain, Brazil, and Bali, integrating different approaches that today form the foundation of my work.
MY APPROACH
My work is experiential and deeply connected to the body.
Rather than understanding transformation solely through the mind, I am interested in what happens when we begin to listen to the body, feel our emotions, become aware of our boundaries and needs, and allow energy to flow more freely.
Tantra has become one of the central axes of this path.
For me, Tantra is not limited to sexuality. It is a path of presence, awareness, connection with the body, and encounter: a way of relating to ourselves and to another person from a place of greater honesty and sensitivity.
When body, mind, emotions, and energy begin to find greater balance, something becomes simpler.
We are more present.
And from that presence, love and connection can arise naturally.
TANTRA & TANTRIC MASSAGE
My journey in Tantra began with an initiation with Homa and Mukto in Brazil. After moving to the Basque Country, I continued studying Tantra with Xavi Domenech in Spain.
In 2015–2016, I completed the Tantra of the Heart training with Maite Domenech in Barcelona, in addition to training in Tantra for women.
Later, I participated in Tantra for women work with Santoshi Amor and Premamui in Madrid.
In 2016, I began facilitating introductory Tantra workshops in Bilbao and delving deeper into the world of tantric massage.
In 2017, I completed the professional training in Tantric Massage and Sacred Healing with Verma Rodríguez in Barcelona and later became part of the therapeutic team at her Daya School.
More recently, in 2024, I completed the residential Tao & Tantric Arts for Women / Sacred Femininity Training in Bali with Shashi Solluna and Minke de Vos.
Currently, individual and couples Tantra sessions, retreats, workshops, and Tantra trainings are the heart of my work, creating spaces for deeper connection, transformation, and experiencing through the body.
YOGA & HORMONE YOGA THERAPY
Yoga has accompanied me for many years.
I practiced and taught at the Sivananda Y8 Art and Yoga Centre in Hamburg and, in 2010, I completed my Hatha Yoga teacher training with Sivananda Yoga in Nassau, Bahamas.
During my years in Germany, I also discovered Hormone Yoga Therapy according to Dinah Rodrigues.
This method combines specific yoga postures, dynamic breathing techniques, concentration, and energetic practices to naturally support the female hormonal system.
Today, yoga, breathwork, and energetic practices continue to be an important part of my workshops, retreats, and therapeutic work.
EMOTIONAL WORK, INNER CHILD & TRAUMA
Another important foundation of my work is understanding how our early experiences influence the way we relate to ourselves and others.
I completed the Learning Love 1 & 2 trainings at Osheanic, Brazil, with Dr. Thomas Trobe and Amana Trobe (Krishnananda & Amana), whose work explores childhood wounds, relationships, shock, and trauma.
I have also studied inner child work with Mike Hellwig in Hamburg and participated in Trauma Constellations work with Professor Franz Ruppert in Munich.
These approaches continue to influence the way I work with emotional patterns, vulnerability, boundaries, intimacy, and relationships.
MOVEMENT, DANCE & BODY CONNECTION
Movement has always been another essential doorway for me.
Since 2010, I have explored different forms of conscious and expressive movement, including 5Rhythms, Soul Motion, Medicine Movement, Contact Improvisation, and expressive dance.
Over the years, I have trained and participated in workshops with teachers such as:
Edgar Spieker – Soul Motion Dance, Hamburg
Tom Schulz – 5Rhythms, Hamburg
Noelia Ruiz – 5Rhythms, Barcelona
Willemijn de Dreu – Barcelona
Alain Allard – Barcelona & Madrid
Sangeet – Germany
Trinidad Martinez
Marisa Brugaloras
Scott Davis
Ingo Reulecke – Berlin
Markus Hoft – Bremen
I have also participated in advanced 5Rhythms Heartbeat work.
Since 2015, I have been facilitating my own Ecstatic Emotion Dance classes and workshops in Bilbao, integrating movement, emotion, expression, and awareness. I am the founder of Ecstatic Emotion Dance Bilbao.
ART, CREATIVITY & CHILDREN
Creativity has always been deeply connected to my personal and therapeutic path.
In 2014, during my time in Brazil, my passion for painting led me to study Art Therapy with Meera Hashimoto.
I have also facilitated Emotion Dance Family, combining movement, dance, and painting in creative spaces for children and their parents.
In 2018, I completed the Segni Mossi RED training with Alessandro Lumare and Simona Lobefaro in Rome, exploring the relationship between movement, drawing, and creative expression in work with children.
OTHER TRAININGS & INFLUENCES
My therapeutic journey also includes:
• Ayurveda Yoga Massage, training completed with Marcos Yucca in Brazil.
• Music Therapy applied to psycho-corporal work, training completed with Marisol Román Mateos at Espacio Río Abierto, Bilbao, in 2016.
• Cellular Transformation, participating for three months in a group process with Jennifer Millar at DIMA Mallorca in 2019.
• A personal practice and ongoing exploration of bodywork, meditation, emotional awareness, conscious relationships, and energy work.
INTEGRATING THE WHOLE PATH
Although I have trained in many different approaches, today I do not experience them as separate techniques.
Over time, they have all become part of the same way of working.
The body, emotions, sexuality, energy, movement, relationships, and awareness are deeply interconnected.
My role is not to tell another person how they should be, but to create a safe and conscious space where they can listen to themselves more deeply.
A space to feel.
To breathe.
To recognize what is no longer needed.
To reconnect with pleasure, sensitivity, and vitality.
And, ultimately, to return to a more authentic way of inhabiting oneself and encountering others.
When we return to balance, we naturally move closer to love.