The Physical Toll
Chronic exhaustion, back tension, or a headache that will not go away—even after enough sleep. Your body is saying what your mind is trying to ignore.
Somatics · Nervous system regulation · Retreats
SOULDOMES
Your body knows
before your mind does.
Perhaps you have been the only woman in the room, or the one who did not look the way a professor was expected to look. Perhaps you have learned to soften your confidence so it is not read as too much. SoulDomes is a place to put down the armour, listen to your body, and belong without having to prove anything.
The quiet signals
Does any of this feel familiar?
For women in academia and beyond who quietly pay the price of belonging—in committees, grant panels, and rooms that value “fit”. There is nothing wrong with you for feeling the weight of it.
The Emotional Leak
Anger or tears arrive over something small. You are startled by your own reaction, then ashamed that it happened at all.
When the milestone feels quiet
You reach the milestone—the promotion, home, anniversary—and wonder why you cannot quite feel it. There is more to life than the next achievement.
The Grief Wave
A memory, scent, or date brings sorrow rushing back. The loss was not processed; it was carried quietly while life moved on.
You do not need to be repaired. You need room to feel.
What is really happening
Why “just relax”
doesn’t work.
You may understand why rest matters and still find your body braced for what comes next. Knowing is one thing; feeling safe enough to soften is another.
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The Exhaustion of Performance
Meeting everyone else’s expectations can leave little room to hear your own needs.
02
The Disconnection
Living in your head while your nervous system stays stuck in fight-or-flight.
03
The Suppression Trap
Staying busy to avoid feeling the pain only lets the pressure build.
04
The Shame Spiral
Judging yourself for not being ‘over it’ isolates you even further.
Meet your guide
Hello, I’m Jessika.
I’m a professor and somatic practitioner, and a woman finding my own footing in the beautiful chaos of moving to Morocco—the country where my husband’s roots lie. I walk beside women in the messy middle of change, not ahead of them with all the answers.
My path to this work began in loss. After losing our first daughter, I tried to think my way through grief. Journaling. Talking. Logic. I needed those things, but I also needed space to feel what my body was carrying.
That journey led me into somatic science: how the body carries stress and emotion, and how it can find more ease with safety and care. I bring my academic curiosity together with trauma-sensitive yoga—not to repair anyone, but to make room for what is true.
I was born on a farm, where the land taught me another rhythm: growth cannot be forced. SoulDomes brings that connection to nature and the body into accessible, trauma-sensitive spaces. Here, grief can be met with presence rather than productivity. You do not have to perform wholeness to belong.
Professor in Tourism & Digitalization Trauma-sensitive yoga practitioner
“Belonging is not a place you find. It is something you build from the inside.”
The signature method
Reclaim your energy with the H.E.A.R.T. Framework
A body-centered pathway through emotions. Not a performance.
H
01Awareness
Halt
Create a container of safety. Pause the autopilot and notice what your body is doing.
“I am safe to pause.”
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02Awareness · Interruption
Explore
Move from suppressing to witnessing. Translate the body’s language without judging it.
“My body is allowed to feel.”
A
03Interruption
Attune
Interrupt the survival loop. Use polyvagal tools to shift out of fight, flight, or freeze.
“I soften into the present moment.”
R
04Interruption · Redesign
Release
Complete the stress cycle. Allow trapped energy to discharge safely.
“I let go of what I can no longer hold.”
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05Redesign
Transform
Install new patterns. Choose responses that align with your values, not your fears.
“I trust the unfolding of who I am becoming.”
Begin where you are
Three ways back to yourself.
Free · 7 minutes
The Free Somatic Reset
Seven gentle minutes to pause, notice what you are carrying, and listen to your body without asking it to be different.
Explore the free practice
Online · Weekly
€35 / month
The Weekly HEART Circle
A deep connection and honest exchange between women.
Learn to notice stress before it overwhelms you, practise ways to settle, and find words for what you need—with women who listen without trying to fix you.
Starts 15 October 2026. Thursdays · 19:30–20:30 Berlin time. One guided hour, with replays and a short practice for the week. Cameras are optional.
Explore the circle
Marrakech area · Spring 2027 · Venue to be confirmed
€1,600
Somatic Yoga Retreat in Marrakech
Five days to just be, witness, and transform.
Planned as five programme days within a six-night stay near Marrakech, with trauma-sensitive yoga, somatics, and cultural immersion. The venue and exact dates are not yet confirmed.
No performance. No perfectionism. Step out of expectation and move through the HEART framework in a setting built for presence, truth, and deep rest.
Explore the retreat & apply