Before the toasts, you close the year together: fifteen minutes on de-stressing, then forty-five minutes of sound bath with gong and singing bowls. Lying down or seated, at your venue. I bring everything.
€ 650 for your team, up to 20 colleagues, excluding VAT.
Rather call or text? WhatsApp me and we’ll see what works.
Reply within one working day. Taking part is voluntary, lying down or sitting both work.
ANWB has now booked for the third year. Also at Secrid, ABN AMRO, Frisse Blikken and Nationale-Nederlanden.
Why as a year-end
You may know the feeling: everyone keeps going until the last working day. Then the drinks are ready, and you stand there with a glass in your hand while your head is still on that one email.
Especially in those busy weeks, an hour of calm is a lovely gesture from the organisation. It says: we see how hard you have all worked this year, and now it can stop for a moment.
You lie or sit side by side, the lights go down a little and the gong rolls through the room. An hour in which nobody asks anything of you. Then everyone gets up at their own pace and the party begins.
The fun stays exactly where it is. It just starts an hour later.
This was also a really nice way to end the week. I felt relaxed the whole weekend because of it.
Imagine that before the Christmas holidays.
Last working week16:00
The year can rest for a moment
How the hour works
Why your body often keeps going after a full year, even when the laptop is closed, and what you can do about it yourself in a few minutes with your breath and with sound. Short and jargon-free.
Everyone lies under a blanket, or sits on a chair. I play a gong, singing bowls and smaller instruments. You don’t have to do anything with it. Anyone who falls asleep is welcome to.
Everyone gets up at their own pace. No debrief, no round of sharing. The drinks and conversations start by themselves.
Beforehand I thought: gosh, that’s long. In the end the length was perfect and it was over before I knew it.
Does this suit us?
Email or message me your date and the number of colleagues. Within one working day you’ll know if it works, and I’ll help you think about the room.
Price
An hour for your team
€ 650for the group
Excluding VAT, up to 20 colleagues. With twenty participants that is € 32.50 per person.
Larger team
€ 1,000for two rounds
Excluding VAT, up to 40 colleagues. Three rounds € 1,350, up to 60.
Availability
Leave your name and email. If you already know the date and number of people, add them too. If not, we’ll work it out together. I’ll get in touch within one working day.
Rather get in touch directly? Email or message me your date and you’ll hear within one working day if it works.
Who leads the group
For twelve years I worked in consulting, serious gaming and learning design. I know the diaries that fill up, and the kind of days when you only notice on the drive home how tense you actually were.
I trained as a breathwork facilitator and learned to work with sound in Rishikesh, India. I have led sessions for teams at Secrid, ANWB, Frisse Blikken, ABN AMRO and Nationale-Nederlanden, among others.
Questions that often come up
One round costs € 650 for the whole group of up to twenty colleagues, excluding VAT, with all materials. With more people I play several rounds: two rounds € 1,000, three rounds € 1,350.
Yes, when it comes before the party. First an hour of calm together, then the party begins. With music and people walking in it works less well, so we plan it beforehand. No party planned? It also works as a close to the last working afternoon.
The hour itself, plus some time to set up and clear away, which I arrange so you hardly notice it. What time and where, we agree by email or WhatsApp. I can be with one organisation per day, so December dates go in order of request.
Yes. A round is for up to twenty people, because that’s how many mats I bring. With more people I play rounds one after another. How that fits your afternoon, we discuss together.
No, taking part is voluntary. Anyone who prefers not to lie down can sit, or join the party later. Nobody has to share anything.
Then it also works as a calm start to the new year, at your New Year event.
A quiet room with a door that closes, where twenty people can lie down. A cleared meeting room or a canteen outside lunch hours usually works well. Not sure? Send a photo and I’ll take a look.
No. You just lie down, or stay seated if lying down doesn’t work. No experience needed. I do ask everyone to take their shoes off, it helps people relax.
If you’re pregnant or have epilepsy, a pacemaker, heart or vascular problems or high blood pressure, just let me know beforehand. Then we’ll find where you’re most comfortable and I’ll adjust the session.
Yes, I can lead the fifteen minutes in English or Dutch, or mix both for an international team. The sound bath itself needs no language.
Yes, I work throughout the Netherlands, at your office or at an external venue. Outside The Hague I charge € 0.25 per kilometre for travel, and that’s simply in the proposal.
Send me an email with date, number of people and location. Within one working day you’ll know if it works, and we’ll talk through how it fits your afternoon.
