Founder Story

 

Meet the heart and soul behind Skins where the journey to true self-confidence and life fulfillment begins. Our visionary founder, Karina, embodies a strong passion for helping women reconnect to their bodies and has fueled the creation of a brand that transcends the ordinary.

From a young age of 3, Karina perceived a disconnection in the adults around her. In a unique and innate ability, she could witness the separation of their body movements from their soul essence. Recognizing this division as a source of profound pain, Karina embarked on a powerful 27+ year journey delving into the intricacies and complex threads of humanity. Her quest revealed a profound truth - the freedom, fulfillment, and joy we seek are not external pursuits, but reside within our own selves. 

Karina's personal journey played a pivotal role in shaping Skins. She lived much of her life dissociated from her body and overeating due to trauma. Despite many great accomplishments and reaching personal life goals, she felt unsafe in the world, relationships, and even within herself. There was too much within creating a separation, which was painful and full of mistrust. In a world profiting from our disconnection, perpetuating a cycle of constant future goals, Karina envisioned a paradigm shift. A societal system rooted in fear, contrary to our basic need for safety, was inhibiting true connection, fulfillment, and satisfaction. She aspired to bring a movement forward that transcends societal pressures, timelines and circumstances. Something that was permanent and effective. 

Karina's work as a Body Wisdom Expert led her to a deeper understanding, that true confidence and empowerment blossoms when we feel at home within ourselves and our bodies. Karina’s mission is to rewrite the narrative of disconnection, fostering safety within, empowering individuals to show up confidently wherever life takes them. The layers of this transformative journey to self-discovery is represented in the apparel brand. More than garments of clothing, they are symbolic milestones on the path to coming home to oneself and embodying one's true essence.

Join Karina on this transformative journey where the wisdom of our bodies and where we are at right now is celebrated, cherished, and remembered. 

 

What Does Being At Home In Your Skin Mean To Karina?

Being at home in your skin is about being in embodiment and relationship to the identities you are currently embodying and wearing. Your identity will change throughout your life, day and night. Your identity changes according to who you are or what you are doing. However, all these identities are a part of you. We do not shame or judge any of them. Instead, we become curious. We welcome and invite them in and we embody them to better learn about them and be in right relationship to them. Identities change. We are constantly growing new ones, shedding old ones as we are embodying our current one. It’s as simple as the process of growing new skin and to be in your full embodied, liberated and confident self, it requires you embody all versions of you.