Over dit evenement
๐๐ฒ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ & ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ "๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ "
What happens when the body no longer has to hold on?
Our nervous system is continuously interpreting the world and predicting what requires attention, effort, or defense. Those predictions are not merely thoughts. They appear physically: in breathing, muscle tone, posture, and the almost invisible moment in which we brace before we consciously know that we are bracing.
In this two-day workshop, we explore deep myofascial bodywork and what can happen when we meet tension without trying to force it away.
The work can be intense. We work with firm, deep pressure, using body weight rather than actively pushing into the body, while staying attentive to its responses. There is no need to push through discomfort or to make anything happen. Instead, we explore what becomes possible when you stay present and allow the body to respond in its own way.
Often, a lot comes up. Stored tension can begin to release. Breathing may change, emotions may surface, and the body may shake, soften or let go. Sometimes there is simply a deeper sense of space and ease.
For the practitioner, this means learning to touch without doing: to work with depth and precision without imposing an outcome. Rather than trying to make someone relax, we learn to listen to the body and respond to what is happening, like a change of sounds and breath.
Throughout the weekend, you will alternate between giving and receiving. You will explore how to work with intensity while remaining connected to yourself, regulate your own nervous system as a giver, honour your boundaries and that of person you are touching.
No previous experience in massage or bodywork is required.
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๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ทรถ๐ฟ๐ป
Bjรถrn Heijligers is a cosmologist gone rogue. After a career in science, he has spent the past 15 years exploring how to bring scientifically and technologically minded people out of their heads and into their bodies. His work combines precision, deep touch and a strong curiosity about what the body is capable of.
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Inge is a body-oriented therapist and the practical organiser of this event. She encountered Bjรถrnโs work through one of his workshops and an individual session, and was deeply impressed by the experience; particularly by the amount of tension that was released and how different she felt afterwards. Curious to learn more, she invited Bjรถrn to bring this work to a wider group.
Come as you are!
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๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ: November 7 & 8, 2026
๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ: 10:30 untill 4:00 PM
๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ: 10:30 untill 14:00 with a possible extension until 4:00 PM
๐๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Centrum Europaplein, Europaplein 127, Amsterdam
๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ: โฌ230 Early Bird (until October 7) | โฌ390 Regular
๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Please bring swimwear or comfortable underwear for the practical sessions. The room can get quite warm, so bring loose, comfortable layers.
Lunch: Please bring your own lunch for both days.
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Join our dedicated WhatsApp Group to ask questions directly, or email our coordinator Sanne de Jong at s.de.jong@live.nl
Gesproken taal
Nederlands, Engels