To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. – Henri Bergson
I was born in Scheveningen in 1972.
Psychology
When I was 16 I first read the theories of Carl Jung, his views on spirituality, personal growth and healing fascinated me and made me a ‘student of life’.
I went on to study developmental and educational psychology and in Jungian learning analysis. I learned about dream analysis, creative therapy and active imagination. And most important: to see illness as a path of wholeness.
In my own analysis, I experienced the power of working with the subconscious. Old pain and trauma surfaced and became conscious. I learned to make the connection between my life experiences and the problems I was experiencing. A path of healing that gave me deep insights and changed my life.
Psychic gifts
Being able to work with energy is in my blood. I inherited healing and clairvoyant gifts from both my grandmothers. As a child I saw spirits and the life energy of people, animals and plants.
From Dona Marquesa from Peru I received the Hatun Karpay initiations as a medicine woman through which you learn to work with energy and use stones for healing in the Qu’ero shamanic way. This was the start for me to start working with energetic healing in deep unconscious layers.
Qigong
For more than 20 years I have been practicing Qigong. The first years I mainly practiced Tai Chi ball and Zhineng Qigong, now I follow the teachings of Taoist master Jeffrey Yuen. For me, Qigong is a path of healing and personal growth. Releasing pain and finding deep peace and relaxation within myself. And at the same time deepening contact with nature and universal Qi.
Qigong, like Jungian analysis and energetic therapy, is a way to be released from old pain and find inner peace and balance.
Chinese medicine, Taoism, Buddhism
I am currently studying Chinese medicine in the direction of Tuina therapy and working with moxa and stems. Taoism remains a great inspiration and since the summer of 2024 I have been a Buddhist in the Tibetan tradition.
Art & writing
Creating images and text is my passion and recently I started sharing me through www.forconsciousliving.nl
Work
From age 20 to 40, I was employed in education. I worked as a teacher, coach and manager in democratic and private education.
Around age 40, I chose to work from my own practice as a psychotherapist and energetic therapist. I have been teaching Qigong since I was 35.
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Studies & training
Master’s degree in educational and developmental psychology – Leiden University, Leiden.
Additional subjects oa: parapsychology, magical realism, creative therapy.
Jungian philosophical therapist – Jungian Institute Nijmegen, Nijmegen.
Jungian (learning) analysis for over ten years.
Energetic therapy – Hogeschool voor Geesteswetenschappen, Utrecht.
Initiations into Inca shamanic – Dona Marquesa from Peru.
Tai chi ball – master Luke Chan and Mark Sluijter.
Zhineng Qigong level 1 to 3, Master class, Qi group healing – master Liu.
Tuina massage, Bo-Yi – Zoetermeer.
Tuina therapy, Qing Bai – Amersfoort. (last year)
Alchemical Qigong – master Jeffrey Yuen.
Tibetan Buddhism – Maitreya Institute, Loenen – Nalanda Monastery online.
Every year I attend course and training in the fields of energy work, psychology, Chinese medicine, Qigong, meditation and healing.
Healing & Tarot by Karina – www.ardite.nl
Karina’s school voor Qigong & Tai Chi – www.ardite.org
For conscious living, art & text – www.forconsciousliving.nl
Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. – Oscar Wilde