Hi, I'm Dennis – and I’m not really into boxes.

Not the kind you live in. Not the kind you think in. And definitely not the kind you get put into.

Comfort zones?
Tried them.
Left them.
Didn’t look back.

When I quit my career as a firefighter and paramedic in 2018 – including the so-called „safe haven of Beamtentum“ – I had no clue what was next. So I bought a van, waved Germany goodbye and drove south. What followed was the best mix of wild, weird, and wonderful.

Since then, I’ve lived in Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Germany.
I’ve trained first responders all over the country, toured Europe with Phil Collins, worked with AC/DC in Amsterdam and later went on tour with them, too. I did carpentry in the Swiss mountains and facilitated Breathwork Sessions deep in the Swedish forests.

But let’s rewind.

Before all of that, there was a young guy in Germany with no real idea what to do after school.

 So I tried a few things:

📍Banking. (Didn’t feel like me.)
📍Carpentry. (Felt a little more like me.)
📍Firefighting and Paramedic. That one stuck for almost a decade.

In between, I travelled, explored and got my hands dirty with real stuff:

 ☀️ Summers in the Strait of Gibraltar, giving talks about marine life and 

      guiding respectful whale watch tours.
🌎 Two months with kids in Brazil, building things and building trust.
🌿 Sustainability work in Nicaragua.

Then came 2018.
I’d seen enough to ask deeper questions. My own nervous system felt more and more tense.
Why are so many people sick, stressed, anxious – in one of the wealthiest and most developed societies ever?

That question became a journey. A wild and beautiful one.
It led me straight into the world of self-development, trauma healing, and yes – the occasional hippie clichés. (Sandals optional.)

That’s where Breathwork found me.
Or maybe I found it. Either way: It hit me hard. In a good way.
I dove deep, learned from great teachers such as Kasper van der Meulen in the Netherlands, finished his Level 1, 2 & 3 Masterclasses and found a whole new way of working with the body, the breath – and ultimately: people.

Then came the mushrooms 🍄 (Yes, those kinds of mushrooms)
Psychedelics crossed my path on several occasions and I experimented with various substances and plant medicines on my healing journey. Psilocybin left a special impression and I was and still am so impressed with the benefits of the responsible use of it. Together with my partner Caroline van der Weerd (MSc. Neuroscience – yep, she knows her stuff), we started Ignition Transformations  :

a space for safe, educated and transformative experiences with truffles.