Sufala, what does it mean?

I like to first explain where the name of my practice comes from and what it means.

My birth name is Natasja Roos and my later name about 30 years ago is Sufala. I have never actively used it until now. As a nickname I didn't think it suited me, but I knew I would use it one day. So I have now given her to my work and here she fits very nicely. Completely in place. The name comes from India and translated into Dutch it means "fertile". Sufala ~ Breath of life is translated as "Fertile breath of life". That's exactly what our breath is. The most fertile thing there is for man. When you are born, the first thing you do is breathe, and when you die, you take your last breath. In addition, the breath is also a powerful and beautiful tool to bring yourself to wholeness.

What life brought me so far.

I have always been sensitive and highly developed intuitively. I was born that way, and the family I was born into has also caused me to have to develop these sensitivities even more. This has brought about all sorts of things in my life that have not exactly been easy, but it has also helped me become who I am. Because of this, I first spent much of my life in ‘survival mode’, also known as dissociation. At the time, I was unaware of this.

Until, after yet another burn-out, I reached a point where I realised deeply that I could no longer go on like this. I plunged into the depths, learned, felt, slowed down, slowed down and slowed down some more. I started feeling and breathing. I started reconnecting with my essence and learning to live in ‘MY OWN TEMPO’. I still delve into this every day, because the learning process never stops. Fortunately too, because it is so beautiful, interesting and most important of all, it has brought me where I am today. As strange as this may sound to some people, I am immensely grateful for my life with everything in it. Really, nothing excepted! So also my shadow sides. Precisely also my shadow, which are the KEYS.

When I was a girl, I always wanted to dance, I wanted to be a choreographer. Dancing brought and brings me fully into the moment and in touch with my essence. I also started high school at the dance academy where I was eventually rejected again. When that dream fell apart around puberty, my world collapsed. From then on, I didn't know what I wanted in life for a very long time. I was really lost. Now years and years later, through everything I went through, experienced and made the journey to my inner world, it was finally clear what I want to do in life and what my talents are. Everything fell together at some point and it suddenly made complete sense. I want to and can help / guide others on their personal journey, the road to remembering who they are. The way in, the way to their essence at their own pace. I have experienced and done a lot myself, I could write a series of books about it instead of one. All these experiences have also taught me naturally not to judge what anyone tells me. Nothing human is alien to me.

So, in all these years I have come into possession of a huge treasure chest full of experiences and skills that I can use alongside my highly developed intuitive gifts to deliver tailor-made solutions in my coaching with you.

Study

For me, it became very clear that I needed to gain a lot of life experience first and foremost. Those experiences then made it clear to me what I wanted to do in my life. They also made me aware of my talents. In addition to this, I have studied a lot in recent years, both for my own healing and processes and to learn a lot of skills that I can use now.

Below you can read what I have done pretty much in story form. Everything is so intertwined and animated that when I write it down as a summary it doesn't make sense to me.

This studying in recent years I did largely alongside the work I was still doing at the time. I first completed the study of Energetic Therapist at Civas. Then I did and completed Fitness Trainer A and Strength training at Train the Trainers. I did not actively work as a fitness trainer. Purely for myself. I also completed a nutrition training course. The latter I completed, but did not take an exam in.

After these studies, I felt it was time to do some deep inner work and enter into my personal processes. I started combining this with courses in it. I started the Soul Coach year training of the Sacred Journey to learn to support and guide people in their personal processes, inner child processes and processing traumas. All these processes I personally experienced here too.

I continued this journey while learning by taking Lars Faber's (The Breathwork Coach) Breathcoach Training Course The Wounded Healer. To deepen my own personal development and growth, because I certainly wasn't done yet. Not myself and of course also to learn even more about how to support and guide others in their personal processes, inner child processes and trauma processing. In fact, besides all the experiences in my life, I really wanted to learn by experiencing myself, so that I really fully understand, live and feel what I am doing. I am someone who learns by experiencing anyway. During these studies, I knew at one point ‘This is what I want to do’. This work fits me like a glove and I do it with a lot of love and dedication.

Then I did the Heartdancing training of Tanja Faber-Baetsen of De Gewijde Reis / Sacred Lotus. Heartdancing is a form of movement where you get in touch with yourself and with others. Connecting with your own body, your heart, becoming aware of how you make contact. In short, becoming aware of what happens in your inner world and connecting with others in the dance from there. In the future, I will integrate this into my work which we will establish here in Portugal.

At the same time that I followed the Heartdancing Training Course, I also supervised a training year at Lars' Breathcoach Training Course. A kind of internship year, this brought me at least that much extra depth.

In addition, I started my practice Sufala Soulwork for individual coaching and supervised breathing circles and a women's circle of fellow colleagues.

Finally, plant medicines have been added to the programme, and I am delving deeper and deeper into this; from late 2026 to early 2027, this will also form part of the Sufala Soulwork offering. Plant medicines are a wonderful way to journey to deeper layers within yourself and to connect fully with yourself, with the earth, and with the Whole.

I’m constantly developing myself through my own breathwork and bodywork, as well as by continuing to undertake journeys with plant medicines and through ongoing self-study – a process that, once set in motion, never really stops. I genuinely really enjoy it. I also support fellow coaches when the opportunity arises, and take part in in-depth study days and weekends. There are also a few more courses and training programmes I’d like to undertake when I’m ready. This, too, aligns with who I essentially am, according to my design.

I hope that through the above piece and the rest of what you have read on my website you have been able to form a bit of an idea about me and what I could do for you.
Please feel welcome to contact me whenever you feel this way.
With much love I will listen to you and hear if there is anything I can do for you.

With love Natasja