
About Michelle Nardone
Body Therapist & Somatic Coach – Copenhagen
With over 20 years of experience leading groups, teaching, coaching, mentoring and supporting healing, I work with people navigating life transitions, burnout, stress, trauma and the quiet longing to return to themselves.
My sessions are available in English and Danish, in person in Copenhagen and online.
My approach
My work is rooted in supporting people to return to themselves — to reconnect, restore balance and build resilience, so their way forward can unfold from within.
I offer body therapy (kropsterapi), somatic coaching, therapeutic massage, yoga, breathwork and Human Design sessions. My approach is integrative and trauma-informed, drawing on Internal Family Systems (IFS), Focusing, Havening Techniques, neuroscience-informed bodywork and contemplative practices.
These approaches are not used as techniques in isolation — but as ways of meeting what is present in you, allowing each session to adapt to your needs in the moment.
Whether you are recovering from burnout, navigating a life transition, releasing old patterns or simply ready to know yourself more deeply — this work meets you where you are.
My intention is to support you in restoring balance, reconnecting with yourself and moving forward with greater clarity, wholeness and steadiness.
My path
My path has been shaped by both lived experience and ongoing study, guided by a deep curiosity about the relationship between body, mind, and spirit.
I grew up on the coast of Rhode Island, where my connection to nature began. After a near-death accident in my youth, I instinctively turned to embodiment practices, wisdom traditions, and the creative arts as a way back to safety and meaning.
Yoga and Insight Meditation was central to my practice of returning to myself and integrating my experiences. As a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, I value sharing these practices to support well-being and awareness.
As a young mother, I moved to California and became immersed in Montessori education and holistic learning, deepening my commitment to whole-person development.
In 2002, I settled in Denmark and led the development of the country’s first bachelor’s degree in Animation. For more than a decade, I supported artists in finding their creative voice and guided teams through complex, evolving environments.
Over time, a quieter inner calling emerged—one that led me back to myself and the deeper layers of experience. This path expanded into the therapeutic and somatic work that shapes my practice today.
In 2021, I founded Your Unfolding Self—a space to explore your inner landscape with curiosity, compassion, and courage, and to move forward with a greater sense of connection and well-being.
I believe each of us carries something essential—often hidden beneath who we have learned to be.
My work invites you to listen more deeply, reconnect with yourself, and allow your life to unfold from a place that feels true.
I look forward to meeting you.
Warmly,
Michelle
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Certifications:
2027-2024 Associate Certified Coach – International Coaching Federation
2025-2024 Certificate in Humanual Somatic Training and supervision – Betsy Polatin
2022 Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies –The Trauma Research Foundation
2022 Certified Havening Techniques® Practitioner & Advanced Havening Techniques and supervision Metamorphosis Havening, Elena Kindler
2022 Certified in Integrative Somatic Parts Work – level 1-3 –The Embody Lab
2022-2021 ICF Accredited Diploma in Body-Oriented Coaching – The Somatic School
2016 Certified in Yin Yoga – Joe Barnett
2012-2010 Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher – IYFDK
2000 Certified Massage Therapist – San Francisco School of Massage & Esalen Institute
2000 Certified Reiki 1 – Helen Noakes
Further Training:
2025 Trained in Internal Family Systems, Stepping Stones Program – IFSCA
2025 The Neuroscience of Change Coaches Rising
2024 Neuroscience to Unlearn Pain – Dr. Howard Schubiner
2023 Mindful Mentor Training: Sharon Shelton, Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield – Banyan
2017-2012 Three Year Program of Advanced Initiations in Shamanic Healing and all prerequisites courses – Foundation for Shamanic Studies
2016-2013 Organ Massage and Healing Techniques in the Siberian Tradition – Ahamkara
2012-2010 Three year study in Enneagram, Meditation and Somatic Movement – Claudio Naranjo
Educations:
2030 (expected) – 2026 Master in Psychotherapy – EFT Institute Copenhagen
2001–1998 Bachelor of Arts in Integral Studies – California Institute of Integral Studies
1997- 1995 AMS Certified Early Childhood Educator – Montessori Teacher Education Center San Francisco
Michelle Nardone works with body therapy, trauma treatment, somatic coaching, and therapeutic massage and IFS. She teaches mindfulness, somatics and yoga.
If needed, Michelle is happy to work with your physician and/or psychologist to best support your wellbeing.
Photo by Susie Dorr

