Natural Waves
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Women’s Health Practice Utrecht
Integrative care from preconception to menopause
The female body moves in cycles and tells a story. Month after month and through every stage of life, from fertility and pregnancy to menopause.
Natural Waves is a place to slow down and reconnect with yourself. Together, we explore what it needs, so you can move through each stage of life with greater balance and resilience.
Does this sound familiar?
You’re trying to conceive, experiencing hormonal symptoms, pregnant, recovering after birth, or navigating menopause. You’re looking for care that goes beyond treating symptoms.
WHy Natural Waves?
✅ HBO Medical Basic Knowledge
As a qualified therapist, I combine a grounding in basic medical knowledge with an integrative specialism in women’s health.
✅ Certified & Reimbursed
My consultations are (partially) covered by most Dutch health insurers under supplementary insurance.
✅ Quality
A registered member of BATC and affiliated with the NAP umbrella organisation – Quality assurance of Dutch complementary healthcare.
Fertility & Preconception Support in the Netherlands
Your reproductive journey does not begin with pregnancy.
It begins with the state of your cycle, your nervous system, your hormonal balance.
Natural Waves offers holistic fertility and reproductive health support in the Netherlands, helping women prepare for pregnancy, navigate fertility challenges and move through pregnancy and postpartum with confidence.
Preconception support combines cycle awareness, hormonal balance, and nervous system flow to prepare the body for conception, whether naturally or alongside medical fertility treatment. To support your body and help you stay rooted in trust. Aligned with how obstetric and fertility care works in the Netherlands.
🌸 Spring Wave – Preconception
“The first whispers of life, soft and delicate.”
A Soft Start — Your 90-day Holistic Path to Conscious Conception
A transformative journey for couples choosing to enter pregnancy grounded, connected, and deeply aligned. Focus on cycle awareness, nervous system support, body-mind-based fertility support, and partner integration. Supported by clinical understanding of the reproductive system. Creates a strong foundation for pregnancy and reduces stress patterns. Investment €1500
English Pregnancy & Birth Preparation
Birth is not a medical event alone. It is a rite of passage. Also in the Netherlands.
Through integrative birth preparation, nervous system support and embodied awareness, you prepare for labour with clarity and grounded confidence — in a system that may feel unfamiliar, but works beautifully once you know how. In English or Dutch, whatever feels most like home.
☀️ Summer Wave — Pregnancy & Birth
“The sunlit surge of new life, bold and expansive.”
Hypnobirthing à la Marise — The Integrated Birth Path
A complete birth preparation journey combining hypnobirthing, personalised guided meditations, body-oriented 1:1 support, partner integration with a private session at home and birth plan preparation. Designed specifically for giving birth in the Netherlands.
Group course €395 · The Full Birth Journey €1.400 · Online course €94
🍁 Autumn Wave – Cycles & Menstrual Health
“The warm, amber currents of reflection.”
This wave moves through all the phases of the reproductive life cycle. From moving in tune with the monthly seasons of the cycle to the raw experience of loss, including stillbirths and miscarriages.
Your body speaks. To me, menstrual symptoms are not glitches that need to be ‘fixed’, but signals that tell you something about how you’re really feeling.
In my practice in Utrecht, we don’t start by changing things, but by listening. Everything that has become stuck within your body is allowed to gently start moving again here. A safe space where the unspoken and the cyclical are welcome.
❄️ Winter Wave – Perimenopause & Menopause
“The quiet, silver hush before a new horizon.”
- Preparing your whole being for a fresh spring
- Rest, restoration, and inner reflection
- Honouring cycles, consolidating lessons
This season supports perimenopause and menopause, a powerful threshold of recalibration and renewal.
Personalised 1:1 Care for Every Stage
Sometimes within a life phase, there is a need for focused support, around IVF/ICSI egg retrieval, inviting labour around 37–42 weeks, or a cycle question that keeps coming back. Personalised guidance, individually attuned to what your body needs at that moment.
I combine an Eastern lens with the grounded knowledge of Western physiology. The modalities I use, including reflexology and moxa, are always chosen based on what you need, integrated within a broader approach.
🌸 Preconception ☀️ Pregnancy & Birth 🍁 Cycles &Menstrual Health
❄️ Perimenopause & Menopause
Most sessions are eligible for reimbursement through complementary health insurance plans, depending on your coverage.
Supporting Waves of Life — Not Just Moments
Life does not unfold in isolated events.
It moves in waves.
At Natural Waves, we integrate body, mind, and life stage to prepare you for each reproductive transition: menstrual health, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause.
This work is not about quick fixes. It is about creating the conditions for what wants to move, with steadiness, softness, and clarity.
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A Cyclical Approach to Women’s Health
Women are cyclical beings, not linear performers.
Your body shifts.
Your hormones fluctuate.
Your emotional landscape evolves.
Instead of pushing through transitions, I guide you to listen.
With over 10 years of clinical experience in integrative health and specialised expertise in fertility and women’s healthcare, Natural Waves provides a sanctuary for women navigating life’s reproductive thresholds.
As a qualified specialist and experienced childbirth educator, having guided couples through group and private courses for over four years, I combine grounded medical knowledge with an embodied presence. Whether you are preparing to conceive, giving birth, recovering postpartum, or entering menopause, your journey deserves dedicated preparation, integration, and expert care.
By giving you the space to soften and letting your life energy flow, what was always already whole begins to unfold.
About MariseChoose the Path That Matches Your Season
Calm, informed support across all reproductive stages.
If you are unsure which form of support aligns with your current life phase, begin with a conversation. Together we explore what your body and life are asking for — and which path supports you best.
FAQ
Yes! Many women choose personalised 1:1 treatment plans to focus on specific needs, whether it’s menstrual health, fertility, pregnancy comfort, postpartum recovery, or menopause support. Our guided journeys are optional — you can combine them with personalised care at any stage.
No. Our guided journeys and therapeutic sessions complement medical support — they do not replace it. We work alongside healthcare providers in the Netherlands to offer holistic guidance for body, mind, and life-stage transitions.
Each guided journey varies depending on the stage and focus. For example:
A Soft Start (Preconception) Journey: 12-16 weeks
The Integrated Birth Path: Typically 8 weeks, with ongoing postpartum support
All guided journeys and treatment plans are offered in English. We coordinate seamlessly with Dutch healthcare providers so that expat women can receive clear, informed guidance without language barriers. Also, for other international and English-speaking women and couples in the Netherlands.
Absolutely! Many guided journeys include partner integration, especially preconception and pregnancy support, to ensure both of you feel prepared and supported.
We offer full life-stage support, integrating body, mind, and partner involvement. Our focus is on structured guided journeys combined with personalised 1:1 care — supporting transitions, not just moments.
Book a Free Introductory Call — Let’s talk about your personal journey.
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