Some paths are not chosen.
They are entered by listening, again and again, to what quietly calls.
My work grew from such a path, shaped by experience, and the willingness
to remain with what unfolded, even when direction was not yet clear.
What I offer today did not begin as a vision or a plan.
It arose through life itself.
Origin
There was a time when I lived close to the land,
in a remote region of California, where daily life unfolded in wide silence.
Not far from where we lived was a cave, a place held as sacred
by the Kawaiisu people, known as Creation Cave.
Something in that land spoke –
through vastness, rock, and the scent of the earth.
It was my first encounter with what I later came to recognize
as the living intelligence of the Earth.
Return & Form
Returning to the Netherlands brought a different rhythm.
Life asked to take shape within society, work, and relationship.
I was drawn to education and social work, exploring how people grow,
learn and orient themselves within changing environments.
Alongside this, my attention kept moving inward, toward emotional life,
awareness and the integration of lived experience.
What I learned in those years did not replace what I had met before.
It gave it form.
Places of Practice
Over the years, this path found places where it could be practiced and lived
in daily life.
Since 2011, I have been co-owner and guide at Uniovision.
Together with my partner, Rien, I co-created De Werfeling in Utrecht, a place held
within a centuries-old wharf cellar.
It was there that ideas could emerge, take form, and sometimes complete their cycle.
Not everything was meant to last. But all contributed to the learning process.
These places were not built to prove a vision,
but to allow practice – in presence, collaboration, and discernment.
Own Rhythm
In time, a need arose to move from my own rhythm.
To step out of shared structures,
not in separation, but in honesty-
allowing each of us to follow what asked to be lived.
Escola da Mística
Escola da Mística was founded from this choice.
It is a place shaped from within,
guided by sensing rather than strategy,
and by staying close to what feels true in the moment.
guided by sensing rather than strategy,
and by staying close to what feels true in the moment.
Here, I work in my own intuitive way, listening, allowing,
and giving form only where it naturally wants to emerge.
Always in connection,
yet grounded in my own movement.