{"id":278,"date":"2026-02-28T16:26:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:12:43","slug":"motivation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:200\">In a changing world it is easy to get caught in our minds. Be it through conditioning, our circumstances or the evolving world around us. Conscious touch heals this rupture; it carries within the unique qualities of&nbsp;<em>listening<\/em>, <em>safety<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>connection<\/em>. These qualities are essential for life and can sometimes be even life saving. As <a href=\"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/shiatsu\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"442\">Shiatsu<\/a> therapists, Pedro and Joost consider touch a tool for transformation. <br>Their aim with \u2018<strong>growing awareness through touch<\/strong>\u2018 is to bring us in direct contact, through retreats and other activities, with our inborn openness and our non-judgmental unconditional sense of oneness. From here we gain the opportunity to change our conditioning, our circumstances and with this the world around us.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vuurpaard_def_banner_website.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.778676099039919;object-fit:cover;width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vuurpaard_def_banner_website.png 900w, https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vuurpaard_def_banner_website-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vuurpaard_def_banner_website-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:200\"><br>In Chinese astrology, the year of the Fire Horse began on February 17, 2026. Fire is the most\u00a0<em>yang<\/em>\u00a0quality. This is on one hand very positive but can also be dangerous when we forget or even lose our\u00a0<em>yin<\/em>. In Chinese medicine, mind is <em>yang<\/em>, body is <em>yin<\/em>. So a very good year to (re)connect with our bodies and inner <em>yin<\/em> qualities through touch!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a changing world it is easy to get caught in our minds. Be it through conditioning, our circumstances or the evolving world around us. Conscious touch heals this rupture; it carries within the unique qualities of&nbsp;listening, safety&nbsp;and&nbsp;connection. These qualities are essential for life and can sometimes be even life saving. As Shiatsu therapists, Pedro&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-278","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growingawarenessthroughtouch.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}