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🌱 Being here, now, Kind & Courageous
💗 Find true inner peace
🤸🏼‍♀️ Less ‘should’, more fun!
🪢 Connect more deeply to you
🎁 Life is a gift, live it!

Unplugging is about releasing all that is tying us down in our daily lives. It's about giving ourselves the wonderful gift of me-time in various forms.

18/01/2026

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Hola family,

As I am in the process of putting these handcrafts from my teacher’s community onto Etsy, I also want to share the artwork here.

This is all handmade by members of the Wixárika Nation, also known as Wixáritari, Huichol and Huicholes. An indigenous people, living in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains in Mexico.

The artwork depicts traditional and sacred patterns, representing various elements and paths to provide fortune and support for those wearing the jewellery. It’s not only incredibly beautiful, it also serves a purpose!

With much humility and gratitude, I will be selling this artwork. All proceeds will go directly to my teacher & his community as I wish to honor their hours of labor creating this sacred art. Prices exclude shipping.

Let me know via DM which item(s) you are interested in and where you are from, so I can calculate a shipping rate.

Pamparios,
Josta

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11/01/2026

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Reading through a magazine on new beginnings (), I came across this quote from Emy Spekschoor (researcher University of Humanistic Studies).

It speaks to be, just like Rumi’s poem The Guest House that I have been teaching for years to my Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction groups.

It’s been a time of change for me, and changes to change. I guess I thought it would be confined to the borders of the calendar year but it turns out the turmoil just continues and doesn’t listen to conventional time. 🙃

And as much as my personal situation is challenging and destabilising, I also realise that pushing certain pf those experiences away from this metaphorical table isn’t going to work.

Acceptance never stops. It arrives, it passes by, then it returns simply wearing another set of clothes or flashing a different hairdo. But there’s always more acceptance ahead…

“Brace yourself”

No, just kidding. Keep your table set abundantly. Offer each experience a place to sit. No need to brace. I think bracing yourself makes it harder. Messier. Certainly not easier. And this is just as much a note to self as perhaps a helpful reminder for you.

Because duh, I don’t for a second think I am alone in this. 🫂

🥂 “To a welcome for each and every guest arriving. Perhaps staying briefly, perhaps overstaying their welcome. But welcome, welcome.”

03/01/2026

I am not I.
I am this one
Walking beside me whom I do not see,
Whom at times I manage to visit,
And whom at other times I forget.

“I Am Not I” by Juan Ramón Jiménez

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See yourself reflected through me. Because everything you see is a reflection of you, else you would not see it.

Open your eyes, open your mind, open your heart.
Let your nudge be your judge. 🙃

What a beautiful day and what a blessing to feel bits of joy and awe after a time of imbalance, impatience and inner judgment. 💝

Blessed Gregorian Newyear, dear ones!

29/10/2025

Responsible foraging 🍁🍄🌍

The season already started a few weeks ago and I took too long editing this video. But hey, better late than never. 😝

Because this species is so close to my heart, I felt the obligation to share a bit of my foraging habits.

Also be mindful that it’s not allowed everywhere to forage. I don’t want to go into all these theories why…there’s already so many stories in the world… but take care. Take care of the mushroom, the soil, the animals, the trees, and of yourself.

DM me if you have any other questions. And feel free to add your own rituals & methods in the comments! 😘

17/07/2025

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Very, very excited and honoured to invite you to join 𝔻𝕠𝕟 𝕍𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕕𝕠, ma’arakame from Mexico’s Wixárika Nation, on a journey of remembrance and healing.

In the upcoming ceremonies across Northern Europe, we will weave together ancient wisdom, traditional prayers & song, and indigenous medicine to help you restore and strengthen your inner connection. Let’s sing and dance around the fire together, honoring the land and our shared humanity.

We gladly welcome back those who have joined in the years before and are looking forward to share these beautiful ceremonies with new family!!

Dates & Locations:
🔥 28+30 Aug | the Netherlands
🔥 5+6 Sept | Belgium
🔥 12+13 Sept | UK
🔥 19+20 Sept | Sweden,
🔥 26+27 Sept | Denmark
🔥 3+4 Oct | Bavaria

Many thanks to the wonderful organizers in each location: Christine Linnea, Hal, Jan, Michael, Ute & Yosha — keepers of sacred land & for (continuously) warmly welcoming Venado into your circle!

And thanks to the wonderful crew in each location keeping the fire, preparing the food and supporting the space. 🙌🏼

This is such a unique opportunity to get to know ancient ways of being with yourself and your place in the world. It’s a peek into how our own ancestors must have related to the world around them. Well recommended.

Contact me and I will bring you into contact with the local organisers. 🌬️🕊️

Pamparios!! (Thank you)
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09/07/2025

💫 Hypothesis time — Pondering time 💫

It’s a concept of the mind to believe it’s either better to be an outspoken activist for a better world OR focus on your own inner peace to set an example.

I’ve come to the conclusion it can be both.

There is space for despair AND gratitude.
There is space for anger AND joy.
There is space for a loud scream AND a silent prayer.

If we acknowledge what’s present inside of us — which I believe is never really just one thing, and allow it to move (through) us, it can all be there.

