Boaz B. Feldman, SEP, MSc, PgD
NeuroSystemics Co-Founder & Lead 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), is currently a research lead at Life Itself Research (France) and conducts a PhD 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
Olga Klimecki, PhD
Visiting 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.
Molyn Leszcz, PhD
Consulting Clinical Faculty
Molyn is President of the AGPA (American Group Psychotherapy Association), 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.
Martine Batchelor
Visiting Dharma Teacher & Community Advisor
Martine lived in Korea as a Zen nun under the guidance of Master Kusan for ten years. She is the author of Meditation for Life, The Path of Compassion, Women in Korean Zen and Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits. Her latest works are the The Spirit of the Buddha, What is this? and The Definition, Practice and Psychology of Vedana. She is a member of the Gaia House Teacher Council. She teaches meditation retreats worldwide and lives in France. Recently she has been involved with the Silver Sante Study, teaching meditation, mindfulness and compassion to seniors in France to see if this could prevent ageing decline.
NeuroSystemics Mentors
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.
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.
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.
Fulya Nanba
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
Turkey Mentor Council Delegate
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.
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.
Buğu Türkoğul
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.
NeuroSystemics Dharma Somatic Facilitators
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
Online Mentor
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.
Pauline Baudon
Dharma Somatic Facilitator
Pauline is a mental health counselor and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner specialized in trauma. Their therapeutic work with individuals and groups reflects lessons and practices found through many years of meditation practice and retreats, travel in spiritual communities, a commitment to intersectionality, and a healthy dose of humor for the road.
Fulya Nakba
Dharma Somatic Facilitator
Turkey Mentor
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
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
Coordinators
Mehpare Johnson
Turkey CARE Coordinator
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.
Ezgi Karatekin
Turkey CARE Coordinator
Graduated from sociology, Ezgi worked several years in a global advertising agency as an account executive. Alongside her training in yoga, she is a certificated Mindfulness-based coach giving in person coaching sessions and meditation group sessions. She is passionate about self discovery and creating places where she feels safe.