Listen In Silence to The Wisdom Within Natural Health and Living Skills

Jann provided Therapeutic Massage, Herbal Consultation, NLP and Hypnosis

at Pathways Health Crises Centre during the years of 1991-93.  

I find Jann to be extremely personal, multi skilled n diversely experienced/

He is an avatar within his areas of expertise.  

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Pathways is a health crisis resource center primarily for persons dealing with life threatening illnesses, their families friends and life companions.

Jann is sensitively empathic.

He has a deep respect for this vanurable population.

I recommend him to you most highly!  

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Sincerely,

Howard K. Sell, M.Div. Executive Director

Jann is an incredible amazing blessing to this world!

He is a deeply penetrating soul, who is empowered within himself

and as profoundly inspiring to others

through his living loving example in his daily life,

intimately in touch and in balance with himself and with nature.

He is a highly focused and freely expressive, authentic to the core and outspoken individual!

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Big hearted and with an impressive bank of insightful wisdom, intentional knowledge,

honed skills and consciously chosen experiences,

everything which is vitally essentially important to living life healthily

interwoven in the very fabric of his entire being

and living it in each and every moment of life.

Jann has continually gifted me that which I have requested and needed from him

and humbly so, be it within the forests upon a multi day one on one training of how to live in harmonious, peaceful, co-existive and respectful relationship with nature,

to listen and how to experientially understand to her many voices of the individual plants, animals, insects, minerals friends and more.

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Of herbal wisdom shared with me, instructing me upon the identification, preparations and uses of numerous plant friends.

Also, recently whilst I was traveling and was serverly ill whilst on a 20 hour bus ride.

His wisdom of the local plants of the country I was in,

enabled me to access the specific herbs I needed to remedy my ills.

Besides sharing his whimsical, metaphorical stories which (en)lightened my spirit.

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Watching sunsets together, hanging out in hammocks neath the full moon

in silence n stillness, in deep personal conversation,

Jann asking the simplest yet most profound questions

I found myself naturally embracing, contemplating and full of self discoveries.

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Jann is beyond his years and in a very sense beyond this earthly body and human culture.

I highly recommend him as a therapist, a teacher and as a guide.

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When I've needed help there is no end to his generosity. :-D

I cherish your presence within my life Jann.

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Titika

We stayed with Jann for his 8 day retreat integrating various aspects of natural health and healing, living in harmony with nature and our own true nature, permaculture skills and self discovery through exploring numerous creative self expression.

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My partner and I had the best time imaginable!

Jann invokes in others to actively explore the deepest possible depths of their beings and their intimately interwoven relationship with nature. He is authentic, as well as playfully welcoming, generous and fascinating to talk to,

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Jann took the opportunity to show us some of most beautiful aspects of our selves, of our lives, our relationships equally with other humans and nature.

We were supposed to stay in the area for the length of the retreat, but we rescheduled our flight. Jann was more than happy to accommodate the changes, so Ben and I could learn, discover and experience so much more, which was better anyway as we needed the extra time to fully appreciate this beautiful man and his world.

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We are definitely returning again.

I highly recommend Jann to anybody and everyone who would appreciate and honor this precious being of light , love and perfection.

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Love and hugs

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Sasha and Ben

I met Jann over ten years ago when I saw a uniquely artistic post for natural health guidance.

I trusted my intuition and contacted Jann

We immediately hit it off, sharing an uncanny amount of common interests:

our experimental musicianship and the same wide ranging listening tastes from neo classical, ambient, art rock to avant jazz,world fusion to...,

enthobotanical research, naturopathic medicine, direct action political advocacy,

survival skills, rock climbing, outdoor adventure guiding and a deep love and respect of nature, which to both of us is our true home. 

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Besides receiving the most profoundly effective series of deep neuromuscular / sports therapeutic massage sessions I have ever had the pleasure to receive.

Each session perfectly engaging exactly what I needed to fully recover from previously developing chronic tension within my body.

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Jann and I decided to join forces,

feeling so comfortable with and confident in ourselves, in one another and our relationship.

He and I co create a business together which was successful beyond both of our wildest imaginations (and we both have profoundly deep and vast imaginations!)

We integrated our respect and love for nature, love of being actively immersed in 

various outdoor activities, natural health and healing, actively supporting other beings to empower themselves and actualize into living reality their dreams and aspirations and more.

