In creativity, in dance, in massage - I found trust and appreciation for my body
(A balancing act of sorts, loose-and-find, loose-and-find again).

Two university masters helped to focus my mind, be curious, dive deeper
(Hard still to push the thinking-break).

Berlin where I first encountered tantra, learned me to open my heart
(Like a butterfly, opening and closing, trying to fly).

To learn and teach anything, openness and connection are essential
(I’ve tried, as a teacher, sometimes succeeded, sometimes failed).

To find silence - a Vision Quest on the Veluwe - is to find satisfaction
(The hunger for knowledge and noise always returns).

Change, so it seems, seems to be the only constant.
You too are always in flux.

A reassuring thought, don't you think?

What I've learned

Qualifications

2024 | YinYang Massage Education | Diamond Lotus Institute Berlin
2023 | Women & Tantra Education | Het Holoshuis Utrecht
2022 | Holistic Pulsing Training – YinYangBalance Den Haag
2022 | Sound Healing Workshop | Asameé Sound Therapy
2021-2022 | Massage & Workshop- facilitator | Tantra2Balance Leiden
2019-2022 | Art & CKV teacher | VO Den Haag
2018-2019 | Educational Master | Universiteit Leiden
2015-2017 | Akademie für Illustration & Design | Berlin
2012 -2017 | Tantra Masseuse & Therapist | Kashima Berlin
2013 | Tantra – Advanced Training | Yindo School Berlin
2012 | Tantra Massage – Ground Education | Kashima Berlin
2013 | Workshop 5 Rhythms Creativity & Bodywork | Marieke Klaren
2011-2016 | Educational Tour Guide | Worldstrides
2011-2024 | Freelance Writer & Journalist
2009-2011 | Research Master Art & Archeology | University of Groningen
2005-2009 | Bachelor Art- and Architectural History | University of Groningen

Areas of Study

Movement Therapy
Tantra
Art Education
Zen Buddhism & Mindfulness
Yoga
Chinese 5 Elements
Shiatsu & Meridians

Slow Living
Simplicity
Seasonal
Quietude

Sensitive and stormy by nature, I have in the past been troubled by depression and burn-out. Now I am pursuing a life that is more simple, more slow, more in tune with the seasons. Living with clear defined values anchors me and gives direction. To stay healthy and balanced to me pockets of quiet are essential.

Kokoro
Intelligent Heart

What moves, touches, enlightens you?
I strive to live and create from my heart, my kokoro. This Japanese word is difficult to translate, but encompasses the totality of what someone thinks, feels, knows and drives. And more, of course.
It is our spirit, our intelligent heart, at play.

Wabi Sabi
わびさび

The Japanese way to appreciate the transient beauty of the imperfect, impermanent and incomplete that surrounds us. And in so doing accepting ourselves and others in the same forgiving way. There is beauty in simplicity.

My
Anchors

Nature
Art & Photography
Japanese Culture
Tattoo Art
Writing

This lights me up