Elif Gökçe's journey begins in the world of numbers, a finance and accounting education, over a decade of corporate experience. But something was always missing: the body. Then came the lens behind the camera, she discovered the body as aesthetic geography. And then movement. First Yoga, then Pilates, fascia, dance, somatic work, each step carried her further inward, further into depth. Yosomind is the inevitable destination of that journey.

At the heart of Elif's somatic deepening lies two years of intensive work alongside Yosomind Academy Co-Founder and SEP Practitioner Fatma Nur Bilgin. In this process, she was not only a student, she was both a participant in the Inner Child Work Practitioner Program (ICWPP) and a co-developer of the curriculum. As an R&D partner who personally experienced every element of the methodology in her own body first, she felt the backbone of the work from the inside. This process was honored with the Yosomind Methodology Certificate of Mastery, signed by Fatma Nur Bilgin encompassing 300+ hours of applied training, clinical adaptation, pedagogy, and nervous system integration formally designating her as Yosomind Academy's first Master Instructor.

Her methodological foundation rests on internationally recognized accreditations that carry real weight. Yoga Alliance RYT 500 membership reflects not just a certification, but a living, continuously renewed teaching practice. Her completion of the Anatomy Trains - Tom Myers "When the Body Speaks" program in New York gave her the capacity to see the body as an integrated myofascial whole. Membership in the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) and training in Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) provide an analytical framework for understanding movement in relation to psychological process, effort, and space, two pillars of the dance therapy world. Polyvagal Theory, Schema Therapy research, and psychology programs at Yale and Johns Hopkins enrich this foundation further.

Her dance journey never stopped. Deepening in contemporary dance and ecstatic dance through retreats in Bali and Thailand, Elif continues to place the body's free expression at the center of somatic practice. As a Kundalini and Usui Reiki Master, she weaves energy work into this integrated ground.

An artist's eye, a researcher's rigor, and a founder's vision all held in one body. Winner of the 2015 Young Artist Award, she exhibited her "The Woman's Eye" project in France and Turkey, and appeared on international platforms in Thessaloniki. She creates all of Yosomind's visual identity every photograph, every video herself.

Elif sees learning as an act beyond geography, keeping her methodology alive through training worldwide. Her intention is always the same: to bring you back into wholeness at your own rhythm.

Certifications & Accreditations

• Yosomind Methodology Certificate of Mastery · Yosomind Academy First Master Instructor
• Yoga Alliance RYT 500 · Active Membership
• Anatomy Trains - Tom Myers · "When the Body Speaks" Program, New York
• ADTA (American Dance Therapy Association) Membership & Training Path
• Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) Training, New York
• Pilates, Yoga Nidra, Face Yoga, Mindfullness, BBM 
• Polyvagal Theory & Schema Therapy Research
• Introduction to Psychology - Yale University
• Psychological First Aid - Johns Hopkins University
• Contemporary Dance & Ecstatic Dance - Bali & Thailand Retreats
• Kundalini & Usui Reiki Master
• Art Direction & Professional Photography · 2015 Young Artist Award
• Finance 10+ Years Corporate Experience

Fatma Nur Bilgin reads the body like a text. Over more than two decades of deepening practice  from Pilates to fascial dissection, from craniosacral work to somatic studies she kept arriving at the same question: Where does the body hold experience?

Following that question, she completed a three-year specialist training in Somatic Experiencing with Ariel Giarretto, followed by Dr. Raja Selvam's Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP) program. In the cadaver dissection labs of Anatomy Trains UK and Julian Baker, she encountered fascial tissue firsthand understanding its tension lines, gliding layers, and sensory depth through her own hands. With an ongoing Dance-Movement master's program based in Heidelberg, Bilgin bridges clinical depth and creative movement in a single practice.

Drawing from contemporary dance techniques, Body-Mind Centering, and Feldenkrais approaches, her dance research weaves nervous system regulation with themes of grounding and safety through floorwork and floor-based inquiry. As co-founder of Yosomind Academy, Fatma Nur Bilgin leads the weekly Somatic Gatherings and co-developed the Inner Child Work Practitioner Program (ICWPP) alongside Elif Gökçe.

For her, teaching is not transmission, it is the opening of a space for discovery.

Certifications & Accreditations

• SEP - Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (3-Year Specialist Training with Ariel Giarretto)
• Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP) - Dr. Raja Selvam
• Advanced Pilates Specialist (Pilates Academy International, Balanced Body, Stott Pilates)
• Anatomy Trains UK - "Anatomy in Three Dimensions™" & Julian Baker Fascial Dissections
• Gyrotonic® Foundation & Level I
• Craniosacral Approach & Dorn-Breuss Advanced Practitioner
• Body-Mind Centering (BMC) & Feldenkrais Approach
• Contemporary Dance, Improvisation & Composition
• Gestalt Training & Regression Specialization
• Heidelberg University - Dance-Movement Master's Program (Ongoing)
• Pedagogy - Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Education