40+ years of bodywork, translated into dance
With specialisations in Body-Mind Centering and Somatic Movement Studies, Jördis Jakubczick brings a wealth of knowledge and experience. Her work is rooted in intensive study and the body as a vehicle for transformation.
Jördis JakubczickWhat moves me
“The beauty and intelligence of the human body are an inexhaustible source of inspiration to me. Our body is nature: with its rivers and streams, its hills and valleys.”
The body is wise
As a four-year-old I began to stutter — a block that stayed with me well into my twenties. At fourteen I discovered dance, and during a workshop with voice and movement my voice came free. In movement I found space — and in that space my own voice.
That is how I discovered that the body knows exactly what it needs. By relaxing my diaphragm and letting my breath flow, my confidence grew. Dance became my language of freedom, my path to wholeness and inner strength.
A door opened
My longing for creativity brought me to the SNDO – School for New Dance Development (AHK), where I immersed myself in choreography. At the same time my fascination for the wisdom of the body awakened, leading me to Body-Mind Centering: experiencing movement from within. There I discovered the healing power of dance — movement was no longer something I did, but something that moved through me.
My passion is to guide others in listening to their body, connecting with their core, and from there moving in loving contact with others.
Background
My work integrates Body-Mind Centering, Somatic Movement Studies, 16 years of Shambhala and Buddhist practice and 22 years of martial arts (Taekwondo, Poekoelan, Aikido and Shinkendo). As a professional dancer and choreographer (SNDO / AHK) and a naturopathic, body-oriented therapist with 35 years of experience, I bring together scientific knowledge, practical experience and spiritual depth. Over the past 9 years I developed the Dance of Yin & Yang from this.
Jördis Jakubczick — Berlin, 1965
A professional dancer and choreographer (SNDO / AHK) with over 15 years in creative and artistic practice, and a naturopathic, body-oriented therapist with 35 years of experience.
Full training & work experience
Training & education
- Institute for Somatic Movement Studies (ISMS) — Senior Somatic Movement Coach, teacher & staff (12 years)
- School for New Dance Development / AHK — graduated 1994 (3 years)
- Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner — Amherst, USA, 1994 (4 years)
- Modern dance training, Cunningham technique (Regina Baumgart, 3 years)
- Alexander Technique, Gindler work, Eutony
- The Art of Feminine Presence
- Heart coherence
- DNA ThetaHealing — Basic (certified teacher) & Advanced
- Chakra therapy
- Shambhala Buddhist meditation (1993–2006)
- Reiki Master (3rd degree)
Work experience
- Founded Somatic Dance School (2025)
- International Somatic Dance teacher (1994–present)
- Developed the 'Dance of Yin & Yang' and dance events (since 2016)
- Paramedical body-oriented therapist, own practice (1995–present)
- Body-oriented coaching & mentoring as naturopathic therapist (1994–present)
- The Art of Feminine Presence Teacher (2008–2012)
- Teacher / staff, Institute for Somatic Movement (1995–2006)
- Meditation instructor, Shambhala Center Amsterdam (2001–2005)
- Performer & choreographer (1994–2009)
- Guest teacher, Movement Research, SNDO / AHK (1996–2006)
- Mentor for first-year SNDO students (2003–2006)
Somatic Dance Coaching & Healing
Want your life energy and creativity to flow freely again? In a Somatic Dance Coaching session I support you through attentive touch and conscious movement to reconnect with the natural expression of your body.
Your body doesn't lie — it knows exactly what lives in you. By listening and moving with what arises, you come closer to your core: you meet tensions and blocks, dance through them, and experience how transformation can unfold effortlessly — healing and empowering.
As children we move freely and expressively; over time we learn to hold back and ignore what the body signals. By listening again, you prevent tension, complaints and exhaustion — prevention as the most sustainable form of healing. In my practice I offer you practical tools to shape your life from inner strength: free, conscious and in balance.
Practical information
Body-oriented coaching & healing — you learn to feel, move and perceive again, and to shape your life from inner strength.