Rikke Godthjælp is the founder of the GMI Institute and serves as a school director, teacher and therapist at the institution. Her expertise spans a wide range as a trained classical acupuncturist, auriculotherapist (ear acupuncturist), auriculomedicine, chromotherapist (color therapist) and posturologist. She teaches in both Danish and English and runs GODTHJÆLP Institute by the Lakes in Østerbro, centrally located in Copenhagen.