Keah Bews

Hello and Welcome,

I am a Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher, Meditation Teacher, and Somatic Coach, based in Cape Town.

I offer One-on-one Somatic Coaching, as well as Meditation Courses, Workshops and Retreats, focusing on cultivating Mindful, Loving and Compassionate Awareness to support you on your Inner Journey of Self-Discovery, Healing, Spiritual Growth and Well-Being.

My work is rooted in Buddhist Psychology and Contemplative Practice, and Western Psychology and Neuroscience.  

Through benefitting deeply from embodying these practices and principles in my own life, I am continually inspired to share this beautiful work with others. 

Journey & Trainings
I have been a Buddhist Practitioner and Meditator since 2011. In this time I have attended numerous meditation retreats and teachings abroad: In Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland, Kopan Monastery in Nepal, and Tushita in Dharmashala, India.  I completed my first Teachers Training, in Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) with Eve Ekman and Alan Wallace in 2013.   By 2016 I had transitioned out of my career as a producer in the film industry to pursue my studies and practice full-time.

 I spent the next 5 years living and studying at the FPMT Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Italy, where I completed a 4.5 year in-depth residential study programme in Buddhist Psychology and Philosophy, which included a 2 month self-led silent completion retreat.   

In 2022, I completed my Teachers Training in Mindful Self Compassion (MSC), as developed by Kristin Neff & Chris Germer, which beautifully integrates the experiential wisdom and insights of Buddhist contemplative practice and meditation techniques with the latest developments in Western Psychology and Neuroscience.

In the last few years I have been in search of how I can best offer this work to others in a one-on-one framework;  At the end of 2024 I completed my Certification as a Somatic Mind-Body Coach, and through this have found my way to the Hakomi Method of Mindfulness based Somatic Psychotherapy. I have currently completed the Hakomi Informed Somatic Coaching Training, and I am continuing with the Hakomi Comprehensive Training to become a Hakomi Practitioner.  

I am IFS (Internal Family Systems), and Polyvagal Informed in both my Teaching and Coaching work.

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