I was born in 1973 in East Germany. I spent my wild and restless years in a time of great change between East Germany and West Germany — a time of new beginnings and reorientation that shaped the path my life would later take. After training as a carpenter, I first worked in this trade before later studying civil engineering and becoming a civil engineer.

… I was never made to stand still

I have always had a restless mind, searching for its own identity. This is why my life has been marked by many new beginnings. I moved often, changed places, circles of friends, relationships, and ideas of how life could be lived. Again and again, I followed an inner impulse to move forward, even when I had no idea where this path would lead.

Without knowing it at the time, my strong empathy and hypersensitivity played an important role in the way I perceived myself and the life around me. For a long time, I did not realize how much they influenced my decisions.

So I explored different ways of living and engaged with various spiritual approaches that gave me important impulses. During this time, alongside my work as a civil engineer, I completed a yoga teacher training in the French Alps. Yoga opened new perspectives for my life.

And yet, essential questions remained: Who am I? What am I especially good at? What truly brings me joy? And how can I turn this into my profession and touch as many people as possible through it?

… 10,000 kilometers between yesterday and tomorrow

Eventually, my path led me to La Réunion — a major change. Without speaking French and without knowing where this path would lead, I gave up my well-paid job as a civil engineer and left many social connections behind. I did so because I felt that this step would be very important for my future. The impulse to follow this path was stronger than all the doubts and fears within me.

After arriving on La Réunion, I began teaching yoga and taught myself to play the gong. At first, I used the sounds of the gong to accompany the participants of my classes during a short relaxation phase.

Even before moving to La Réunion, I had already had my first experiences with gong sessions. I was deeply impressed by the potential of this instrument and by the effect its sounds had on me.

… 30 minutes that changed everything

During one of these relaxation phases in my classes, I had an experience that would shape my path in a decisive way. What was meant to be a ten-minute sound accompaniment became, for me, almost half an hour of deep creative immersion. I became completely absorbed in the creative process, discovered new sounds, and intuitively followed what wanted to emerge in that moment. Only when this creative impulse began to fade did I realize how much time had passed.

The participants of the yoga class later described these thirty minutes to me as an exceptionally deep experience.

… the birth of a vision

In that moment, I realized that by losing myself completely in the creative process, I had found my personal expression. And through this authentic expression, I was able to touch people deeply.

From this realization, answers slowly began to take shape to the questions that had accompanied me for many years. I understood that through the art of gong playing, I could reach people in a way that corresponded to my perception and my sensitivity.

In the following years, as I continued to explore the art of gong playing, I also realized something important: whenever I tried to force something, or to play in a way that did not correspond to my creative impulse, the sounds lost depth and effect.

From all these experiences and realizations, the vision emerged to make the art of gong playing my profession.