annette knopp

With 30 years of exploration, Annette Knopp is a seasoned guide in the realm of consciousness. She is a meditation teacher, nature mystic, and healer who mentors clients from all over the world in their unique journeys of awakening and transformation.

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Since early on, Annette has had a deep love for Spirit which was nurtured by her connection with the natural world. Suffering from depression in her early twenties led her to seek relief in Eastern wisdom traditions and the practices of Yoga and Thai Chi. Since then, she has developed a rich background in the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indo-Tibetan meditation (Mahamudra, Dzogchen), Shamanic energy medicine, and modern Western modalities of psycho-spiritual integration. She is a mesa carrier in a nature priest lineage of the Peruvian Andes, a certified DARe-practitioner (Dr. Poole-Heller's attachment trauma work), a Yoga teacher trained in various traditions, and an ordained Wisdom Keeper in the Order of Universal Interfaith (OUnI). Annette is especially grateful for the teachings of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, the Q'ero and Elizabeth Jenkins' Global Paqo School, as well as the embodied wisdom of her somatic trainers Diane Poole Heller, PhD, and Patti Elledge, SEP. 

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Originally from Germany, Annette worked as a simultaneous interpreter in Spain before following the call to explore in depth the essence of life. She lived for nine years in India, Japan, Australia, and the Netherlands and moved in 2005 on a religious worker visa to the US. In 2009, her husband Stephan and Annette opened the Blue Spirit retreat center in Nosara, Costa Rica. These days, she divides her life and work between North and Central America; in her free time she loves to hang with her husband and friends, their dog Hafiz, horse Kareem...and hike, swim, bike, write, and potter around in her kitchen.  

 

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