Yael Hochenberg

MER Practitioner in Training

Yael Hochenberg is a trained, experienced Transformational Breath® Group Workshop Leader and 1:1 practitioner, and a Trauma-Informed Somatic Educator through Dance-Movement and Myofascial Energetic Release (MER) Bodywork.

Based in the Stroud/Nailsworth area of Gloucestershire, Yael has been practising holistic and alternative therapies for over 30 years. She is trained to Group Leader level with Founder of Transformational Breath®, Judith Kravitz, and leads workshops and events, often weaving together aspects of Breathwork, Somatic Dance and Bodywork.

She holds an ITEC Diploma in Holistic Massage and Anatomy and Physiology, is a Hanna Somatics Coach, and is has also been offering MER (Myofascial Energetic Release) Bodywork since June 2024.

In addition to the above trainings and qualifications, Yael is also trained/experienced in coaching, sound healing and Reiki, has deepening listening and communication skills, is trained to highest level with Nia (2nd Degree Black Belt) and has both a BMUS and post-graduate Concert Recital Diploma from GSMD . She was a trained dancer, a performing concert pianist, a choir leader, and also teaches piano to students of all levels.

She also currently teaches her signature dance class 'DanceJOY' (inspired by a lifetime of dancing and trainings in many somatic dance modalities, as well as breathwork, vocalising sound healing, and all the received musical trainings).

She firmly believes that what we give our attention to amplifies, and her mission/purpose as MER Practitioner, is helping people to safely release all barriers that hold them back, and in turn remembering who they are, why they're here.