Hello!

I’m Can — the creator behind everything here at HEALIVE. I’m a multidisciplinary artist, somatic entrepreneur, and certified yoga & meditation instructor. Since childhood, I’ve been fascinated by the untapped potential of the human body. This lifelong curiosity led me to study with a wide range of teachers and traditions — from yoga schools and shamans to metaphysicians, energy healers, somatic dance methods, and art therapy.

At 35, discovering Somatic Experiencing was a turning point. It felt like the missing piece of the puzzle — a grounded, honest, and holistic approach that transcended toxic spirituality and empty self-help jargon. I was seeking something real: a practice that embraces both the tangible and intangible aspects of being human.

That vision became HEALIVE. — the result of over 25 years of embodied research.

After earning my Master's degree in Performance Practices at ArtEZ University of the Arts, the school’s business incubator encouraged me to merge artistic practice with deep psychological insight through somatic work. This support helped launch HEALIVE., which has since been recognized with grants from both Radboud University and ArtEZ, thanks to its innovative and accessible approach to mental well-being.

My mission is simple:
To help people reconnect with their bodies — to rediscover the strength hidden in their muscles, and use it to redesign their relationship with themselves, with others, and with life.

Because yes, the world needs more inspired dreamers —
but even more, we need dreamers who do.

Professional Trainings

+500 hours / Cihangir Yoga, Yoga Alliance

  • Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Berivan Aslan Sungur (200h)

  • Path to Yoga with Chris Chavez (200h)

  • Assistant of Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Berivan Aslan Sungur (200h)

  • Assistant of Intensive Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Berivan Aslan Sungur (50h)

  • Advanced Poses and Yoga Sutras, with Chris Chavez (30h)

  • Acro Yoga : Lunar and Solar Sequences (100h)

  • Tao Vinyasa Series (50h)

  • Workshops with Dylan Werner & Meghan Currie (50h)

Academic Background

  • MA Performance Practices, ArtEZ: Responsible Autonomy: Felt-sense & the Entanglements of Fascism, Somatics, and Eroticism

  • Contemporary Dance, A.R.E.A.

  • MA2 Theatre Studies, Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle University : The use of Green Box technique in Performing Arts

  • MA1 Theatre Studies, Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle University : The video art of Bill Viola

  • Contemporary Dance, A.R.E.A.

  • Acting, Hector Berliotz Municipal Conservatory

  • BA Theatre Studies, Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle University

Energetic Healing Workshops

  • Labyrinth Seminar with Vernon Frost

  • Reiki Level 1, 2, and 3 with Sevgi Ersoy

  • Crystal Therapy with Sevgi Ersoy

  • Advanced Reiki Practice with Sevgi Ersoy

  • Hara Workshop (Barbara Ann Brennan school approach)

Somatic Movement Workshops

  • Whirling with Ziya Azazi

  • Skinner Release Technique

  • Axis Syllabus with Kira Kirsch & Frey Faust

  • Shamanic Improvisation with Keith Henessy

  • Alexander and Feldenkrais Technique

  • Somatic Movement with Suka Horn

  • Dynamic Expansion Moveable Cinema with Shannon Cooney

Somatic Experiencing & Art Therapy

  • Private Consultancy in Somatic Experiencing & Bodynamics

  • Private Consultancy in Art Therapy