Background
What drew me into this work was my own experience of how much shifts when we learn to listen to the body's wisdom and stay with what's actually happening rather than managing it from a distance. That remains the thread through everything I do.
I draw on study across embodied inquiry, philosophy, crossdisciplinary science, contemplative practice, and psychology, drawing on the training and ongoing practice below.
Aletheia Unfoldment Method
Currently in Level 3 of the Aletheia Unfoldment Method, originated by Steve March. The approach integrates parts-oriented dialogue from Internal Family Systems, felt-sense exploration in the tradition of Eugene Gendlin, and presence-based inquiry informed by A. H. Almaas' Ridhwan school. What I find most powerful about this work is how it holds psychological precision and contemplative depth as one movement, allowing transformation that is both deeply grounded and genuinely lasting. A detailed exploration of the method is available in this paper.
I am also Home Group host for Aletheia's Level 1 cohort, where I hold space for groups to deepen the program's learning together, alongside the core training.
Embodied Critical Thinking and Understanding
Mentored by Prof. Donata Schoeller through the Embodied Critical Thinking and Understanding training program, deepening an orientation toward felt-sense inquiry and philosophical precision.
I'm also co-organiser and co-facilitator of ECTU's community of practice for alumni, a space that keeps the practice alive and evolving past the end of the course.
Effortless Mindfulness
Certified facilitator in Effortless Mindfulness, an approach developed by Loch Kelly combining Buddhist meditation practices from the Dzogchen and Mahamudra traditions with parts-based psychology grounded in Internal Family Systems.
Reschooling Spiral
A year-long practice ground in grief, facilitation, grief work, and the slow work of undoing inhereted patterns of power.
Academic study
MSc in Creative Intelligence & Technology, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science.
BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a major in Ecology, University of Amsterdam.
I also teach and co-lead the Collective Futures MSc programme at the University of Amsterdam.
