About Anja

At some point, I stopped feeling: the bush drums in my stomach, the overflowing heart, the dissolution of bodily boundaries, the flow of free thoughts, the stillness in simply being.

It was a creeping process.

From the longing for an “ocean of being” became a swamp of rules, reason and conventions. I disappeared more and more and hid the last remnant of my vitality.

The shame of breaking taboos was too great, my inner light no longer visible. I looked for lighthouses outside of myself: father figures, spiritual directions, therapeutic methods and much more. Some things took me further. But only when “death” startled me one night and demanded: “Let go!”, did my self-image crack.

The best make-up could no longer conceal my “true self”.

I had grown tired of the same old roles – especially in my marriage. And yet, as a child of divorce, I wanted to believe in the eternally lasting, great love.

I had become a stranger to myself, in the many loveless arguments, my self-deceptions and the hope: Eventually it will get better. After all, we all carry our backpack.

Mine was overflowing with sadness from childhood days, but also with an irrepressible longing to shed my old, cramped garments and fly naked. To feel the warm summer wind, breathe freely, feel, experience everything – with skin and hair.

Sensual, with wide open wings, I flew away from my old life one day, into a new one completely unknown to me.

The separation has helped me; to find my new self and to be a light to myself.

In being, my roles and garments disappear – even if it still scares me to be so open and vulnerable. My trust in the power of love and in the light of clarity has grown stronger.

Anja Grunert (1978)

Physiotherapist
Alternative practitioner for psychotherapy
Masseuse, entrepreneur,
Gestalt therapist and healer

Education

Psychotherapeutic training as a Gestalt therapist according to Fitz Pearls (Cologne)

Professional Career

2000 -2003
Physiotherapist in various practices (Munich)

2003 – 2005
Self-employed in own practice for physiotherapy and massage (Munich)

2006 – 2013
Managing Director “Massage Zürich” / Practice for massage, relaxation and body awareness (Zurich)

2009 bis heute
Couples-Counselling / Practice for couples therapy and individual coaching together with Rainer Grunert (Zurich)

2018 bis heute
Practice for psychotherapy and psychosomatics / Transformation and healing (Berlin/Zurich)

Further Education:

• Cranio Sacral Therapy (Winterthur)
• Kinesiology (Munich)
• Ortho-Bionomy (Rottenburg)
• Trauma therapy: Somatic Experiencing (Zurich)
• Esalen Massage (Zurich)
• NLP (Zurich)
• Hypnosis (Zurich)
• Client-centered therapy according to Rogers (Cologne)
• Couples counseling IBP (Winterthur)
• Art therapy (Berlin)
• Feldenkrais (Berlin)
• Integrative-Formative Psychotherapy and Counseling for Women (Zurich)
• Voice Dialog (Zurich)