You see, I can spend a lot of time to watch the horrible things that are currently being done to fellow humans, to fellow human family, and also species that go instinct, land that is being destroyed; and feel angry, sad, powerless. And I can try to protect myself from that (“because there’s nothing I can do”) and then it would seem easiest to move to the other end of the spectrum. To focus on my inner peace and bringing joy and kindness into the world. Perhaps even closing myself off entirely about the atrocities of today’s world.
Understandable. Or I could focus solely on bringing that powerlessness into my outer world by constantly sharing my anger. By telling other people to become more active, by protesting, by boycotting, by signing petitions, or by becoming an activist that resorts to violence. To destroy that which I believe has no right to exist. And to close off the soft part inside of me, the whisper of tears. The part that wishes to sit in a corner and cry.

Both reactions so human. Both reactions also mean closing off a part of ourselves. Closing off a part of our humanity. Which creates inner and also outer separation — sometimes based on the fear or judgement that’s perceived from the other side, or the fear or judgement we have within ourselves to feel those feelings associated with it.

Togetherness, it seems to be stemming from allowing it all. And if we feel the need to judge? Let’s judge the system — not ourselves nor the other people. Right?

Would love to get some additional perspectives. It’s after all a conversation I am after, not pressuring a(nother) dogma.

Much love,
Josta

17/06/2025

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(Translated from 🫶🏼)

🌄 Wisdom from the sacred desert 🌵☀️

The sun rising over the desert not only illuminates the earth, it also awakens the ancestral memory we carry within. In every crack in the ground, in every plant that withstands the heat, there is a message that reminds us who we are and why we are here.

The Hikuri, which sprouts silently among thorns and silence, teaches us that life flourishes with patience, respect, and communion with the sacred. It is not just a plant; it is a guide that accompanies our spiritual journey.

Each beginning of the week is an opportunity to give thanks, to introspect, and to realign thought with the heart. Nothing moves without purpose if it is done with faith.

🌱 May you walk this week with the strength of the deer,
🌱 with the clarity of fire,
🌱 and with the wisdom of water that flows without imposing itself.

Because with every worthy step, the world also flourishes.

14/06/2025

❎⚠️ Full! ⚠️❎

Vanmiddag onze mooie samenkomst en wat mooi dat we volgeboekt zijn! Heerlijk samen zonder agenda. Of zoals het zo mooi zegt “No Agenda but Love” 💚

Dankbaar. Zin in!!

Met en Robin 💝

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❎⚠️ Fully Booked! ⚠️❎

This afternoon we will have our beautiful gathering and how wonderful that we are fully booked! Lovingly being together without an agenda. Or as says so beautifully “No Agenda but Love” 💚

Grateful. Looking forward to it!!

With Daisy and Robin 💝

11/06/2025

✨🌱 ᴡᴇʟᴋᴏᴍ ᴀᴀɴ ᴊᴇᴢᴇʟꜰ 🌱✨

Heb je het gevoel dat je vaak moe bent, en er maar weinig tijd overblijft voor dat wat jij nodig hebt? In de drukte van de dag verliezen we soms wat écht telt: een goede zelfzorg.

Op 𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐠 𝟏𝟒 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐢 nodigen wij, Josta, Robin en je uit in 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞 voor een dag van ontspanning, verstilling en klank. Een liefdevolle pauze voor jezelf.

Met veel dankbaarheid en blijdschap deel ik met jou de door mij zo geliefde ceremoniële Cacao spirit én een fijne microdosering van zelfgebrouwen 🍄 (ja écht, die ene uit de sprookjes!!) uit de Hollandse bossen.

Heerlijk, helder, een leeg hoofd en een hart vol met zelfliefde!

Wanneer je dit leest en nieuwsgierig bent…kom erbij!!
We hebben op dit moment nog 3 plekjes te vullen en hopen op een mooi divers groepje. 💚🫶🏼

Link in de bio, enzo.

23/05/2025

This. 🫂

29/04/2025

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Come and celebrate the start of Summer with us!

Practical: 3&4 May, Limburg (NL)

Ingredients: native medicine, joy, creativity, the deepest relaxation ever, connection, honoring our ancestors & Beltane stories and rituals

➡️ Link in bio 🙋🏼‍♀️

09/04/2025

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When you live with a pure heart, your whole life in itself will be a ceremony. Your being will be a ceremonial presence on our Earth Mother. Every step, every breath, every interaction sacred. Because there are no chords, no string, for you to get stuck in.

But, reading this, one could very well see this way of being as a goal to attain. And then, there it goes. Because a goal equals a string. An attachment. And with attachment comes failure, (self) criticism and resentment.

So is it even possible to live with a fully pure heart?

Are we built in that way? Are we meant to live that way?

Or is Dogma part of being human? Will there be a selfless way to perform your rituals and ceremonies, or do they always - at least for some part - contain a self fulfilling purpose? Even if that purpose is to feel like you have done good in the world.

…just some ponderings while reading The Forty Rules of Love. Which is a gem. 🤍

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About Unplug

The name Unplug came into life after I was inspired by a “challenge” to go without internet, radio, TV and newspapers for a week. Really unplugging from all our daily addictions. And whoa, that was incredible!

So what does Unplug do? The theme is visible in all services I offer; in a massage I remove knots from the body, through aroma therapy there can be a letting go of physical and emotional blocks, and generally speaking Mindfulness helps us to create space between ourselves and our plugged in lives.

My page is partly in English. I have chosen to do this because of the large International network I already have. My videos will mainly be in Dutch and luckily Facebook will automatically translate my Dutch posts into your native language.

My website is in Dutch - for now. That’s a deliberate choice because my services are predominantly offered in the Netherlands. But you are welcome to invite me abroad to deliver a training, treat you to a massage or an aroma therapy workshop...!