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Jann and I are forever the best of friends,

which only deepened through working and playing at what we both love, together.

We synergized our own and one anothers personal growth, happiness and fulfillment.

and we attracted such amazing individuals into our lives to guide, to teach and to learn from.

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We both needed to move on in our lives after 6 years in business.

Although I find we are still as alturistically giving and receiving from one another as ever before.

Im certain for the remainder of our life (lives), we will be.

My twin (not of the same blood family), my brother, my friend.

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Jann and I closely keep in touch.

He has boundless energy, a sharp extraordinary intellect and the deepest soul

I have ever have experienced!

A trusted and beloved friend.

I hope you have the chance to receive sessions, and or instruction / guidance with him.

Jann is like no other human upon this planet!

Jann is a highly skilled massage therapist with integrity,

who creates a unique massage for me every time I have visited him,

depending on my bodies specific needs in that moment.

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Jann has an incredible larger range of massages he offers,

and in all the different approaches to massage I have experienced with him,

I have been immensely satisfied every time!

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He can be sensitive, gentle and smooth,

and he can give non invasive deep and detailed massages in his working out chronic tension.

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He is attentive in learning whats going on for me,

physically, dietarily, psychologically, energetically...

in consideration of what is the root cause(s) of the my bodies re/actions to these

and other factors within my life and within myself.

As a counsellor,

I have found my coaching with Jann to be extremely valuable for a number of reasons.

including that the advice Jann has given has reinforced what I am hearing internally about how I need to change my attitudes and behavior to change my experience of myself and my life.

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Jann has the ability to understand not just what will make you successful,

by your own definition of the word, which in fact is very important he points out,

but what will help you as well within the culture you live in right now in order to feel better about yourself and to have the essential clarity to be your own person and to live the life you really want to be living.

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Thank you Jann for helping me go through difficult moments in my life.

You were able to address exactly those topics that needed to be addressed

and you always made the right questions at the right time to trigger the needed change.

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Hugs,

Stella Koch, Friborg,  Switzerland.

Jann is a great guy!

He is lovable, open minded, kind hearted, caring, talkative, energetic

and peaceful, creative, fun and funny.

What else can I say?

Simply a great person and worth knowing.

One of those people you get to know and constantly is changing your life for the positive.

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He has taught me a huge diversity of wild medicinal, edible and utilitarian plants

including mushrooms, which are of special interest to me.

I have learned over a half dozen wilderness shelters, as well as introducing me to some depth of a few different types of eco-housing.

Going in some depth one on one with me about other aspects of permaculture,

such as companion planting, the possibilities of creating a food forest in my micro climate.

Jann had expanded my nutritional, philosophical, espiritual understandings of my commitment to living a nature respectful .

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Love you brother!

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Leonel

Jann worked with us as an Herbal Instructor and Massage Therapist

at our survival school for 4 yrs.  

Jann enthusiastically taught students in-depth beginners, intermediate n advance courses in plant identification, their uses and preparations;

workshops in shelters building, shamanism n sensory attunement.  

Jann provided participants n other instructors with a diversity of massage approaches

and herbal therapies.  

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As a long time therapist myself, I can honestly evaluate Janns abilities.

I must say I am tremendously inspired by Jann because  of his unique n effective approach to Natural Health, by the manner in which he lives his life n in his depth n diversity of skills, knowledge n wisdom which he happily n openly shares with others.  

Its with the greatest honor that I recommend Jann to you.  

Sonia Behn

"Jann is a man of high integrity, conciousness, honesty and insights in every aspect as a Natural Health Profession. Jann is professional yet elequaint n down to earth.

Sensitive to the needs of the individual client. I am grateful to of had Jann as my personal therapist for the 19 years we lived in close community to each other.

Jann and I are still in close contact internationally sharing as therapists and friends."

"Jann is a gentle spirit with a big heart who will assist you in guiding you back home to yourself n your own inner balance. 

Through Janns combined use of medicinal herbs, hypnotherapy n massage,

I was wonderfully supported to regain my own sense of self worth, direction, health

n continue on my life with a far greater sense of inner peace."

Jann is a master of his profession.  

I acquainted with him 23 years ago when

I was in serious need of a therapist who could assist me in successfully addressing my health issues.  

Jann has always been involved in living and further developing a healthy lifestyle for himself.

