Lana Savic is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her uniqueness and vast experience.

Her path has been anything but conventional. Her journey into mentoring began not from a textbook or a training manual, but from a deep personal quest to heal. Decades of self exploration, spiritual practice, and hard earned wisdom have shaped her into a guide who leads from experience, not just theory.

Her coaching is truly unique. What makes her approach truly transformative is the way she blends somatic awareness with emotional regulation.

Her experience comes from over 20 years of yoga practice and learning therapeutic tools like the Hakomi Method, Polyvagal Theory, and family constellations. She helps clients reconnect with their real selves… not some idealized version, but the grounded, powerful being already within. In her presence, clarity replaces confusion, and trauma becomes a gateway to transformation. Here is what she said…

Meet Life Coach Lana Savic:

Name: Lana Savic

Pillar: The Body, The Heart

Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to release and heal from unresolved trauma and emotionally regulate.

How they can help: By using various somatic tools and techniques like Yoga, the Hakomi Method, family constellations, massage and bioenergy, just to name a few.

First of all, how are you and your family doing after these Pandemic times?

I’m the best I have ever been.

And I have just relocated closer to my family.

How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?

I think the pandemic affected us all deeply… forcing us to look inside, to look at each other, and to look at the person next door.

It awakened our biggest fears and traumas, yet at the same time, it has been a deeply transformative time for many too.

My personal circumstances allowed me to dive deeper into my own personal healing journey.

The effects are still resonating and unfolding today.

What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?

I guess it was an intense training in not knowing.

In learning to be comfortable with the uncomfortable.

And in exploring our emotional resilience.

It was a big lesson in the importance of interpersonal relationships and in the importance of peer support.

Also, the support could come in surprising and very creative ways.

We also experienced and accessed new ways of being and feeling close to each other.

The Origin:

Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?

My self exploration in the search of helping myself and consequently others has been engrained in me ever since I can remember.

Experiencing loss and pain propelled me to want to understand myself, and the desire to alleviate suffering became a driving force in everything I do.

So, I have explored a lot over the years (and I mean A LOT) mainly to address my personal trauma.

As I was resolving my own issues, my capacity to understand and support others also grew.

I have over 20 years of yoga experience, and the mentoring blended into it more recently and organically as people started turning to me for advice and support.

My exploration job wise has also helped me with my path today.

Whether it was teaching, public relations, or interior design, each role played a part.

When you work, for example, on renovating an old finca (a piece of land in the countryside, usually with a house or building on it) in Ibiza over a three year period, you learn a lot about yourself and interpersonal relationships to get things done!

And the finca still hosts weddings, retreats, and holidaymakers, with plenty of opportunities for exploration there too!

What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?

I had to let go of people, environments, and places I never thought I would.

More recently, I closed down a long personal cycle and relocated.

I followed my internal guidance and trusted, regardless of how difficult it was.

Letting go of relationships, losing people, and losing many of my pet companions was difficult too.

Every time, a piece of me was shaken and taken away, to be reborn into something new.

With it came a new level of understanding and emotional resilience.

The pain can be turned into power, and the experience into gold.

So, I can safely claim that I am powerful and rich (hahaha)!

The Coaching Style:

How do you innovate with coaching your clients?

If we want to be fully in our willpower, we need to understand how to regulate our nervous system.

Only then are we in the driving seat, and we can experience life as we want it, with clarity.

The body is a huge source of confusion, as most of our dysregulated emotional states reside there.

So, understanding our biological vehicle and training our somatic conscience is where I focus.

When we are emotionally regulated, we are in touch with our natural healing abilities, and that’s when the real change can occur.

The body is our gate to optimum physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health.

We now know that 80% of the information travels from the body to the brain, and only 20% from the brain to the body.

So trying to override the information stored in the body with mind techniques solely can be counterproductive.

It is likely to lead to more confusion in the long run, as it was for me.

However, these same techniques can be very effective if they are combined with neuroplasticity, somatic work, and nervous system regulation work.

Our body consciousness is constantly talking to us, giving us clues on how to resolve traumas or simply patterns that hold us back.

When we feel accompanied and safe, there is an organic process that allows the information in the physical and emotional body to come to the surface, to be looked at and resolved.

It’s like in a yoga class.

The student is stretching, forcing, and struggling.

I put my hand on them, and the body clicks into place.

It’s not necessarily because of the postural guidance, but rather because the safe touch helped them relax.

The body intelligently adjusted to back off and somehow naturally found the way deeper into the posture without the struggle.

A click moment.

What’s unique about your coaching approach?

My mentoring sessions and also the yoga classes are intuitive, supportive, and led by the individual’s needs and participation.

It’s a collaborative process based on trust, openness, and commitment.

I will give everything I know to help the person tap into their real self, which I prefer to the “bettering” concept of the self.

The real self is an attainable concept that is already there, underneath the conditioning and unresolved trauma, ready to reveal its authentic face when it feels safe to do so.

The real self is also our most authentic, empowered, and empathic expression.

What benefits do your clients get after working with you?

Emotional regulation.

And I cultivate clarity, empowerment, and trust, both in my personal life and in my sessions.

Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?

Over 20 years ago, yoga and yoga therapies started my healing journey, leading me to incorporate therapeutic processes such as the Hakomi Method and the application of the Polyvagal Theory.

I have also received training in family constellations, which have been pivotal in my development.

I have trained in massage and bioenergy as well.

The Impact:

If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?

I’m not sure about this.

We are saturated with so much noise and distraction everywhere, all the time, so I wouldn’t want to add my megaphoned voice to that!

I am happy to provide a quiet, safe space where people can actually start listening to their own voice.

What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?

To follow my internal guidance, regardless of the external noises.

And more importantly, to trust it.

Your final thoughts?

I trust this will find who needs it and feel if they want to work and explore with me.

At the end of the day, we can have a nice narrative, but the body just knows when someone is right for you.

Where Can You Find Lana Savic?

If you liked this interview and if you would love to see how Coach Lana can help you heal unresolved trauma and emotionally regulate, connect with her through LinkedIn and see if you are a great fit to work together.

If you’d like to peak a glimpse into her coaching, follow her Instagram account.

And if you’d like to connect with her more personally, you can do that by sending her a direct message on WhatsApp or on her Email [email protected]. It was an honor having this interview with her.