The body remembers
What we live through leaves a physical imprint — in breath, posture, tension and pace. Psychomotricity begins there, in the body, rather than in explanation.
A safe haven for
marginalized communities
Using psychomotricity to work through physical imprint and help find psychological well-being.
Psychomotricity
Where the mind and the body meet
Safety before change
Nothing is pushed. Sessions move at the speed of your nervous system, with consent and choice at every step, so the body can learn that it is allowed to settle.
Room for who you are
Physical Haven is built for people who have often had to make themselves small — queer, trans, racialised, disabled, sex working and otherwise marginalized bodies are met as they are.
Karina Elizabeth Christensen
The founder
Karina Christensen
Karina is a psychomotor therapist and the founder of Physical Haven. Her practice grew out of a simple conviction: that people pushed to the margins deserve somewhere their body is not questioned, corrected or rushed.
Alongside her clinical work she is engaged in the wider future of the profession — representing Danish psychomotor therapy in European conversations with young practitioners from across the continent.
Read the article (in Danish)A little about her
What she brings into the room
Movement first
Trained in contemporary dance in Copenhagen and at Tanzakademie Balance1 in Berlin, and later teaching dance, mobility and fitness to children, teenagers and adults. Years of studio practice inform how she reads and works with a body.
Psychomotor therapy
Currently training as a psychomotor therapist at KP Hillerød, with neuropedagogy at HjernePraxis and a background as a social and health care assistant — a clinical grounding beneath the somatic work.
Care in the margins
Night shifts in supported living, and work at Café Klare, the night café for women experiencing homelessness. Meeting people in crisis without flinching, and without asking them to explain themselves.
Nightlife and sex work
Working the door at a queer nightclub and hosting in Copenhagen and Berlin club culture has given her practical, non-judgemental knowledge of nightlife, sex work and the safety that people in those worlds actually need — de-escalation, boundaries, discretion.
Volunteering
Chat counsellor at Livslinien, peer support in the association for eating disorders and self-harm, and ambassador work for active health. Listening is a practised skill, not an improvisation.
Languages
Sessions in Danish or English, with moderate German and Swedish. Language is rarely the barrier here.
The wall
Notes from other bodies
Gathering the notes…
Get in touch
You are welcome here
For sessions, workshops or collaborations, write to Physical Haven. Tell as much or as little as you like.
physicalhaven@gmail.com