Mark Tanaka

Mark has been a somatics, energetics and emotionally focused teacher and practitioner for 25 years. He runs a private coaching practice supporting people with attachment repair, nervous system regulation and relational skill building. In his coaching practice, Mark brings a unique blend of Somatic Parts Work, Adult Attachment Repair, and Empathic Tracking. He draws on his decades of meditation, awareness practice and Eastern energetics practices to help people build the skills and awareness to be able to empower themselves as their own inner adult in relationship to their “child parts.”

Mark also runs a membership based Eastern Somatics and Energetics training called HARA where he shares his unique blend of meditation, awareness practice and eastern somatics practices to support nervous system regulation, trauma healing and self-regulation skill building.

Mark has personally struggled with the effects of early relational and developmental trauma that led him into a lifelong journey into building the skills and regulation to bring himself into a state of balance and functionality that he knew was possible. As he’s discovered the tools that have worked for him, he’s been refining his approach to support others in their healing and empowerment journey.

Mark has been actively training practitioners, coaches and lay people in these skills for the past 10 years online and in-person programs.

Michael Roesslein

Over the past 15 years, Michael Roesslein has served as a fitness trainer, nutritionist, functional health practitioner, educator, creator, host, producer, and speaker. He holds a master’s degree in exercise physiology, as well as several certifications in fitness, nutrition, holistic lifestyle coaching, and other related fields.

In 2018, after his wife’s first serious autoimmune flare, Michael found himself dealing with serious depression, anxiety, and panic attacks – things he’d struggled with for most of his life. Once he found his way through the darkness, Michael’s attention shifted towards deeper layers of healing – diving into advanced training in trauma, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, meditation, breathwork, and various somatic therapies.

He has now completed the 2-year training at the Luminous Awareness Institute, Dr. Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Inquiry program, and the 400-hour training to become a certified facilitator of Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System (BBTRS).

In late 2023, Michael will be opening a new practice offering small group intensive programs, workshops, private sessions, and transformational retreats hosted primarily in Italy - where he lives with his wife, Mira and young son, Elio.

About Biodynamic Breathwork

& Trauma Release System (BBTRS)

Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System (BBTRS) uses a conscious connected breath technique to stimulate the body’s natural nervous-system processes, which in turn allow us to better sense what is happening within us.

With coaching, a “Breather” learns how to feel—and the body is allowed to move in a natural, organic expression that actually releases tension (and stored trauma/emotions). Additional elements utilized in BBTRS include meditation, bodywork/touch, sound/voice, and emotional expression - to facilitate this release.

The 6-Element approach of BBTRS empowers your body’s natural process for healing, restructuring your systems on a cellular level. The experience may leave you feeling lighter (physically and emotionally), and able to more intimately connect with yourself and others.