Dr. Sina Birkholz
In my early thirties I faced a personal crisis. At this moment I encountered Breathwork and shamanism for the first time. They instantaneously opened doors which I never even knew existed.
Today I feel freer and more myself than ever before.
For some years now, I have been taking a deep dive into Breathwork, shamanism, and mindfulness. Thanks to these, I have been able to turn my life around – and for the better. Today, I am happier, healthier, and freer than I have ever been.
I feel more grounded and connected; I have more space to give and receive true love, more independent of my societal conditioning; I am able to spend large chunks of my time feeling comfortable in my own skin and being at peace with myself, my life, and the world around me. In my acting, thinking , and feeling I am enjoying much larger degrees of freedom. Health issues that I had been struggling with for years receded. I get to experience many moments of flow and have the privilege of mostly spending my (working) time with things that I enjoy and consider valuable, to me and the world.
Today my goal is to share the tools and philosophy of Breathwork, shamanism, and mindfulness with all those who would like to transform their lives.
Sina Birkholz
PS: If you would like to learn more about my story, check out this blog entry. Below you also find my CV, in case you'd like to have all the relevant facts at a glance.
2023
IFS Circles
6-month online training in Internal Family Systems
2022
Certification as Clarity Breathworker
400-hour training, accredited by the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA)
2021-2022
Training in Compassionate Inquiry
with Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur
2021-2023
Active member of the German Breathwork Association
since 2019
Extended stays over several years in Oaxaca, Mexico
since 2019
In-depth exploration of trauma and trauma healing
In the form of online courses (e.g., NICABM Advanced Master Programme in the Treatment of Trauma with Bessel van der Kolk, Janine Fisher, Stephen Porges, Dan Siegel, Peter Levine, and others; Ilan Stephani), self-study, Breathwork, shamanic work, and trauma therapy (with Isabel Viramo von Roon)
since 2019
Shamanic training or seminars
with Inadevi Fürstenau-Burgdorf, Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq, Hannah Achenbach, Tobias Lübke, and Mariví de Teresa
2019
PhD in Sociology at the University of Berlin (TU Berlin)
with the dissertation 'Doing Political Aid: An Ethnography of Northern Democracy Assistance and NGOisation in Lebanon' (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Martina Löw and Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheffer)
2015-2016
10-month field research in Beirut, Lebanon, funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation)
2012-2018
Position as a Research Associate
Research Associate at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research (IKG) at Bielefeld University (2012-2014), at the Collaborative Research Center 700 'Governance in Spaces of Limited Statehood' at FU Berlin (2014-2017), and at the Collaborative Research Center 1265 'Refiguration of Spaces' at TU Berlin (2018)
2011-2012
One-year Arabic language course at the Institut Français d'Égypte in Cairo
2011
Scholarship for research stay in Cairo
2008-2011
Fellow of the Study Foundation of the German People (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
Fellow of the Bavarian Max Weber Program
Studies in Political Science, Psychology, and International Relations at the University of Augsburg and the University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
Studies in Political Science, Psychology, and International Relations
2005-2012
DR. SINA BIRKHOLZ
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