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We are international wellness professionals who connected in Amsterdam and decided it was time for people to move, breathe and be in nature again, all while connecting to community.

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Jarl Hector

Jarl Hector is not only a yoga and meditation teacher, but is also the Founder and Creative Director of music agency Clear Music Amsterdam. He has worked with various well known brands such as Samsung, Diesel, Vodafone, Netflix and Plus Supermarkt as well as the soundtracks for Dutch blockbuster movies like Soof 2, Weg Van Jou, Wat Is Dan Liefde and large scale music festivals and events.

He is also professional DJ Yarl, creating soundscapes for danceable experiences at various clubs, ecstatic dance events, conscious gatherings and festivals in the Netherlands, and beyond, and before that, toured the world as a member of Utrecht based rock-band The Medics.

After working within the fast paced music industry for a number of years, Jarl found himself burning out. He followed his intuition and heart to India.There he travelled from Rishikesh in the far North, to Mysore in the South-West studying Ashtanga Vinyasa, traditional Hatha Yoga and Pranayama (Breath Work). He continued his studies upon his return to the Netherlands, becoming a Yoga Nidra (Sleep Yoga) and Breath Work Specialist and deepening his practice in all areas of yoga.

An asana based yoga session with Jarl will allow you to focus on building internal health and strengthening your muscles while keeping your mind in a meditative state. Simultaneously you will smoothly transition from posture to posture while linking your breath with your movements. This helps build physical strength, stamina and flexibility. The meditative qualities of his classes benefit mental well-being and help bring about a state of equanimity and peace, on and off the mat. A breath work session with Jarl will allow you to tune into yourself a bit more, by creating a more positive homeostasis, supported by scientific research.

Jarl has developed a deep connection to his body, breath and to ‘consciousness' itself, something he hopes to share with others.

More info, yoga class schedule, and certification.

Brittany D. Costa

Health & Wellness Guide Brittany D. Costa works with individuals on becoming healthier by guiding them through proper physical fitness, healthy nutrition and leading a positive and balanced lifestyle.

Brittany has studied at University and various wellness training programs to become a personal trainer, pilates and barre instructor, as well as nutrition coach. Brittany has a number of certificates that include 550 Hours in Strala Yoga, 250 Hours Vinyasa Yoga, 450 Hours Barre and 100 Hours mat Pilates, in addition to participating in various workshops within the wellness field as she continues to deepen her education in the field.

Brittany is the Head of Global Communications at Songtradr and Bandcamp. She is also a wellness advisor, content creator, voice over artist, presenter, writer and editor for a variety of companies and NGO's in wellness, tech, advertising, sustainability, healthcare, education and music. Brittany is a cancer survivor and single mom to her son Ryder. All of this combined with an active lifestyle, has inspired her to connect with others about living a healthy and happy life.

For seventeen years Brittany has been a Health and Wellness Guide at a variety of elite clubs, various private boutique studios, venture capital firms, corporate hedge funds, educational programs, pageantry competitions, retreats as well as training private clients in-home and digitally throughout the United States, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, and now in the Netherlands. Brittany is also an author with her first book “Health and Happiness” currently available to order, and is currently working on her second book “Healing and Happiness”.

Relatable, humorous and knowledgeable, Brittany connects with her readers and clients at every age, stage and size as she tries to make the world a healthier place by helping people to understand how to take advantage of opportunities around them that impact both the health of the individual and the Earth.

More info, yoga class schedule, and certifications.

Collaborators

  • Sabrina Kast

    Ayurvedic Specialist

    After studying cultural studies and Ayurveda in Berlin, Sabrina traveled to India to gain deeper insights into manual therapy at the source of Ayurveda. It is her belief to apply this old wisdom as broad as possible. 

    After returning from India she founded RASĀYANA to support people in the different phases of their life through Ayurvedic consultations and manual therapy for holistic healing and accompany them on their path of essence. Touch has been an essential part of her work as it activates the flow of energy that is inherent in every body. This balances out imbalances and restores the state of individual harmony.

    With insights from her own journey through family loss, her studies and the search for purpose, Sabrina believes that finding our meaning is essential for a joyful and healthy life. 

    She currently offers her treatments and consultations in Berlin.

