One-to-one unfoldment

I offer one-to-one sessions to help people orient when life feels complex or stuck. Together, we uncover and release what gets in the way, allowing a deeper innate resourcefulness to become available again. From there, clarity and wise action arise naturally. Not by pushing or pulling, but through a fuller, more intimate relationship with life as it is.

My work is grounded in the Aletheia Unfoldment Method, a non-pathologising, trauma-sensitive approach informed by systems thinking. It brings together parts work drawing on Internal Family Systems, somatic inquiry informed by body psychotherapy, process work based on Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing, and presence-based inquiry in the tradition of A. H. Almaas' Diamond Approach. You can read more about the method and its neuroscientific foundations in this paper.

I’m also a certified facilitator in Loch Kelly's Effortless Mindfulness. This approach combines Internal Family Systems with nondual meditation practices, drawing on Loch's contemporary interpretations of Dzogchen and Mahamudra Buddhism. It offers a direct and intuitive way to access Presence, or Self. For more on how Effortless Mindfulness and IFS complement each other, see this conversation between Richard Schwartz and Loch Kelly.

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Alongside this, my approach is guided by six years of meditation practice, as well as experience from other background and training.

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If you’re curious about working with me, feel free to reach out to schedule a meeting and see whether we might be a good match. 

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Academia & Education

I work part-time as a teacher, co-lead, and applied researcher in the Collective Futures MSc program at the University of Amsterdam. I co-initiated and co-designed the program, which brings together students, researchers and social initiatives in transdisciplinary projects addressing environmental, social, and political issues. My past collaborations have focused on topics such as climate emotions, urban soundscapes, and democratic resilience.

 

Alongside this, I’m developing new classroom practices that invite students and educators to collectively grapple with the crises of our time. These initiatives explore how shared processing of existential feelings can open space for meaning, resilience, and transformation. This work is supported by UvA's Fair, Resilient & Inclusive Societies community and guided through mentorship by Prof. Donata Schoeller, as part of the Embodied Critical Thinking and Understanding program.

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Teaching continues to be a deep source of learning and inspiration. I see student group projects not just as educational tools, but as living experiments for embodied and collective transformation, where reflexive practices meet the urgent tensions of our time.

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Improvisational Arts

I’m part of Shock Forest Group, a decentralized, sonic art+research collective. We engage in residencies and community practices that explore radical presence, embodied listening, and mutual aid efforts. These creative spaces allow for experimental approaches to relationality, sense-making, and cultural repair.

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For an overview of my other work in sound art and interactive installations, see.

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In my free time, I enjoy making music and practicing improvisational dance.

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Contemplative Activism

I contribute in an advisory role to the academic branch of the Climate Courage Schools campaign team – an initiative by UK-based Climate Majority Project, rooted in principles of 'contemplative activism'.

 

In collaboration with Caroline Lucas (former UK Green Party MP and Member of the European Parliament), the Climate Psychology Alliance, the Mindfulness Initiative, ClimatEdPsych and others, we're growing a broad coalition of educators, academics, unions, campaigners, and parents to call for an education system that prepares young people for a time of rapid change. This means supporting emotional resilience, systems thinking, collaboration, and connection to nature and one another.

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Background and training

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• Aletheia Unfoldment method (Levels 1–2)

• Effortless Mindfulness by Loch Kelly (Levels 1–3, certified facilitator)

• Embodied Critical Thinking and Understanding – mentored by Gendlin Focusing expert Prof. Donata Schoeller 

• MSc in Creative Intelligence & Technology – Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (cum laude)

• BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences (Major in Ecology) – University of Amsterdam

• Six years of practice in meditation and mindfulness

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