Ildi Acs
For as long as I can remember, I have been searching for meaning - seeking something deeper beneath the surface of life. Initially, I thought psychology would be my path, but life led me to the corporate world, where I spent over two decades in Human Resources. My work was always about people, transformation, and change. But I noticed a pattern: year after year, organizations asked for the same things - competency development, leadership skills, resilience - yet real change rarely happened. And I kept wondering: Why is transformation so difficult? How much pressure do we need before we finally shift?
Embodied Transformation
Inner Alignment
Awareness • Inquiry • Resonance • Actualization
This question wasn’t just professional - it became deeply personal. I saw it in myself, in my own struggles with change. Becoming a mother to my two children brought an undeniable pressure - I could no longer live the way I had before. It forced me to face the disconnect between who I was and how I was showing up in the world. Something had to change, not just for me, but for them.
Yet transformation often comes at a cost. As I unraveled old patterns and stepped into a new way of being, my path led to divorce, and my children no longer lived with me. It was a painful realization - that in my search for truth and alignment, I had also caused deep disruption in their lives. This has been one of my greatest griefs, but also one of my deepest lessons: healing is messy, and sometimes, in choosing ourselves, we unintentionally break what we hoped to protect.
In 2018, I began my inner work - a journey that led me from HR into the world of mental health and human transformation. I explored the depths of Compassionate Inquiry and other trauma-informed practices, not just as concepts, but as lived experiences. The process was profound, peeling away layers of identity, breaking down everything I thought I was - until I finally found myself.
2023 was the year of deep loss. Everything I had built seemed to dissolve, everything I planned or wanted was not realized in my life. It was painful, raw, and at times, unbearable. But as I grieved, I slowly realized: I was not losing anything - I was making space which I needed. Space for alignment, for clarity, for something new to emerge. And it did. 2024 became the year I reclaimed joy.
Through my journey, I recognized a pattern - not just in myself, but in those I worked with. Transformation is not linear, it is a spiral - a continuous movement through awareness, deep inquiry, resonant clarity, and actualization. This realization became the foundation of AIRA.
But AIRA was never something I set out to create - it took shape on its own, through the way I worked and the experiences that shaped me. For a long time, I resisted naming it, defining it. But over time, it became clear that this process - the movement through awareness, inquiry, and resonance - was not just mine. It was something universal, something I was meant to share.
AIRA is an invitation - not a method to follow, but a way of being that leads to an integrated self. It supports deep transformation by integrating the different parts of ourselves, so we no longer feel torn between external expectations, past conditioning, or the pressures of who we "should" be. Instead of inner conflict, we find alignment. Instead of resistance, we find peace.
Embodied Learning - Where knowledge becomes lived experience
For many years, I have been exploring how awareness, resonance, and inner actualization can move beyond personal experience - and meaningfully meet the spaces where we live, work, and lead.
Selected trainings & certifications relevant to the AIRA framework - my full professional experience and additional qualifications on LinkedIn
