My journey
How I learned to listen to the body, and live from there
I didnβt begin this work from stillness, I began from performance. For years, my world revolved around high-performance fitness. I trained as a triathlete, worked as a personal trainer, and developed wellness programs across the Netherlands and Thailand. I was deeply fascinated by the body, its strength, resilience, and ability to adapt.
But in 2018, my body asked me to stop.
After being diagnosed with an autoimmune condition, I could no longer rely on discipline, willpower, or pushing through. What I thought was a physical limitation became something else entirely: an invitation to slow down and listen. Healing didnβt come through doing more. It came through stillness, nourishment, and learning how to feel safe inside my own body.
A plant-based ketogenic lifestyle supported my recovery by reducing inflammation and restoring energy, but the deeper shift happened through nervous system regulation, learning when to rest, when to move, and how to respond rather than override.
That same year, while traveling through India, I completed over 500 hours of yoga teacher training in Ashtanga and Vinyasa. Yet it was not the dynamic practices that changed me most. The real transformation came later, through Yin Yoga, fascia-focused work, and somatic practices – approaches that taught me how to soften, slow down, and rebuild trust with my body.
Between 2011 and 2025, I worked as part of a team guiding juice-fasting retreats in Portugal, Turkey, and Spain. Over the years, I supported more than 200 groups, creating and leading movement, yoga, and wellness programs. Each retreat offered a powerful reminder: when the body is given space, it knows how to recalibrate.
In 2024/25, my path deepened further through trauma-informed work, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), and a 20-day Vipassana silent retreat in Thailand. Silence, breath, and simplicity stripped everything back to what matters most: presence.
Today, my work is no longer about performance or fixing. Itβs about learning to be with the body – in effort, in rest, and in everyday life.
I guide others through Yin Yoga, somatic movement, breathwork, mindfulness, and nervous-system-oriented practices. Not as a method to become someone else, but as a way to come home to who you already are.
MY PHILOSOPHY
I believe clarity doesnβt come from thinking harder, but from listening more deeply. When we return to the body, through breath, movement, rest, and attention, something begins to settle. We start to recognize whatβs ours to carry, and what we can finally let go of.
This work isnβt about quick fixes or constant self-improvement. Itβs about creating enough space for the body to reorganize itself naturally. When we choose softness instead of resistance, something shifts, not dramatically, but steadily. That shift shapes how we move through the world, how we relate, and how we care. The quality of our lives is built quietly, through daily choices.
By tending to the body, breath, and nervous system, we take responsibility, not just for our own well-being, but for the world we participate in creating.