From Dancer, Singer and Actor to Professional Masseur

With an Unwind relaxation massage you can really relax. We're going to work together to make sure you relax deeply. A massage is very meditative. When a client comes with me on a journey, through breathing, for example, we're both working to bring relaxation to a place where there's too much tension.

My massages activate four senses: feeling is of course central. But also smell: there is an oil burner or incense burning. The massage takes place in a soothing room with candles. And hear: there is relaxing music, for example from singing bowls.

In the thirty years that I have played as a singer, dancer and actor in dozens of Dutch theaters, I have always given massages. When I was 19, I went to a Fame school in New York to learn the theatre profession. I also took a short course in New York to give massages and that became my side job. Back in the Netherlands, during theatre productions, fellow actors came to me and said: Oh, can you massage my shoulders? I also massaged my physiotherapist once and he said: go get an education in it, you have a talent for it! Another therapist I came to every now and then said, “You've got healing hands.”

I gave intuitive massages so far. Last year I studied and I graduated with praise as a masseur after the exam by the Dutch Examenstichting in Sport- & Perimedische Healthcare. In this training I learned anatomy and physiology, but also oriental philosophy and meridian teaching. With this theoretical basis, for example, I can apply grips just a little better, which is good for the muscles and blood flow.

Prior to your massage, I ask if you are bothered by something: do you have a specific complaint or do you have tensions that we can lift?