Luana

A Curious Beginning

I was born in the Netherlands and grew up mainly between Holland and Spain, with Dutch and Colombian roots. Having different cultural influences in my life naturally sparked an interest in exploring my ancestry, heritage and the many different ways people experience and understand the world.

My upbringing was fairly alternative. Natural medicine, yoga, meditation, spirituality and unconventional ways of looking at life were all part of my environment from a young age.

I learned to read cards as a teenager and began exploring channelling and my intuition around the same time.

As a child, I was also incredibly sensitive to the world around me. I experienced vivid perceptions of energies, spirits and other beings, some beautiful and others rather unpleasant. Without much guidance in understanding these experiences, I unconsciously pushed and disconnected myself of that empathic/sensitivity to an extent to just be and survive here.

It wasn’t until my early twenties, when I met someone who would become an important spiritual mentor in my life, that I began consciously reconnecting with this part of myself, as she basically switched the plug back on.

What followed wasn’t a sudden moment of enlightenment, but an ongoing journey of exploration, questioning, remembering and, perhaps most importantly, awakening to deeper levels into my own ascension/descension path.

And quite a few humbling knocks to the ego along the way!
 

The Many Paths That Somehow Became One

Bodywork found its way into my life long before I considered it a profession.

My mother had learned some massage techniques when I was little and would practise them on my brother and me. Naturally, I started doing the same for others.

Years later, while travelling through South America, I decided to study massage more formally. That curiosity continued to take me through different courses and approaches in South America, Spain, Thailand and eventually Australia, where bodywork became my profession.

There was never a grand career plan. It simply unfolded.

Much of my other work developed in a similar way.

Psychic readings were a natural extension of the intuitive exploration that had been part of my life since my teenage years. Energetic clearings grew from my own need to understand and care for my energetic wellbeing, while intuitive coaching emerged from something that seemed to happen wherever I went: people sharing their lives, challenges and questions with me.

I’ve always been fascinated by people, the intricacies of our experiences, and the many layers beneath what we see on the surface.

I love connecting the dots, exploring different perspectives and helping someone find clarity in something that may have previously felt tangled or overwhelming.

Over time, these different interests, experiences and practices found their way together into what I now offer through Diamond Heart Temple.
 

What the Journey Has Really Been About

For all my interest in spirituality, consciousness and the unseen aspects of existence, some of my most valuable lessons have come from the very ordinary experience of being human.

Relationships, for example, have taught me an enormous amount about myself.

They’ve shown me where I’ve given my power away, where I’ve confused compassion with overextending myself, where I’ve looked outside myself for validation, and where I’ve needed to learn to stand more firmly in my own truth.

Being highly sensitive has been another journey in itself.

I’ve come to understand that sensitivity doesn’t have to mean carrying the weight of everything around you. When understood and navigated with discernment, it can become a beautiful source of inner guidance.

And discernment is something I hold particularly close.

Learning to recognise the difference between intuition, fear, conditioning and ego is an ongoing practice. Sometimes I’ve listened, sometimes I’ve taken the scenic route and learned the hard way!

Life has certainly given me plenty of opportunities to practise.

I’ve experienced my share of uncomfortable transformations, emotional waves and moments when everything I thought I understood was turned upside down.

But through it all, one lesson keeps returning: the importance of finding strength, clarity and trust within ourselves rather than continually searching for them outside of us.

I don’t consider myself someone who has mastered this journey. I’m very much walking it too, continually learning, refining and discovering.

Perhaps that’s what I appreciate most about this work. It isn’t about having all the answers or telling someone who they should become. It’s about creating space for people to reconnect with themselves, recognise their own inner wisdom and find their way forward.
 

Why Diamond Heart Temple?

To me, the Diamond Heart represents qualities that I’ve come to value deeply throughout my own journey.

The strength to stand in our truth without losing our softness.

The clarity to discern what genuinely resonates with us, alongside the compassion to recognise that we’re all navigating our own experiences.

The courage to look within, including at the uncomfortable parts, without losing sight of the beauty of being alive.

A diamond is formed through pressure, and I find something meaningful in that symbolism. Life has a way of refining us through its challenges, revealing strengths and aspects of ourselves we may not have recognised otherwise.

The heart reminds me that this process doesn’t need to make us hard. We can become stronger while remaining open, compassionate and connected.

Diamond Heart Temple is an expression of these qualities and a home for the different ways I love supporting others, whether through bodywork, intuitive guidance, energetic work or simply creating space for someone to reconnect with themselves.
 

And When I’m Not Exploring the Mysteries of Existence…

I’m probably exploring something else entirely!

I’m naturally curious, easily fascinated and have a tendency to disappear down all sorts of rabbit holes.

I love to laugh, dance, be silly and enjoy life without taking everything too seriously. Hang out in nature, create herbal formulations and potions, and find ways to move and be creative.

As much as I enjoy exploring consciousness and the deeper questions of existence, I also love the simplicity of being human.

I don’t think we’re here to spend every waking moment analysing ourselves, healing something or trying to reach the next level of enlightenment.

Sometimes we’re simply here to enjoy the experience, have a good laugh, make mistakes, discover something new and dance along the way.

And I think there’s something rather beautiful about that.