Fascia tension often goes unnoticed but can have a deep effect on our health and well being. It can cause chronic pain and movement restrictions. During this four day course I will teach you how to register with your hands where the deepest fascia of the body, the dural sac, is restricted and how to release this. Consequently I will show you how to integrate this release into freedom of movement. This course is as much a learning opportunity as a healing opportunity for yourself because of the time spent exchanging “hands on” work. For students who are up for it we will visit the body worlds exhibition in Amsterdam on the day off in the middle. For more information please send me a message requesting the full course description.

How we regulate our emotions and energy determines to a great extent the quality of our lives. Unwanted emotions need to be recognized, acknowledged understood and released. But what is often overlooked is that this is not enough. In order to truly thrive we need to shift to healthier states of being. During this course you will learn how to do just that for yourself and your clients. I will introduce techniques which work on the level of the aura and the chakra’s as well as the brain frequencies. These techniques are deeply transformational and go far beyond merely acknowledging and releasing emotions. For more information please send me a message requesting the full course description.

Therapeutic tuning forks are an amazing tool sound healing tool for fascia release and energy healing. I use moxibustion to calm the nervous system and help reestablish healthy functioning of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. These techniques came into my work after dealing with severely traumatized humans and animals who could not tolerate touch, and for whom talking was not effective either. Very often I am asked if I can teach these techniques. In this course we will explore the possibilities of these tools so you can find out if you would like to use them. For more information you are invited to listen to episode 4: “tools | tuning forks and moxa” or send me an email for the full course description.

We all breathe, speak, eat, drink, chew, swallow and have facial expressions. These are basic human functions performed by stomatoghnathic system. This is a word that originates from the Greek language where “stoma” refers to the mouth and “gnathos” refers to the jaw. In this workshop we will explore if we can become (more) aware of tension patterns in this system and  it’s effect on balance, poise, voice, articulation and our ability to recover from stress. We will look at tension patterns that arise from habits as well as compensations that arise from developmental and dental trauma. For more information please send me a message requesting the full course description.

Many of us have a deep wish to overcome adverse or traumatic childhood experiences. One relatively unknown therapy I use is Reflex Inhibition Therapy. With this method I help clients integrate the so called primary reflexes. These reflexes ensure early childhood development, but can cause problems if they stay active beyond a certain age. This course is just for you. In a small group we will combine theory with reflex assessment, during morning sessions. In the afternoon you will have time off to relax and recover. This course includes two private sessions of reflex inhibition. For more information you are invited to listen to episode 3: “reflex inhibition therapy” of my podcast series in touch with Elke or send me a message requesting the full course description.