Boaz B. Feldman, SEP, MSc, PgD
NeuroSystemics Founder, CEO & Faculty
Boaz B. Feldman is a pragmatic visionary, clinical psychologist, trainer, researcher and contemplative acting for worldwide positive change. A depression in his early 20’s led him to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, where he practiced mindfulness meditation intensively for 3 years, studied MBCT/MBSR at University of Oxford/Bangor and graduated from the Bodhi College Teacher Training program. He graduated from the University of Geneva’s Integrative Clinical Psychology Masters, and led a number of psychological first aid and staff welfare programs (UNOCHA, Doctors Without Borders) in conflict affected countries (Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Myanmar) and low-income regions (Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa). Boaz studied the effects of compassion meditation for conflict resolution at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Affective Sciences (CISA) and was a Research Scholar at Harvard University in community-based citizen sciences with youth. He assisted Somatic Experiencing trainings and taught as the main faculty in Europe for Organic Intelligence, and now enjoys engineering and teaching somatics in group processes at NeuroSystemics!
Heath Wilson, BA, SEP, NSP, OIX
NeuroSystemics Faculty
Working over 25 years, Heath weaves his expertise as a psychologist, trauma healer, rolf practitioner, craniosacral therapist, enneagram consultant, dating/relationship coach, and has been trained in Somatic Experiencing. Heath has a long-standing Vipassana meditation practice and has completed several 10-day retreats. In Germany, he runs his 5aspects® center, where Body, Sexuality, Heart, Mind and Spirit can heal, grow and flourish. He leads Noble Man® and Beyond Resilience® groups as well as trains women in self-defense. Heath leads professional trainings for therapists in personality psychology based on the psycho-spiritual model of the 9 Types of the Enneagram. His aim is to transform people’s lives for sustainable social and environmental change. He’s also a happy vegan for 33 years.
Rebekka Haas Çetin
NeuroSystemics Assisting Faculty
Rebekka is a Mindfulness Coach (ICF) and counsellor for both, individual and group sessions. She is extensively trained in Organic Intelligence®, a clinical protocol for trauma resolution through shepherding nervous system states from bottom up. Her participation in NeuroSystemics expands her contribution to healing from an individual to a greater psycho-social frame through group work (RC). She is a certified yoga teacher and the co-founder of multiple yoga Studios. Her original background is in filmmaking. Rebekka is from Germany and is now living with her husband in Istanbul, they have 3 children.
Molyn Leszcz, PhD
Consulting Clinical Faculty to the Facilitation Team
Molyn, past President of the AGPA (American Group Psychotherapy Association), is a Professor at the of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Sinai Health System, and co-author with Irvin Yalom, the 6th edition of the Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy. He is also the author of many academic articles on clinical practice and group psychotherapy.
NeuroSystemics Mentors
Silke Foegele
Online Mentor
Somatic Dharma Facilitator
Silke is a certified complementary therapist and has been trained both as a CranioSacral therapist and as a physiotherapist. Her further training comprises prenatal and birth therapy, mediation, Organic Intelligence, yoga and qigong. She lives in Basel with her family. She focuses on increasing her clients’ resources and joy.
Mehpare Johnson
Turkey CARE Mentor
Mehpare is a PR and Advertising specialist with an extensive global marketing and intercultural experience. She is a keen believer of mind-body harmony and trained as a Shadow Yoga fairy warrior and an Organic Intelligence facilitator. Spiritual development and ethics are her core values to create a sustainable environment for future generations, supports organic living through various NGOs in Turkey.
Fulya Nanba
Senior Turkey Mentor
Fulya is an experienced yoga and meditation teacher, and since 2015 she offers individual and group sessions for therapy and meditation, and retreats in Turkey. She has completed trainings in Family Constellation, Working with People, Leading Groups and Organic Intelligence, and attends long term meditation retreats annually in Buddhist Centers in Asia.
Nazli Sariyildiz
Senior Turkey Mentor
Nazli has been immersed in contemplative sciences for the last 15 years, deepening her journey every day, fascinated by the interconnectedness of life. She is an experienced mindfulness practitioner & teacher. Nazli is giving in person or group sessions that focuses on somatic integration at personal level and interpersonal dynamics at group level. Nazli is trained in Organic Intelligence, is currently completing her Master Degree in Psychology at the University of Derby (UK) and lives in Belgium.
