Soul Communications
Bringing you a new series of conversations
about the wider realities of our lives
Our mission is to provide a platform of pure intention,
sharing Knowledge, and Teachings and Inspiring Life changing stories
that will resonate with and touch your soul,
raising the positive vibrating energy of the world
and spreading messages of Joy, Love and Peace.
Your Hosts
Villia de Koningh
Consultant for a Holistic Life and Soul Coach®
My deeply spiritual upbringing began at the age of eight when I first learnt how to meditate. This taught me that all answers lie within Being true to your Soul is the key to understanding your life’s purpose On my life’s journey I have travelled the World extensively living in India, England, Spain. and the Netherlands I have studied many different disciplines and techniques that have led me to live and fully experience living life in the flow.
Simonetta Ronconi
Translator, Voice Talent and
Tibet Art Movement Foundation Co-founder and Secretary
Communication and spirituality are the leitmotivs of my life. Thanks to my love for languages, culture, art, travels, women’s studies, psychology. and spirituality I have been able to have a glimpse of some of the kaleidoscopic facets of our planet. The human voice is a journey in itself. and I am enchanted by, the myriad of information and emotions that I can derive from it. Looking for the common thread that links all our expressions is one of my goals.
www.simonettaronconi.com www.tibetartmovement.com/simonetta.htm
We are very proud to provide a dedicated space to Tibet Art Movement,
an initiative of the Tibetan Artist
Tashi Norbu
We will also be featuring excerpts from lectures given by visiting Lamas, Geshelas and Meditation Masters, as well as chanting and meditations given by the Monks and Artists of the Tibet Art Movement.
Interviews
Quachinka
Quachinka is a native-American Elder and teacher, and one of the Rainbowpeople. She pays regular visits to her family on a reservation in Canada, and is receiving teachings from a Native-American Grandmother.
In Europe she studied psychology, women studies and sociology at university. She furthered her studies by attending courses at the Institute of Psycho synthesis. She then studied creative healing within the nursing sector. Quachinka directed a Transcultural educational women’s’ organization, and later started her own practice: The Rainbowbridge. She currently lives, and works in Canada, Europe, and South-America.
If you ask her: “What is silence?” she will answer: “It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is Its voice!” If you ask: “What are the fruits of silence?”, she will say: “They are self control, true courage and endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the corner-stone of character.” “Guard your tongue in youth,” said my old grandmother, “And in age you may mature a thought that will be of service to your people.”
Tashi Norbu
Born with a genuine painting talent, Tashi Norbu (born 1974) works to preserve his imprint of the Tibetan culture which is so dear to him, through contemporary art. Although Tashi was educated as a traditional Tibetan painter, and was taught in the monastery of H.H. the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India. he wished to explore Western modern art as well. He therefore studied Visual Arts at Sint Lucas Academy of Visual Arts, in Ghent, Belgium. During his four years of study, and while working in the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst - SMAK (Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art) in Ghent, he was able to closely study, admire and actually hold in his hands the some of the most important works of contemporary art, under the guidance of Jan Hoet.
Tashi Norbu reflects the contemporary spirit of one world. Universal peace and individual responsibility for our modern culture is reflected in each of his works.. The silent equilibrium of Tibet, and H.H. the Dalai Lama predominates in his art. The truth that love constitutes the base of each form of art is obvious for Tashi Norbu and becomes obvious to us when we admire his work. In Amsterdam Tashi Norbu paintings are permanently exhibited in at The Temple, Prins Hendrikkade 21, which is bookshop, gallery and Temple combined.
The Tibet Art Movement is the latest of his numerous initiatives: www.tibetartmovement.com.
For further information on Tashi Norbu, please visit www.tashinorbu.be
Milena Callovini
Milena Callovini was born in the Dolomite Mountains of North Italy, and she has a “Mountain girl’s” spirit. She graduated from Padova University in 1985 with a BA in Linguistics, specializing in Speech therapy and Education of movement.
After a traumatic accident in 1984 and a long revalidation process, she joined the Bhagwan movement and became an Osho sannyasin. She spent several years in Poona, India. In this time she also learned deep tissue bodywork, the Feldenkrais method, and many other techniques. She has worked since 1986 in the field of body awareness. At the end of 1997 she moved to Munich, Germany, where she worked in her field for several years, and was also involved with the Miracle of Love group. In 2004 she left the organization and moved to Amsterdam.
Milena currently lives with her husband in Amsterdam, where she runs a chair-massage company. www.energychairmassage.nl.
She is also dedicated to helping the dying, painting with her Tibetan friends, trekking in the Italian mountains, and living her life fully and with gratitude.
She writes a weblog at truemilena.blogspot.com, and is working on a book about her experiences.
Meina Kentner
After my education as a theatrical performer and writer I started working as a voice over actress, accumulating experience, nurturing my love for communication in all its forms, and developing my own business. Among my activities I also teach theatre classes for children. Last year I attended the school for Innovative Training in order to create space to combine my two inner longings: accompanying people in their personal growth, and spreading the seed of consciousness.
One way to do so is developing programs for Soul 2 Soul Communications Radio, an opportunity I was given by Villia and Simonetta.
My special interest is the unused qualities of women in society. I believe that the way in which women think will be very important in determining our future.
With admiration for the work of Simonetta and Villia, ein liebesvolle dankeschön! Meina
Siobhan Wall
Siobhan Wall is a writer/artist/lecturer currently living and working in The Netherlands. She initially studied at Cambridge University, followed by a degree in Fine Art at Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design, and an MA in Visual Culture at Middlesex University, London.
Siobhan Wall has worked as a senior lecturer, teaching photography, cultural studies, video production and fine art for over ten years at universities in London and Oxford. In 2008 she also taught on the MA Course ‘Museums and Contemporary Curating’ at the University of the Creative Arts, Epsom.
The author of numerous articles on contemporary art published by international journals, more recently Siobhan has curated group exhibitions for British museums and galleries. She has also exhibited her own paintings in group shows at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, and the ICA, London. Her art practice is informed by feminist and post-colonial theory and her figurative drawings of women address ambivalence about the body and the subtle resistances to normative behaviour.
Siobhan’s limited edition photobook ‘Quiet Amsterdam’ was published by Image Found in November 2008. She is currently writing Don’t Make me Draw That!, a book about contemporary drawing strategies and carrying out research for Quiet London, the next book in the series of guide to tranquil places in Europe.
Christopher Beaver
