Elena Zahariev

Elena Zahariev is a body-oriented psychotherapist and mindfulness meditation teacher based in Tours, France. Her work is gathered under the idea of reweaving the links between body and mind. In individual therapy she works with two approaches, Psycho-Organic Analysis and Somatic Experiencing®, and she sees adults at her practice in Tours.

She teaches mindfulness meditation through workshops, programmes, retreats and guided meditations on the Mind app. Her programmes include the eight-week MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), which combines formal and informal practice with an exploration of how we react to stress and painful emotions. Ralentir is a six-session introduction to mindfulness for people learning to meditate or refreshing the basics. Ouvrir son cœur is a four-week programme that trains kindness, compassion, joy and the ability to welcome life's ups and downs. Ressources Intérieures is a four-session programme that includes work on the brain's negativity bias, the nervous system and somatic movement.

She says she is passionate about our capacity to transform and free ourselves, whatever our history and suffering. Connection with the body and presence are at the heart of her work.