Eye: Janneke Hellebrekers We've opened our eyes Oil on wood 20x20cm Story of Janneke: How I woke up and took my power back I am Janneke Hellebrekers and I am currently living in the South of Spain. My surname is in English: Hellbreaker. I truly feel that I came out of hell/the matrix and that I am now living in paradise. I grew up in a place called Heel, in dialect it was called Hael, it is prenounced as hell. It felt to me like hell growing up, but only after my thirties it became a place to heal and come back to. I left it in my twenties for the big city and started to search myself. First I searched in the outer world and I lost myself in booze, parties, festivals and men. I felt strong in my job in helping people at the Social Services and on sportsfields but with my family and in relationships I did not feel powerful. I did mostly what my family, my partner, my bosses and society expected from me. At one point I was smoking and drinking a lot and my weight reached almost 100 kilos. And then I got a burnout from work and for the first time in my life I could not stop my thoughts anymore and i had to go within. With yoga and meditation I felt for the first time my own energy and the whispers of my heart and soul and it was a true liberation for me. From then I knew I did not needed anything anymore from the outside world to feel a certain way. I started to listen to my heart and were it would take me. I dived into a lot of spiritual information, books, workshops, healings, retreats and courses. Over the years I did a Kundalini Yoga teacher training, Ankh Healing courses, a massage course, Tantra courses and a channeling course. At one point I quit my job and house, let all my belongings go and I went to travel to South America. 1/2