The Founder / Biography

PERSONAL HISTORY: Body Minder Body Mind connection   This is a concept as well as an official company set up by Katarzyna Pugowska. It draws from a new science thesis confirming the influence of our emotions and stage of mind on our body. It also incorporates a belief in the natural wisdom of our body and the natural pull towards harmony. Katarzyna Pugowska is a professional Art/Movement Therapist and a Pedagoger of Health & Fitness Instructor. In 2003 she set up an unique Body Minder Company based on the above ideas.   BODY MINDER is a way of working using Art, Creative Dance, and Movement to build self confidence and body awareness using a holistic approach. HOLISTIC APPROACH   Katarzyna Pugowska was born in Poland. As a child she was always interested in the outside world and people around her. On the one hand she was always playing, for example, she loved climbing trees and on the other hand she could spend hours watching people through the bus window and trying to guess where they were going and how they felt. As a child she didn’t know what it meant to be bored as she used her creativity to make her life an Art. In teenage time she went through personal crisis which came up as eating disorder. On her way out of that black whole she got to the point of making very conscious decision `I choose LIFE`. It was beginning of her journey.   From then to the present day Katarzyna is interested in the wisdom of the world and the human psyche and uses this interest by combining great empathy and a sense of humour to work with people.   She started her study with chemistry and attending quantum physics lectures, which led to studying Pedagogy of Health, specialising in Art Therapy, in 2001. At the same time Katarzyna studied at the Academy of Alternative psychology and earned money for her studies through teaching fitness.   In age of 19 she got across 5 Rhythms movement meditation workshop and it shifted her life again. It was like coming back home. She discovered freedom of spontaneous/authentic movement. It opened the door to her creativity again. She started dance, and paint to express herself as she felt trapped in her `post anorexic` body.   In her studies Katarzyna wrote a thesis about the healing characteristics of dance, focusing on dance therapy and she ran dance therapy workshops in Poland. She moved to London in 2002 following her great love of movement, dance and creativity, where she now works using her passion in creative movement and art.   Katarzyna has a degree (BA hon.) in Pedagogy (Teaching) of Health specialising in Art Therapy and she has a Diploma from the Academy of Alternative Psychology in Poland, in the city of Lodz as well as fitness qualifications. In London she has been working as an Art/Dance Therapist, a life coach, a Pilates teacher & Personal Trainer.   Katarzyna Pugowska has also been involved in many community based projects that have helped women in building their confidence and self expression. Most recently she has taught creative dance and has been running a number of successfully projects in Poland for personal development workshops/ in London in community centres for adults with learning disabilities using the above techniques.   Katarzyna says:   "“ Through my own journey of life and over seven years of self development study the most basic lesson I learnt is that `LIFE IS AN ART AND WE ARE ARTISTS`   By combining her Art Therapy knowledge and years of self development techniques she is capable of helping other people to move on from the past and make the next step towards achieving their dreams.   “ I love life! I recognize that often we know what we want to accomplish in life – although we may need clarity, we do `know` but we seem to get stuck in making it happen. My passion is daily living – getting from here to there and discovering the joy while we do it. CREATE the ART OF LIFE"