Last week I was away for a workshop week in Niedersfeld Germany (near Winterberg in Sauerland). This was a Self Knowledge retreat hosted by Pateo (Johan Oldenkamp). The location was at Savita, It is a meeting place and a place of inspiration for "seekers". People with the desire to give their lives more depth, the desire to break through restrictive thoughts and patterns, to experience more love, to get a better grasp of their own lives, to get more contact with [...]
Today is the commemoration of the dead in The Netherlands. A moment to be still and silent. This day is not only to remember those lives lost in the war, but everyone who has past on. At this moment of silence I always think of those in my personal life that have crossed over before me, such as ancestors, parents, grandfathers, grandmothers, uncles, aunts, friends, colleagues, pets … If remembering brings up feelings of mourning, don't push it away. Take this [...]
What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is one of the most well-known theories in psychology regarding human behavior and what motivates our actions. The concept was first coined in a 1943 paper called “A Theory on Human Motivation”. Named after its creator, Abraham Maslow, this theory focuses on the idea that human beings have certain needs in their lives and that these needs can be organized into a hierarchy based upon how primitive or advanced these needs [...]
Hello, how are you? Are you feeling the Venus-Cheiron conjunction? This time brings up relationship wounds and shows us yet another layer of healing. Cheiron is the Wounded Healer and this time is an opportunity for feeling the emotions (instead of pushing them away and numbing them down) and loving ourselves and supporting ourselves more, for being more ourselves, without needing the approval of others. Because deep down we all have a need to fit in and be approved of. Or [...]
Last weekend I travelled to Amersfoort for the annual SoulCollage® facilitator get-to-gether. Amersfoort This year's theme was Our Sun & Our Moon and was hosted by fellow facilitator Renée. We did a constellation with our Sun and Moon so to actually feel these work through us at this moment. For this we don't even need to know which sign our Sun and Moon was in at the time of our birth. However I do know, Libra is my Sun sign and [...]
Two of my big passions are art and the tarot. I really want to tap into your creative spirit and make a custom deck of my own. One of the marks of being an effective practitioner of magic is the ability to make do with what’s on hand. After all, people have made their own Tarot cards for ages. A personalized deck is something I can customize to your own needs, wants, and creativity. The sky is the limit when you’re [...]
Wishing you an awesome April Merry meet and welcome to my playground, my place of connection and service, Joy in Creation. Happy New Moon in Aries! The first New Moon after Mercury Retrograde is a powerful time to make positive shifts in your life. The fog is clearing, Mercury is going direct again and life feels lighter. March was tough for a lot of us. It is now time for action. Time to put those plans into motion, new plans or [...]
Bij een prijsvraag van Bewust Nederland werd een vraag gesteld die mij prikkelde. "Wat is jouw Drømmeland?" Mijn antwoord was: Drømmeland is voor mij die plek in mij waar ruimte en vrede is. De plek van waaruit ik bewust creëer. De plek waar ik thuis ben. De plek waar ik bijkom. Het is niet ergens buiten mij. Het makkelijkste bereik ik deze plek thuis voor mijn altaar, aan mijn tekentafel of op een plek in de natuur, weg van de gekte [...]
Merry meet! Just a brief sharing of a day out I undertook with a friend yesterday. We visited Helmond where there is an exhibit on the witch trials held there back in 1595. Click on this photograph to be taken to the Flickr-photo album Now I am writing another (elaborate) post on witchcraft, what it means to me and much more. However as I have quite a lot of feelings on the subject of what witchcraft means to me, I really [...]
Apologies to all English speaking readers, this blog entry is in Dutch and about a SoulCollage® workshop I facilitated last week. As I am only doing these workshops in Amsterdam (and in Dutch) I decided to do this blogpost in Dutch, my apologies. Met plezier en dankbaarheid kijk ik terug op de Ostara SoulCollage® workshop van vorige week. Het was met een kleine groep, omdat ik wat laatste minuut annuleringen voor de workshop had. Dit is om eerlijk te zijn best [...]
