Embodied presence is true power.
When you are present & authentic you are the most powerful.
Your body already knows what your mind has been trying to figure out. When you come home to it, everything begins to shift.
Returning home to our bodies & our True Essence is our work.
For thousands of years we've been trained out of being in true relationship with ourselves, our fellow humans & our planet.
We've been educated to be in self-blame about the past & worry about the future.
We've been taught to push down emotions and impulses & not allow for our full spectrum of humanity.
Over time, we lose contact with what we actually feel & want — and with it, our capacity for genuine presence and connection.
As a result:
- We have a compromised relationship with the truth.
- We often lose our way back to our hearts.
- We have a meaning & belonging crisis.
That is why I've dedicated my entire life to the study of authenticity & embodied presence.
Ways to Work with Me
Attend an Event
I hold workshops & retreats throughout the Unites States & Europe. Each event is a container for embodied presence, conscious relating and somatic awakening.
Join an Online Course
If you cannot join us in person, there are a few online opportunities to learn from me & interact with the community throughout the year. You can take yourself through my last 21-day challenge.
Work with me privately
I work with men and women 1:1 in deep, immersive containers combining somatic work, Tantric practices and conscious communication. Men's work is currently open — apply for a consult.
You'll walk away with:
A body that knows how to settle — and how to come alive.
More access to your own presence, desire and truth.
The capacity to feel more without being overwhelmed by it.
Deeper contact with others — not performed, but real.
A relationship with your own signal: what a 'Yes' feels like, what a 'No' feels like, what aliveness feels like.
More freedom in how you move, speak and take up space.
More trust in yourself — not as a concept, but as a felt experience.
Full presence is the greatest gift you can give.
TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS
Your Coach & Facilitator
Hi! I'm Alina.
I help individuals, couples & business owners come home to themselves — to their bodies, to their essence, and their most authentic expression.
My work lives at the intersection of somatic awareness, Tantric wisdom and conscious communication. My unique flair is in combining spirituality & energy work with practical tools & trauma-informed coaching.
I've spent over two decades studying what makes humans come alive in relationship to themselves and others.
As of late I love creating group experiences where we can experience the magic of a coherent, unified field. Being in tribe, while maintaining our unique & sovereign selves is my mission & my greatest joy.
If you really knew me, you would know that:
- Growing up in Communist Romania greatly shaped how I live & what I teach.
- I am intense, direct & fully in with everything that I do.
- Dance & movement is a big part of my life.
- I am terrible at small talk.
- I believe in magic.
Looking forward to meting you soon...
If you are a business owner
WHO BELIEVES IN EMPOWERING YOUR EMPLOYEES,
I CAN CREATE A CUSTOM RETREAT FOR YOUR TEAM.
GET IN TOUCHWHAT OUR TRIBE MEMBERS HAVE TO SAY
A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
This program was a wonderful container to explore who I am, discover forgotten pieces of myself, learn how to pull them all together and decide what kind of relationships I want to create in my life. I was mirrored back by the members of my group in an authentic way, and I gained a lot of insight into how others perceive me, without the need to shame or judge myself. The way I communicate has become more clear and fine-tuned, I have a really strong sense of where I’m going, and I know how to show un in my relationships in a way that authentically reflects who I am.
LARRA WILDE
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
Alina's retreats are an oasis of presence, consciousness, authenticity and true connection in tribe. I have never felt so embraced and so authentically reflected back before. I wish my entire life was like this. Being in this kind of environment inspired me to relate differently to my kids, my husband and my old friends, with whom I have established patterns of superficial connection and separation. A whole new world opens up for me when I think and relate this way. I highly recommend working with Alina - such a unique, lovely approach to life and relattionships.
GABBY THOMPSON
We all have a version of the losing-ourselves story:
"I learned to perform instead of feel."
"I stopped trusting what my body was telling me."
"I forgot what it felt like to just be."
"I learned to earn love rather than receive it."
"I numbed out to get through."
"Somewhere along the way, I lost the thread back to myself."
I'VE BEEN DOWN THIS PATH BEFORE
Growing up in Romania under communism I witnessed firsthand the erosion of authenticity & genuine connection. Seeing individuals overtly stripped of their autonomy & forced into conformity was like living in a world where being myself just wasn't an option.
Suppression wasn't only political. As a child I was drawn to gymnastics and dance — to movement, to expression, to the full aliveness of the body. My parents, living in survival mode, believed intellectual education was the path to a better future. Movement was not part of that plan. What I felt and how I wanted to move through life was made wrong rather than celebrated.
I learned to perform and succeed as a way to earn love and acknowledgement — studying for hours on end, numbing my body. I became cerebral, burned out and, for a time, ill.
Living through this — and witnessing the suppression pattern in the culture around me — ignited in me a deep passion for cultivating authentic expression, genuine connection & building communities where each person's unique light is celebrated.
This process of self-alienation lies at the root of our struggles with relationships & belonging. We start our lives as whole beings, driven by our body's needs and impulses. As we navigate societal expectations & pressures, we begin to leave or numb our bodies, severing parts of ourselves and burying them in the process.
My mission is rooted in this understanding.
I have dedicated my life to guiding others in reclaiming those lost parts, fostering authentic expression and conscious connection & building communities where every individual is seen, heard & valued for their inherent uniqueness.
Reclaiming ourselves is possible.
I'VE SEEN IT AGAIN & AGAIN.
WHAT CLIENTS & EVENT PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO SAY
I LOVE MY HUMANITY,
The "Beyond Judgment" retreat was such a unique opportunity for people to open up and meet each other’s humanity. I felt calm and connected to infinite wisdom. Alina was like an invisible thread connecting our hearts and souls. She guided us to embrace our imperfections, and gave us tools to reach into our fears and expose them to the light for growth. I highly recommend Alina's retreats.
ROSA DALIA ORTEGA
ALINA IS SUCH A SHINING LIGHT.
Working with Alina is like nothing I've ever experienced before. It's not coaching, it's not therapy, it's a way of doing deeper into myself and also expanding out into my life like a flower blooming from its root. I have changed my focus from what I'm doing wrong in relationships to the contribution I am to the world and owning my gifts. As a result, I am more patient, more generous and more present in all areas of my life.
