Frequently Asked Questions

What is the core business of Magnolia Coaching ?

Magnolia Coaching coaches by using the five layer method in your personal growth, where awareness, transforming old patterns and living from your potential are central elements. Each meeting is more than a conversation or "session" because of the holistic approach and the creative and intuitive power I stand for.

What is Magnolia Coaching's 5 layer method?

This method of Magnolia coaching appeals to all levels of consciousness. What does that mean?
By paying attention to the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and energetic levels, space is created for deep healing of both conscious and unconscious patterns and memories.

Who is Magnolia Coaching a good match for?

Magnolia Coaching is for anyone, all genders and ages, young and old, new and advanced in coaching and healing.
Anyone who wants a positive change in their sense of well-being.
The situation at the time you seek help may be about connection, communication, relationship, family or work. Often it is a combination of several areas.
In all cases, you find that your energy, your boundaries and your emotions are being addressed in such a way that you are fretting, doubting, uncertain, unhappy and out of touch with yourself. With your true core and your life energy.

During a period when you are burned out, realise that a crisis period is a wake up call. This deep feeling of "it's not right" and "I don't want this" are just very true signals that want to get your attention and say it's time for change.

What is distinctive about Magnolia Coaching?

The mission of Magnolia Coaching is to offer you a deep sense of confidence in yourself. You can realize this yourself. What I do as facilitator is create safety and offer you space so that you can carry yourself and your process. I do this by reassuring, encouraging and attentively guiding you through the change. I help awaken and rightly desire the transformation to be your true, complete self. I create a loving bedding where you set your goal and pace and where you come home to yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically and spiritually.

What sets Magnolia Coaching apart?

Magnolia Coaching is unique in connecting and combining creativity, coaching and energy work.
At Magnolia Coaching you are given the opportunity to give visual expression to your inner world and to experience the blueprint of your soul through energetic experiences. By giving your conscious part and subconscious both attention in a loving inspiring way, you can let go, transform and take a new path. A path that is yours and feels powerful and authentic.

Where and who is Magnolia Coaching?

Magnolia Coaching is based in Rotterdam, but through various collaborations there are also events and retreats at other locations. The coaching takes place preferably at the beautiful location on the river Maas in Rotterdam. Meetings at other locations can be arranged.

Dani Hefter is the founder of Magnolia Coaching. She is a visual artist with 25 years of experience in higher art education. She also has 20 years of experience as a coach. Dani has the expertise and experience to guide you through your process.

What can I turn to Magnolia coaching for?

At Magnolia coaching you can go for many different pathways.
When you get stuck in your work and relationships, you can go for targeted coaching based on a question, goal or problem.
When you want to look in a playful way at what your subconscious is saying to you, you can come to insights in an intuitive drawing session that will surprise you. Because of her open spiritual and empathic qualities, Dani is also able to name timelines and talents that may be relevant to choices you have to make at this moment.
You can dive deeper into these patterns when there are recurring themes that cost you a lot of energy. See where they come from and where they are stuck in the body, or have even caused damage. Consider systemic work (family constellations), TTC (talking to the chakras). Release of trauma by treating trigger points with fascia release.
With major life changes, coping with loss, or the desire for deep transformation, family constellations and Anima Tradenda are wonderful ways to experience life and soul mission. SO you can come back to yourself and live your own life.

Coaching.

Coaching is the basis for all change because by understanding, gaining insight and reflecting on your thinking, acting and feeling you have the opportunity to become aware of the mechanisms behind it.

A coaching session is rarely a one-time thing. You want to change a pattern you have been in, and perhaps suffering from, all your life. This change requires from you insight, understanding and acceptance before you can consciously implement a change in your own thinking and actions as well.

In the recurring sessions, we discuss your goals, how things are going, what the successes and pitfalls are, and work with techniques to promote deeper insight, acceptance, or release.

The goal of coaching can really be anything. It can be about your relationship with your partner or children. It can be about disturbed family relationships. Or about work about ambition and development-related choices, about well-being and health. The goal can also be emotion regulation, when you experience a lot about stress or anxiety.

A coach session lasts about 90 minutes is basically a conversation. Preferably in real life, but for recurring sessions it can also be online. We discuss things, do exercises that focus on understanding, practicing or experiencing. You always choose how you want to work that day.

Systemic work / Family constellations

Systemic work, as the name implies, is looking at systems.

You have a question for help. This may be a question that you just can't get a change or grip on through other methods.

Because systemic which looks at subconscious, transmitted patterns and lines, we appeal to the knowing field. In this way you make contact with your subconscious and can come to insight, order and recognition of situations, events, secrets and other disturbances in the system, which you otherwise cannot reach.

But even when you do know the story behind a profound event, systemically acknowledging and restoring order is a transformative force.

You come to surprising, new insights that touch you and almost immediately feel something change and recover.

A systemic session can be done alone, together or in a group. Representatives, floor anchors or objects can be used. the result is always deep insight and a shift in the systemic field that creates peace and freedom.

