ABOUT

Tanja Franz

I offer relational and somatic support for those drawn toward deeper presence, embodiment and inner transformation.

 

A profound period of spontaneous meditative immersion in my early thirties became a central turning point in both my life and work. Emerging outside of formal spiritual traditions, this experience opened an ongoing exploration into embodied awareness, contemplative practice, relational presence and the nature of consciousness itself.

 

What followed were many years of integration, study and relational work — including nearly a decade in the United States facilitating groups, retreats and individual sessions.

 

Rooted in over 30 years of lived inquiry, my work today is informed by contemplative practice, somatic awareness, Kashmir Shaivism and a deep trust in the body’s innate intelligence and capacity for transformation.

 

I currently work internationally online and locally in Germany. 

 

Background & Training



My Journey

 

From an early age, I experienced a strong sensitivity to subtle perception, silence, ritual and the unseen dimensions of life.

 

In my twenties, a deep inner turning began that led me into many years of psycho-somatic group work, self-inquiry and healing practices centered around the relationship between body, consciousness and human experience.

 

In my early thirties, this unfolding deepened into an extended period of spontaneous meditative immersion that emerged outside of formal spiritual structures or traditions.

 

Without previous meditation training or conceptual frameworks, I found myself drawn into long periods of silence, stillness and direct contemplative experience — an opening that profoundly reshaped my relationship to identity, embodiment, perception and the nature of consciousness. 

 

What followed after this year long retreat was not a departure from human life, but a long process of integration.

 

Over the years, my path continued through relational work, somatic healing, contemplative practice, study, trauma integration and ongoing inquiry into how profound states of awareness can be lived and embodied within ordinary human experience.

 

Experiences of rupture, illness, trauma and nervous system dysregulation became important teachers within this process, deepening both humility and compassion, and grounding my work more fully in the realities of embodiment and healing.

 

Today, my work reflects the meeting point of direct experience, relational presence, somatic awareness and contemplative depth.

 

At the heart of my approach is a deep trust that healing and transformation do not arise through force or self-perfection, but through presence, integration, and the gradual softening into what is already here.

 

 


 

 

 

Silence is the root of everything.

If you spiral into it's void, a hundred voices will fire messages you long to hear.

 

Rumi

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