About dr. Ana-Marija Markovina
A healing profession often begins with a calling. Sometimes it is inherited through family tradition; sometimes it arises from a decisive encounter with an inspiring healer. The latter shaped my own path.
I was born in 1970 in Osijek, in what was then Yugoslavia. In 1972 my parents emigrated to Germany. Although the move was initially intended to last only one or two years, we remained, and I grew up in Recklinghausen. In 1989 I completed my Abitur at the Gymnasium Petrinum.
My upbringing was strongly influenced by a humanistic, education-oriented approach. Literature, art, and music formed the pillars of my childhood. I read extensively, but music gradually became the central force of my life. The piano became my emotional home, books my intellectual one. Music also helped me process traumatic experiences from my early years.
With the beginning of my artistic piano studies, an intensive concert career followed. The constant travel, instability, mental pressure, competition, and perfectionism led to increasing health problems. Infections accumulated, and each conventional medical treatment further weakened my psychological stability. In 1995 I developed a severe allergy of unknown origin — diagnosed as an atopic predisposition and treated with antihistamines.
The side effects, especially extreme fatigue, made it impossible for me to practice the piano. Through a fellow musician, I learned of the homeopath Friedel Kroschewski in Bielefeld. After a two-hour anamnesis, I received a remedy that caused my urticaria to disappear completely — following the classical Hering’s law: from within outward.
My concert career flourished, but deeper layers of illness still required healing. Recurrent infections accompanied my path until a gradual inner stabilization emerged. All this unfolded within the demanding context of a pianist’s life, which requires discipline, resilience, physical fitness, artistic devotion, and extraordinary memory capacity.
I approach every patient with dedication, curiosity, and perseverance
I never abandoned the homeopathic path — quite the opposite. Alongside classical literature, psychology, philosophy, and biographical studies, I immersed myself deeply in homeopathy. Friedel Kroschewski became first a close friend, then my teacher and mentor.
The study of Georgos Vithoulkas’ works formed an early foundation. Hahnemann’s Organon, the doctrine of chronic diseases, the philosophical writings of James Tyler Kent and Willibald Gawlick, and the Materia Medica by Boericke, Kent, Seideneder, Metzger, Clarke, and Hering became essential companions.
For years, I received almost daily private instruction from Friedel Kroschewski. Together we analyzed remedies, cases, and the philosophical dimensions of homeopathy. This period was my most important and formative education.
I complemented my training with seminars at the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy in Alonissos and at the Academy of Classical and Clinical Homeopathy in Zagreb, where I obtained certification as a classical homeopath in Croatia.
Homeopathy demands lifelong study. Each case is unique. I approach every patient with dedication, curiosity, and perseverance — like a detective who does not rest until clarity is achieved.
While I have reduced my concert activity as a pianist, I have not abandoned music. Studio recordings now form the core of my artistic work. Passion, devotion, discipline, and concentration — qualities essential to artistry — find their direct counterpart in homeopathic practice.