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Shiatsu
One-to-one bodywork rooted in Japanese tradition. Slow, attentive, and surprisingly direct.
- ·1:1 sessions, 60 or 90 min
- ·Norrtälje studio & Stockholm
- ·By appointment, Lina Jarl Schleifer
Two practices · One philosophyBuilding businesses that scale,
Building businesses that scale,
and lives that breathe.
Akaterra is a small, intentional studio with two distinct practices. One helps food and ingredient companies grow across Europe. The other helps people, and the teams behind them, slow down and feel better. Pick your door.
01 — For organisations↗
Akaterra Advisory
Strategic business development for food and ingredient companies. Twenty plus years connecting brands, manufacturers, and partners across Europe.
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02 — For people↗
Akaterra Wellbeing
Shiatsu, Qigong, and meditation. One-to-one sessions, group classes, and corporate programmes — in Norrtälje, Stockholm, and online.
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Akaterra Advisory
For organisations
Built for companies who need execution, not slideware.
Strategic business development for food and ingredient players. Twenty plus years connecting brands, manufacturers, and partners across Europe and beyond.
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EMEA market expansion
Open new European markets with the right route, the right partners, and a credible commercial story.
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Contract manufacturing setup
Match brands with capable co-manufacturers and structure the technical and commercial agreements.
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Plant-based ingredient development
Bridge food science and commercial reality across plant proteins, dairy alternatives, and functional ingredients.
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Strategic business development
Long-arc partnership work: joint ventures, distribution structures, M&A introductions, and category strategy.
The approach
From concept to execution.
Hands-on from concept to execution. I sit on both sides of the table, technical and commercial, and translate between them.
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Listen and map
Where you actually are versus where the market is going. The honest version, not the deck.
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Connect the right partners
Twenty years of relationships with manufacturers, brands, distributors, and ingredient houses across Europe.
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Structure the deal
Commercial terms, technical specs, and the messy bits in between. Both sides of the table.
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Execute and stay involved
I do not hand over a slide deck and disappear. The relationship continues into delivery.
Akaterra Wellbeing
For people
The body is where the work actually happens.
Two practitioners. Three disciplines. One simple aim — helping people come back to a slower, steadier baseline.
Lina Jarl Schleifer brings a deep, quiet practice in Shiatsu and Qigong, built over years of one-to-one work and group teaching in Norrtälje and Stockholm.
Michael leads the meditation work — guided sessions, longer programmes, and corporate formats designed to actually land.
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Qigong
Gentle moving meditation. Builds breath, balance, and a quiet kind of strength over time.
- ·Weekly group classes
- ·In-studio & online
- ·Beginners welcome
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Meditation
Guided sessions and longer programmes for individuals and teams who want a working practice, not a vibe.
- ·Group sessions, online
- ·8-week guided programmes
- ·Corporate formats available
For people, and the teams behind them.
Individuals
1:1 Shiatsu, group Qigong, meditation programmes for personal practice.
Corporate
On-site sessions, leadership offsites, weekly team practice. Practical formats.
Online
Live group Qigong and meditation, accessible from anywhere in Europe.
Three-day retreats
Small-group residential retreats combining Shiatsu, Qigong, and meditation. Slow days, real food, no agenda beyond presence.
About
Two practices, one philosophy.
Akaterra is built on the belief that complexity, in business and in life, gets resolved through the same things: clear listening, real presence, and structured action. Whether the conversation is about an industrial supply chain or a tight back, the method rhymes.
Advisory
Michael Schleifer
Founder · Strategic Advisor
Twenty plus years across the European food and ingredients industry, working with brands, manufacturers, distributors, and ingredient houses on the deals and partnerships that actually move.
Background spans commercial leadership, technical product work, and cross-border deal structuring — equally comfortable with a development kitchen, a factory floor, and a boardroom.
Akaterra Advisory is the sharpened version of that practice: hands-on, senior, and small enough to stay genuinely useful.
Wellbeing
Lina Jarl Schleifer
Shiatsu & Qigong Instructor
A long, quiet practice in Shiatsu and Qigong, taught and offered one-to-one in Norrtälje and Stockholm. Trained in the Japanese tradition, refined through years of personal study.
Teaches weekly group Qigong classes in-studio and online, and works with individuals on longer-arc Shiatsu treatment plans.
The work is gentle, rigorous, and rooted in the belief that the body has its own intelligence — the practitioner's job is to listen to it.
Begin
Two doors. Same address.
Whether you are looking to structure a partnership, expand into Europe, book a session, or design a corporate wellbeing programme, the first conversation is short, direct, and free.
Email
info@akaterra.com
Based in
Norrtälje · Stockholm