For Elif Gökçe, movement is not merely a mechanical repetition of muscles; it is the poetry of the nervous system, the architecture of the body, and the purest form of creative expression. Her professional journey is a story of synthesis and transformation bridging the precision of numbers, the boundlessness of art, and the somatic wisdom of the body.

Analytical Foundations: The Discipline of Finance, The Architecture of Systems

The roots of Elif’s methodical intelligence lie in her university education in Finance and Accounting. Her tenure of over 10 years in the corporate finance sector endowed her with the ability to analyze complex structures, manage crises, and build sustainable systems. Today, the robust corporate structure of Yosomind LLC and the operational success of her digital platforms are built upon these analytical roots. She is a strategist who transforms chaos into order, and vision into a functioning system.

The Artistic Eye: From Viewfinder to Curatorship

Transitioning from the world of numbers to the aesthetics of visual arts, Elif spent over a decade mastering light and form as a professional photographer and Art Director. She worked with iconic names in her field, from athletes to performing artists, examining the body as an "aesthetic geography."
This artistic depth was recognized with the 2015 Young Artist Award. Notably, her project “Through the Eyes of a Woman” (Kadın Gözüyle), which she directed with a team of female photographers over four years, stripped the body of gender stereotypes to focus on the human form. This project resonated widely in mainstream media and was exhibited across Turkey and Europe. Demonstrating her presence not just in art production but also in management, Gökçe served as the Curator for an international mixed exhibition in Athens, Greece, proving her ability to merge diverse disciplines into a unified narrative on the global stage.

US-Centric Academic Deepening

Elif Gökçe has built her movement pedagogy not on intuition alone, but on evidence-based, internationally valid American schools of thought. Her line of expertise rises on the following academic pillars:

• American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA): Moving the healing power of dance to an academic ground, Gökçe is an active member of the association, continuing her Dance Therapy education and examining movement as a tool for psychological repair.
• Laban Movement Analysis (LMA): She has brought methodical clarity to expressive capacity by analyzing movement through the dimensions of Shape, Effort, Space, and Body.
• Anatomy Trains (Tom Myers): Through the "When the Body Speaks" program, she integrated the perspective of seeing the body not in parts but as a whole through myofascial meridians, incorporating fascia continuity and bodily resiliency into her practice.
• Yoga Alliance (RYT 500): She possesses advanced instructor competence, blending ancient yoga teachings with modern Western anatomy and trauma-informed knowledge.
• Psychological Foundations: With modules from Johns Hopkins University (Psychological First Aid) and Yale University (Introduction to Psychology), she supports her ability to hold a "safe space" for clients with clinical psychology principles.

A Somatic Nomad: A Network Opening from Asia to the World

Viewing learning as an act beyond geographical borders, Elif turned her route to the somatic centers of the world.

• Bali: In Bali, which she views as a tropical laboratory, she explored the limits of bodily freedom with Contemporary Dance and Ecstatic Dance, investigating the regulative effect of improvisational movement on the nervous system.
• Thailand: In the cosmopolitan learning hub of Thailand, she worked in close contact with movement authorities from around the globe. She trained across a wide spectrum, ranging from Somatic movement and Latin dances to advanced Yoga workshops and meditation, while simultaneously transmitting her own method to an international community.
  During this process, she also conducted on-site observations and research on the movement dynamics, power usage, and grounding principles of ancient Martial Arts disciplines.
  The network of digital entrepreneurs she established in Thailand is today one of the most vital veins fueling the global vision of the Yoso App.

Dance, Corporeal Courage, and the Art of Pole

For Elif, dance is the body speaking its own language. As a certified Pole Dance instructor and performance artist, she positions this discipline not merely as a display of physical strength, but as a gravity-defying "construction of self-confidence" and a tool for artistic expression. She transforms bodily courage into an aesthetic form by combining Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) and contemporary dance principles with the art of Pole.

R&D, Content Architecture, and "Bedeniyat"

Elif Gökçe is a prolific content architect who shares knowledge through the limitless channels of the digital world. The "Bedeniyat" YouTube channel, founded approximately 4 years ago with Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Fatma Nur Bilgin, serves as a deep-rooted digital archive where everything regarding the body is discussed. In this partnership, Elif took on the role of "First Practitioner and Developer" (R&D Partner) for all prepared curriculums and methodologies. She tested, refined, and digitized theoretical knowledge within her own nervous system.
Today, through her ongoing "Somatic Chats" and "Somatic Stories" series on Spotify and YouTube, she hosts expert guests and makes the untold stories of the body visible.

Deep Touch Mentorship® and Future Vision

The synthesis of this accumulated wisdom is Deep Touch Mentorship® a specialized program guiding visionaries ranging from psychiatrists to artists, and health professionals to entrepreneurs. Through this program, Elif opens a space for her clients to bring their ideas to life with technology, and their visions with somatic compassion.

Today, Elif Gökçe continues to offer a safe, transformative, and art-filled movement experience in her one-on-one and group sessions, employing a unique method she developed by blending yoga, fascia-focused anatomy, Laban analysis, and the aesthetics of dance.

Fatma Nur Bilgin is a movement specialist with over 20 years of experience in body-focused practices. Working in both clinical and creative fields, she combines anatomical knowledge with emotional awareness, aiming to reorganize individuals' relationships with their bodies at functional, sensory, and expressive levels. Having begun her education at Celal Bayar University's Faculty of Education, Bilgin has integrated her pedagogical training with the field of body awareness, bringing a heightened sensitivity and methodological clarity to the teaching-learning process.

