I help ambitious professionals 40+ get strong, energized, and calm through holistic fitness → functional strength & mobility, the med method, and somatic stress release

I used to be a high-performer stuck in a low-performance body.

→ Back stiff.
→ Mind foggy.
→ Chest tight.

My friends would say, I was “fine.”
In practice, I was fraying.

That was me at 35.

One morning, I caught myself in the mirror. 
Slouched, hollow-eyed, barely breathing deep without discomfort.

I had success. I had money.
But I didn’t have myself.

That slow burnout nearly took it all.

So I made a choice: not just to heal my body, but to upgrade it.

For 8+ years, I immersed myself in:

→ Functional strength
→ Mindful mobility
→ Breathwork, somatics, nervous system regulation

Slowly, I rebuilt my energy, my resilience, and my presence.

Now, at 44, I feel sharper, calmer, and stronger than I did in my 20s.

And that’s what I help my clients unlock, too.

Here's an example…


A client, James, is a consultant constantly on the road.

Dinners with clients. Long flights. Stress stacking up. He thought fitness meant “go hard or go home,” but that approach left him drained.

We built him a plan using our LUC Framework for functional strength, Mediterranean-inspired nutrition swaps he could make anywhere in the world, and nervous system resets he could do in 10 minutes between calls.

Now he bikes and hikes with his kids on the weekends (something he thought was behind him).

Over the past decade I found…


Most people don’t need more discipline.

They need a system that integrates fitness, food, and stress regulation into their daily life.

That’s what I do. Together with Ketty.

We help ambitious, driven people build body-first holistic fitness & health so they can keep showing up strong, sharp, and steady → at work, at home, and in life.

Less stress.
More energy.
Deeper presence.
Sharper performance.


How we can work together:

1) 1:1 Coaching → personalized holistic fitness integration
2) Online Course → remove restrictions + get pain-free
3) Executive & Team Coaching → holistic fitness for performance-driven teams

If you think this is “wellness,” it’s not.
This is about building the body you need for the life you want.

A regulated nervous system.
Energy that lasts the whole day.
A body that feels free, strong, and reliable.

That’s your unfair advantage → in business, leadership, and life.


Curious where to start?

I recommend starting with our 5-Day Holistic Fitness Email Course (scroll to top).
Alternatively, send me a DM with “STRONG” and let's see how I can help.

Or explore: https://theenergylab.co

Let’s build your strongest, clearest, and most resilient self… from the body up.

— Markus

Markus Kneissl

The secret to staying fit & healthy

Most people struggle with consistency.

For me? 

It's always been the easy part.

I trained:

☑︎ 5 days a week as a consultant living out of hotels.
☑︎ while backpacking the globe for 365 days.
☑︎ while building a business across 8 countries over 4 years.

Why?

Because I never needed a gym.

The thing is: 

If you need a gym to train, you're never truly free.

You become dependent on machines and weights. 
You waste time commuting. 
And when you travel, you're at the mercy of whatever equipment is available.

But your body is the only gym you need.

Strength isn't about equipment.
It's about progressive resistance.

Your body adapts to imposed demand:

1) Start with 10 push-ups against a wall. 
2) Progress to a table. 
3) Then a bench. 
4) Then the floor.

The body doesn't care where resistance comes from.

So make it frictionless.

The easier the entry, the faster you progress. 
Sure, you could start with floor push-ups. 
But if you can only do 1, you'll get discouraged.

That's why we build on easy wins.

That's the whole secret.

If you're an executive, entrepreneur, or business owner with a packed schedule, you need simple and easy.

So let me ask you:

What's creating the heaviest friction when you think of exercise?

Move your body. Simplify exercise. Thrive in life.

— Markus

I help conscious entrepreneurs become sought-after thought leaders and drive impact through authentic messaging | Content Strategist | Ghostwriter | Speaker

You didn’t come here to live halfway.

You want to feel fully alive, deeply connected, and led by a greater purpose.

But if you’re honest something feels off.

You’ve done the mindset coaching, therapy, morning routines, and retreats.
 
Yet you still notice patterns like:

• You push through exhaustion and keep doing more
• You’re in transition struggling to trust the unknown 
• You are successful on paper but disconnected inside
• Your body is tense and nervous system is always "on"
• You notice overthinking, self-doubt, and fog over your clarity

Here’s the missing piece:

80% of the communication flows from your body to your brain and not the other way around.

