"En kötüyü bekleyerek bakarsanız yerine işte o görmek istediğiniz neşeli yüz. Elleriniz açılır ve kapanır ve açılır ve kapanır. Her zaman yumruk ya da apaçık olsaydılar, felç olurdunuz. En derin varlığınız her küçük kasılma ve esnemededir. Bu ikisinin dengesi kuş kanatları kadar güzel ve uyumludur."

 – Mevlana

Fatma Nur Bilgin views body rehabilitation as a crucial step towards personal
transformation, striving to harmonize the body, mind, and spirit as a whole. She
employs a diverse range of therapeutic techniques, including Somatic Experiencing,
Pilates, Gyrotonic, Dorn-Breuss therapy, and Craniosacral therapy, drawing upon her
experience in this field since 2007. Fatma Nur Bilgin applies Pilates as the
cornerstone of her Healing and Transformative Exercise Method, considering it
instrumental in musculoskeletal and connective tissue rehabilitation. She has
customized this method to benefit a wide range of individuals, including pregnant
women, individuals with disabilities, athletes and dancers recovering from sports
injuries, and children.

In pursuit of professional development, she has completed advanced Pilates
programs with renowned instructors such as Michael King, Elizabeth Larkam,
therapist Anna Maria Vitali, physiotherapist Alexander Bohlander, professor Karen
Clippinger, therapist Nora St John, and Kinesis UK Anatomy Trains. She dedicated a
year in England to the study of cadaver and fascial systems. Over the course of three
years, Fatma Nur Bilgin closely collaborated with Alan Herdman and organized his
training sessions in Istanbul.

To facilitate the release of subconscious blockages she utilizes Integral Somatic
Psychology and Regression Therapy techniques, and the resolution of accumulated
trauma-related tension in the nervous system Somatic Experiencing techniques.

Fatma Nur Bilgin has furthered her expertise through psycho-biological therapy
training under the tutelage of distinguished professionals, including Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Hanna Nita Scherler, Prof. Dr. Ursula Fürstenwald, Dr. Raja Selvam, Prof. Dr. Sonia
Gomes, therapist Ariel Giarretto, and Reşat Güner-Tülin Etyemez Schimberg.

Dedicated to aiding clients in managing daily life challenges, she employs
embodiment exercises to help them discover inner resources, achieve balance, and
foster self-regulation. While continuing to mentor and educate individuals home and
abroad who are passionate about body-focused work, she actively participates in
ongoing ‘Jeux dramatiques’ practitioner training to deepen her self-awareness and
embodiment.

Fatma Nur Bilgin remains actively involved in many social responsibility projects.
During the pandemic, she volunteered in Somatic Experiencing working groups,
offering support to healthcare professionals and educators.

During the earthquake, she has volunteered her services, combining the therapeutic
power of painting, storytelling, music rhythm, and dance techniques to aid affected
individuals.

Fatma Nur Bilgin extends her voluntary efforts to work with refugees and women who
have experienced harassment and assault. Her approach involves integration-
completion exercises focused on body contact, remembering, discovering,
recognizing and re-establishing emotional and physical relationship with their bodies,


addressing issues related to body image, resistance to being in one’s own body,
feeling shame about body and sexuality, and other issues related to sexual or gender
identity. In addition to these, we work on being friends with one’s body, coming to the
body more comfortably and easily with clients who have social conditioning in line
with gender roles, using various integration exercises.

Furthermore, she conducts workshops addressing specific health challenges,
including Down Syndrome, Autism, Cancer Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis (MS),
Vertigo Disorders, various spinal conditions, and pregnancy. These workshops utilize
somatic dance body practices, and bodywork techniques with emotions to enhance
well-being.
She prepared a 150-page book on spinal disorders, including related case analyses,
exercise methods, and recovery processes. The book is scheduled to be published in
the near future as part of the publishing house’s program.

A graduate of the Faculty of Education, Fatma Nur Bilgin is a single parent with one
child.