I've always wondered what song would be playing in the background as I wrote my story. What tone would guide the reader, what rhythm would accompany the words? I grew up with a natural connection to rhythm, to the musicality of life, perhaps even before I learned to answer the question, "Whose are you?" Really, whose am I?
My name is Alexandra. I am the great-granddaughter of a midwife from a hill village, the granddaughter of a shepherd and a shepherdess. I grew up surrounded by stories woven into the rhythm of nature. My grandfather could read the weather from the way the sheep behaved, and I learned to decipher the state of the chickens by their sounds. But I didn’t inherit everything – the rhythm of the sheep is still foreign to me, and I can only guess the rain when I look at the clouds.
On the other hand, my grandmother taught me the art of knitting, that dance between yarn and needles: one on the front, one on the back. Repetitive, but healing. In the rhythm of knitting, I discovered peace, concentration and the joy of creating. I learned to see things through to the end, regardless of the tumult around me. These lessons, simple but profound, have remained in my soul.
Life, however, had its own rhythm, often chaotic. I grew up in Cluj, in a difficult neighborhood, where my childhood was marked by struggles – with the environment, with myself, with the hardships around me. Summers in the countryside offered me a temporary escape, but conflicts and depression found me early. At 14, I was already feeling the weight of life. However, deep down, a force kept me connected to the desire to live differently, to find meaning, to move forward.
After many trials, losses and hard lessons, in 2017, life gave me an encounter that changed everything. Two years after my first panic attack and after months of chronic headaches, I ended up, more by chance, at a manual therapy session with Corina Fizeși, in Cluj. For the first time in two years, the pain disappeared, even if only for a few hours. It was the moment when I realized that my physical condition and emotional suffering were deeply interconnected. I didn't know how to maintain that balance, but I understood that there was a way.
This was the beginning of my journey into somatics. I studied manual therapy for 9 months under Corina's guidance, and then I started listening to my body and learning how to heal it. I realized that although psychotherapy helped me at first, approaching the mind alone was not enough. I needed to integrate the body as well.
Later, I specialized in TRE™ (Trauma and Tension Releasing Exercises), a somatic method that releases tension and trauma stored in the body. Today, I am the only TRE™ facilitator in Romania certified by an American commission. Along this path, I continued to explore somatic healing: from 2023 to 2024, for a year, I studied traditional Thai massage on the island of Koh Phangan, and in November 2024 I participated in an advanced fascial therapy workshop with Maria Alfieris, one of the greatest personalities in the field.
My passion for somatics goes hand in hand with my love for literature, theater and philosophy. I studied Comparative World Literature at UBB Cluj and, since 2021, I have been dedicating part of my time to ecological education and sustainability, as a Youth Worker and CLIPS Ambassador in Spain.
What has always defined me, however, is my love for life. I love to write, to dance, to sing. My love for nature – especially the jungle and the ocean – is immense. I am fascinated by rhythm, music and stories, but also by ancient wisdom, which teaches us to live in harmony with nature and ourselves.
This journey has taught me that pain can be a teacher, but also that healing is possible. I have discovered how to listen to my body, how to give it space to heal, and how to create a rhythm that supports my soul. My dream is to help people find their own light, their own power.
Today, I am here to share my story with you and invite you to discover together a more conscious and balanced way of living – in harmony with body, mind, and soul.