Which means real transformation can't be rewired through the mind.

It starts in the body.

I guide brilliant leaders out of their heads and back into their body, heart, intuition, and creative power so they can lead with purpose and self-belief.

My 1:1 Embody & Rise coaching combines:

🧘🏻‍♀️ Embodiment work - somatic release, breathwork, yogic movement, and visualization
🧘🏻‍♀️ Energy balance - sound, energy work and chakra activation
🧘🏻‍♀️ Emotional healing - shadow, ancestral, and inner child work
🧘🏻‍♀️ Personal guidance - astrology, Human Design, and herbal insights
 
This is a return to truth, vitality, and the infinite intelligence of your body.

I have 12+ years of experience and deep study in the field. Now, I support others on this path so you can:

⚡️ Gain clarity on your vision & purpose fully aligned with who you are
⚡️ Step into unshakable confidence and express yourself boldly
⚡️ Find ease, flow, and abundance in all you create
⚡️ Trust the unknown and follow your intuition
⚡️ Feel deeply alive and at peace with yourself
⚡️ Lead from the heart and attract opportunities without chasing

A little about me:

→ Fluent in 5 languages & lived in 8 countries unlocking deeper layers of freedom and self.
→ Worked with top companies like booking.com, Klarna, Healthpreneur, and Thrive Global
→ Quit my job in 2019 to do a yoga teacher training in India and discover my purpose
→ Invested dozens of thousands in world-class mentors and embodiment coaching
→ Went from numb & suppressed → embodied & expressed
→ Love yoga, swimming, reading, writing, hiking, and horse-riding

This is the new paradigm: 

Where pleasure, presence, and purpose guide the way.
Where the feminine and masculine energies dance in harmony.
Where your life and work become an expression of who you really are.

Ready to come back home to yourself?

Send me a DM:
barb@barborelle.com
www.barborelle.com

Barbora Pocuchova

My intention for January is deepening the connection to my higher self.

(Not yet filling calendars and making huge plans).

After the holidays many rush into action.

Without pausing to ask a deeper question:
 
1. Are these truly my goals coming from my highest self?
2. Or are they shaped by expectation and what I think I “should” want?

We’re still in the heart of winter - a season of hibernation, listening, and slowly turning toward the light.

And yet January is often treated like a sprint.

But it's actually the best time to add spaciousness.

To pause, breathe, and realign with your higher self.

It's the version of you that is already self-realized, in your purpose, holding all the your deepest desires - the love, abundance, success, and connection.
 
Yet your higher self doesn’t shout or push.

It whispers from the depths of your subconscious.

Guiding all your actions and decisions.

When you ignore this quiet voice, you risk spreading your energy too thin across things that don’t matter and feeling frustrated despite your achievements.

That’s why I’m creating a safe & sacred space for you.

To reconnect so your actions flow from purpose and embodiment.

Join me for a free workshop EMBODY YOUR HIGHER SELF

On Thursday January 22nd at 12pm EST / 5pm GMT

In this breathwork & energy activation you’ll receive:

• Clarity on the identity you’re embodying in 2026
• A direct connection to your higher self and vision
• Refined focus around what deserves your time and energy
• Courage to make bold, aligned moves without questioning if you’re “ready” 

Reserve your free spot here: https://lnkd.in/eyT224ra

Embodiment coach guiding brilliant leaders to clear deep-rooted blocks and activate deeper purpose, vitality, and inner peace through the wisdom of body, breath & frequency 🧘🏻‍♀️

Lately I’ve been speaking to people who struggle to sleep well.

There are a few reasons why rest doesn’t come as easily as it used to:

• our minds are on overdrive all day 
• too much screen time reduces melatonin production 
• historically high solar activity disrupts Earth's magnetic field and our nervous systems

Our minds are unable to switch off and the body can't regenerate fully.

That's why brain fog, fatigue, and irritability feels familiar the next day.

What I see most often in my work is this:

We feel less present in our bodies. 

Disconnected from our intuition, natural rhythm, and sense of safety.

That’s why sleep doesn’t start at night.

It starts during the day with how we protect our sense of balance.

Nervous system flexibility is key - it's the ability to move between activation and deep rest rather than living in a constant cortisol-driven state.

