ONLINE COURSE

the touch.

September 10 – October 1

THIS EDITION

Hip Freedom Journey:
A 4-Week Exploration to
Release, Strengthen & Embody Ease

September 10, 2025 – October 1, 2025

Discover freedom and fluidity in your hips with a four-week journey into self-touch, somatic awareness, and mindful movement. Over four transformative weeks, you'll explore gentle release techniques, body awareness practices, and movement rituals that awaken your hip intelligence.

Whether you’re seeking relief from stiffness, unlocking emotional patterns, or simply moving with more ease, this program offers a grounded, embodied path to strength, balance, and fluidity in your body.

  • "the touch. is a brilliant practical tool of self care every human being with a womb needs to learn. Marie-Sophie combined her extensive clinical experiences with the wisdom of eastern spiritual teachings into a very compact, deepening practice of self-love."

    Corry Angwar, Artist and Kindred Meditation Facilitator

  • "The "touch" series taught me to respect and love my own body."

    Oliven Adi, Gyrokinesis(R) and Gyrotonic(R) trainer

  • "I can highly recommend the course for every woman who wants to learn to work with her body and mind and explore new ways of healing."

    Katharina Galladé, Senior Director Galerie Droste

  • "Marie Sophie's THE TOUCH is clear, compact, comprehensible and deeply pleasant for one's own salvation."

    Stephanie Bothor, Conceptual Artist and Researcher

Hips Don’t Lie: Release, Move, Feel Free

Our hips are more than just joints — they’re emotional reservoirs, movement centers, and gateways to vitality. Yet for many, they hold tension, stiffness, or even unprocessed emotions.

Hip release and mindful movement are powerful ways to awaken this center. They support mobility, ease chronic tightness, improve circulation, and help release stored emotional and physical tension.

With consistent, gentle practice, we begin to build a new relationship with our hips — rooted in ease, awareness, and grounded strength. This isn’t just about movement; it’s about restoring flow, balance, and connection within your body.

In this course, we’ll explore:

Self-Healing Tools: Gentle somatic exercises, breathwork, and self-touch techniques to release tension, improve range of motion, and reconnect with your hip center.

Hip Awareness & Emotional Release: Practices to sense areas of holding, support emotional release, and regulate the nervous system (main focus will be the Psoas Muscles)

Movement & Integration Rituals: Daily routines and mindful movement sequences based on dance, Qi Gong and Gyrokinesis Method to keep your hips fluid, strong, and responsive.

Weekly Schedule

Join me each week to build strength and deepen your connection with yourself and your body. Every class is held online at 6 PM (Berlin time), and all you need is a mat, a stool, and your body—no fancy equipment required. Each 75-minute session includes a Q&A, so there’s plenty of space to address any questions you have.

  • Week 1 – Foundations: Meet Your Hips

    • Introduction: Discover the hips as a center of stability, mobility, and emotional storage.

    • Anatomy focus: Basic hip anatomy — bones, joints, fascia, muscles, and the nervous system.

    • Exploration: The hip–body connection — how hips influence posture, movement, digestion, and emotional holding.

    • Practice: Breathwork and gentle movement activation to create space, soften tension, and connect with your hip center.

    • Outcome: A grounded understanding of your hips — both physically and emotionally — and the first steps toward deeper release and freedom.

  • Week 2 – Core Techniques: Learn the Language of Touch

    • Anatomy focus: Piriformis muscle and its relationship to the sacrum, sciatic nerve, and pelvic alignment.

    • Core Techniques:

      • Gentle hip joint mobilizations (external & internal rotation, flexion, extension)

      • Fascia release sequences for glutes, piriformis, and hip flexors, with special attention to the psoas

      • Guided self-massage techniques for dissolving hip and pelvic tension

      • Introduction to somatic awareness principles: sensing stored tension and emotional holding in the hips

    • Exploration: Restoring flow in the pelvis and sacral area, balancing stability with sensitivity.

    • Outcome: Greater hip mobility, reduced compression, and the ability to sense and respond to your body’s emotional language.

  • Week 3 – Opening the Front Body: Hip Flexors & Breath

    • Anatomy focus: Iliacus, rectus femoris, and the hip flexor group — their role in posture, gait, and emotional defense patterns.

    • Practice: Fascia release and lengthening sequences for hip flexors, integrated with breathwork.

    • Exploration: Creating harmony between the front and back body, understanding how tight hip flexors influence stress, posture, and emotional protection.

    • Outcome: Expanded breathing space, upright posture, and emotional openness through the pelvis and chest.

  • Week 4 – The Deep Core: Releasing & Awakening the Psoas

    • Anatomy focus: Psoas major — the deep core muscle linking spine, pelvis, and breath; often called the “muscle of the soul.”

    • Practice: Gentle fascia release, unwinding, and somatic sequencing for the psoas.

    • Exploration: How the psoas reflects nervous system patterns, trauma storage, and emotional resilience.

    • Outcome: A profound sense of inner stability, nervous system regulation, and emotional freedom — as your hips reconnect with their natural intelligence and vitality.

Self-Touch x Movement: Unlocking Healing and Empowerment from Within

This course goes beyond technique—it’s an invitation to rediscover the deep connection between you and your body. Blending the precision of osteopathy with the intimacy of self-touch and conscious movement, it empowers you not just to release tension, but to truly feel, listen, and respond to your body’s needs.

Self-touch and movement become a language of healing—cultivating trust, emotional release, and a deep sense of safety within your own skin. Rather than following rigid methods, you’ll be guided to move with intention, curiosity, and fluidity, honoring your body as your greatest teacher on the path to embodied freedom.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Holistic Hip Anatomy & Core Stability
Understand how your hips, pelvis, and surrounding fascia work together with your spine and core—supporting posture, movement, grounding, and emotional balance.