Buğu Türkoğul
Senior Turkey & Online Mentor
Dharma Somatic Facilitator
Buğu is a Biology graduate, a Mindfulness instructor, and a certified coach giving both Organic Intelligence and Mindfulness-based life coaching sessions. Buğu’s 11-year journey through yoga, education and therapy groups inspired her to facilitate Resilience Through Community groups based on creating safe social circles that values spontaneity, authenticity and openness
Helena Walsh
Online Mentor
Helena is an Entrepreneur, Researcher and Human Empowerment and Resiliency Coach (Organic Intelligence) and an International Voice & Acting Coach. She is the CEO and Founder of Helena Walsh Empowerment Studios. Over the past twenty five years she has worked with people all over the world, from top executives and CEO’s, to preparing leading actors for major TV network shows.
Mentors-in-Training
Ezgi Karatekin
Turkey CARE Mentor-In-Training
Ezgi studied Sociology at Galatasaray University and worked in a global advertising agency. Her curiosity about existence and mind-body awareness led her to become a yoga teacher. She completed ICF Mindfulness Coaching (2019), NeuroSystemics CARE Training (2023). Living in France, she explores themes of migration, belonging, family. Passionate about creating authentic, safe, joyful relationships.
Hande Akmehmetoglu
Turkey CARE Mentor-In-Training
Hande is a yoga and mindfulness teacher, as well as a certified NeuroSystemics CARE practitioner. Her goal is to integrate creative thinking and explore different possibilities in her sessions. She is dedicated to creating a trusted space and holding people in a supportive circle with awareness, kindness, and compassion—values that are central to her practice.
Berna Kizilkaya
Turkey CARE Mentor-In-Training
Berna offers individual and group sessions with NS Care. She is also an ICF certified Mindfulness Coach, yoga and meditation instructor. She was one of the content creators of Meditopia, a mental health app with more than 800 mindfulness meditations between 2019-2023. She participated in meditation and Buddhism courses in Asia and shamanic-spiritual studies in South America. She lives in Fethiye.
Gülsun Ozatalay
Turkey CARE Mentor-In-Training
Gülsün has graduated from Classical Archeology. As an experienced yoga, movement and meditation teacher since 2016, she is an ICF accreditated Mindfulness Coach and NeuroSystemics Care for 3 years, now giving personal Care sessions and facilitating Resiliency Circles. She is trained in Loss & Grief given by Portland Institude For Loss and Transition, and gived personal sessions as a Grief Consultant.
Sevgen Bengi
Turkey CARE Mentor-In-Training
Sevgen is an expert in yoga therapy, somatic movement, meditation, and mindfulness, offering individual and group nervous system strengthening sessions specializing in chronic pain and anxiety. Through her own brand, Bedene Şefkat, She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Econometrics and a Master’s degree in Operations Research from Marmara University and pursued a corporate career before becoming a professional facilitator in Istanbul.
Deniz Tezuçan
Turkey CARE Mentor-In-Training
Deniz is a cultural manager, somatic facilitator, and mindfulness instructor with over 15 years of experience. Since 2017, she has focused on somatic facilitation and mindfulness, leading individual and group sessions within NS CARE to support mind-body integration. She holds a master’s in Art and Design, a bachelor’s in Performing Arts Management, and completed mindfulness training in Spain.
Turkey CARE Support Team
Oya Gökler Yüksel
Turkey CARE Coordinator
After becoming a mother, Oya left corporate life to pursue yoga teaching full-time in 2020. She trained with various yoga and meditation teachers, assisted in Remind’s teacher training for two years, and specialized in Yoga Therapy . She has given Yoga Therapy classes on Remind Turkiye nearly for 3 years. Currently she offers one-on-one &Group sessions, and is both a coordinator and student at Neurosystemics CARE.
Gülseda Küçük
Turkey CARE Digital Brand Manager
Gülseda Küçük leads digital brand communications at Neurosystemics, including strategy, brand positioning, and implementation. With over a decade of experience as a yoga teacher, she deepens her expertise in Yin and Hatha Yoga through Trauma-Informed principles. Whether in yoga, breathwork, meditation, or brand communications, she brings a nervous-system-aware, connection-building, and deeply human approach to everything she does.
Nazlı Doğuoğlu
Turkey CARE Interpreter
Nazlı holds a bachelor’s in Communication and a master’s in Sociology, and pursued doctoral studies in History. Passionate about yoga and meditation since youth, she has taught both since 2017 and worked as a coach for the past two years. Living on Büyükada with her four-year-old, she began interpreting in yoga and meditation trainings and now continues as a CARE interpreter.
