Simon Schellevis (1986)

I’m best described, at the core, as a mystic—not in the sense of robes and incense, but as someone who lives from direct experience of the unseen mechanics of life. More like a practical philosopher. What I do is not tied to a single culture or tradition. It moves underneath, through and over them. If there is a tradition that comes closest to how I work, it would be Daoism: simple, natural, grounded in the body, aligned with what is, not what we wish were true.

I work through a clairsentient, empathic, intuitive connection with people. I feel their system—the BODYMIND, and the field around them—as if it were speaking in a language of pressure, tension, and silence. This is not a performance; it’s a skill I’ve had since childhood, and chose to train rather than romanticise. I walked the path of a lone maverick.

I was born with strong intuition, but also with a strong ratio, thus I became a student. I studied methods and traditions—breathwork, somatic work, energy practices, internal arts, martial arts—while also applying what I discovered on myself. Everything I learned, I tested in the only place that matters: the living BODYMIND of real human beings under real-life conditions.

The real turning point, however, did not come from a guru or a complex system.

I was given a very simple breathing exercise, with almost no explanation. No big theory, no lineage, no ritual—just breath.

I followed that breath into stillness.

No visualisation, no agenda, no ambition. Just curious awareness.

In that stillness, something completely unexpected happened: an energy in my body woke up and moved in a way that shocked me to my core. It was not subtle. It felt like being struck by something invisible yet undeniable. The experience was so far beyond anything I believed was possible that even while it obviously happened, part of me could not believe it.

What followed was not just bliss. There was debilitating pain—physical, emotional, existential. My system was trying to reorganise itself around something I didn’t yet understand.

To cope, I dove into different methods and schools. I studied, practiced, and tried everything I could find—not to collect badges, but to survive and make sense of what was happening. I tried everything. I made all the mistakes, went both along with and against advices or instructions, just to know myself instead of believing someone else’s word for it. Throughout all of this, I kept returning to my first and true teacher: Stillness.

Everything I learned, I brought back to Stillness to be tested.

If it didn’t hold up there—without stimulation, without story, without effort—it didn’t stay.

Through this long process of practice, shock, pain, reconfiguration, and refinement, something very simple but powerful emerged. I distilled a way of working that allows people to make tangible, reliable progress in a way that is:

  • Universal – it speaks to the human system itself, beyond culture, religion, or belief.

  • Mechanical – it follows clear principles of gravity, breath, nervous system, and energy, not dogma or ethics.

  • Safe – it respects the limits and timing of the BODYMIND.

  • Repeatable – it can be learned, practiced, and improved by anyone willing to show up.

I hold no lineage and no stack of certificates. My only real credentials are:

  • the stillness that trained me,

  • the embodied skill that came out of it, and

  • the consistent shifts I see in the people I work with.

My mission is to make available a way for people to upgrade their system—

in the way the ancient teachings tried to point us toward—

but in a form that is:

  • fast enough for modern life,

  • safe for the nervous system,

  • effective under real-world stress, and

  • genuinely fun to explore.

I don’t ask people to believe in anything.

I invite them to feel the difference in their own body, breath, and being.

Underneath all the language, that’s what I am and what I do:

a mystic with both feet on the ground, walking a path of simplicity, stillness, and direct experience—

helping people remember who they truly are and how to work with the living mechanics of their own BODYMIND.

In juni 2022 was Simon te gast in de podcast Make Love Work van Mariëtte Ruggenberg en Dwight Gefferie

Simon is een bezielde leraar en uiterst effectieve therapeut. Hij leert mensen zich af te stemmen op zwaartekracht—en biedt praktische tools om beter te voelen. Mensen ervaren meer balans en functioneren beter, zowel recreatief als professioneel.

Wat Simon onderscheidt is zijn diepe passie voor authentieke verbinding, onderwijs en didactiek. Als geboren polyhistor met een uitzonderlijk talent voor taal en communicatie weet hij complexe concepten te vertalen naar heldere, belichaamde inzichten. Deze gave maakt de Inward Method tot een uniek efficiënt en toegankelijk leermiddel voor ieder lichaam.

Simons reis begon al vroeg. Op 9-jarige leeftijd bracht een eenvoudige ademhalingsoefening hem in contact met de uitgestrektheid van zijn innerlijke wereld. Op zijn 12e volgde onverwacht een spontane intense, overweldigende en totaal onvoorstelbare ervaring. Het resultaat was verlammende chronische pijn, verwarring en een diep gevoel van isolatie.

Gedreven door noodzaak ging hij op zoek naar antwoorden. Hij dook in spirituele tradities, krijgskunsten en therapeutische methoden. De interne disciplines boden weinig directe feedback, maar de krijgskunst gaf een concreet kader om te toetsen wat werkelijk werkte. Door de jaren heen onthulde zijn multidisciplinaire benadering fundamentele principes die lichaam en geest verbinden.

Simon beweert geen nieuwe kennis te bezitten—maar weet als geen ander bestaande inzichten helder, bruikbaar en praktisch te maken. Zijn nuchtere en directe stijl weerspiegelt zijn roots en helpt mensen door de mist van verwarring heen naar echte transformatie.

The Inward Method is het resultaat van 30 jaar onafgebroken onderzoek, ervaring en onderwijs—een krachtige synthese van interne kunsten, heling en praktische wijsheid. Simon geeft seminars, live lessen en privé sessies.