Heroine’s Journey
december 2026 - september 2027
The Movements of Life
Nelles/LIP Institute - Vivienne Lodder - Feadan McCall
Life is constantly moving:
from dependence to autonomy,
from connecting to letting go,
from discovering yourself to expressing and living yourself fully!
How do we stand in life as women?
In this year program, we set out to explore that together.
Your body is your most important guide in this: it often already knows what the mind is still trying to understand.
While connecting with our bodies, it becomes visible what your movement patterns are. Maybe movements you only just now notice and some are already known superpowers. By fully owning, inhabiting and playing with all those qualities arrising, space opens up: for something new, for choice, autonomy and creativity
This is the essence of our work. Insights can land in the body and with devotional practice uncover who you fully are becoming.
We draw inspiration from Wilfried Nelles' Life Integration Process, from the practices of the Bodystorm and from the book Liefde is als water, het kiest altijd voor de zee (Love is like water, it always chooses the sea).
Who is this for?
For anyone who longs for more embodied resilience, expression and connection with themselves. For those curious about the natural movement of life: who don't just want to understand it, but above all want to experience it. No dance experience is needed - just curiosity, an open attitude and the willingness to meet yourself fully.
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Five modules of two days each (Friday and Saturday)
18 & 19 December 2026
5 & 6 February 2027
16 & 17 April 2027
2 & 3 July 2027
10 & 11 September 2027 -
Campus Zonnestraal,
Loosdrechtse Bos 7B
1213 RH Hilversum -
€2,200 TAX free via Nelles Instituut - pilot edition
Included is a copy of the book Liefde is als water, het kiest altijd voor de zee
Artists can apply for a funding at www.ppowerktuig.nl
Let’s explore, let’s move.
Sign up here:
By Whom?
Feadan McCall and Viviënne Lodder bring together different perspectives and experiences: the language and expressive power of dance, the wisdom of the body, systemic work, and their own rich life and professional experience of the journey from girl to womanhood.
Vivienne is co-founder of the Nelles Institute Netherlands. Vivienne has just published her book ‘Liefde is als water, het kiest altijd voor de zee’, about her own journey into womanhood. The Nelles Institute is based on the work of German psychologist Wilfried Nelles, who developed the Life Integration Process (LIP), an approach to personal development rooted in phenomenological psychology and systemic constellation work. His model explores the seven stages of human consciousness, from early life to old age, and how these stages shape our experience of ourselves and the world.
More information about Vivienne & Nelles Instituut:
Vivienne Lodder
www.liefdeisalswater.nl
Nelles Instituut
www.nelles-instituut.nl
We are working in 5 modules, from preconception to mature adulthood, where the Heroine’s Journey will unfold:
The Movement of
Pre-Conception & Birth - arriving on earth
Childhood - connecting
Youth & Adolescence - breaking free and longing to become
Adulthood - integration and sharing yourself with the world
Maturing, growing older & Death - wisdom