Astríður | The Living Lab
Asteroid | Anchor. Architect of the Unmasked.

Before I became a 'Living Lab' for somatic alchemy, I spent 20 years in the high-velocity world of visual design and as a bike messenger. I lived in the crosshairs of precision and chaos. I know the grit of the pavement and the pressure of the screen. For two decades, I was designing for the eyes while my own nervous system was short-circuiting. I wasn't just 'stressed'; I was an architect who had lost the blueprint to her own house.

The Architecture of Survival

My journey into somatic alchemy began long before I had words. Born into an incubator and separated from the primal safety of my mother’s skin, my nervous system learned to track the world in isolation. I became "highly attuned" out of necessity—a tiny system scanning for a floor that wasn't there.

This was the birth of my hyper-vigilance, a live-wire hum that the world eventually labeled as "too much," but which I now know was my body’s brilliant way of keeping me alive.

The Panzer & The Fire Horse

I am a child of the Fire Horse and the Dragon. I know what it’s like to vibrate at a frequency that short-circuits the ordinary. To survive the intensity of an ADHD brain and the echoes of my early isolation, I built a Panzer—a high-functioning armor of strength. I became the woman who didn't need anyone, while secretly vibrating with a heat I couldn't contain.

For a decade, I was a seeker fighting for my life. I threw myself into dearmouring, breathwork, shadow work, and sacred sexuality, desperate to stop bracing against my own existence.

The Shattering

For a long time, I thought I was holding it all together, but I was really just holding my breath. In my mid 40s, the armor finally reached its breaking point. In a profound season of shattering, my relationships, my strength, and my masks all crumbled.

I had to face a terrifying truth: the "strong woman" I had created was a stranger, and the fire I had tried to suppress was the only thing that could lead me out of the wreckage.

From Survival to Regulation

I learned that emotional regulation isn't about staying "calm"—it’s about building a nervous system strong enough to be a container for your own heat. Through trauma-work, nervous system regulation, Lomi Lomi & energetic bodywork, dearmouring and somatic practices, my cracks stopped being mistakes; they became portals.

I realized that my sexuality and my vitality share the same heartbeat. Every day is now an experiment in reclaiming that raw life-force—peeling back the survival mode I perfected to reveal a world of freedom and pleasure I am finally allowed to inhabit.

I am the Living Lab

Today, I live between the volcanic earth of Iceland and the mountains of Switzerland. I am not a clinical "professional" with a polished degree; I am a Living Lab of Fire and Earth. My 20 years as a Dipl. Designer (Visual Communication) never left me; it evolved. I approach the body with the same eye for alignment, hierarchy, and flow that I once applied to global brands. I don't just 'massage'; I re-design the way your system responds to the world. I help you build a structure that supports your freedom, rather than a cage that limits your light.

I built CURA, The 1:1 Alchemy, and The Sovereign Pulse to share my lived experience. I don’t look at you as a "case" to be managed; I am breathing right alongside you. Every time I say "breathe," I am talking to my own heart just as much as yours.

I am still messy. I am still intense. I am still learning how to let my fire be a gift instead of a weight. But I am finally done being perfect. I would rather be real.

I don’t just guide the way; I walk the fire with you. Will you sit with me?