Our Team

Claire is a psychologist and psychotherapist trained in behavioral and cognitive therapies (CBT, EMDR, Schema Therapy, ACT, Mindfulness Meditation). She is an instructor in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She is a business consultant on stress management and has been involved with Akayogi since its creation.

Passionate about movement and human sciences, Stéphane is a physiotherapist and corporate trainer. His motto is to share tools and knowledge to stay healthy on a daily basis. His dynamic, interactive work with groups is enriched by his practice of sports and performing arts. He joins the Akayogi team with his integrative and preventive approach to health.

After a professional career on financial markets, Gilles turned his life around by becoming a teacher, screenwriter and director. His film Tout s'accélère (Fast Forward)  which questions our relationship to time and the exponential acceleration of modern life, won the Nicolas Hulot Foundation's award for best documentary and has been in theaters since April 2016. Gilles acts as a speaker for Akayogi on the topics of time, screens and parenthood.

A former intern at the hospitals of Paris, Guy Taïeb is a medical doctor, cardiologist, yoga teacher and Shiatsu practitioner. After having taught at the CHU-St Louis-Lariboisière and at the University of Paris 7, he is currently in charge of medical education at Sup-Santé. Guy joined Akayogi to ensure the transmission of intergenerational knowledge and to advise on the types of exercises best suited to our mission as well as their proper technical implementation.

For 15 years, Géraldine worked in sales, product marketing and event management for the agri-food sector. Convinced that our daily eating habits have a significant impact on our physical and mental health, Géraldine trained at the SIIN institute for sustainable healthy food. A Health Food coach, Géraldine is dedicated to promoting a healthy, balanced, complete and sustainable diet for everyone.

A lifestyle coach with a Master's degree in sports and nutrition sciences, as well as a degree in physical education, David defines himself as a "Movement Initiator". Passionate about the body, the mind and the links between the two, he specializes in physical, emotional and mental fitness. His mantra is "Get in shape to grow well", believing that optimal physical fitness allows us to be more resilient throughout life.

Having graduated from CENATHO in 2017, Alice is a sports coach, convinced that life is fueled by movement.
Her holistic, in-depth approach at all levels of physical and mental integrity, lifestyle (diet, physical exercise, sleep, etc.), emotional and professional environment, enables her to accurately identify problems and offer the most appropriate solutions.

Elena is a Mindfulness and MBSR Instructor for individuals and companies, as well as a translator of mindfulness books and teachings. Elena is from the French School of Psycho-Organic Analysis and studied at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare & Society - Univ. of Massachusetts. A graduate of Sciences Po and ESCP Europe, she also worked at Deloitte Conseil & Digital.

After a career as a lawyer, Alexis is now an instructor of the Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program. He co-founded the Initiative Mindfulness France think tank, whose mission is to raise awareness in the political sphere of the benefits of Mindfulness in the fields of education, business, health and justice.

Julien has been an osteopath for nearly 10 years and teaches in several schools of osteopathy as well as in pre-med. Convinced of the importance of preserving one's body at work and in daily life, Julien is also a regular speaker in the corporate world, to raise awareness about and promote self-care through good posture.

Magali is a naturopath, a graduate of the Institut Supérieur de Naturopathie de Paris (ISUPNAT), certified FENA (French Federation of Naturopathic Schools) and member of OMNES (Organization of Natural Medicine and Health Education). Natural health, diet and sleep have been the focus of her studies for more than ten years. Her goal is to support employees towards well-being and to help everyone better understand their biological processes in order to take charge of their health.

Guillemette supports managers and professional teams in their development to help them clarify their goals and take action to achieve them. She leads her clients to ask themselves the fundamental questions that will help them unlock their full potential.

Frédéric is an experienced massage therapist, approved by the French Federation of Wellness Massage. He promotes self-massage or seated massage in corporate environments. He is also a trainer at the Cassiopée Institute in Chatou.

After ten years of working in Paris in preventative healthcare and health education, Anne-Laure moved to Vancouver, Canada where she lived for eight years. There, she discovered various natural techniques for improving vision, and the connection between vision and the environment as well as our emotions. Trained in the Bates method, a process of learning good visual habits at any age, she now teaches adults and children and also works in corporate environments.

A doctoral student at the University of Grenoble, Marine is a psychologist and teacher at the School of Practitioner Psychologists and trainer in positive psychology. After working in a rehabilitation center in cognitive remediation and psychosocial rehabilitation, Marine specialized in an approach integrating mindfulness, stress management and the caregiver-receiver relationship. She has published a positive psychology book about the CARE program: Coherence, Attention, Relationship, Commitment.

After musical studies started at the age of ten at the Maîtrise de Radio France and then at the Francis Poulenc Conservatory, Hélène began her career as a mezzo-soprano soloist and collaborated with many international orchestras. Trained at the Richard Cross School, she now trains people to better use their voice for speaking and singing as well as amplified music through an approach aimed at well-being and self-affirmation.