Introducing myself & part of my story <3
Hi guys, my name is Eefje! Last September i signed up for the program and I’ve been preparing myself for this journey. Im starting with week 1 and 2 right now, so this will be an introduction post. Im also gonna share a bit of my story with you guys. One of the reasons I stepped into this program is to find a way to bring the wisdom and teachings from a specific experience forth. This is the first time I put it in writing for others to see. I'm scared to share it and I also know this is the next step, Im gonna do it scared. Thank you in advance for witnessing me. I am 34 vears old and I am living in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. I live in a beautiful house, with a home practice, a cute little garden with many plants, flowers and medicinal herbs. I’ve been on the path of awakening since I was 18 and have gone through different fases since then. I’ve been walking in two worlds as long as i can remember, the physical world and the unseen realms, and i've always felt deeply within myself and outside of myself. I’ve had my own practice officially since 8 years, and have supported women and men on their healing journey with 1 on 1 sessions, workshops, short (live) courses and yin yoga. The first 7 years have been about bodywork: Ive studied Chinese medicine and gave massages, cupping therapy, breathwork and energetic healing and clearing sessions. Due to my own process and practices my intuition sharpened, I got very connected to source, subtle energies and many of my psychic abilities were turned on. I was thriving, my practice was blooming and it was very fulfilling. Then, three years back, something happened. Fascinated by the body, existence and curious about all of the different healing modalities, I came across people that worked with plant medicine. I thought i could trust them with a wound with the masculine I have carried for many lifetimes. They called themselves messengers for this indigenous tribe from the Sierra Nevada the Santa martha. They worked with the master plants, lived and worked with a ‘mamo’, supposedly an initiated healer from this tribe, and lived in community in the mountains of Colombia. After a few kambo ceremonies with this couple, I visited them in Colombia for my first plant medicine retreat. While being there I learned about these ancestral teachings: this was about balancing the masculine and feminine energies, coming into inner and outer sacred union and sexual healing.