Spiritual
ECOLOGY

About us

For life

We want to live in the service of the sacredness of all life. Mindfulness practice can bring us in touch with our innate noble heart, to live sanely and gracefully with presence and a sense of strength and bravery in a world that is in a period of huge upheaval and transition. We are not looking for a quick fix, but are willing to invest in the long run; like planting seeds, to harvest a more sustainable well-being for all beings. We realize we cannot do this on our own and therefore want to create a space and sense of community where people feel ‘Here’s where I can be listened to. This is where I can be held’. Our intention is to build with the people who join our courses a community of practice together that can sustain and support us, a place to reconnect and for joined actions in contributing to a better world.

Our Values

There’s no moving through life without being driven by underlying values

Our value system is always operating, but usually it’s on automatic pilot and unconscious. Yet when we look deeply, what we value is shaping our lives day-to-day, month-to-month, year- to-year. 

As a team we are inspired and committed to the following values in both shaping this new mindfulness organisation in the Netherlands, and in the delivery of our workshops, courses and retreats.

Compassionate

Compassion is at the heart of what we do. It gives us the courage and ability to show up in the present moment, also when being faced with difficulty or suffering. Compassion is the sensitivity to the suffering of self and others with the deep wish to relieve it. It is only when our heart is involved that real change can take place. Our practice is always dedicated to the well being of all sentient beings.

Engaged

We are curious about the interconnection between finding more inner peace through mindfulness practice and creating more peace in the outside world. We challenge ourselves and others by asking; How can mindfulness practice contribute towards an “environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just society”?

Systemic

We are dedicated to making the shift from being person-centered to system-centered; seeing the whole picture instead of just our part and recognize ourselves as active members in co-creating the systems that shape us. Systems thinking is a profound relational view where we acknowledge how we all exist interdependently, from which a deep care for all sentient beings and our planet Earth can arise naturally.

Inclusive

Inclusive means to us being curious about both the similarities and differences we have within and between us; realizing that by recognising and integrating differences systems survive, develop and transform. This requires sometimes uncovering the so-called hidden reefs, our deepest underlying expectations, assumptions and goals that can totally shape our experience if left unchecked and allowed to solidify.

Let's meet
Our Team

Annick Nevejan

Annick Nevejan is an integral trainer & counselor, and senior tutor for the Mindfulness Association UK and Europe (MSc). Her passion for the last 25 years has been exploring and facilitating personal and collective transformation processes, both in A’dam with her own company and abroad.


Her work is based on an integration of Buddhist and Western psychology, neuroscience and the Theory of Living Human Systems. She is certified in Systems-Centered® Training and has a Master's degree with DasArts (AHK) as a community-based artist.

www.nevejan.net

Maaike Boumans

Maaike Boumans is a host, a trainer and a spoken word poet. She holds an MSc in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability and has been working in social and ecological justice spaces for the past 8 years. She is an Associate Fellow Spiritual Ecology at St. Ethelburga’s Center for Reconciliation and Peace.


She’d love to meet you on this journey!


www.maaikeboumans.com


Flo Scialom

Flo Scialom is a passionate facilitator, mindfulness teacher and community-builder. She holds an MA in Anthropology + Sociology, and currently works as Project Coordinator at Plum Village International Community of Engaged Buddhism, supporting an online course based on the Thich Nhat Hanh book, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet.



She also has experience running mindfulness sessions for a wide range of people - from new mums to community activists. She loves writing and reflecting on her experiences, particularly around how mindfulness relates to social change: https://mindfulchangeblog.wordpress.com.


ST ETHELBURGAS

We are proud that our work at Spiritual Ecology Netherlands is supported by St. Ethelburgas, where one of our team - Maaike Boumans - is a fellow.  St Ethelburga’s work sits at the intersection of climate and peace. They believe there can be no peace on Earth unless we also realise peace with Earth.


They offer events, training, leadership programmes and multimedia content which equip and inspire people to become peacemakers in their own contexts. Their  project areas include community reconciliation, refugee inclusion, radical resilience, viewpoint diversity, and spiritual ecology.

 

Find out more about their work via: http://stethelburgas.org/ 

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