Living from your heart
You might know the feeling, suddenly it’s there. Your heart skips a beat and you know something special has just happened. You have opened the gate to living life from your heart. I felt exactly that when I first came into contact with hemp as a fabric in the Himalayas of Nepal. I, Jolien, knew I wanted to create with it.
The gate to living life from my heart
Two years ago I was in Nepal for a yoga teacher training. There, in the village of Pokhara I walked into a studio and met Narayan. He sells the most beautiful hemp fabrics and various designs from his studio. I immediately felt a connection between Narayan and myself and an inspiring tour followed. Narayan spoke enthusiastically about his hemp fabrics and their production. In passing he gave me a quote that has stayed with me from then on: ‘Fabric will tell them.’
Because I started wearing his clothes, I now know exactly what he means by that. Wearing hemp clothing makes me feel more connected to both myself and the world around us. Naturally, I started wearing this clothing more and more often and I started to feel better and more free. The seed for you are a god-dess had been planted here and a great collaboration with Narayan had arisen. We now create some of our clothing items with his fabric.
BRAVE AS A LION
Listening to your heart takes courage. Your heart invites you to take steps into the unknown. You don’t know exactly where this will lead, but you feel in everything that this is good. Your thoughts mount another attack: Am I sure? I can’t do this! The risk is too great etc. This is the moment when you are challenged to push aside the concepts and patterns that are now blockages on your path and to let the wind that comes from behind, that new life force, flow through you. This is the journey I made from the moment I knew I wanted to create a clothing line with hemp. I myself do not come from the clothing industry and my knowledge was close to non-existent. Still, I decided to take on the adventure, clear blockages and bravely follow the breadcrumbs, resulting in you are a god-dess.
THE BREAD CRUMBS ON YOUR PATH
The road to your purpose or destiny often involves detours. You swing from left to right and sometimes lose your way completely. At these moments it is the breadcrumbs, the so-called omens, that give me something to hold on to. They appear subtly in different shapes and situations. Not just to keep you on your path, but also to confirm that what you are doing is right and that it will lead you to where you ultimately need to go, without clinging too much to that final destination. What matters is that you keep moving and not sticking rigidly to what you had in mind. It was initially the idea that I would set up a clothing line made of hemp together with a friend, but our feelings eventually shifted so we decided to let go of this idea together. Not an easy choice, but the best for both of us. After this decision, the energy could flow freely again. ‘Trust your gut’ is the most important message here. And that’s why I think it’s so important that we get better at it. I practice this by organising small ceremonies for myself, breathing consciously, taking rest, going out into nature and eating foods that actually nourish my body. As a result, your heart will increasingly come to the forefront and your feelings will speak louder and louder.

THE BREAD CRUMBS ON YOUR PATH
The road to your purpose or destiny often involves detours. You swing from left to right and sometimes lose your way completely. At these moments it is the breadcrumbs, the so-called omens, that give me something to hold on to. They appear subtly in different shapes and situations. Not just to keep you on your path, but also to confirm that what you are doing is right and that it will lead you to where you ultimately need to go, without clinging too much to that final destination. What matters is that you keep moving and not sticking rigidly to what you had in mind. It was initially the idea that I would set up a clothing line made of hemp together with a friend, but our feelings eventually shifted so we decided to let go of this idea together. Not an easy choice, but the best for both of us. After this decision, the energy could flow freely again. ‘Trust your gut’ is the most important message here. And that’s why I think it’s so important that we get better at it. I practice this by organising small ceremonies for myself, breathing consciously, taking rest, going out into nature and eating foods that actually nourish my body. As a result, your heart will increasingly come to the forefront and your feelings will speak louder and louder.

BELIEVING, THEN SEEING
Believe you are worth it! That is necessary to start living from your heart and to start creating. I also started with nothing: no money, no knowledge and no razor-sharp idea. Nothing more than a feeling and a dose of courage. I have now built a solid foundation for my company, you are a god-dess. For example, I received a grant from the municipality of Amersfoort, I now have a office in a beautiful building in the city centre of Amersfoort, I have allowed beautiful collaborations to blossom and my knowledge level about hemp and clothing has risen considerably. This adventure has brought me not only a beautiful brand and a vision of life so far, but also that I dare to let my feelings guide me, express them and believe with full conviction. Despite the presence of fear and uncertainty, I stick to my feelings. This is where the power of my manifestations lie. An appropriate proverb of the Indians is written in my heart: Believe first and then see.

Our purpose
Today, clothing is often used as a means of showing how fashion-conscious we are. With you are a god-dess I choose to spread a different story and stimulate a conscious movement.
I wear clothes so that I feel connected to my pure self. And I choose clothing that supports me in what I want to create. A world full of compassion, in which we live from our hearts and in harmony with nature around us.

A clothing line of the heavenly plant hemp, produced in the Netherlands, aimed at living life from your heart, feeling a connection with the universe and finding your spark. Come and discover it.

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