I feel you - because I’ve searched for inner peace in the very places you stand
Long ago, I stepped into the fire; now I dance around it FREELY, hosting my ceremonies in its glow.
My name is Veerle. I’m glad you’re here and taking a moment to step into my world and the work I offer in Tulum. Usually, a biography begins with background, education, and achievements.
But how much does that really TELL YOU about who I am?
This is not how I define myself. For that reason, this page guides you in two ways: one path to discover more about my knowledge, and another for those who wish to connect with the deeper understanding of what called me to this work.
My story below REVEALS the path that led me here, highlighting the life experiences that have prepared me to carry my calling
I BELIEVE that we create our reality moment by moment
The person I am today is shaped by many layers: the foundation I was born with, my childhood, the choices I have made, and everything I have learned along the way.
A part of our BEING, I believe, is already chosen long before we enter this world
My Human Design reveals this truth. I am a Reflector, one of only 1% of the global population. That means I experience life a little differently.
Unlike 99% of humans, I don’t have a defined motor — an energy system that drives me. Instead, I feel and mirror the energy around me; my aura takes it in and reflects it back. Because of this, I perceive the emotions, behaviors, and deeper truths that often go unspoken.
It feels like a strong, natural instinct, where my intuition is more sensitive and attuned to hidden dynamics. While it may sound like a gift, it took me years to learn how to carry it as a strength and turn it into a capacity I can work with.
Just as a mirror finds its shape in what it REFLECTS, my journey has been carved by what life has shown me.
In a small Dutch village, my childhood unfolded among cornfields, forests, and the daily presence of all sorts of animals.
To others, it may have looked like the perfect picture of a peaceful environment to grow up in. But the beauty of nature couldn’t hide the sadness within our walls. Inside my beloved family, life told a different story, one filled with daily sorrow, fear, and confusion. It laid the foundation for my early relationship with trauma work.
My mother’s mental illness and the addiction she carried to try to soften her trauma were part of the air I breathed. It colored my entire childhood, day after day, summer after summer, with one disappointment after another, leaving me unsure if peace would ever come.
For years, I clung to the hope that my love could keep my mother close. Yet the only wish I carried eventually crumbled. She chose to end the long-standing pain and uncertainty we all lived in—a decision of immense courage that I could only honor, even as it tore through our souls.
Her courage became the seed of my own, giving me the tenacity to create a new reality.
After years of mourning, I started to discover my mother’s strength within myself, which opened my heart and approach to life. And so, in my twenties, I met my soulmate, through whom I began to see that love can both heal and reveal.
Along the way, life brings us to crossroads, each one revealing a deeper layers of who we are meant to BECOME
For 13 years, my ex-partner and I shared love, traveled the world, lived in different countries, and built our businesses together.
I call him my ex because, in my thirties, my courage was tested. I faced one of the hardest decisions of my life: letting him go, while choosing to stay true to my vision, the wish I had carried to become a mother myself one day.
About a year later, just as I felt ready to truly listen and stand fully in the power of my own path, life opened a new chapter I hadn’t expected.
My dearest childhood friend, one of the few who belonged to my deepest circles, fell ill. She fought with all her strength; I stood beside her, but she couldn’t stay. Letting her go broke me wide open. Saying farewell once more to someone I loved so deeply touched a place within me that words can barely reach.
But in that moment of deep silence and solitude, I gave space to the calling I had long known but kept walking away from.
It all came through in a spontaneous Kundalini Awakening , and at that time, I had NO IDEA what had happened to me.
A powerful, mysterious force moved through me, bringing full-body pain and strange visions. It was intense and unlike anything I had ever experienced, impossible to fully explain here. Yet it revealed how much remained hidden in letting go: from my past, to all its connections, the layers and realms far beyond what I had ever known existed.
A year before this, I met my shaman, a wise man who entered my life in a surprising way. He became my teacher, and we formed a strong bond. Together, we explored different aspects of shamanic work, diving deep into its teachings and practices. He taught me invaluable lessons and often told me, “Veerle, you are more deeply in tune with what you can perceive. This is not something I can share with many, but it is waiting for you to fully trust it.”
