Maja Zilih
Maja Zilih
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
Maja is the founder of the Sensit Yoga™ Somatics system, with over 20 years of experience teaching yoga, meditation, and embodied awareness practices. Based in Vienna, Austria, she is currently a psychotherapist in specialized training under clinical supervision, integrating her clinical education with her extensive background in somatic work.
Her approach is rooted in the understanding that healing emerges through the dynamic relationship between body and mind. Sensit Yoga Somatics is a mindful, interoceptive practice that cultivates awareness across physical, emotional, and psychological layers of experience. Rather than focusing on form alone, the practice invites participants to sense, feel, and respond from within—supporting deeper self-regulation and integration.
Maja’s work weaves together yoga asana with principles from somatic disciplines such as Body-Mind Centering®, the Feldenkrais Method®, and Continuum Movement®. It also incorporates natural and functional movement, tension release, and space for spontaneous, intuitive expression. This integrative approach allows each individual to access their own embodied intelligence, supporting both physical vitality and emotional resilience.
Her university studies include:
- Master’s degree in Psychotherapy (in progress) Sigmund Freud University, Vienna
- Bachelor degree in Psychotherapy Science at Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, Austria
- Bachelor degree in Economics at the Greek National University of Athens,
- Bachelor (Honours) degree in Social Sciences at the Open University of UK
- Master degree in Political Science at the Greek National University of Athens, on conflict transformation in the Balkans by non-violent means and grass-root peacebuilding
Her approach is rooted in the understanding that healing emerges through the dynamic relationship between body and mind. Sensit Yoga Somatics is a mindful, interoceptive practice that cultivates awareness across physical, emotional, and psychological layers of experience. Rather than focusing on form alone, the practice invites participants to sense, feel, and respond from within—supporting deeper self-regulation and integration.
Maja’s work weaves together yoga asana with principles from somatic disciplines such as Body-Mind Centering®, the Feldenkrais Method®, and Continuum Movement®. It also incorporates natural and functional movement, tension release, and space for spontaneous, intuitive expression. This integrative approach allows each individual to access their own embodied intelligence, supporting both physical vitality and emotional resilience.
Her university studies include:
- Master’s degree in Psychotherapy (in progress) Sigmund Freud University, Vienna
- Bachelor degree in Psychotherapy Science at Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, Austria
- Bachelor degree in Economics at the Greek National University of Athens,
- Bachelor (Honours) degree in Social Sciences at the Open University of UK
- Master degree in Political Science at the Greek National University of Athens, on conflict transformation in the Balkans by non-violent means and grass-root peacebuilding
