Founder, Kontemplation
M.A., Meditation Teacher, Psychotherapist and Architect
Hanneli Ågotsdatter is a lifelong student, teacher of yoga and meditation, and founder of Kontemplation—a community-based laboratory for exploring meditation, somatic awareness, compassion, and creativity. She actively investigates how contemplative practice evolves in contemporary life, offering accessible, non-dogmatic training rooted in everyday experience.
She has studied yoga and meditation for four decades, exploring compassion, heart-based practices, and somatic awareness under various teachers. She lives at Vækstcenteret, a lay monastery in Denmark, where she studies under philosopher and Dzogchen practitioner Jes Bertelsen.
She has engaged with the Center for System Awareness in Boston and facilitates annual immersions for emerging scholars at Mind & Life Europe.
Hanneli serves on the team for the Danish Society for the Promotion of Life Wisdom in Children and leads Kontemplation’s “Inner Practice & Working Life” program. She balances teaching and counseling with yoga, time with loved ones, community work, quiet time in nature, and regular long-term meditation retreats. She writes at the intersection of practice and daily life on the Kontemplation blog.