Back then, I wasn’t ready to FACE such depths in my subconscious, nor to take on the task of channeling past lives.
I hadn’t yet been drawn to discover the deepest layers of the unknown, stretching beyond my own life, carrying their lingering wounds, and revealing the subtle connections that demonstrate how deeply we are all linked.
There were moments when my entire belief system seemed to collapse. Learning to work with the forces of nature, the realms, spirits, and altered states of consciousness required a level of trust beyond anything I had imagined.
I couldn’t explain much to anyone close to me; it would only scare them. But I knew my truth, so I stayed silent and continued on my spiritual path.
This phase of my journey led me to live among shamans in different countries and to explore realms beyond what the conscious mind can perceive. I traveled across cultures to deepen ancient knowledge and had the privilege of learning alongside spiritual masters. A myriad of powerfull experiences prepared me to embody the work and step into my calling to help others.
Letting go doesn’t mean forgetting; it means trusting that what once was has shaped what now is.
The essence of my work is to make your body witness this truth, to awaken it in every cell and invite it into a deeper knowing.
To define the focus of my profession, I use the term “inner work.” It is the process of examining, understanding, and transforming your inner world—your thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and subconscious patterns.
The state of your inner world determines the nature of your outer life. To work through trauma, turning points, or life challenges, the inward journey provides the support needed to fully process them.
Here’s the real game-changer: traumatic events are more than an injury. The beliefs formed through the experience itself are not just thoughts, they are embodied conclusions. They create emotional reflexes and relational patterns. Trauma distorts, disrupts, and fixes your protective mechanisms into survival patterns.
When your body experiences safety and presence in a new way, your trauma-related layers of identity lose their felt foundation and begin to soften.
Inner work touches and shifts these patterns through relived experience. As conscious awareness increases, regulatory capacity grows, threat responses diminish, and new connections form through neuroplasticity.
This work allows your body to complete responses that were previously interrupted by your protective mechanisms. When the body demonstrates that it can carry the experience, the mind releases control.
Your awareness expands, and outdated patterns, conditioned responses, learned coping strategies and ego-driven behaviors guided by protective defenses loosen their grip and return to a healthy, natural state of functioning.
Old survival strategies no longer drive your inner world.
Nature-led body and modalities off energy healing support this process by activating your autonomic nervous system from the inside out. Stored fight, flight, or freeze responses are given space to release, through movement, trembling, or shifts in your breath.
Your inner system learns: “I don’t have to hold this anymore.”
Healing, where letting go plays a central role, is not simply about the passage of time; it requires an experience that unveils a new inner reality. Energy work opens the way. Plant medicine provides guidance, while inner work allows integration. Together, they support true transformation, not forced, but embodied, creating coherence.
“Let yourself be guided toward recovery, and let the journey become your rediscovery”
My work integrates body, mind, and spirit, reflecting my JOURNEY from certified holistic therapist to ceremonialist
- Holistic Therapist - Certified
- Shamanic Practitioner - Trained & Certified
- Kundalini Bodywork - Facilitator, Levels 1 & 2
- Access Consciousness Bars® - Therapist
- Introspective Shamanic Breathwork® - Certified
- Rapé Medicine Facilitator - Trained & Certified
- Connected Breathwork - Trained & Certified
- Massage Cupping Therapy (MCT) - Trained & Certified
- Cacao Facilitator Training - Levels 1 & 2
- Psychedelic Therapy Trainer - Certified
I believe small aspects REVEAL a lot about a person.
Here are a few of mine;
- At 26, I left the Netherlands, yearning for a life lived differently.
- For 10 years, I worked remotely as a holistic coach.
- I live by the quote: “Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
- My most significant shift came when I learned to work with energy. By embodying the work myself and rebalancing my feminine and masculine sides, I moved from living through force to moving with trust and flow.
- As I let go of old identities, my creativity found a new direction, leading to Artemis, my fashion brand for ecstatic dance and yoga.
- I feel most at peace when barefoot in nature.
- Medicine music is part of my daily ritual. I create my own through sound healing and love collecting tracks that guide the ceremonies I offer.
- A day without dancing is a day unlived.