Luc Educating Relatefulness AKA Circling

I grew up at a marble and granite factory in the Netherlands. From a young age I was involved  and I still have a deep love for the work of carving stones and creating something with my hands.

Life gave me a rocky start but also the greatest gift in failing and a lot of depression. I tried “the normal life” by studying a multitude of things, from Business Engineering to Art School. Trying to fit in gave me a big journey with depression, a road “to the bottom of the mind” and the label bipolar disorder. There was a conscious choice in stepping out of these dynamics by traveling abroad and life steering me to plant medicine and Vipassana meditation.

This was my first stepping stone into something more. And also healing, embracing and loving myself fully. I stepped into education and became a teacher and also a participant at Knowmads Business School in Amsterdam. Which had me discover Relatefulness, Circling & Surrendered Leadership in Amsterdam in 2015. I fell in love with the practice, became a facilitator and started to see life through the lens of Surrendered Leadership.

That brought me to a journey of surrender around the world for a year. Surrounding myself with numerous forms of spiritual, shamanic and tantric practices, and ended at Arunuchala Mountain in India. There I was introduced to a new experience of God and Love. For a few years I was steeped in non dual teachings, joined a Sangha and tried to live a more monastic life here in Mount Shasta.

This journey has been giving me deep compassion for human suffering, and I have an endless belief in our strength and love. Relatefulness played a big role in understanding myself, my pain, my love, and how to hold all of that.

Life brought me back with my feet on the ground, embracing more of my own and others humanity. I spend my life here between working in construction and Relatefulness coaching and facilitation. I love the outdoors, the Mountain and being simple, silly, grateful, messy and loving.