Here are a few simple practices I use myself and share with clients:

1. Start your day with natural light (and not your phone).

Early morning light on your face helps reset your circadian rhythm and sets the foundation for better sleep at night. Keep your phone away at least for an hour.

2. Create a daily breathwork practice 

• Morning - activate energy and support hormonal balance (e.g. breath of fire)
• During the day - short pauses to re-center before meetings or during breaks
 (e.g. heart coherence breathing)
• Evening - to downshift the nervous system before sleep (e.g. 4–7–8 breathing)

3. Use sound & frequency to guide the body into rest

A few minutes of Yoga Nidra or gentle sound healing frequencies before bed can calm the mind and signal safety to the body.

4. Support the nervous system with gentle herbs & teas like: 

 Chamomile
 Passionflower
 Valerian
 Lemon balm
 L-theanine

5. Work with touch and scent.

Lavender essential oil and gentle pressure on calming points in the hands can quickly reduce stress.

6. Protect your evenings for deep rest.

Limit screens at least one hour before bed, find something fun to read or listen to, and sleep in a cool, quiet, and dark environment.

There’s nothing quite like a good night’s sleep.

Feeling rested, grounded, and alive in your body.

And when it doesn’t come naturally, having simple, embodied practices to return to can be a true lifesaver.

I’m curious, what helps you sleep deeply?

I’ve been asking myself an uncomfortable question lately:

Where am I still looking outside for validation?

For a long time, I’ve noticed how easy it was to look outside for validation.

Wanting to be seen, heard, and appreciated.  

And therefore doing ALL the things to feel that way. 

Lately I felt like I had been giving a lot of my time and energy to others.

I've been holding space, giving, and showing up.

Always being the reliable & available one.

And yet, it didn’t always come back in the same way.

You might recognise this if you’ve ever:

• Waited for a message that didn’t come
• Felt deflated when your effort went unnoticed
• Kept showing up, hoping this time it would be met

I started feeling off. Like there was a lack of flow and my creativity was blocked. 

The truth is we need to see ourselves deeply first.

During a somatic session, a deeper insight surfaced.

There was tenderness around my heart. At the bottom of it, I met a younger version of me that felt tight, constricted, and slightly hunched.

A part that wasn’t always held or supported.

She so deeply wanted to be seen and appreciated.

And now that’s the part of me that kept looking outside.

But the shift happened when I turned toward her.

When I let myself truly see her (not to fix her), just witness and offer the love, care, and appreciation she had been seeking elsewhere.

And all of a sudden something shifted.

It felt like my heart stitched itself back into wholeness.

Energy returned and the stuck parts came back online.

So what's the deeper insight here?

We need to see ourselves deeply first:

• The good parts
• The messy parts
• The parts we still carry shame around

We need to feel what lives in the body.

Trace it back to its origin, shine light on it, and meet it with love.

And let it move through tears, shaking, breath, or gentle movement.

Because that’s where true freedom lives.

And that’s how we actually embody who we’re here to be.

When we see ourselves fully first, the outside will meet us there too.

Because the external world mirrors what's within.

If this resonated, ask yourself:

1. Where do you notice yourself still seeking validation outside of you?
2. What part of you is asking to be seen, held, or appreciated right now?
3. How can you offer that to yourself?


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Thank you Nadia Qasmieh. Your gentle yet powerful guidance was deeply appreciated.

Embodiment is going mainstream.

It’s named one of the top keywords to watch in 2026 by Women's Health.

And yet embodiment has never been a trend.

It’s a lifelong connection to your core self.

Most of my clients don't come to me saying: “I want embodiment.”

They come saying things like:
• “I feel disconnected from myself.”
 • “I overthink everything.”
 • “I’m doing all the ‘right’ things but something feels off.”
 • “My body is tired, tense, or numb.”
 • “I know I’m meant for more but I can’t access it.”

So what does it really mean?

Embodiment is about fully inhabiting your body.

Feeling grounded, present, and alive.

It’s listening to your body’s cues like tightness, fatigue, and other sensations as intelligence asking for your attention.

It’s feeling your emotions without suppressing or numbing them so they can move through you.

When that happens you get into a state of flow.

You stop carrying patterns that were never yours.

And you come back into alignment with your values, gifts, and purpose.

Embodiment works on multiple levels.

