Onlangs mocht ik aanschuiven bij de Bewuste Leiders Podcast van Roald Ploegmakers op zijn prachtige Anahata Centrum, vlakbij mijn Mas Corazón Retreat. Het werd een warm en open gesprek over thema’s die mij nauw aan het hart liggen:...
Grenzen stellen is moeilijk. Ik worstelde er regelmatig mee in mijn leven. Ik heb mijn grenzen moeten leren ontdekken en aangeven. Door mijn grenzen te bewaken, kan ik beter bij mezelf blijven. Maar andersom is ook waar: Wanneer ik geworteld ben in mijn natuurlijke authentieke aard, hoef ik niet steeds met mijn grenzen naar anderen bezig te zijn.
It's dark outside. In the house we light candles and lights. The fire is burning. December is a light month. We create light in the darkness, for ourselves and for each other. Christmas, the feast in which we celebrate the light, is approaching.
Na een drukke dag wanneer ik veel binnen ben geweest, geconfronteerd met de muren, voorwerpen en de afmetingen van de ruimte om me heen, doe ik het liefst twee dingen: ik waai uit op het strand, luisterend naar de eindeloze golven van de zee, de in horizon starend.
Regelmatig vragen mensen me of ik inmiddels in Spanje woon, nu Mas Corazón Retreat daar werkelijkheid is geworden. Het antwoord is: nee, ik woon nog steeds in Nederland! Wel reis ik vaak op en neer – en eerlijk gezegd, ik geniet er intens van.
Mijn pad als ondernemer is geen geplande route, maar een intuïtieve reis. Ik volg mijn gevoel, vaak met wat meer lef dan strikte logica, gedreven door imaginatie en intenties die zich van binnen aandienen.
Met Kerstmis voor de deur naderen we het nieuwe jaar. Voor de één een tijd van feestelijke momenten, voor de ander een periode van stilte of eenzaamheid. Elk jaar beleef ik deze dagen anders, afhankelijk van waar ik in mijn leven sta, in een wereld vol veranderingen.
Met een hart vol dankbaarheid en vreugde wil ik jullie meenemen naar het wonderlijke verhaal van Mas Corazón Retreat – onze tweede thuisbasis, een plek waar inspiratie, dromen en rust samenkomen. In januari 2024 begon dit avontuur met de aankoop van deze prachtige oude masia, en na maanden van hard werken en liefdevol verbouwen, zijn we klaar om de deuren wagenwijd te openen.
For years I have dreamed of an expansion of Heart House / Heart to Heart. Building a bridge across the border to a peaceful natural place in the light, near the sea, that was always my idea.
Last summer I asked myself if my dream would ever come true…
Every problem has a hidden opportunity. When you go through a crisis, you often only see what it has brought you. Each challenge offers a lesson. In the 50s, John F. Kennedy already came up with it, the Chinese sign for crisis consists of two parts: danger and opportunity.
I am proud to launch my brand new website! And with fulfillment I introduce you to my current 3 online & live training programs in which meditation is central.
Meditation and consciousness development has been poured into me from an early age…
We are increasingly open about our sex lives. After all, almost every human and animal does or did’it'. Sexuality is part of our nature. We come out with it and we read vulnerable interviews in the magazines about the variety of experiences of others.
You know that? You drive into a traffic jam that clearly causes you to be late for your appointment, at the same time you spill your take-away coffee on your clean blouse and it starts to rain and you don't have an umbrella with you.
Practical things that go a little differently than expected…
In my 9th year of life I met my first Guru from India. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi had (and still has after his death) followers from all over the world. He was the teacher of The Beatles. In my teenage years, I had a lot of…
“There is a morning inside of you, waiting to burst open into light”
While it is still raining and snowing outside, spring is almost here. At least in me. My heart longs for opening. My senses like smelling the trees, the grass…
The first days of January have passed... we have entered another new year ... with new intentions and goals. Or maybe this year you decided to be guided by the flow of life…
Een Engels gezegde luidt: “If you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but…
Autumn nature surrounds me. The wind blows through my hair. The mountain peaks are shrouded in Mists. Hundreds of leaves cover the path.
When the fog lifts, the view invites me to the greater perspective of life. I feel small but included in a larger whole. Part of nature…
One morning about 35 years ago I woke up with the name ‘Heart to Heart’ in my mind. The name contained everything I wanted in my life; inspiring others from my heart. Since then I have been able to greet and inspire many individuals, inspirators, coaches, trainers, teachers and healers…
I love white. It envelops me with peace and serenity. It reflects something of the soft neutrality and openness with which I want to stand in the world.
But I also love variegated, bright colors that make me feel the cheerfulness and diversity of life around me. Colors that reflect the nuances of…
It's evening. The sky is dark. But it's a clear night and I see the stars twinkling. I stare at the Infinity above. Here on earth we seem so great. But in that Infinity we are so tiny and small.
A friend once told me about his sidewalk tile philosophy. The ants…
There is an underlying field of intelligence in nature, a collective consciousness, in which every natural element has a place and thus keeps the whole in balance. When I feel resistance and tension, I always think of that seemingly effortless flow of the natural elements. We as…
The term "spirituality" has become a repository for a great many prejudices, projections, ideas, assumptions, interpretations, beliefs, directions, questions, answers and clichés. For many people, spirituality is synonymous with ‘floating’.
Every living creature needs space. To be able to grow, breathe and live. Space figuratively gives us air and literally oxygen to survive. We need space not only physically, but also in our head, so that we can unfold ourselves and express who we are in…
We heard Mark Rutte say again in the press conference of september 28: work at home again as much as possible in the coming weeks. That can have its advantages: no travel time, organize your own time and more often at home for your children. But there are also disadvantages. You don't really have an ergonomic workplace…
The new situation that we are all in now and that came out of thin air is a challenge for many of us. We are forced to be flexible and creative, and above all to remain positive. To reflect on our health and that of the loved ones around us.
With the naked eye you can not see it, but so real for our human experience: the invisible reality of energy. Your consciousness, thoughts, feelings and intentions are all energy, intertwined with the earthly, material things such as your body and your environment. What ‘happens’to you as a person…
