Maartje

Since I was a child I feel what others might need to be fully themselves.

About me

“Soul led, wise and feeling.”
“Maartje as a person, her vision, her logic: I long for more!”
“Your presence is opening.”
“Just talking with you already is healing.”
“Maartje feels flawlessly.”
“Your experience really speaks volumes.”

— Reviews Sessions

Hi, my name is Maartje Stroeken. I guide people of all ages; private individuals and Health Professionals from a personalized holistic vision. It’s what I do with passion for more than 11 years now from my private practice (since 2013).
Since I was a child I feel what others might need to heal and fully connect with themselves. From my own life experiences - birth trauma, eating disorders, grief/ loss, sensory overload - and from successfully guiding many others with various problems, I know how difficult and joyful life can feel.
It is my strength to guide you from my holistic vision tailored to your personal needs. I guide you to be fully yourself; who you already really are. In other words: your unique interplay of consciousness (deeper self/ spirit), heart, thoughts, emotions, body. So that you can live from the inside out as an expression of who you really are. Into your strengths, authenticity and potential. In connection with yourself, others, your environment. And: how you can do that by yourself. Being fully yourself and living with joy and satisfaction as it suits you best!

This is how I guide you and for whom:

In Sessions 1:1 (& for 2) I guide private individuals and Health Professionals of all ages with various life questions and problems. In a Session you’ll directly experience lots of tailored healing insights and practical tools.

In a consult for Health Professionals — such as (Health Care-/ clinical) psychologists, psychotherapists, medical doctors (GP), therapists, mindfulness trainers, dietitians, coaches, healers, (dance/ yoga) teachers, (HR-/ study-) advisors — I guide you with your own life questions and problems or Supervision/ training in the guidance of others in your client/ patient contact.

Connection (system-) Sessions 1:1 & 1:2 are for yourself or together with your partner, child, parent or colleague.

Without endless waiting lists, intake, diagnostic and treatment processes.
Really? Yes, really! That’s just how it is.

Each Session is like every person unique; I’d like to let the many examples from previous sessions and reviews speak for themselves.

You are very welcome for a Session!

In addition to the Sessions 1:1 & 1:2, every now and then I guide groups. You can find new dates in the agenda.

“I am very grateful for what the sessions have offered me, it gives me a lifelong insight and direction. Without Maartje's gifts this would not have been possible.”

— Lilian, Medical doctor

Collaborations, work experiences & education

I work together with physiotherapy practice Fysiovision, Shoulder- arm Center Plus and am affiliated with the Eating Disorders network. I also regularly provide Sessions 1:1 for renowned companies, institutions and municipalities. Also, I like to work in collaboration with and complementary to regular medical medicine.

Besides the Sessions 1:1, I have worked for about 10 years as a Category 1 Mindfulness (and eating/ compassion) trainer, Mindfulness and eating teacher trainer, and Mindfulness Supervisor in collaboration with SeeTrue Mindfulness and Toon Hermans Huis for people with cancer and/or their loved ones (2013 - 2023, rating 8.8 average out of 270 anonymous evaluations).

Also, after completion of my 3-year Dance training and performance (2009 - 2012), I worked for 6 years as a substitute dance teacher for Modern Dance Maastricht (2014 - 2020) and after my Yin yoga training with founder Sarah Powers (2016) I guided many Yin yoga lessons and workshops (2016 - 2018; my private practice, Yogaplace, Dance Company Sally).

Besides my work from my holistic private practice and as a Mindfulness trainer, teacher trainer, supervisor, dance and yoga teacher, I have a scientific background in Philosophy of Mind and Cognition (BA 2005, Radboud University Nijmegen, thesis and internship 8.0); the analysis of questions about mental processes and consciousness as well the connection between body & mind. After that I studied Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience (BSc 2012, Maastricht University, thesis and internship 9.0) where I did scientific research into the functioning of the brain at molecular level in psychological processes, psychiatric and neurological disorders (f.e. Alzheimer’s).

Also, I followed intensive training in mindfulness, compassion, cognitieve & positive psychology, non-dualism and so much more for adults, children and adolescents in the Netherlands and abroad with a.o. I AM SeeTrue Mindfulness, Mark Williams, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Kate Munding, Tara Brach, Adyashanti (2015, certified Mindfulness trainer Category 1 member Association Mindfulness Based Trainers in the Netherlands and Flanders (VMBN) and MBSR-advanced trainer in the Mindfulness Quality Register SMR).

In 2021 I experienced recognition of my way of working when following training in bodywork and trauma healing with amongst others Gabor Maté, Hameed Almaas, Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine.

October 2023 I decided to completely let go of the SeeTrue Mindfulness programs and only offer the Sessions 1:1 and groups based on my own holistic vision and methodology; it works more powerful and refined tailored to meet your needs (2013 - present).

I love sharing news & inspiration about Being fully yourself and living with joy! About themes such as: embodiment, self love and compassion, meditations, conscious living from the heart & soul, my love for nature, dance, yin yoga and so much more… Living life as I am ;-)

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