Meet Natan

Natan Leijssen is a bodyworker, Qi Gong and movement teacher, and facilitator working at the intersection of touch, movement, awareness, and contemplative practice.

His journey began through martial arts, circus, and a deep curiosity for movement. At 18, he discovered yoga, awakening a longing to explore questions of meaning, consciousness, and truth. After two years of studying Philosophy, he left Belgium in 2016 to travel, beginning a decade of dedicated practice and study of spiritual traditions, movement, and healing arts around the world.

From living in ashrams and monasteries in Australia, India, and Thailand to years of close study with teachers, healers, and movement practitioners across different traditions, Natan gradually discovered a deep fascination for the healing arts. He established a full-time bodywork practice in Byron Bay and later Sydney, where years of working through touch, movement, and presence shaped his understanding of the body and its capacity for healing.

A significant influence in this journey has been his long-term mentorship with Gwyn Williams, founder of Zenthai Shiatsu. During his years in Australia, Natan studied closely with Gwyn, practising and teaching alongside him and gradually deepening his understanding of Zenthai as a practice of touch, movement, listening, and awareness.

Yoga remained a central thread throughout his journey. After completing more than 1,000 hours of yoga teacher training and continued study. Over time, a natural desire to share what he had received began to emerge. Teaching became another expression of the practice, and in 2025 Natan began offering the Zenthai Therapist Program in Europe - a 15-month deep-dive into the art of Zenthai.

 His curiosity continues to draw him into many fields of exploration, including meditation, Qi Gong, psychotherapy, Daoist internal martial arts, Jungian symbolism and dreamwork, plant medicine, group therapy, and men’s work. Rather than following a single tradition, he is interested in the meeting point between different approaches and their integration into lived experience.

Natan now travels and teaches internationally, offering courses, retreats, and trainings that weave together touch, movement, awareness, and contemplative practice. At the heart of his work is a simple intention: to share the healing potential of touch and support the prayer of healing and awakening - bringing us back to our hearts, to one another, and to the deeper sense of community we are part of.