Iren A Merdinyan

PUPA Focusing Trainee Iren A Merdinyan is a Somatic Attachment Therapy Practitioner, Yoga Teacher and Cacao Guide.

Hi, I’m Iren, and I guide people back into relationship with their inner world.

I am a certified Focusing Practitioner and a PUPA trainee Focusing Teacher. 

Focusing has deeply supported my own journey — helping me process deep-seated emotions, reconnect with myself, and strengthen my intuition and inner trust. Through Focusing, I was invited to listen deeply to the wisdom of my inner body — not to fix, but to gently notice, sense, and allow what is already there. This work supports me learn how to move with my body’s inner knowing, and how to embody presence more fully.

I love work that leads to deepening the inner connection.
In the language of Focusing, it is the felt shift — the doorway to change.
In the language of the Body, it softens into relaxation and feels what is alive within.
In the language of Cacao Medicine, it opens the heart.
In the language of Yoga Nidra: Welcome Home to Yourself.

I'm also Somatic Attachment Therapy Practitioner, Yoga Teacher and Cacao Guide.

I spent 16 years practicing and 5 years teaching yoga and meditation. My focus has been on Heart-opening through Cacao, Embodied Movement and Somatic practices that leads to deeper inner connection. I teach Somatic Restorative, Intuitive Movement, and Yoga Nidra Classes; each of these styles brings its own unique way of relaxing the body and sinking the mind into the heart. I’m certified Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Vinyasa and Himalayan Kriya Yoga teacher.

I’ve been practicing awareness and meditation skills in a spiritual context since 2004, with deep respect and aligned with the Non-dual understanding and the Toltec teachings.

~ Iren A Merdinyan

Iren is generally available for 1:1 Focusing sessions on Thursdays and Saturdays, Eastern European Time (EET).