My name is Esther Mulders and I’m a psychomotor therapist, trauma-informed yoga teacher, feminist and survivor. Being a young woman in our age, I can relate to the struggles and challenges that come up for many women, ranging from high beauty standards to instances of abuse of power.  For some of us such instances of violence are so ingrained in our lives that they might seem like a natural part of life as a women. For others, the world may be an unpredictable, scary, and sometimes even outright hostile place. Especially after events in which our boundaries were crossed or which were hurtful in another way, one may feel a disconnection or alienation from her body or the world.

During the past few years I have travelled, studied and worked in different settings; I had the privilege of working with women who lived through conflict with the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, with Yezidi women who survived the ISIS genocide and found temporary refuge in Greece, with women without a home in England, and many others. These communities of women, their resilience and warmth, their strength and  sense of sisterhood, have been truly inspiring.