“Nora is a skilled NonViolent Communication Practitioner. I have watched her fearlessly use it to address, and diffuse, difficult situations time and time again. The insight gained from her counsel has helped me tremendously. Nora is also adept at alchemy. Few have delved as deeply into their practice as she has, and her devotion has resulted in some rather astounding perceptive abilities. I have great respect for her, as a woman and as a devoted healer-at-large.“ - Mark Fernquest
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Nora Hoffmann
Esoteric Alchemy -- Instruction and Practical Application
Money Mastery From Within -- A Holistic Approach to Financial Management Strategies
Nonviolent Dialog -- Dialog Facilitation, Couple's Mediation, and Communication Training
"Teutonic" means "Germanic." I am German and grew up in Germany. German thinking is helpful for organizing fluctuating matter, such as finances, and it also serves well the understanding of the elusive movements of the subconscious. Serving clients who value balanced living and authentic relationships, Teutonic Consulting provides training and private consultations in Structuring Finances including the practical aspects of file set up and data upkeep/maintenance, Alchemical Hypnotherapy, Communication and Conflict Resolution, as well as Holistic Bookkeeping. You can read about my mission here.
Clients are small businesses, individuals, as well as couples, families, and professional partnerships. Services are provided both in person as well as over the phone or internet, depending on what works best.
Esoteric Alchemy -- Instruction and Practical Application
Money Mastery From Within -- A Holistic Approach to Financial Management Strategies
Nonviolent Dialog -- Dialog Facilitation, Couple's Mediation, and Communication Training
"Teutonic" means "Germanic." I am German and grew up in Germany. German thinking is helpful for organizing fluctuating matter, such as finances, and it also serves well the understanding of the elusive movements of the subconscious. Serving clients who value balanced living and authentic relationships, Teutonic Consulting provides training and private consultations in Structuring Finances including the practical aspects of file set up and data upkeep/maintenance, Alchemical Hypnotherapy, Communication and Conflict Resolution, as well as Holistic Bookkeeping. You can read about my mission here.
Clients are small businesses, individuals, as well as couples, families, and professional partnerships. Services are provided both in person as well as over the phone or internet, depending on what works best.
Background
My background in the arts of soul care goes back to my early teens. I have been mystically inclined ever since I can remember. Training in music and theater since early childhood provided me with a balanced education of both intellectual as well as artistic pursuits. During German High School (Gymnasium) years, I studied Philosophy, Latin, and Ancient Greek. Due to challenges during childhood and youth, I was forced to embark on a journey of self-healing by the age of 17.
Before moving to the US, I studied Psychology, Languages, and Anthropology at the Freie Universitaet in Berlin, until I moved to California in 1999 in order to pursue my passion for spontaneous composition. After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts with an MFA in Music Composition, I wanted to balance my creative and intuitive background with solid business skills. I discovered a strong affinity with bookkeeping, and decided to make it my bread-and-butter profession so I could pursue my independent art with integrity and without financial worry. I'm not sure if my bookkeeping talent emerged from being a music composer, because I'm German and therefore thorough, reliable, and detail-orientated by culture, or because my mother had take care of the administration for my father's painting business and her knowledge had trickled into my blood. Or maybe I've been a scribe in ancient times, because the whole accounting system feels very natural, intelligent, and spiritually accurate to me. And so I have owned my own independent financial consulting firm since 2007.
I enjoy teaching accounting principles, because I love how much sense it all makes -- through the right lens! I myself had been doing my own bookkeeping since 2001, and remember trying to make a simple bookkeeping program do things I felt needed to happen for accurate accounting, but it wouldn't comply. This left me confused and unsure how to be effective. I wanted clear and solid accounting procedures, not sloppy numbers! To my great relief, upon studying accounting principles, I found that such procedures are indeed in existence. To this day, I am grateful for the double entry accounting system for giving me the clarity and practicality I wanted for tracking the flow of money. This clarity has since been an integral part of the way I support my clients: I like helping people understand what's going on, how things are "accounted for", and why, like energy in the universe, nothing can really disappear from your accounting. There is always somewhere money came from, and somewhere it has gone; something that became money in your accounts, and something else that money leaving your accounts has become. Nothing is ever lost. And you do want to be in touch with these changes and transmutations.
