As a writer and creative producer, performer, yoga & meditation coach, Yaknel has worked for over 15 years across Europe, Latin America and South East Asia, exploring somatic practices and ways to bring breath and movement into our daily life experiences, using breath as a guide for more conscious living.
Yaknel is a catalyst for new energy and perspectives on personal and shared meaning making, transformation and connection. Her creative practice leads individuals and groups through an authentic and personal and collective transformation, accessible to all.
Projects
- Da Yaknel PodcastNos sumergiremos en el proceso creativo de las personas que están abriendo camino para la comunidad Lantinx & QTBIPoC en múltiples industrias, desenredando su proceso creativo a través de la autenticidad que impulsa su estilo de vida, reflexionando sobre los puntos de transición y transformación a lo largo de su viaje. Un espacio para hablar con honestidad desde nuestra intuición, siendo nosotros mismos. Donde lo imposible es solo el siguiente paso. · We will immerse ourselves in the creativ
- Control Wars LaboratoryControl Wars is, at the same time, a game and a laboratory that aims to give its participants a platform to examine and transcend the perceived social limits, thereby opening space for the exploration of a new imaginary and the testing of transition processes that can project more livable realities. Performance, fiction, conflict and collaborative world creation are the pillars of this project that will be open to everyone’s participation. Develop understanding of concepts used within CW using
- Queer & QuerComing together to talk about queerness, to write and to experiment with performative strategies of (gender) representation, they discuss the meaning of queer aesthetics for being queer. How can they contribute to shaping new subjectivities? In the course of developing their performance they deconstruct normativity in order to create new artistic forms of representation. And last but not least, as experts of their own everyday lives, they present collective strategies for bringing their respect
- Intersectional Island · PoetryPoetry is not a luxury, as Audre Lorde has invited us to see it. Based on the experience of Black women, poetry is rather a survival strategy. It brings light into one’s own feeling and reveals new knowledges that are not rational, academic, classist or westernised. It is a call for breaking up with white patriarchal canon because we can write our own poetry. We talk about language as power. Her disruptive relationship with language. Her lover but also her enemy, just like in a telenovela. We a
- Interview · Michael Stone: Meditation, Tattoos And The Inevitability Of PainMichael Stone is a Buddhist teacher, yogi, psychotherapist, author, father and social activist. He translates the teachings from yoga and Buddhist traditions, into practical tools that people can use, both for their own awakening, and also for a deeper change in our culture. I signed up for a workshop with Michael Stone in London recently about transforming pain through yoga and mindfulness practice. One of the things that I realized during my last tattoo session was that I’ve been using some
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Work history
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Co Founder & Meditation CoachStayMindful
Amsterdam, NetherlandsFreelance
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Creative ProducerShell Congress
- Berlin, GermanyFreelance
The Shell Congress brings together practitioners across disciplines to nurture co-operations outside of institutions. A canopy for shared exploration.
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Skills
- Project Management
- Creative Content
- Writing
- Poetry
- Performance Art
- Content Writing
- Production
- Podcast Production
- Creative Storytelling
- Coaching
Education
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Yoga Teacher Training (200hr)Good Body Feel
Hamilton, Canada
An approach to physical practice that is radically inclusive and committed to accessibility. This is achieved in the way GBF sequence their classes, ensuring our bodies have been primed for the work. It is achieved in the language we use, which is trauma-informed, anti-oppressive and all-body-loving. It is achieved in the spaces we endeavour to hold and create.
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200hr Hatha & Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga teacher trainingAshtanga Yoga Studio Berlin
- Berlin, Germany
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Awards
Creator AwardsWeWork
A global initiative to recognize and reward the creators of the world, nurturing their communities and inspiring others with work fueled by passion and purpose.