Since 2007, she has specialized in a multidisciplinary approach, including Pilates, the craniosacral approach, Gyrotonic®, the Dorn–Breuss approach, and fascia-focused studies. Since 2015, she has participated in UK-based fascia dissection and advanced anatomy programs, incorporating the three-dimensional continuity of tissues into her practice. She completed a three-year specialist training with Ariel Giarretto in Somatic Experiencing (SE); then, with Dr. Raja Selvam's Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP) modules, she deepened her competence in the nervous system and emotion regulation axis. This process, supported by expertise in Gestalt training and regression, has brought a wide range of applications to the bridge between bodily experience and emotion.

Dance is an important area of ​​research in movement practice. Through contemporary dance techniques, improvisation, and composition, as well as approaches informed by Body-Mind Centering (BMC) and Feldenkrais, Bilgin develops a practice that emphasizes movement as not only a technical skill but also a tool for nervous system regulation and self-expression. Through groundwork and floorwork-focused research, she strengthens themes of confidence, rootedness, and spatial awareness, and expands the body's expressive capacity through the selective use of pole and contemporary movement elements.

Academic and International Education Line

• Pilates advanced training courses: Pilates Academy International (Comprehensive), Balanced Body and Stott Pilates advanced training lines.
• Working with master instructors: Michael King, Elizabeth Larkam, Alan Herdman, Anna Maria Vitali, Alexander Bohlander, Prof. Karen Clippinger, Nora St. John.
• Fascia and anatomy: Anatomy Trains UK's introductory course "Anatomy in Three Dimensions™"; intensive training in cadaver dissections with a focus on fascia with Julian Baker; studies focusing on archetypal postures and functional biomechanics with Phillip Beach.
• Clinical/applied topics: Osteoporosis, scoliosis, post-amputation pilates programming; special conditions of the spine; pain management (concept studies under the umbrella of The British School of Osteopathy).
• Equipment and protocols: V2 Max Plus™ Reformer, Cadillac, Stability Barre™, Mini Stability Ball™, Athletic Conditioning series; Arcus (McEntire Pilates) and Orbit workouts; prenatal/postnatal programs.
• Craniosacral and Dorn–Breuss approaches: Complementary methods in spinal health and neurovegetative balance with advanced practitioner training.
• Somatic axis: Somatic Experiencing (SE) introductory and intermediate modules; Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP) modules; bodily integration of affect with nervous system-based approaches.

Nervous System and Fascia Perspective

Bilgin's work is grounded in fascial continuity. Experience in dissection laboratories has provided practical insights into the tissue's tension lines, shear layers, and sensory richness. This perspective allows for the simplification and application of parameters such as breathing, alignment, load transfer, joint centering, elastic recall, and proprioceptive awareness for participants of all levels. The nervous system focus developed through Somatic Experiencing and ISP structures the principles of safe progression through arousal regulation, threshold recognition, and resource augmentation.

Teaching Approach

• Assessment and planning: Posture and movement analysis, breathing and core function evaluation, personalized scaling of movement repertoire.
• Progression: Stabilization-mobilization balance, strength-elasticity relationship, load dosing and continuity.
• Learning design: Pedagogical clarity; structured retention with clear cues, visual-tactile feedback, and homework assignments.
• Bridging: Bidirectional flow between clinical findings and creative movement; simultaneous development of expressive capacity with functional goals.

Training and Workshop Experience

Working with diverse needs, Bilgin has developed comprehensive curricula: exercise for vertigo, scoliosis, osteoporosis, and oncology; pregnancy and the postpartum period; post-amputation programming; adapted movement for visual and hearing impairments; and workshops focusing on balance, proprioception, breathing, and posture. In her work, she offers practical solutions that increase neuromuscular awareness using small equipment (mini balls, foam rollers, rings/circles, etc.). Between 2010 and 2016, she conducted a series of regular workshops, developing simple protocols that participants can implement in their daily lives.

Dance and Creative Practices

Her work, inspired by contemporary dance technique, improvisation, and composition; DS/DM methodology; and the BMC and Feldenkrais approaches, opens space for the expression of emotional flow through movement. Floorwork and ground-related research reinforce themes of trust and rootedness. Bilgin blends this knowledge with clinical principles to design hybrid course structures that support both nervous system regulation and aesthetic/expressive capacity.

Selected Educational Chronology (Summary)

• Somatic axis: Somatic Experiencing – Beginning/Intermediate modules (Ariel Giarretto); ISP – Beginning/Intermediate modules (Dr. Raja Selvam).
• Fascia and anatomy: “The Fascial Human” dissections with Julian Baker; Anatomy Trains UK; clinical anatomy-kinesiology-posture analysis studies.
• Pilates specialization: Balanced Body, Stott Pilates symposia (osteoporosis, scoliosis, athletic conditioning, prenatal); special conditions of the spine with Alan Herdman; scoliosis programming with Anna Maria Vitali; contemporary pilates applications focusing on fascia with Elizabeth Larkam; method progressions with Michael King; advanced anatomy-practice sessions with Nora St. John and Prof. Karen Clippinger.
• Craniosacral and Dorn–Breuss: Multi-level practitioner training; protocols focusing on the spine and neurovegetative balance.
• Gyrotonic®: Foundation and level I modules; equipment-specific motion design.

Today's Focus

Fatma Nur Bilgin continues her academic work within the Dance-Movement master's program based in Heidelberg, establishing a learning environment that redefines the physical and emotional layers of movement through individual processes, small group programs, and workshops. Her work is based on the principles of safe progression, neurologically friendly dosing, sustainable practice, and measurable progress.