About usI was born in 1973 in Leuven, Belgium.
Music was my first language. As a child I was restless, and singing became my natural form of expression. I aspired to be a singer-songwriter, but at the time there was no formal education for contemporary music. I therefore entered the classical path, studying guitar at LUCA School of Arts in Leuven. I received my master’s degree in 1993 and began my career as a performing artist.
My first encounter with inner work came early. At age twelve, my mother—who was a psychotherapist—taught me autogenic training to help me deal with restlessness. It introduced me to the world of bodily sensations, self-regulation, and inner awareness. That foundation has stayed with me throughout my life.
At thirty, while my wife was pregnant with our first child, I attended my first ten-day Vipassana retreat in the tradition of S.N. Goenka. It was a turning point. The intensity and clarity of the meditation practice deeply transformed me, and since then I have maintained a daily practice and completed numerous retreats.
Yoga entered my life gradually. I practiced on my own for years, and at forty I began studying with Sharat Arora (www.hiyogacentre.com). His precise, rational, and experiential approach to the inseparable connection of body and mind resonated deeply. His teachings revealed the simple essence of spirituality: presence. And how presence naturally leads to clarity, healing, and well-being on both physical and psychological levels.
I became a certified yoga teacher and spent more than a year in India over multiple stays, studying and assisting in classes. In 2018 I founded Centre for Yoga, my own yoga and meditation center, where I teach yoga and offer individual yoga therapy sessions.
Between 2019 and 2021, I worked as a body therapist at Verbinding in Verlies (www.verbindinginverlies.be), a psychotherapeutic center specialized in loss and grief. My work there deepened my understanding of trauma, emotional regulation, and the human experience of transition and vulnerability.
My interest in the breath led me to Transformational Breath® in 2019. The method immediately felt like a natural extension of my yoga and meditation background. I completed the full professional training and became a certified facilitator and group leader in 2022.
During that period, and for five intensive years, I collaborated closely with Indalecia Rohita Ziritt, organizing and co-training seminars, retreats, and trainings. If yoga and meditation had given me the ground—discipline, presence, and clear attention—my work with Indalecia introduced me to a more emotional and intuitive layer. Through her I learned to recognise how bodily sensations and emotions meet each other, and how important that meeting is in therapeutic work.
This work also strengthened my interest in the scientific side of body-based therapies. Coming from a family with a strong academic and mind-oriented background, I was drawn to the research-based approaches of Gabor Maté, Peter Levine, Bessel van der Kolk who connect spiritual practice with modern trauma science. I had been following their work for years, which led me to complete the yearlong professional Compassionate Inquiry training with Gabor Maté in 2022 and a six-month mentorship afterwards.
Today, I guide small breathwork and yoga retreats at Being Connected, my own center in Bunsbeek, Belgium. It is a simple, small-scale retreat place with five bedrooms, where I work with small groups and also offer individual sessions. My work combines conscious connected breathwork, body awareness, meditation, yoga, and trauma-informed psychotherapeutic approaches. Occasionally, I use sound—mostly voice—as a supportive way to help people connect more directly with their bodies.