Can Çubukçu
Turkey CARE Interpreter
Can deeply believes in the power of feeling safe and the profound role it plays in growth, healing, and connection. Through NeuroSystemics, he better understands the neurobiology of safety to create safe, non-judgemental spaces—both for himself and for others. Within his mindfulness-based coaching sessions, guided meditation spaces, and trainings, Can facilitates an environment where people can thrive.
Gizem Çağdaş
Turkey CARE Assistant Coordinator& Interpreter
Gizem, through her early connection with dreams and the unconscious, has journeyed through various life themes and practices, becoming both a student and educator in learning fields. She creates healing spaces with mindfulness and mindful movement, and communicates with plants and all living beings. In coaching, she enjoys working with self, essence, boundaries, and authentic relating. At CARE, she is a student, translator, and coordination assistant.
Former Team Members
Deniz Bağan
Turkey Mentor
Deniz is a meditation teacher, Organic Intelligence facilitator, and keynote speaker for mindfulness and self-compassion. She is the content creator and voice of Meditopia, the mental wellness app (10M members), with over 800 mindfulness meditations. Deniz is lead trainer and co-founder of Yogatime studio in İstanbul since 2009.
Banu Ceçen, MSc
Turkey Mentor Council Delegate
Banu is an experienced Mindfulness Coach and giving coaching sessions. She has been studying neuroscience, focusing on the effects of meditation-based Mindfulness programs. She has brought ICF accreditated Mindfulness Coacing training to Turkey and teaches actively within the program. She has also trained in Organic Intelligence, Meditation and Yoga.
Bas Snippert, MSc, SEP
Online Mentor Council Delegate
Bas is an integrative counselor, coach and trainer. He has trained in cutting-edge modalities such as Somatic Experiencing, Organic Intelligence and the NeuroAffective Relational Model. Bas attends meditation retreats annually in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village.
Danny Cohen
Online Mentor
Danny Cohen lives in Israel and is endlessly fascinated by the human experience and transformative possibilities of healing, growing and opening the heart / mind. He works with clients and teaches workshops and retreats, drawing from trainings Hakomi, Organic Intelligence, Nonviolent Communication, and over a decade of meditation practice.
Upasaka Upali
Dharma Somatic Facilitator
Upasaka Upali (aka Paul) is a Dharma teacher based in Tennessee, USA. He received transmission in a lineage that can be traced back to the Buddha, and he took his Upasaka vows in 2015. He has a degree from St Olaf College and has studied Dharma with Tucker Peck, Ph.D., and Upasaka Culadasa. As a teacher, he aims to demystify meditation, making the practice approachable and its benefits tangible.
Yelina Tayfur
Dharma Somatic Facilitator
Yelina is a lawyer, a Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, and a dedicated yoga & meditation practitioner. She leads 200-hour yoga teacher trainings and provides courses on yoga and somatic awareness as well as yoga and ecology, all based on Organic Intelligence and Trauma Sensitive Yoga principles. She focuses on creating a trauma-safe approach while teaching and practicing yoga & meditation.
Silke Foegele
Dharma Somatic Facilitator
Silke is a certified complementary therapist and has been trained both as a CranioSacral therapist and as a physiotherapist. Her further training comprises prenatal and birth therapy, mediation, Organic Intelligence, yoga and qigong. She lives in Basel with her family. She focuses on increasing her clients’ resources and joy.
Fulya Nakba
Dharma Somatic Facilitator
Fulya is an experienced yoga and meditation teacher, and since 2015 she offers individual and group sessions for therapy and meditation, as well as retreats in Turkey. She has completed trainings in Family Constellation, Working with People, Leading Groups and Organic Intelligence, and attends long term meditation retreats annually in Buddhist Centers in Asia.
Buğu Türkoğul
Dharma Somatic Facilitator
Buğu is a Biology graduate, a Mindfulness instructor, and a certified coach giving both Organic Intelligence and Mindfulness-based life coaching sessions. Buğu’s 11-year journey through yoga, education and therapy groups inspired her to facilitate Resilience Through Community groups based on creating safe social circles that values spontaneity, authenticity and openness
Olga Klimecki, PhD
Past Guest Faculty
Olga studied Psychology and Neuroscience, and she is currently guest professor at TU Dresden and leads a team of researchers at the University of Geneva. Olga and her teams are investigating the impact of meditation training on healthy ageing, conflict resolution brain plasticity, emotions, and social behavior . She started meditating in 2008, and now trains as a mindfulness meditation teacher with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.