A one-on-one session (in the group or alone can take 60 minutes to an hour and a half).

We always start with a conversation about your question; you've also already filled out a questionnaire online. This information provides insight into the situation and its context.

Afterwards, I always check in with you via text message after a few days to ask how you are feeling. You can always contact me if you have any questions. 30 minutes of aftercare is included with each session.

Creative therapy /Intuitive making

If you do not want to talk and do not feel immediately addressed by body and energy work, creative therapy is also a way to gain peace, confidence and insights. Because you work from intuitive self-expression, you are close to your feelings and can gain insights into where you are in the moment at your time and pace.
Yes, slowing down. This time when we live, think and have to process stimuli at a fast pace it is necessary to get closer to ourselves.
A creative session in a journey can help you develop tools that you can apply in your own space. Your creativity and imagination are in direct connection with your femininity, joy and ability to relax. Creativity also appeals to your solution-oriented ability and optimism.

I prefer to combine making with coaching. You can imagine this as conversation and making in one, this works very well if you want to be aware of your feelings and your actions.

TTC / Ankh session /IET

TTC is a gentle energetic method as well as working with the Ankh or the Angelic energy of IET. In all three of these methods, I work based on your intention from loving desire to restore balance and peace in your mind, field and body.

I tune into your energetic field and specific power points in your body (Chakras and release points). In a relaxed setting where you lie on a massage table with fine music, I work through gentle touch and you may experience thoughts, feelings or images. You may also notice that your body is responding because your hands or legs may be shaking, you may experience sensations in your body. This is different for everyone and you can tell me how you feel and what you are experiencing.

A safe and supported setting is essential.

A session lasts about an hour and a half.
We start with a short talk, setting an intention, drawing a beautiful card.
You have the option of choosing to remove heaviness prior to the session. This is a short ritual from Inca shamanism and takes about 10 minutes.
Then you lie down and the treatment begins. Afterwards there is time to recover and reflect on the session.

Intuitive creative (drawing) session

When you come for a drawing session. Whether this is 1-on-1 or in a group, you can expect the following.

In my studio, a well-kept table awaits you with various materials for two-dimensional work. Think drawing and painting.

I take you through a brief meditation and explanation of how the creative process works and the purpose of the session, which is to tune into your inner voice and express it with confidence and peace.

A session lasts a minimum of 2 hours. During this time you will find yourself moving from thinking, expectations and judgments to a making of flow and pleasure.

Everything you make you take home with you afterwards.

It is also possible to do a course of expression/drawing sessions. This is wonderful for your creative rediscovery, autonomy and self-confidence.

During day retreats that focus on this creative expersion goal, different techniques and themes sometimes take center stage.

For example, there are days where you focus on a hiding part in yourself (Mask Day), or visualize your inner goddess, or embroider affirmations. Keep an eye on the calendar for new one-time events.

What does an appointment look like?

Day retreat family constellation

When you sign up for a family constellation whether this is a half-day or full-day session you can expect the following:

Day Retreat Family Constellation
There are 4 question contributors in a group of 12.
The question contributors have completed a question and questionnaire in advance and all come in for their own constellation.

The day retreat lasts from 10 am to about 3 pm and is at Nesserdijk 406, Rotterdam. A day retreat is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 6 to 9 p.m.

Walk-in and introduction is until 10:15
Then we start with an explanation and meditation.
Each constellation lasts about an hour.
After each constellation we exchange briefly.
Halfway through there is a catered light vegetarian lunch.
After lunch there is time to answer questions and look back briefly.
Afterwards there will be a short integrative meditation.
Within a few days I will check in with you to see how things are going. I am available to anyone for aftercare and questions you may have.

Everything discussed and shared during the sessions is strictly confidential. In my experience, every group that is created has a wonderful dynamic and there is recognition and overlap in the themes that are addressed. this is why a family constellation is also deeply transformative and healing for all present and participants.

Anima Tradenda

Anima tradenda is not a method or technique and therefore not a session. it is an experience, where surrender and the soul are central.

Beforehand, I also explain to you everything here.

A session lasts about two hours.
We start with a short talk, setting an intention, drawing a beautiful card.
You have the option of choosing to remove heaviness prior to the session. This is a short ritual from Inca shamanism and takes about 15 minutes.
Then you stand up and the treatment begins. After a few minutes you will feel yourself letting go and then you fall backwards. I catch you.
When you lie down the treatment continues.
you come into different layers of your consciousness. Where you come depends on what you need at this moment.

In my experience, this experience is deeply relaxing and can help you let go, rediscover and connect with parts of yourself that you did not previously have access to.
It is loving, gentle and cosmic.
Afterwards, there is time to recover and reflect on the session.

Afterwards, I always check in with you via text message after a few days, to ask how you are feeling. You can always reach out to me if you have any questions. 30 minutes of aftercare is included with each session.