Petra Prensky MSMT is a Registered Master Somatic Movement Therapist and a member of ISMETA for over 20 years. She is a Tamalpa Life/Art practitioner, a twice certified yoga teacher, and a registered Kinaesthetics trainer with kinaesthetics.ch. Petra co-authored the 2017 book „Sanfte Bewegtheit“ (Gentle Movement) about dancer and Anna Halprin’s early  collaborator John Graham, who developed Gentle Dance.

Petra grew up in Switzerland with a deep love for movement, practicing Yoga and Jazz Dance from an early age. She began teaching at 16, accumulating 40 years of experience in movement education. Her teaching style is clear, empathetic, and playful, creating a safe space for deep exploration. Having lived on Maui, Hawaii for 20 years, she brings the spirit of Aloha into her work.

She has returned to Switzerland where she spent the last eight years and counting working as a kinaesthetics trainer in a nursing home, supporting caregivers and elderly clients (80+ years of age) dealing with age-related diseases, dementia and end-of-life transitions.