Starting off at the age of 8 with meditation, yoga, organics

plus having a home schooled / alternative educational upbringing.   

Jann is authentic, kind and the highest quality of therapist anyone could ever imagine

having the opportunity to receive therapy from."

"Mountaineering, trekking, climbing, hauling supplies in heavy packs for 8 -10 hours from a small rural  village to a cloud forest reserve, building paths thru densely forested areas and many other activities we shared.

Each are highly physicially demanding activities n at the end of a day ones aches.

I knew Jann during his 5 years living in Ecuador and Peru,

as my therapist along the journey and as a fellow outdoor enthusiast.  

Jann is infectious with his natural passion n enthusiasm for natural health,

the wilderness and playing music.

He will positively  inspire you to take the utmost care for your own health.

He will assist you on your path.  

He is the best therapist Ive ever had the relaxing pleasure to of known

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in my many years within the medical profession.

I've met a lot who bolst n make grandious claims,

then there are the few who are  without big egos

n simply enjoy helping others in  what they do and do it wonderfully.

Jann in fact is such a man!"

Only very few people have I ever met who are as devoted as Jann is.

Whatever Jann is doing or whoever he encounters,

be it a natural health client, be it a beloved forest, a dog and or human friend,

teaching and guiding others,

Jann gives his whole being into it and doesn't fear expressing his vulnerability, authenticness, beauty, empathy, passion...

I highly appreciate the intense and profound life changing sessions we shared trekking

learning about plant identification, preparations and uses, meditating,

exploring the essential-ness of every individuals personal human evolution

and planetary evolution in syncronicity and our, uniquely deep, profoundly meaningful, playful and inspiring conversations.

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Jann is a lover of life,

with special skills you'd want to experience.

Thank you so much for the quality time spent together! 

Love,

Julia

Originally, I planned to stay just for a couple of days learning some useful tools from Jann.

I ended up spending 3 weeks working, exploring n playing together. 

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Jann is an energetic, active person who provided to show me some amazing natural spaces to explore in depth my own self discovery through my self expression

and my own sacred relationship with nature on dancing upon beautiful hiking trails,

creating personal rituals for my own empowerment at scenic look-outs, waterfalls, hot springs

and he even introduced me to cliff diving and letting go

and cleansing away old unneeded attitudes and behaviors ;)

I realized, already before we met, and this became clear quite soon when we spend some time together,

that Jann is very empathic, kind-hearted, deeply caring, helpful and thoughtful.

That made for our conversations quite positively special, 

He has a deep passion for nature, how to learn from it

and live sustainable and responsible in ones natural surroundings

and re/discover ones own true nature.

Jann loves supporting people to be their own person for themselves.

In balance, he is very talkative and open and giving equally silent, attentive,

listening with all if his senses.

Jann is incredibly sensitive, insightful and living consciously.

We shared delicious organic raw food vegan meals that he is a master, morning and evening sessions of meditation, harmonic over tones, chi gong, massage and hypnotherapy sessions.

I wish you all the best.

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Big Hugs!   Rebea

A poet. 

A musician.

A therapist 

A true friend

A gardener of seeds based upon what together you discover you need to be a healthy person,

which he offers others to plant within themselves.

and Jann teaches you how to care for what you are uniquely growing within yourself

to harvest the abundance of your own strengths, wisdom,  self love, acceptance and respect.

A contemplative, whimsical, energetic,  multi talented creative gentle man.

Somebody who really feels. 

Meeting Jann is like meeting somebody from a different planet. 

He knows more, he listen more.

He is sensitive and capable to see human beings without their masks.

Pure inspiration and wonderful to talk with. In total respect,

Selver

Jann is a natural nature-people friendly lovely guy.

I first met him in a vegan cafe in Chiang Mai where he was hosting a weekly open mic

for people to explore expressing their own original forms of self expression.

Jann has a deep manner of making people at ease with themselves even when they are attempting something entirely new for them to experience.

In my own one on one,  Jann assisted me in vividly re / connecting to the wisdom we are born with and we are distracted from it by being inundated by societal conditioning.

When things got heavy for me,

his enthusiasm and humor enlightened me and I discovered a new way to view myself,

my issues and the world.

This is who Jann is.

He is open hearted man with extreme clarity

and helped me a lot in Chiang Mai

also after I came back to Japan :)

I love his beautiful visions n actions!

