About
KidSoma® International Training Programs
“Every child carries an intelligence that wants to grow. Our role is to listen to it.”
— Alé Duarte
I founded the KidSoma® Method out of a lifelong curiosity about how children move, feel, and learn. Over the past 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of teaching in more than 30 countries — in schools, clinics, refugee camps, and training rooms — always guided by the same question:
How can we create environments where development can unfold naturally?
KidSoma was never meant to be a single technique. It’s a living framework that invites professionals to reconnect with the intelligence of organic resilience and development itself — through movement, play, and relationship.
In sharing my work online, I’m supported by an international team of educators and professionals who have been walking this path with me since 2019.
Together, we carry the mission of bringing this work into education, therapy, and community life around the world.
The KidSoma Educational Team
The KidSoma Educational Team has been growing together since 2019 — a group of educators, clinicians, and facilitators who share a deep commitment to the well-being of children and those who support them.
What connects us is not only our professional backgrounds, but a shared practice of being with life — through movement, attention, and creative relationship.
We come from classrooms, clinics, and community spaces, bringing different languages and perspectives to one shared field of learning.
Each of us contributes something unique — from medicine to music, from psychology to pedagogy — and together we keep evolving this work in a way that stays close to people and true to experience.
Dr. med. em. Rita Erlewein
Neuropediatrician with a specialisation in neurodivergency and autism, trauma therapist (emerita), former senior consultant at HPF lups (Switzerland). Rita contributes medical and trauma-informed insight to the pedagogical and ethical development of the program.
Dr.-Ing. Eva Fenrich
Scientist, Heilpraktikerin für Psychotherapie, Alexander teacher, and somatic educator. With a background in sustainability and systems research, Eva brings scientific depth, trauma-informed integrity, and embodied pedagogy to the team.
Marion Haak-Schulenberg
Community musician, group facilitator, specialized in working with children in refuge. Marion integrates music, movement, and nervous system awareness, creating spaces of connection and creativity. Her work fosters embodied presence and relational flow in group learning.
Jutta Kruske, M.A.
Special education director (Förderschulrektorin) at the Friedrich-Fröbel-Schule in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. Jutta ensures the pedagogical integration of KidSoma principles in school environments and supports the bridge between education and developmental care.
Flávia Ribeiro
Clinical psychologist from Rio de Janeiro, trained in the Winnicott tradition. With decades of experience in developmental and family therapy, she brings a compassionate and cross-cultural understanding to the educational work.
Lisa Rombach-Duarte
Somatic educator and program coordinator based in Austria and Portugal. Lisa oversees participant experience, learning design, and quality assurance across the KidSoma international trainings. She brings her background in embodied relational education and program development to ensure training remains grounded and accessible.
