Hi there! I'm Derrick.

This is my story

The most beautiful gift

We are somewhere at the end of 2016. I have a great career, a beautiful house, a fantastic family, people look up to me. I am proud of my status and ego. To an outsider I have been succesfully adapting to what society requires from me.

Everything seems perfect but I don’t feel at ease. This life collapses. This body that I hated so much until then shakes me awake and makes it clear that it can’t continue like this. My medicine sticks the trendy label “burn-out” on me. I am going through the biggest crisis of this life. Nothing makes sense anymore. I have no clue this is the packaging of the most beautiful gift ever.

I discover new worlds ...

It takes me more than a year before I really start to listen to this body for the first time. I start with daily meditations and a few years later I begin to practice kundalini yoga. I’m giving up the activity called “work” that was taught to me as the only meaningful use of time to get through your life. I put more and more energy into my spiritual growth trajectory. I discover worlds I never knew existed. My awakening is unstoppable and is going faster and faster. I am beginning to realize that I am uncaging myself from the fear to live.

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open ?
Rumi

... and get inspired

I am in the next step. I dedicate myself to my journey of self-reflection and inner growth that leads me to a deeper connection with my true self, nature and ultimately the others. Little by little I realize it is important to share my knowledge and experience. I commit myself to support other men hesitating to follow a spiritual path.

I have long felt this momentum approaching and  seize this opportunity. I’m somewhere along the way, mostly in nature and seeking, and begin to love myself. I want to share and enjoy this with you. I invite you to follow me. Get inspired.

News

July 24, 2025

The parable of meditation

Ved Namdeep and Patanjali meet each other incidentally somewhere along the way and start an interesting dialogue

July 5, 2025

What is kundalini yoga

My very personal reflections of what kundalini yoga really means to me

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