Guus’ story, coming to the Transmission School for knowledge and discovering a different way of life

Guus arrived at the Transmission School with curiosity, not expectations.

He was not looking for transformation.
He was looking for learning.

“I was searching for topics connected to the essence of life,” he says. Things he had never really encountered in conventional education. Nature, food, communication, spirituality. A way to reconnect with curiosity and with learning itself after years of feeling disconnected from it.

“I came for the knowledge and the inspiration,” he explains. “To feed my hunger for learning again.”

What he did not expect was how deeply personal the journey would become.

“I didn’t realize it would be such a transformational experience,” he says. “Self-development was the thread running through everything.”

The learning did not stay intellectual. It touched emotions. Layers slowly peeled away. Guus speaks about being confronted with old wounds and patterns he had been carrying for years, not in a dramatic way, but in a way that felt honest and human.

“It brought me closer to myself,” he reflects. “It helped me see who I really am, and what I could leave behind.”

Another essential part of the experience was perspective.

For Guus, the Transmission School attracts people who dare to live differently. People of different ages, backgrounds, and cultures, who are willing to honor their authentic selves and actively choose lives aligned with their values.

“Being surrounded by people like that was incredibly inspiring,” he says. “It showed me that another way of living is possible.”

That realization mattered deeply.

After his first month at the school, Guus returned briefly to the Netherlands. A few days later, he came back for a second month. Soon after, he began traveling across Europe, volunteering in different projects and communities exploring alternative ways of living.

“The Transmission School gave me the kickstart for that,” he says. “I’m very grateful.”

Two years later, Guus returned again.

This time, it was not because he felt lost, but because something was integrating.

“The two months were the kickoff,” he explains. “The years that followed were the integration.”

Some lessons took time to land. Others revealed themselves only much later. Returning felt like closing one chapter and opening another, while also seeing clearly how much had already grown.

“It touches me to realize this,” he says. “I feel proud, and very grateful. I know many of the seeds of who I am today were planted back then.”

When asked how the experience lives on in his daily life, Guus is clear.

It is not about rigid routines or daily practices.

“I’m not someone who follows strict structures,” he says. “What stayed with me is a different way of seeing life.”

A sense of being part of something larger. More presence. More heart, less head. A growing clarity about purpose, and a natural shift in the people he surrounds himself with.

“The lessons didn’t stay as lessons,” he explains. “I’m living them now. They’ve become part of who I am.”

Guus does not describe the Transmission School as a place that gave him answers.

He describes it as a place that gave him permission.
Permission to question, to feel, to choose differently.

And that, perhaps, is what stays the longest.