Nicolai Engelbrecht is a somatic and embodiment practitioner based in Reykjavík, Iceland, with roughly a decade of hands-on experience in trauma release, breathwork, and body-based healing.
He works through Lausnin Rehabilitation Centre, where he collaborates with a team of psychologists, trauma therapists, and addiction counselors supporting both victims and perpetrators of severe trauma, and through his own company, Valhalla Wellness. His path began working through kris yoga practices with people in prisons before moving fully into somatic and trauma-focused practice.
He is the author of Gangster N Gurus and the subject of the documentary Bad Boy Breathing. Nicolai has taught in prisons and rehabilitation facilities across the UK, Scotland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Iceland, Israel, and Denmark, and continues to bring an embodied, grounded approach to healing spaces around the world.
