Selin Ilgaz is a specialist in neuroscience and a mindfulness and movement teacher. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Psychology in France and completed a master’s degree in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience in the UK. She has successfully combined her academic interests with mind-body practices, and has deepened her meditation practice—which she began in 2014—through Vipassana retreats, yoga and mindfulness training. Through instructor training with the IMA (Institute for Mindfulness-based Approaches), based in Germany, and the Mindful Academy Solterreno in Spain, she has continued to lead Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programmes as a practitioner and trainer of instructors. In 2019, she also completed a yoga training course. She has recorded meditations in Turkish based on the works of pioneers in the field such as Jon Kabat-Zinn and Mark Williams. Her personal journey, combined with her background in clinical neuroscience, gives her a perspective that is both scientific and experiential.

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To deepen her mind-body-centred approaches, she has undertaken various training courses, notably in Paul Gilbert’s Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), narrative therapy, and an introduction to dance and movement therapy. Her approach, shaped by somatic psychology, the polyvagal theory, theatre, dance and yoga, adopts a holistic perspective that takes into account the emotional, physical and relational dimensions of the individual. In 2021, she founded the MindCare Academy with Kıvılcım Kıran, a clinical psychologist. She has thus contributed to the provision of high-quality psycho-educational training focused on mindfulness and compassion in Turkey.

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In her individual consultations with adults and adolescents, she adopts an approach centred on connecting with inner resources, body awareness and creating a supportive relational space. Topics covered in individual consultations are: parenting, relationships, immigration, trauma, body awareness, stress management, anxiety, emotions.

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Selin offers consultations in French and English, as well as Turkish.