Success Is Truly Knowing Yourself
Since I began my work as a coach in 2010, I’ve had the privilege of guiding more than 10,000 people. My mission is to bring more connection into the world and between one another. And yes this begins with you.
In my coaching, retreats, and workshops, I create authentic spaces where you can rediscover yourself, meet your shadows with honesty and compassion, and feel deeply supported by like-minded souls.
Here, you’ll find an invitation to truly live from your heart—with courage, truth, and connection—so you can once again move through life from your fullest vital energy.
It’s time to discover your pure inner strength on an even deeper level. This allows you to live more fully from surrender and trust. From that place, you reconnect with your own feelings, which directly influences your relationship with yourself and with those around you.
You can begin to truly and sustainably integrate everything you’ve learned—from self-help books, other professionals, or your own life journey.
Your (self-)awareness has already expanded. You’re ready to deepen it and integrate it sustainably into your life
WHERE EAST MEETS WEST
My name is Michelle Ariël Kessels
Trauma-Informed, Somatic Coach & Facilitator
In my coaching and retreats, I combine systemic constellation work with various forms of body-based practices. Western psychology has been the foundation of my studies, which I weave together with Eastern wisdom traditions that focus more deeply on working with the body. I let you experience it for yourself—so that beyond understanding things in your mind, your body (heart, gut, pelvis) can journey with you in your transformation.
Awareness and self-development have always fascinated me. Since 2010, I’ve applied this passion in my work—within the social sector, the corporate world, and my own practice as a coach and facilitator. Guiding different teams, groups, and more than 10,000 individuals has shaped me into the trainer and coach I am today.
A deeper level of awareness allows you to live from your heart and in true connection with yourself—and it directly influences everything and everyone around you.
In my programs, you won’t find sugarcoating or gentle stroking. Alongside warmth, humor and a sense of safety, I will also challenge you until we arrive together at your deeper shadows and patterns—beyond your comfort zone. This is how you come to truly know yourself, so you can step back into life grounded in your most authentic self.
I consider her an ally in the mission to guide more people to the edges of transformation.
‘Michelle Ariël is a powerful being.
She embodies a level of beautifully integrated masculine and feminine that allows for her to see, feel, respond and act effectively in a variety of situations. She cares deeply for and feels everyone’s experience, whilst also being able to guide and direct ….. whilst also having a clear overview of multiple perspectives. This makes her a powerful teacher, guide, and human being., and I consider her a sister and an ally in the mission to guide more people to the edges of transformation.
Steve - Switserland
I had the absolute privilege of being supported by Michelle Ariel on two separate occasions during a retreat. I met her at a time when I was about to undergo a major transition and change in my life, and
I’m so grateful that she played such a significant role in my introduction to the world of Tantra.Michelle Ariel made me feel so welcome and at home in an unfamiliar environment. Her warmth and love felt so nurturing, and this helped me feel safe enough to dive deeper into my process and unlock what had been guarded. I’m so inspired by the way she shows up so authentically and how skilled she is at tracking how we all move through the space — emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
I was in awe of how she followed everyone’s individual journey and how she had the ability to offer incredibly insightful guidance that always brought things into an even greater perspective.
I cannot recommend joining one of her retreats enough for anyone on this path who is looking for a facilitator with immense experience, a beautifully open heart, and a radiant dedication to this sacred work.
I can’t wait to work with her again.
I’m so grateful that she played such a significant role in my introduction to the world of Tantra.
-Phoebe Grant UK
“ When you speak to Michelle Ariel, you feel seen by her warmth”
Toby Elliot - UK
She is a skilled and brilliant facilitator
‘‘Working with Ariel is being held in a powerful field of attention and love. Her mission is truly in service of the collective higher good, she is a skilled and brilliant facilitator, coordinator and space holder with so much care, experience and love.’’
