Shadow work Series
The current group is full! We will start 2 new series in January 2026.
An 8-week program with 4 in-depth LIVE sessions for greater liberation, expression and power in your daily life.
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."
- Carl Jung
About Shadow Work
The shadow is that part of ourselves that we would rather not see.
Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung described the shadow as everything in us that we once put away because we thought it was not desirable or safe to show.
They are often aspects we are ashamed of; our fears, our anger, our desires - but also our strength, passion and zest for life. Parts we have rejected, not because they are wrong, but because we believed we were not allowed to be them.
Although we like to keep these parts hidden, they do influence how we think, feel and interact with others - often without us noticing. And precisely because we don't give them space, they often work through unconsciously - through triggers, projections or automatic patterns.
Suppressing the shadow takes a tremendous amount of energy. Energy that you can also release and use - to become more whole, feel freer and live a more fulfilling life.
THE SHADOW WORK SERIES - The role within the Full Range method.
Personal growth is often about improving one area of life - work, relationships, health or spirituality. In my method, we look more broadly: at the Full Range Human. We explore where you are not yet free, what patterns limit you and what wants to be seen or broken, so you can live a full, fulfilled and authentic life.
The Shadow Work Series is about expression, honesty and daring to be visible. This is the work you can do not just on a meditation cushion, but in contact, reflection and experience. Here you meet and integrate your shadow so you can live with more freedom, power and authenticity.
The next step
You have already done a lot of inner work: read books, practiced meditation, breath work or perhaps even experienced deep ceremony work. You've probably gained valuable insights, peeled off layers and taken beautiful steps.
Yet the truth is this: alone - in isolation - you only get to a certain point. Our deepest wounds once originated in relationship, and it is precisely in connection with the other that they can truly heal.
In this Shadow Work Series, we create exactly that space; a safe bed in which you are invited to explore and really show yourself beyond roles and masks.
Here you meet not only the other, but also yourself - in all that you are. You experience how liberating it is to be allowed to be yourself completely. Even that which you prefer to keep hidden. Exactly there - in being received with all that is and all that you carry with you - is a deep source of life force, connection and liberation.
FOR WHO
The Shadow Work Series is for those curious about the richness of inner work in a group setting. They can be confrontational - but also offer plenty of room for gentleness, connection and surprising insights.
Each workshop starts with a theoretical part and then a (longer) part with exercises and circle work to become aware of and work with the shadow. You do not need any experience to participate.
Well; an open mind and willingness to really meet yourself and each other.
Janneke & Mewis
THE SHADOW WORK SERIES is an initiative of Janneke (life coach, breath coach, bodyworker, group work facilitator) and Mewis (process facilitator, breath coach, de-armouring practitioner, Wim Hof instructor, systemic worker).
In their practice "the Essence," they create a place where they can share their passion and wisdom. They both walk the path of self-exploration and awareness, conducting sessions, workshops and programs both together and individually.
Janneke & Mewis both have a great love and fascination for conscious relating, individual trajectories and group work. They live with 3 children in a composite family by the dunes in The Hague.
The ultimate freedom of being yourself
What if you felt the freedom to say what you really feel?
Would you have the courage to show your vulnerability?
To share your deepest desires, without restraint?
What if you felt the desire to show your greatness -.
without fear of being too much, too intense, too different?
...would have the confidence to communicate your boundaries,
would feel the space to be completely yourself?
That is the invitation of the shadow: to allow everything you once put away back into the light.
When you stop hiding, life begins to flow again.
Then control shifts to trust, charge to relaxation, and survival to zest for life.
By participating:
~ Teach you what the shadow is and how it affects your daily life
~ Become aware of the masks you wear and what they tell you
~ Gain insight into your own shadow sides; the parts of you that you have hidden away
~ Discover how your shadow shows up in relationships and choices you make.
~ Get tools and techniques to work with your shadow sides
~ Are you going to experience the freedom of being allowed to be shamelessly yourself.
~ Get in touch with your authenticity, inner strength and truth
~ Discover the great potential of group work
~ Develop more connection, confidence and self-love
Data
FRIDAY MORNING GROUP 2026
Friday, Jan. 23, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 6, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 27, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Friday, March 13, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
WEDNESDAY EVENING GROUP 2026
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 6:45 - 9:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 11, 6:45 - 9:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 25, 6:45 - 9:45 p.m.
Friday, March 11, 6:45 - 9:45 p.m.
If you would like to join but really can't make it at these times, please sign up for the 'waiting list' option in the registration form. We will inform you as soon as the new series starts.
Regular Price : €600
Early Bird Price : €500
What you get
An 8-week program with 4 LIVE group sessions - theory + practices + circle work
Meditations & reflection assignments for home
A safe setting and professional, loving guidance
Tools and techniques that you can immediately apply in your daily life
Opportunity to explore your patterns in connection
Space to experience what freedom means to you
FAQs
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Minimum number of participants is 8. Maximum group size is 12 participants.
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This series of workshops is intended for anyone curious about inner work in a group, even if you have little experience. However, we do ask for an open attitude and willingness to really meet yourself and others.
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No problem - you don't need any experience. In the workshops we start with theory and guidance, and then a practice and circle section follows. You are welcome as you are.
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The series offers a safe bed, combination of group work, theory & body-oriented exercises, where there is room for edginess as well as gentleness - so you can explore, experience and grow.