Jann is a special soul that this world is lucky to have.

He is extremely open and instantly brings joy and community where ever he goes.  

Jann radiates love.

It was a privilege to meet him and share deep mind, heart and spirit expanding conversations around the camp fire after a days journey of discovering the silent

n sounded languages of nature and then into the nocturnal night.

His ability to integrate so many aspects of living life in balance n healthily interwoven is astounding. 

I continue on remembering Jann's spirit and that we should celebrate expressing ourselves as each of us uniquely are, never selling ourselves short for anyone or anything. :)

Jann is the first person with who I felt that I really don't understand English.

And now i understand why he is real poet !=)  

Janns unique and own style to express his point of view is so beautiful,

profoundly affecting those others who listen with his originality. 

We found a great way to be our selves together and share a magical moments,

our feelings of life, appreciate who we are, and go to the deep friendship

that we would like to continue and discover more and more as mutual therapists, as performers, 

"as the wild animals that we are,

in our home of nature on this natural earth exploring who are we,

why are we here,

let's create ourselves and our lives as we wish and in a mutually respectful manner with all life,

as nature intends us to live!" quoting Jann in one of his workshops,

Jann, lets continue to celebrate as two people who value co creating a deeply kindred

and close community on a global scale,

assisting in the awakening of others to come home to themselves and nature.

Jann is really independent, highly intelligent and gentle person

with such an amazing expierience story of his life.

Jann is the person who you want to have help you discover who you are,

who you need to be,

for yourself.

Jann is an exceptional human being!!!

I am really happy our paths crossed.

We spent a lovely day exploring the beautiful surrounding nature as I experientially learned from him about chi gong, meditation, creating ourselves and our lives as we ourselves most desire, that nothings impossible. 

That was the beginning of two months of the most life and self changing experiences I've ever had so far within my life.

I experientially studied with Jann on a multi approach to natural health, healing and living of life.

The beauty of Jaan. 

A person who is different from who I usually use to spend time with,

but who I connected up with in a time and space which the universe

and we mutually and synchronistically into reality.

I am no longer the woman I was conditioned to be by society,

by my educational indoctrination, 

by my parents and peers,

nor what the church and state wants me to be.

I am happily, peacefully, perfectly me.

I appreciate Jann for challenging my thinking,

for listening and providing interesting perspectives for me to reflect upon.

I am extraordinarily happy to share that period of my life with Jann.

Namiste,

Paupeli

Jann is himself, and comfortable with it.  

Jann has no fear socially,

and resonates his truth in a loving and kind way.

Jann's connection with nature and joy of life radiates from him,

it is a pleasure to be in that consciousness with him.

I enjoyed playing music, meditating, sharing Chi gong with Jann and talking about our personal journeys.

Thank you Jann for being yourself and sharing from your heart!

Jann, we are both very happy that we befriended you upon one rainy,

crisp morning as we wandered together on an endless beach with no other humans in sight,

discussing the necessity for each and every human being

to take responsibility for their own internal personal revolution 

and at the same time creating direct action planetary revolution.

We enjoyed receiving from you the best massages either of us has ever experienced.

That evening delighting in participating in your weekly Ecstatic dance / 5 rhythms based class til we were so blissed out on the high energy of the unique selections of global music you selected and the combined energies of everyone who attended.

Our deep, open and honest talks and having laughs, both making it possible to feel this real connection.

Yvette and I welcome you into our home

as your home any time you return to the Netherlands.

As a beloved brother and sister,

Elwin and Yvette

This man is such a special, amazing and unique creature!

I love and respect him deeply.

We have shared life changing times together.

As Janns massage therapy apprentice for over a year,

Jann n I lived, worked, played and traveled together. 

He is one of my  closest friends now.

We have shared laughter, tears, meals, rain storms, sunrises and sun sets, meditaton,

cart wheel races, massage of course, and dancing wildly together.

We have shared together from the greatest depth of our unified and individual hearts. minds and spirits.

He is an extra ordinary exceptional teacher

who Id recommed to any and every one to learn from if you get the opportunity,

an absolutely wonderful being, 

a man who since his childhood has focused upon living conciously.

Jann is a rare being upon this Planet.

He is fun company and always ready to play and dance and share his amazing life experiences

and fascinating points and views of spiritual and physical life.

keep on dancing your dance! xx Jenny