Klemen Žagar
Teacher of the AEQ breathing Level 1Student of the AEQ method® Level 3 2/6
Hello, I am Klemen Žagar, an AEQ method teacher. I enjoy nature, good conversations, and traveling in a van.
On my journey, I am accompanied by a fellow traveler and co-creator of countless interests - wife Klara. Together we enjoy discovering new places and experiences that enrich our everyday life.
But an important part of my life also includes the tough challenges I faced in childhood.
As a child, I developed a strong fear of life’s unpredictability. This became a guiding principle, leading me to spend most of my youth in the “comforting bounds” of my childhood room.
Spending time in the company of other people was constricting, burdensome, and tiring for me. During this period, I often overcompensated for the accumulation of unpleasant feelings of deep fear, shame, and lack of self-trust by drinking alcohol when being social or escaping into the digital world.
This internal struggle also influenced my career choice - I became a programmer, as I found the predictability in the virtual world that I lacked in the real world. I pursued a career in programming, drawn to the virtual environment’s predictability that was missing in my life.
Although this kind of escape seemed acceptable, harmless, and normal to me, it turned out to be a bad decision over the years. With prolonged slouched sitting and immobile staring at the screen, I incurred problems on a physical and psychological level: neck and back pain, and periods of deep confusion and depression.
These signs were a reminder to me that my lifestyle was not in accordance with what is natural and healthy.
I began to push away approaches that would help address and eliminate the causes of the problems.
Martial Arts - Wing Chun
The first major discoveries in this field I acquired in 2018 at Wing Chun martial arts training under the guidance of Frank Häberlin. He passed on to me a lot of knowledge in the field of economy of movement, and I also became acquainted with the importance of regular practice and techniques for relaxation and self-defense.
Even though I achieved only short-term improvements with the training, I managed to increase my connection with my body to the extent that I increasingly felt in which direction to continue my path.
I began to take an interest in people who had managed to adapt ancient life methods to the needs of modern humans.
Karim Al Saleh
With further exploration, in 2019 I met my next mentor - Karim Al Saleh (AEQ method teacher and Organic Movement teacher). I came to him with the desire to improve my motor skills, but I got much more.
Karim was the first to introduce me to the AEQ method, and already at the introductory meeting, I experienced a significant reduction in back pain.
Aleš Ernst
The immediate effect of Karim’s approach was crucial for my further exploration, which led me to Aleš Ernst, the founder of the AEQ method.
Aleš’s ability to convey complex knowledge in a very systematic and accessible way inspired me to decide to become an AEQ teacher.
I chose the AEQ method because it represents the most refined system of approaches for long-term and permanent progress in life.
In four years with the help of the AEQ method, I have:
- reduced back pain problems
- resolved the cause of deep depression periods
- dealt with alcohol addiction
- significantly reduced dependency on the digital world
- resolved loud snoring
- changed my diet to a more holistic one
- significantly improved my relationship with my wife Klara
- reduced disorder in relationships in my primary family
- discovered which emotions I was holding back
- started to express anger, sadness, shame more effectively
- reduced the amount of destructive impulsive behavior
Harnessing a keen sense of timing, I respond to life’s challenges efficiently, saving both time and energy.
I’m commited to guide myself and others towards a life with sense of freedom, completeness and competence.
