We organise workshops, seminars, retreats and meet-ups to inform you 1) how to become more healthy; 2) stay healthy and 3) spread the joy of being healthy by knowing what constitutes a healthy you.
All our classes are led by registered health instructors and therapists who also have a solid background in western medical knowledge. Please note that our classes are meant to be enjoyed to inform you and invest in your health alongside your therapy or treatment. All bodies any colour / sizes / preference and the like are welcome. We take providing a safe space very seriously. You’ll leave clearer, calmer and more radiant. Smiles, tea and yummie snacks are on us. Do join us to profit from our health and wellbeing classes and meetings:
- Self Care Sundays mornings (10-12 am) series of 5 workshops to kick start 2027 with a more healthy version of you. These workshops are led by different health therapists and you can join. Please check the calender below. The workshops can be taken as a single class or as a series of 5 classes. Classes are in Dutch or English spoken, depending on the participants. Click here to learn more
- Longevity retreat in Japan (5 days). For anyone with a sincere interest and willing to dive deeper. Classes are English spoken.
- Integrative Health Seminars (2 or 3 days) intensive. Explore the compelling program crafted together with our beloved mentors below;
- Shiatsu Social Club (a morning or an afternoon): meetings for professionally registered therapists (shiatsu, TCM, Amma, Seiki therapists and other registered therapists curious about what body work has to offer). These meetings account as intervisie. These are necessary credits for our professional registration with the Association of Shiatsu Therapists Netherlands and will be announced on this website, the forum of the Shiatsu Association Netherlands and through our social media.
- Nourishing the Feminine webinars/ long weekend. Open to anyone (f / m / they)
Calender 2026
Self-care Sundays
Join us for a restoring Sunday morning focused on restoring (y)our nervous system after a busy week and recharging your batteries for the week ahead. This is a series of 5 meetings that focus on the building blocks of your health. Each Sunday delves into a different theme with a different teacher. Please register for all 5 workshops, or a single workshop. Click here to read more.
2027
May 27 – Nourishing the Feminine
Antigoni Tsegeli (Greece), Panayiota Giannino (Greece), Catherine Dompas (France) and Yvonne van Remmen (NL)
Join us for a long, nourishing weekend on integrative health for women. Open to all (f / m / they). There is going to be meditation, Ki cultivation exercises and lectures on women’s health (think hormone health, menopause, breast health, womb health). Please keep an eye on www.nourishingthefeminine.org.
The weekend is a shared space to explore our values, to learn from one another, and to foster and deepen connection—to our feminine essence and to each other. To nourish the feminine is to cultivate warm connection and care. The ability to receive (not easy at all for many strong (wo)men!) and tp nourish our innate creative capacity. To re.member your warm and joyous heart.
June 2027: Perceiving and perception
What a pleasure and great honour to host Diego Sanchez again. Diego returns to Holland to teach in his most unique way how to use your eyes and all other senses (the peripheral vision). Diego blends his training and knowledge of shamanism, shiatsu, chakra’s and modern science. As a former fashionmodel he has a keen eye & mind for perception and perceiving.
Do feel welcome to come and develop your senses and your compassionate heart. Diego has a warm Southern-American, convivial way of showing you your capacity and expands that what you thought you were capable of. Do expect the unexpected. The last time we rounded up the workshop by dancing together to internalise our new ways of being in the world.
July 2027: Yang Shen retreat – Treasure yourself – Nourish yourself – 5 day retreat with Philippe vandenabeele (Belgium/ Japan) and Yvonne van Remmen (Netherlands)
Imagine yourself at this authentic 230 yr old wellness Ryokan, that is currently being restored to old lustre with modern amenities
Japan is well known for it’s big portion of senior citizens. Not only do they have a lot of 100-year old citizens. Those centenarians are surprisingly vibrant and full of life. What’s the secret sauce? Come and find out during this intensive in a pristine and authentic setting.
Start Sunday evening by meeting at the designated hotel in Fukuoka at midday. We will travel together to the destination and use dinner together there. Teachings start Monday morning 26th of July 2027 and we finish Friday 31st July 2027.
Mornings (7 – 12.30):
- Qi Gong / meditation by Yvonne
- breakfast
- class by Philippe
Afternoon (13 -> 15.45):
- lunch
- free time
Late afternoon (16 – 18.30)
- class by Philippe / a guest teacher; or
- excursion / hiking to a temple
Evening (18.45 – bed time):
- dinner; and
- free time
Three healthy meals by professional cook will be providee. Lodging is included.
Not included: extra food or drinks + your travel expenses (flight) to / within Japan.
24 – 26 September 2027 – Ancestry and Destiny with Chris McAlister
September ’27: Il maestro Chris McAlister is returning to Amsterdam. This time to teach on Ancestry and Destiny. We’re delving into Sun Si Miao teaching’s. And Chris wouldn’t be Chris if he wouldn’t treat us (you too) to his Qi Gong, tailor-made for this seminar. Expect moving your body, poetry, teaching, life lessons and more insight into your ancestry and destiny.
Yes, true. This seminar is too intriguing to ignore. Make sure to register and refuse to miss what really happens behind the scenes, in my cells, organs, skin, fascia and all other body tissues.
September
Shiatsu Social Club
Meetings for 2027 will be announced shortly.