Healing through embodied deep ecology
by and for inhabitants of the urbanised & digitalised world
Supporting journeys towards harmony between inner & outer ecologies
Who we are 🐾
We answer to many labels, including but not limited to: guide, mentor, facilitator, coach, counsellor, healer, artist, shamanic practitioner… we bring together many modalities to create integrative experiences that support health and well-being in the most expansive sense.
We are also queer, transgender, immigrant, diaspora, interracial, intercultural, & our understanding of the dis-eases caused by social and ecological alienation comes from our combined lifetimes of direct experience. We are on our own journey of reclaiming — rediscovering, redefining, re-empowering — our belonging. We have gathered many tools and practices over the years that we feel called to share with others. Practices that support with increasing capacity to be with whatever is in this very moment, and discovering the belonging that is already here.
In-person sessions & gatherings are held in Utrecht, The Netherlands & surrounding areas — our current place of primary residence. We go wherever the spirits of the land call us, and are always open to collaborations in distant geographical areas. The nature of our sacred calling to embody global citizenship means that we mostly work online and have become particularly skilled at facilitating nature connection & embodiment practices through digital mediums.
Here you can learn more about Kirien & about Soren.
Practices
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Reiki
Supporting the body’s natural healing capacity through gentle relaxing touch, compassionate presence and the art of non-doing. 1-1 or 2-1 sessions in person, or in combination with sound healing. Distance healing to anywhere in the world. Reiki Level 1 training in-person or online.
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Sound healing
Deep relaxation and embodied resonance with that which is greater than oneself. Private sessions for individuals, couples, groups & organisations. Sound baths and concerts in diverse locations — inviting the spirits of indoor & outdoor places to speak through the language of music.
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Ecosomatic guidance & shamanic counselling
1-1 or 2-2 coaching / counselling / mentorship where we bring your inquiries directly to the wisdom keepers of the more-than-human-world. Shamanic journeying, forest therapy, EcoNIDRA, plant medicine integration. Individual support on questions of home, belonging, exile, meaning & purpose.
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Heart-centred circles & gatherings
Group containers for heart-centred presence, relational mindfulness, authentic relating, ritual & ceremony in community. Sharing spaces centring Queer & BIPOC experiences. Online gatherings in service of global connectedness and cross-cultural dialogue.
Reclaiming belonging in the age of alienation…
We have our own stories of never feeling able to belong — to anything, anyone or anywhere — and surely, you do as well. Maybe you’ve tried out many careers, many partners, many locations, many spiritual practices — and still, nothing has ever felt right, and you still don’t know why. Maybe you’ve repeatedly experienced discovering what was right for your body and spirit, but not been allowed to access it due to marginalisation and factors of structural injustice. Maybe you never had a chance to have a home; maybe your home was taken away from you; maybe you were forced to leave it; maybe it turned into something unbearable to be in and you’ve had no choice but to stay. Maybe…
Do you feel at home in your body? Among the people closest to you? In the ecosystem in which you reside?
…in partnership with the more-than-human world
This is something you’ll hear us say a lot: that we work in partnership with the land. Also known as: nature, the more-than-human world, spirits of land and place, land spirits, ecological beings. This is our core practice methodology, including (especially) with those practices which are not explicitly “eco” nor “spiritual” on the surface.
It means: we are committed to being in mutually healthy & sustainable ecological relationships in our personal life. We don’t see ourselves as the ones “doing the healing” but facilitators of healing relationships with all that is greater or more-than ourselves. When you meet us online, we are joining not as individuals but also with our places. When we consider locations for hosting in-person events, we take great care to listen to the spirits of the space itself, about what kind of collaboration would be in alignment with their needs & nature.
“What is magic? In the deepest sense, magic is an experience. It's the experience of finding oneself alive within a world that is itself alive. It is the experience of contact and communication between oneself and something that is profoundly different from oneself: a swallow, a frog, a spider weaving its web.”
—David Abram