2024 UNIVERSITY DEGREE
Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis · Moscow, Russia
Four-year university program in Psychology (37.03.01).
DEPTH-ORIENTED INDIVIDUAL WORK · EN / RUThere is no path
DISCOVER MOREThere is no path
but your own.
In-depth individual sessions for women exploring recurring patterns, life transitions, and questions of identity. The process can unfold over time.
Explore the workMEET ANASTASIAThe woman
The woman
behind Shamanka.
I’m Anastasia Kozlov. I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis and completed specialized training in developmental trauma. I moved to the United States on my own. My individual work draws on depth-oriented psychological approaches and careful attention to personal history. I’m also a yoga teacher, wife, mother, Brazilian Zouk dancer, and DJ under the name Shamanka.
Some of the most important decisions in my life came before I could explain them to anyone else. I’ve learned to recognize that quiet sense of knowing, even when the direction ahead looks unfamiliar or unconventional.
My background in psychology and developmental trauma shapes the questions I ask and the details I pay attention to. I’m interested in recurring patterns, difficult choices, early experiences, and the places where we lose touch with what we actually feel and need.
How I work
MY APPROACHLearning to
Learning to
hear yourself.
The more we notice, the more choice we have.
I approach each person with curiosity and care. We explore recurring situations, relationships, early experiences, inner conflicts, dreams, and the ways emotion lives in the body. My psychology education and training in developmental trauma inform the work alongside reflective and body-based practices. The process can be long-term, with the pace and focus developing over time.
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The patterns we repeat
A closer look at familiar dynamics, difficult choices, and the stories that shape how you see yourself.
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What the body notices
Tension, breath, movement, and emotion sometimes reveal things we haven’t yet found words for.
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A steadier sense of self
Making room for your own wishes and values, especially when they differ from what others expect.
EDUCATION & TRAININGMy training
My training
and background.
I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis and completed specialized training in working with developmental trauma (366 hours). I have also studied coaching, the Enneagram, yoga, and body-based practices. These perspectives inform my coaching work and educational projects.
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology · Specialized developmental trauma training · Coaching · Somatic practices
2022 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Developmental Trauma
Higher School of Psychology · Moscow, Russia
Integrative approaches to working with developmental trauma · 366 hours.
COACHING
Coach Practitioner
International Coach & Trainer Association (ICTA)
Coaching training · 48 hours.
PERSONALITY STUDIES
Enneagram Practitioner
International Coach & Trainer Association (ICTA)
The Enneagram, personality patterns, and underlying motivations · 40 hours.
2019 YOGA & MOVEMENT
Yoga Instructor Training
Russian Yoga Federation · School of Yoga Instructors
Yoga instructor education · 144 academic hours.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Relaxation & Body-Based Practices
Specialized relaxation training
Training in relaxation techniques, including tactile neurorelaxation.
Some of my certificates were issued under my former name, Anastasia Shkretova. Copies are available upon request. Personal document numbers are kept private.
MOTHERHOODMotherhood.
Motherhood.
Beyond the myth.
Motherhood comes with so many unwritten rules. Love every minute. Be grateful. Know what your baby needs. Remain yourself while somehow becoming a different person overnight. The reality can be much more complicated.
You can love your child and miss your old life. Feel tenderness, anger, wonder, boredom, loneliness, and relief — sometimes in the same afternoon. There is room to speak about all of it.
My own experience of postpartum turned everything I thought I knew about motherhood upside down.
After a difficult birth, I went through a postpartum period that shook me physically and emotionally. I wasn’t prepared for the distance between the motherhood I had imagined and the life I was suddenly living. For a while, I had to put myself back together piece by piece, and slowly discover what being a mother meant to me.
I work with women who have just become mothers and with those who are still untangling their relationship with motherhood years later. We talk openly about mixed feelings, identity, guilt, boundaries, changing relationships, and the parts of yourself that need attention.
Let’s talk about motherhoodBEYOND THE CONSULTING ROOMDance. Music.
Dance. Music.
Movement.
