Hello, my name is Iris Barkhuysen and I live in Duiven - Holland. Out of my -very broad- interest for a lot of things I finally decided to built my own website.

I n my daily employment I am responsible for the IT at a health-care organization called: Maatzorg. My job is to be the missing link between the technical developers and the users in fancy word a ICT Manager.

Apart from my full-time job I also work as a correspondent for a local newspaper.

Before that I have had a very broad experience including work as a management assistant, secretary, flight attendant, working for a radio-station and singing a lot. I also left the country for a year to see what life in America was like. I met a great family there who treated me as a daughter/sister of their own and I hold a very special and warm place in my heart for them all: Thurlow, Katie, Karen, Jennifer and Ben. I still go to visit them every once in a while since they still feel like my family.

But don't forget the everlasting support of my parents: Kurt en Cocky and of course (your always there when I need you, please let me there for you) Margriet my sister.

For the 'other half' of my existence I am much more spiritual oriented. A long time ago I started with Yoga (which I still do every week) and that led to Reiki. It was actually by accident that I got in touch with Reiki, since I am not specifically the 'type' to be working with this kind of thing. I have always been really quite down to earth. My friend Lutske really wanted to go to a lecture on Reiki but she didn't want to go alone. I offered to go with her, merely as a companion. Not at all interested in what they had to offer. We actually joked about it on the way there. But by the way Reiki was explained to me by Wendy made it sound (and don't forget it is) quite simple and practical that it grabbed my attention.

Anyway, out of curiosity I decided to follow the Reiki initiation course. Even thought I was warned before hand, I had no clue as to what a huge impact this decision would have on my life.

In the period of 6 months to a year I changed completely. Not so much the way I look and appear to people but more the way I think. My mind is a lot more open to a lot of things and I have the feeling that my head has finally -after 28 years- found some peace. Funny how all sayings have a deeper meaning, yes I really found some peace of mind.

As time went by I started to get the feeling that just Reiki I wasn't enough. I wanted to grow and explore further with my mind and body. I decided to sign up for Reiki II and started to read books and follow courses on massaging. As, for instance, Neuroreflexmassaging and Thai Yoga Massage and shiatsu therapist.

But their was still something missing. I believe that all these therapies only touch the surface of what is possible with a human body and energetic bodies. I started exploring further and listening to my own voice. This has led me to many beautiful places on the globe and put me in touch we so much wonderful people. 

This all combined resulted in a search for true feminine energy. Since it has been suppressed for so long, I wonder whether we still know the true essence of the energy. This search has evolved into Iwinkta and Angel Power and is a search that I will continue to follow. It is my greatest wish to tell many people about the essence of female power and how to use it for our own benefit and balance.

Finally I have always loved faeries and that kind of energy and am currently trying to embed this in my search for femininity. I feel the two are strongly linked.

As you can see... I feel my life has taken me to many extremes and apart from the moment in which I feel I have no idea what I am doing: I am loving my life and I hope someday to be able to share it with everyone!