I graduated from a dance department at the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) and finished an acting training a few years later. I worked in the theatre field as a performer for a couple of years. Consequent  to many injuries and a critical, judgmental attitude towards myself, I inevitably had to stop my performance career. Which was painful and a pity. But it inspired me to look deeper into the causes of malfunctioning, this led me on a path of research that resulted in engaging in a three year Alexander Technique teacher training course (ATCA). After the training I continued teaching at ATCA and was trained with 3 other colleagues in giving hands on. I currently work as an AT teacher at the ECD at the AHK and at the Music Department of Codarts. From 2011 to 2013 I attended a post-graduate education in mindfulness to teach the classical 8-week mindfulness training course as developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts and teach this course at the AHK and Codarts.