Here’s how I guide my clients into it:

1. Breathwork (physiological)

 – regulate the nervous system
 – increase focus, calm, and energy
 – release stored fear, trauma, and overthinking
 – build the capacity to hold more & stay present under pressure

2. Chakra & energy activation (emotional & spiritual)

 – activate peace, joy, love, and gratitude
 – harmonize masculine and feminine energy
 – awaken intuition, heart wisdom, and creative power
 – reconnect with a deeper sense of purpose and belonging

Embodiment is about coming home to who you already are.

Your original soul blueprint.

Not just in your mind but as a full-body experience.

What does embodiment mean to you and have you experienced it before?

So excited to open the year with a LinkedIn Live with Chwynyn Vaughan.

This is an invitation to realign to your true nature. 

We'll be weaving our wisdom on:  

• living in harmony with Earth’s natural cycles
• how to be fully in your body, rooted, present, and alive 
• reconnecting with your rhythms instead of living by expectations
• subtle ways nature and your breath are already guiding you home
• the secret of a special plant behind radiant skin and a calm nervous system

This is for you if you’re sensing a gap between who you are.

And how you’re currently living.

Come experience what it’s like...

When your body and the natural world begin to merge again.

When you soften back into alignment with who you’ve always been.

Join us on Tuesday January 13th 12pm PST/ 3pm EST
Register here: https://lnkd.in/gzbq5zNr

Skin-age & years-lived are not the same thing | Wild and organic skincare specialist and consultant | Serving nutritionists, coaches, therapists

If you're stuck living at a distance from yourself.

And there's still a slight split between who you are, 

and how you're living.

Here's an invitation to pause and come back into yourself, 

to narrow the gap.

Barbora Pocuchova and I are meeting up.

We’ll talk about what it means to be deeply in your own body

and inseparable from the natural world you come from.

Your skin isn’t separate from nature.

Your nervous system isn’t either.

Neither are plants.

That’s why certain flowers feel familiar the moment you use them.

Why your breath changes when you step outside.

Why being on the land brings you closer to your own nature. 

We're not talking about self improvement.

We're talking about returning to who you are,

whole and embodied.

You’ll leave with a felt sense of what it’s like 

when your body and the natural world merge 

and are lived.

Barbora brings her work with embodiment 

and alignment with your soul's blueprint.

I bring my experience of living intimately with plants 

and slow, intentional beauty.

If this speaks to you, be there with us live,

for our organic conversation.

Tuesday January 13th
Noon Pacific/3pm Eastern, LinkedIn Live.
https://lnkd.in/gzbq5zNr

Going live today with Chwynyn in a couple of hours!

Join us at 12pm PST / 3pm EST for an organic conversation on...

How to become more embodied, live in harmony with Earth’s natural cycles, and how to clear blocks that get in the way of living out your deepest purpose.

As a bonus, we'll share some secrets of a special plant behind radiant skin and a calm nervous system.

See you there!

https://lnkd.in/eb_-ZZMH

Eavesdrop on My Conversation with Embodiment Coach Barbora Pocuchova

As an entrepreneur, your business thrives on ideas.

Ideas that feel energizing, innovative, and alive.

But most days don’t look like inspired whiteboards and creative flow.

They might look like:

- opening your laptop tired
- back-to-back calls with no space to think
- jumping between Slack, emails, WhatsApp, and invoices
- knowing you need to evolve… but not knowing into what

Creativity gets drowned out by mental noise.

And clarity doesn’t come through an overloaded mind.

You have to embody it first.

How? That’s what we did in a recent session with Charlotte Lloyd.

Charlotte felt like there was more to her business:

• Her current business model was draining her energy & time
• Felt uncertain about the next phase for her business and herself
• Needed to shift her offerings and business model yet unsure of the specifics.

She was looking for clarity, direction, and reconnection with her passion and authentic self in her work.

And so we went out of the head and into the body.

Through breath, frequency, and energy.

→ out of overthinking and back into her heart and felt sensations
→ released stored tension, fear, and mental pressure out of her body
→ connected with her desires and her higher, more authentic self - the version of herself that is powerful, energized, and clear on her vision and desires.

Here’s what Charlotte shared honestly below.

"I've never done it with embodiment work before and was initially resistant to it. Yet my mind feels freer and lighter. I feel calmer. It felt like time wasn’t moving."

Thanks for your trust and openness, Charlotte!

👉 If you’re running a business with a noisy mind and a tired nervous system, embodiment work is for you. Let’s connect and see if we're a good fit.

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