In the early 90's I studied Japanese Language and Culture at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, majoring in Buddhism and seized the opportunity to walk on fire in Leiden during the first ever complete Saito Goma (big fire ritual) outside of Japan with the Buddhist monks of the Daigoji Sanboin of Kyoto (1993). A year later I participated in a Saito Goma in Japan with the Shugenja (mountain ascetics of the Shugendo tradition) associated with the Okubo temple (Okuboji) on the island of Shikoku.

Those early experiences form the base on which the subsequent 15 years of firewalking have been build

I qualified as an Advanced SUNDOOR Firewalk Instructor in 1999 and as a SUNDOOR Master in 2000. From 2005 to 2009 I spent three and a half years of my decade long apprenticeship with practical mystic Peggy Dylan as a driving force within SUNDOOR, traveling to all worldwide workshops and events as a SUNDOOR Trainer and her personal assistant.