I dance Brazilian Zouk and DJ as Shamanka. I love the moments you can’t plan in advance: the connection with another person, the music shifting, the body responding before the mind catches up.
Yoga has also shaped the way I pay attention to emotion, tension, and presence. These experiences stay with me in my work, making me more curious about what each person feels and notices.
WORK WITH MEIn-depth
In-depth
individual work.
You can begin with a particular question or with a feeling that something in your life needs attention. We can take time to explore your history, inner conflicts, relationships, and recurring patterns. Sessions are online; in-person meetings may be arranged individually where permitted.
SINGLE SESSION$150
A one-to-one meeting to explore what is happening, recognize important patterns, and give attention to the questions that matter to you.
Book a free introduction10-SESSION PACKAGE$1,250
Ten meetings offer continuity for a deeper, longer process, with space to revisit experiences and notice changes over time. Save $250 compared with ten individual sessions.
Discuss the package
GROUPS & RETREATSComing
Coming
together.
Small groups, women’s gatherings, and retreats bring new perspectives into the room.
I’m developing group experiences around self-understanding, change, and our relationship with the body. Dates and details will appear here as new programs are confirmed.
Ask about upcoming events
SELECTED PROJECTS
Ideas I brought
Ideas I brought
to life.
Two successful projects I created and brought to life. Both grew from the same curiosity that guides my work today: how we relate to our bodies, emotions, and each other.
YOGA · COMMUNITY · MINDFULNESS
Flow Yoga Community
A community I created around yoga, meditation, breathwork, body awareness, and psychological practices. It brought people together and built a library of more than 40 guided practices that could be revisited at their own pace.
Explore the original project
GROUP WORK · BODY RELATIONSHIP
My Dear Body
An author-led online group focused on the relationship with one’s body. Through psychological reflection, movement, meditation, and body-based practices, we explored shame, self-acceptance, boundaries, and the ability to feel at home in ourselves.
Explore the original projectThese are earlier projects presented as part of my professional experience; the links lead to their original pages, not to current enrollment.
CLIENT FEEDBACK
What clients
What clients
have shared.
These reflections come from feedback on individual sessions, yoga, meditation, and group practices that I previously published on the original Shamanka Healing Space site.
Over two years of sessions, Lianne especially valued the nonjudgmental atmosphere and creative exercises that helped her find her own answers.
Mary appreciated how each meeting was tailored to her needs and left her feeling encouraged.
Kendra recalls thoughtful support and new insights during a particularly difficult period of her life.
Vera found the themes, structure, and delivery of the guided meditations especially meaningful.
Marina felt a strong connection with the yoga practices and the ideas shared throughout the course.
Svetlana appreciated the attentive feedback, sensitivity, and depth of the group experience.
Short edited summaries of feedback previously published on the original Shamanka Healing Space website. These are not verbatim quotations.
THE JOURNALThings I’m
01
02
03
Things I’m
thinking about.
I’m preparing essays about identity, motherhood, movement, and the choices that shape us. The articles below are planned topics and have not been published yet.
01When your life doesn’t follow the plan
Trusting a decision that makes sense to you before it makes sense to anyone else.
02The complicated feelings of motherhood
Love, longing, anger, guilt — and the freedom to acknowledge them.
03What dance taught me about listening
A note on rhythm, connection, and paying attention to the body.
A FIRST CONVERSATIONLet’s get
Let’s get
acquainted.
A free 15-minute call is a chance to meet, briefly talk about what brings you here, and ask practical questions about working together. No preparation needed.
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PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Anastasia Kozlov holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology earned in Russia and additional specialized training in developmental trauma. In Russia, non-medical psychological counseling does not require a separate state psychologist license. Anastasia does not hold a psychologist or psychotherapist license in the United States. Her professional approach is informed by depth-oriented, potentially long-term individual work with personal history, recurring patterns, and inner conflicts. The services available to each client depend on applicable laws where the practitioner and client are located; no regulated psychology or psychotherapy services are offered in U.S. jurisdictions without the required authorization. These sessions do not include diagnosis or treatment of mental health disorders. Some certificates were issued under her former surname, Anastasia Shkretova.