{"id":177,"date":"2026-02-23T14:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:05:54","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"about us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-section-3\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-457e4fd1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-regular-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><br><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PedroJoost2uitgezoomed-1-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-618\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6437076815316367;width:538px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PedroJoost2uitgezoomed-1-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PedroJoost2uitgezoomed-1-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PedroJoost2uitgezoomed-1-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PedroJoost2uitgezoomed-1-980x596.jpg 980w, https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PedroJoost2uitgezoomed-1.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px\">Pedro and Joost met in 2019 during their IOKAI-Shiatsu training.<br>After their first meeting in class they soon found out that they were also neighbours. Since then, between cups of tea and shared meals, they developed friendship. <br>They often have their \u2018kuku stories\u2019; conversations reflecting on how their studies reflect on their personal lives and vice versa. During these conversations patterns showed that despite their different cultural conditioning and their diverse backgrounds they shared some dynamics, through countering these with awareness they developed ways to a healthier and a happier way of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px\">Modern life is good at keeping us stuck. Over-using cellphones, long hours behind the computer, over-indulging with food, alcohol or other substances. These unhealthy behaviours impact us to a point of somatic amnesia, in other words, we are disconnecting ourselves from awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px\">The motivation around \u2018growing awareness through touch\u2019 developed while Pedro and Joost were working. They noticed that through giving, but also through receiving touch with awareness they developed their own somatic awareness. By intentional touch we bring attention to the sensations of our skin, muscles and our breathing. This specific touch helps us to reconnect with ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedro and Joost met in 2019 during their IOKAI-Shiatsu training.After their first meeting in class they soon found out that they were also neighbours. Since then, between cups of tea and shared meals, they developed friendship. 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