The Hip–Trauma Connection & Somatic Healing
Explore how stress, tension, and unprocessed experiences are stored in the hips. Learn trauma-informed practices to release held patterns and restore fluidity and trust in movement.

Hip Mapping & Emotional Touch Techniques
Navigate your hips as a sensory landscape—discovering zones of tightness, vulnerability, and vitality through gentle touch, breath, and movement.

Self-Healing Tools & Hip-Centered Rituals
A practical toolkit of stretches, self-massage, grounding postures, breathwork, and supportive herbs/oils to release hip tension, enhance mobility, and reconnect with your center.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AFTER FINISHING THE FULL CYCLE

Deepened Hip Connection
Cultivate intuitive awareness of your hips and pelvis as a source of grounding, pleasure, and creative energy, fostering safety and freedom in your body.

Release & Mobility
Experience more ease in movement by softening stored tension and opening pathways for flexibility, strength, and fluid expression.

Practical Healing Practices
Learn hip self-massage, mapping, and nervous system support, alongside grounding rituals with touch, breath and mindful movement.

Empowered, Rooted Living
Gain discernment around hip-health myths and practices, creating your own intuitive, balanced approach to movement, rest, and self-care.

Hip Freedom Journey:
A 4-Week Exploration to
Release, Strengthen & Embody Ease

220 EUR

ONE TIME

For four weeks, we’ll explore the hips as a gateway to release, freedom, and reconnection. Through gentle yet powerful practices, you’ll dissolve tension, restore natural flow, and awaken the deep wisdom carried in your hips — supporting your body, emotions, and inner vitality.

What’s included:

  • 4 live classes with Q&A sessions

  • Short practice videos of potent self-massage movement and exercises for daily use at home

  • Replays

  • A downloadable guide

About Marie-Sophie Kiepe

OSTEOPATH MSc, MPH & EMBODIMENT COACH

Marie-Sophie is a passionate advocate for holistic health, boasting a rich academic background in physical therapy, osteopathic medicine, and public health. Complementing her formal education, she has pursued various qualifications in movement certifications and eastern medicine, including Gyrokinesis® & Gyrototonic® Methods, Tibetan Pulse and Universal Healing Tao.

With over 17 years of experience in performing arts medicine, collaborating with esteemed institutions such as the Vienna State Opera, National Sodre Montevideo, State Ballet Berlin, and the Intercultural Medicine Institute in Mexico, Marie-Sophie has honed her expertise in fostering a holistic approach to healthcare. Her path led to pioneering research on dance therapy and osteopathy for musicians in collaboration with the Medical University Charite, Berlin. Operating from her studio in Berlin, she educates online and guides individuals towards reconnecting with their bodies and achieving holistic health.

FAQ

  • Whether you're new to self-touch practices and sensual movement or already have some experience, this course is designed to meet you where you are. It offers essential insights into hip health, with accessible techniques that are easy to follow and adaptable for all levels. This course serves as a foundational introduction to the hip center—blending recent scientific research with ancient wisdom. While it primarily focuses on the female body, it’s also perfect for anyone looking to deepen their knowledge—whether you're a yoga teacher, trainer, or someone on a healing journey, including postpartum recovery.

  • We will meet each Wednesday at 6pm (Berlin time) for 75min live session where we will go through a sequence of massage techniques and specific movements. Once you have enrolled you will get access to the content. Furthermore, we will upload a replay after each live session for you, so you can repeat the session afterwards again whenever you have time and space.

  • No worries! Each session is recorded, so you can watch and practice at your own pace.

  • In these online guided sessions, you'll gain access to the latest scientific insights on hip health, integrated with energetic and spiritual awareness. You’ll receive self-massage sequences and exercises to help you reconnect with your body. However, please note that this course focuses on health promotion rather than clinical diagnoses.

    This course is designed to inspire and empower, but it should not be considered a substitute for treatment from a qualified healthcare professional.

  • You will have three months access to the course (until 3rd of December 2025).

  • This online guided live sessions brings you back in balance, whatever you are experiencing right now. It increases circulation, stimulates organ function, helps your body detox and improves sleep. It also has many other potential benefits, such as slowing aging, nourishing your skin or preventing injury. It’s one of the most effective ways to calm modern life-induced anxiety, as well as leaving your skin looking smooth and radiant. It is also a great way to regularly check in with your body and get to know yourself, keeping an eye on changes, understanding your natural rhythms — especially for ovulating women. It is the perfect time to notice any new moles and do breast checks. The touch – Self Massage and Movement Sequences is a supportive way of seeing yourself with all your senses rather than through the often critical way we consider ourselves in the mirror or through photos.

  • These sessions are based on the philosophical approach of Taoism, Tibetan Pulse, Osteopathic Medicine, Physical Therapy, as well as Gyrokinesis® and Gyrotonic®. They are further informed by my professional experience of more than 17 years as a practicing therapist.

  • The beautiful side of crafting natural and holistic self-care rituals is that you don’t need much. You have your hands with you. For this online guided sessions, you will only need your hands, your body, a stool, a mat and an oil.

  • Due to the nature of this offering, a live, guided online experience, refunds are NOT available. I appreciate your understanding and recommend making sure the dates and times feel right for you before booking.

We are Touch

Touch is the first sense we grow in the womb.
It is the pulse of our essence,
always with us, always alive.

Our hands extend the heart —
they hold, release, and dance.

To touch is to move,
to be in touch is to flow,
with ourselves, with each other,
with life itself.

We are touch.

- Marie-Sophie Kiepe