Willemijn de Dreu

"So tell me,
What is it you want to do with you’re one wild and precious life?"
(Mary Oliver)

Willemijn de Dreu is committed to the dancing path and the freedom it brings for so many. She is known for her fiery yet grounded presence and her gentle way of healing through movement. She effortlessly weaves shamanic threads in her teachings, with a great sensitivity to what is arising in the field.

Curriculum Vitae
Willemijn originally studied theatre school, and was trained in 1998 to teach the 5Rhythms by Gabrielle Roth. In 2005 she was trained as a Heartbeat teacher.

In 2008 she started working with Daan van Kampenhout who taught her more about shamanism and ceremony. In 2013 she became a certified Systemic Ritual constellator.

After years of training and assisting Andrea Juhan she graduated as an Open Floor and Libido teacher in may 2016.

In 2019 she finalized her studies as a body oriented trauma therapist. And in 2024 the SOMA embodiment. You can contact her for individual sessions where she combines all of her wisdom and experience to unlock stuck energy in your body.

’My life is dedicated to bringing movement where energy gets stuck. After 25 year of offering dance workshops and classes I still love it. Over the years, I added some modalities to my offerings, so in different workshops I make different combinations, with Trauma work, or around sexuality or combined with Systemic Rituals and ceremonie.
In general, I have great respect for indigenous cultures, and I feel honoured to have had so many opportunities to learn from the people, countries, and cultures I have encountered through my travels and dance.
I really believe in diversity and that we can only move forward together.

It is also possible to book an individual session in which I combine Body oriented trauma therapy, SomaEmbodiment and dance. A powerful and joyful (!) combination. We explore and listen in a focused way, tailored to your longing and experience.
If you are curious and would like me to take a little walk with you on your path, email me. wdedreu@gmail.com. For the individual sessions I work in Zutphen, my hometown. Or online. We find a way.’

‘I love the dance of life.
Again and again, I am humbled by the cycles of birth and death. Health and illness. Expansions and contractions. Hello’s and goodbye’s.

I love movement, any movement.
The changing of the seasons, the come and go of day and night.
The grass in the wind, running horses, flying birds, fluttering butterflies, shooting stars,
human bodies. I am grateful that I can share that love by inviting movement on the dancefloor.

I love the elements earth, fire, water and wind. I love what they teach us about being here, how they speak about nourishment, connections, cleansing, and walking lightly and in beauty. How they whisper about breath and spirit.

I am grateful for all that I receive in this life and it’s an honor to guide people in the dance and witness how they find their aliveness and wild beauty through dance and sweat.

When I’m not dancing, I love to spent time with my daughters, family, friends.
I love sharing food and fire, long walks, being in nature, swim in the sea…
oh well, I love being alive…"