Karin Sziva

Karin Sziva is a writer of thresholds, a woman of wild silence and luminous language. Her work moves between poetry and presence, body and thought, the sacred and the absurd. She writes not from theory or tradition, but from lived experience—the kind that splits you open and invites you to remain soft.
 

Karin’s life has never followed a predictable arc. A trained yoga and mindfulness practitioner, she has taught, traveled, fought (she once worked in martial arts and polo), and ultimately come to rest in the quiet valleys of Styria, Austria.

Here, she lives and writes—sometimes in a fiery flow, sometimes in months of stillness. She doesn’t force words. They arrive when they will, and if they don’t, she listens.
 

Her memoir Rebelleheart is a deeply personal constellation of letters, meditations, and moments—an invitation to feel. To walk outside of convention. To explore the raw edges of love, grief, and self-reclamation. Her voice is sensual, critical, tender, and real.
 

In 2022, Karin said goodbye to Lenny, her beloved dog of 17 years, in 2024 her white Soulhorse Joséla changed form too.

Today, she walks the forest trails with Ben—a little caramel-colored companion with a wide-open heart. Together, they remind her daily that life is best lived unguarded and fully alive.