About me
I started my professional life as an engineer and entrepreneur.
About 20 years ago, my life changed when I was diagnosed with a serious autoimmune illness. Earlier in my life I had experienced two depressions, but at the time I didn’t fully understand the changes I needed to make. My illness became a turning point - it invited me to look more deeply at my life, my health, and what truly matters.
I began travelling the world, exploring different approaches to healing. Along the way, I discovered that true wellbeing comes from caring for body, mind, and heart together.
Over the years I’ve trained in body psychotherapy, psychotherapy, and mindfulness. For the past six years I’ve also maintained a daily Buddhist meditation practice, which continues to support both my personal life and my work with others.
I’m also grateful to be the father of our three children.
Training for LifeBaravara, Sweden
A therapeutic training focused on personal transformation - working experientially with the connection between body, mind and life experience to support deep, lasting change.
Essential PsychotherapyHennef, Germany
An integrative, body-oriented approach to psychotherapy that combines Western psychological methods with mindfulness and body awareness to work with trauma, emotional patterns and relational wounds.
Post Graduate Essential TherapyHennef, Germany
An advanced continuation of essential psychotherapy training, deepening clinical skills for working with complex trauma and long-standing emotional and relational patterns.
Compassionate InquiryOnline, Canada
A trauma-informed therapeutic approach developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that uses focused questioning and present-moment awareness to reveal the unconscious beliefs and early experiences driving today's patterns of stress, illness and suffering.
Suicidal Compassionate InquiryOnline, Canada
A specialized extension of Compassionate Inquiry, focused on working safely and compassionately with people experiencing suicidal thoughts - exploring the pain and unmet needs beneath the crisis.
Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certificate ProgramOnline, US
A certification program in teaching mindfulness meditation, covering practice, teaching methodology, and how to guide others in cultivating present-moment awareness and self-compassion.
Curious, present, open-hearted
I am a curious person, committed to meeting life with openness, awareness, and an open heart. I believe curiosity allows us to grow, while presence helps us connect more deeply - with ourselves, with others, and with life as it unfolds.
My intention is not to have all the answers, but to keep learning, listening, and being present. I value compassion, authenticity, and the courage to meet both joy and difficulty with kindness and acceptance.
Cal Reiet
Cal Reiet Holistic Retreat is a haven of stillness on the edge of Santanyí, in the southeast of Mallorca. I founded it in 2016 together with my wife, Petra Bensland, with one aim: to create a true holistic healing retreat. Today Cal Reiet is where my work takes place - a house of quiet gardens, shared meals and deep practice, welcoming guests and retreat groups from around the world.
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