  • Marjolijn van de Ven

    Ibiza Holistic Chef 2024

    Marjolijn, affectionately known as "La Mama Gaia," is a private chef who believes in the joy of sharing food. With a nurturing spirit and a background in design and hospitality, she lovingly crafts meals that bring people together with warmth and comfort.

    Her approach to cooking is deeply personal and heartfelt. Marjolijn creates dishes that are not just nourishing but also comforting, made with the intention of bringing happiness and well-being to those she serves. Each meal she prepares is a labor of love, filled with vibrant colors and flavors that cater to diverse tastes and dietary needs, always aiming to make everyone feel cherished and satisfied.

    Based in the Netherlands, Marjolijn travels internationally, bringing along her culinary magic to retreats and special gatherings. She is dedicated to creating an inviting atmosphere where everyone feels at home and truly seen. She is passionate about crafting memorable dining experiences that foster connection and joy through the simple act of sharing a meal.

  • Tanja Kreideweis

    Sound Healer // Cacao Facilitator

    For the past few years, Tanja has embarked on a heartfelt healing journey, exploring various energy healing methods. Yet, it was sound that brought her the most profound transformation. Music has always been a companion in Tanja's life, guiding her through both challenging and beautiful moments, and it became the key to her emotional and spiritual healing.

    Sound has a unique way of intuitively addressing our imbalances, helping to restore our body's natural harmony. Inspired by the miraculous effects of sound healing, Tanja felt a deep calling to share this powerful tool with others. She dedicated herself to learning and became a certified sound meditation trainer, founding Omkara – Your Sound Within. Through Omkara, she aims to reconnect people with their inner sound, fostering personal development and spiritual growth through the gentle power of sound and voice.

    Tanja is devoted to creating a safe and nurturing space where individuals can rediscover their inner balance. Her work with Omkara is focused on helping others transform their energy and vibration, opening their hearts and guiding them on their personal paths. She offers tools and practices that can be easily integrated into daily life, supporting a deeper connection with oneself, nature, and all living beings.

  • Claudia Hilarius

    Ibiza Retreat Coordinator and Wellness Guide

    Claudia discovered yoga during her travels around the globe during her time as a flight attendant.

    It was also during this time that she felt the deep desire to live on an island by the seaside, so she picked up everything and moved to the beautiful island of Ibiza, planning to stay only for six months…. and ended up staying for five years.

    Ibiza is a very spiritual island where Claudia felt more connected to nature, organic and fresh produce, and of course discovering her desire for a deepened yoga practice, where she found herself falling more and more in love with moments of observation and philosophy.

    Claudia wanted to dive deeper into her yoga education, and attended a yoga training in India. (one of the same ones as Jarl!). After leaving India, she wanted to explore more about the functions and movements of the body. So after exploring Ashtanga yoga, she also learned how to teach Pilates.

    Since then, Claudia has been living in Germany and leads Pilates in a studio in Berlin, assisting people with postural problems and pain prevention.

  • Sieta van Horck

    Consciousness Guide and Authentic Relating Coach

    As a Consciousness Guide, Sieta connects traditional psychology with spirituality and transpersonal guidance in order to form a holistic understanding of what it means to be a human-being in this current time.

    Sieta is passionate about conscious communication practices and hosts Authentic Relating play events. Authentic Relating is the practice of bringing our truth into connection with others’, so that we can weave a more rich and truthful human experience.

    In this shifting and changing world, we are called to find new ways of being and being-with. Sieta connects traditional psychology with spirituality and transpersonal guidance in order to form a holistic understanding of what it means to be a human-being in this current time. She loves to create and play with gatherings and rituals that allow us to transform our relationship to ourselves, ‘others’ and the Earth. Finding deep human connection and remembering we are all part of the extraordinary web of life.

    As a multidisciplinary artist, Sieta works at the intersection of ecology, technology, spirituality and embodiment. In her installations, meditation talks, gatherings and rituals she combines emerging science with ancient wisdom to explore the shift from the age of Newtonian physics to the new paradigm of inter-being. Her interactive experiments invite to perceive beyond analytic thinking and allow to directly experience a new realm of being - an interconnected unified field of inter-being where multi-species are constantly communicating and collaborating.