My background in the arts of soul care goes back to my early teens. I have been mystically inclined ever since I can remember. Training in music and theater since early childhood provided me with a balanced education of both intellectual as well as artistic pursuits. During German High School (Gymnasium) years, I studied Philosophy, Latin, and Ancient Greek. Due to challenges during childhood and youth, I was forced to embark on a journey of self-healing by the age of 17.
Before moving to the US, I studied Psychology, Languages, and Anthropology at the Freie Universitaet in Berlin, until I moved to California in 1999 in order to pursue my passion for spontaneous composition. After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts with an MFA in Music Composition, I wanted to balance my creative and intuitive background with solid business skills. I discovered a strong affinity with bookkeeping, and decided to make it my bread-and-butter profession so I could pursue my independent art with integrity and without financial worry. I'm not sure if my bookkeeping talent emerged from being a music composer, because I'm German and therefore thorough, reliable, and detail-orientated by culture, or because my mother had take care of the administration for my father's painting business and her knowledge had trickled into my blood. Or maybe I've been a scribe in ancient times, because the whole accounting system feels very natural, intelligent, and spiritually accurate to me. And so I have owned my own independent financial consulting firm since 2007.
I enjoy teaching accounting principles, because I love how much sense it all makes -- through the right lens! I myself had been doing my own bookkeeping since 2001, and remember trying to make a simple bookkeeping program do things I felt needed to happen for accurate accounting, but it wouldn't comply. This left me confused and unsure how to be effective. I wanted clear and solid accounting procedures, not sloppy numbers! To my great relief, upon studying accounting principles, I found that such procedures are indeed in existence. To this day, I am grateful for the double entry accounting system for giving me the clarity and practicality I wanted for tracking the flow of money. This clarity has since been an integral part of the way I support my clients: I like helping people understand what's going on, how things are "accounted for", and why, like energy in the universe, nothing can really disappear from your accounting. There is always somewhere money came from, and somewhere it has gone; something that became money in your accounts, and something else that money leaving your accounts has become. Nothing is ever lost. And you do want to be in touch with these changes and transmutations.
Training & Credentials
Education
- Alchemical Hypnotherapy: Alchemical Hypnosis Trainer Training, current; Alchemical Hypnotherapist Certification, June 2015; Professional Hypnotherapist Certification, February 2015; Alchemical Hypnosis Practitioner Certification, 2014, Alchemical Hypnotherapy Institute in Santa Rosa, California
- Accounting Assistant for a local Senior Accounting Professional, 2007 - 2017
- Nonviolent Communication (NVC): 9 Months Committed Practitioner Training, 2006; 9 Months Leadership Program, 2007; Assistant Trainer for Committed Practitioner Training 2007 and 2008. 9 Months NVC Mediation Training, 2009, through Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (baynvc.org)
- Spiritual Dimensions of Healing, 2009, 9 months training in Shamanic Practices with Sylvia Nachlinger, Concord, CA
- Accounting, Peralta College, 2008
- Money Coaching: Master Money Coach Certification, 2008, Money Coaching Institute, CA
- Money Coaching: Money Coach Certification, 2004, Money Coaching Institute, CA
- Integrative Gestalt Therapy Training, 1996-1999, Integrative Gestalt Training Institute (IGTI) Berlin, Germany
Education
- MFA, 2004, Music Composition/New Media, California Institute of the Arts
- BA, 2001, Mills College, Liberal Arts majoring in Electronic Music/Composition focused on spontaneous composition and free improvisation on violin. Graduated with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa. www.dragoncatmusic.com