    Let’s stop only talking about change - and start rehearsing and embodying the new age that is dawning on this Earth.

  • Viviane Marmelstein

    Energetic Healer // Holistic Coach

    Sometimes all we need is a different perspective. Viviane helps others to focus on the root of the situation, rather then the quick fix. She uses energetic healing work to feel into the problem, instead of trying to solve it from the mind, helping others to connect and empower those to follow the path of love.

    At a very young age Viviane experienced energetic sensitivity that felt more of a burden than a strength at the time. It was challenging for her to express her true emotions and feelings. There was so much going on inside, but no way for it to come out. Working as a model was a great way for her to express herself, but along with that came body dysmorphia and eating disorders, eventually loosing the connection to herself. After becoming a mother, her biggest focus was to tune back in with her own intuition.

    Since then, she has been rediscovering self love, and how to help others connect to their own emotions and connection to the self. She helps to create a safe and nourishing environment where others can tune back into their heart, feeling supported and inspired to flourish in their existence.

    Viviane’s goals are to bring the power of love back into the way people choose to live their lives. Through her energetic healing sessions, you will learn to alchemize whatever is holding you down, into whatever you need to celebrate the beautiful life you have!

    It is her destiny to serve.

  • Emmy-Koos Meijer

    Artist // Illustrator

    Emmy-Koos Meijer is an Amsterdam-based artist and illustrator, using art to inspire a more intimate connection with yourself and others.

    She makes Illustrated Intentions, personal artworks that function as a visual reminder of what you can give yourself.

    Through her work, Emmy-Koos invites you to embrace and express yourself and your emotions, and to live from intention and connection.

    You can book her for a Power Portrait, a vulnerable and empowering experience around the process of being drawn naked.

  • Kremena Yordanova

    Wellness Guide // Tea Connoisseur

    Kremena never anticipated that yoga would become such an integral part of her daily life. A self-taught entrepreneur with a touch of creativity, her career path brought her from junior purser on a cruise ship to the corporate world and blended yoga along the way (and has attended the same training program as Brittany!)

    With a demanding full-time career at Reebok, Kremena is thoroughly aware of the demands of modern life.

    She unites the philosophy of yoga with modern day life as the basis of her teachings. Her realistic, grounded and contemporary approach has made her a sought after teacher in Amsterdam. She started hosting and co hosting retreats in 2015 and have been doing so ever since. She had 17 international retreats and many local one day retreats. She hosts tea meditations that foster deeper levels of connection between people by using her bespoke tea blend with Rose Tulips.

    Kremena is especially thankful to her mentors and above all, to her family and students for their support.

  • Philippa Wood-May

    Ibiza Holistic Chef 2023

    Philippa is a private freelance chef based in the Balearic Islands with over 12 years experience on private yachts, luxury villas and yoga retreats.

    She is passionate about using locally sourced produce, supporting small farms and organic business here on the islands.

    She has been Vegan for 10 years, and enjoys sharing her knowledge with others.

    She loves creating new, vibrant and healthy dishes that nourish her guests, as well as make their taste buds happy!

    She is also a reiki master and this beautiful form of healing naturally flows through throughout her food as she prepares her holistic dishes.

  • Monica Beatrice

    Ibiza Holistic Chef 2022

    Monica Beatrice is a private hospitality professional with strong attention to detail, delivering a flawless experience to clients and guests. As a trained plant-based chef and graduate from T.Colin Campbell’s Center for Nutrition Studies and eCornell, her passion lies in healthy, wholesome cuisine with heart and flavor.

    Her love for cooking and nutrition was born in 2012 when transitioning to a whole food, plant-based diet, after extensive research into the subject and learning about the tremendous health and healing benefits of such diet and lifestyle, and also a passion for animal welfare and global environmental awareness.

    Since then, Monica embarked on a culinary journey and is preparing delicious, versatile and creative, wholesome menus and healthy, refined pastries under her private chef and catering project “VegiTales - Eat Right, Shine Bright”, which has been enjoyed by many happy clients and guests, including celebrity and high profile individuals.

    She strives to resolve challenges when they arise and is driven by the desire to be proactive to anticipate clients’ needs and to exceed their expectations.