Masterclass AquaCare The Netherlands, April 2026
in person @ Kicozo

Learn from the best:
Madeleine Kerkhof, Rhiannon Lewis, Inge Westerlinck and Julia Falkenstein!

The Dutch are known for their expertise in water management. Madeleine and her internationally renowned Team are taking the medicinal use of water in all its diversity to a different level:

AquaCare is a complementary modality which can be an extremely valuable addition to any nurse’s, naturopath’s, massage therapist’s or aromatherapist’s practice.

In AquaCare, water in different temperatures and different states – from cold to hot, is utilised as a therapeutical tool to help prevent and treat health issues, and offer relief from symptoms and side effects. Think of fatigue, stress, anxiety, sleeplessness, but also digestive tract problems such as cramps and constipation, and pains – including muscle and joint pains, spasms and neuropathic pains.

There is a whole world of evidence and experience based benefits attached to the sensible use of water as a stand alone treatment modality, but also when enriched with additions such as clay, essential oils, herbs, hydrolats and more. Water has its own vital energy which is in intimate dialogue with the body’s fluid matrix.

In this unique Masterclass, Madeleine, Inge Westerlinck and Rhiannon Lewis will share their decades of expertise with their characteristic passion.

Madeleine and Team have a special talent to think and work in possibilities rather than problem solving – as long as there is some water available, and she will show you how AquaCare may be fitted into virtually any treatment plan, even when facilities are limited.

Program:

Wednesday April 15, 1.30pm – 5pm
Welcoming students at Kicozo’s Campus
First basic principles of AquaCare (3CEU) with the why, how, when or when not. About temperature and how our body, mind and spirit respond to warmth, cold, alternating temperatures and other influencing factors for ultimate wellbeing.

Thursday April 16, 10am – 5.30pm (6CEU)
At Kicozo’s campus, day on the Cool Abdominal Washing™, and in the afternoon compresses and poultices (with aromatic blending), with Madeleine kerkhof.

A day full of practice, enjoying to give and to receive. Get that tummy functioning optimally, and relax muscles, joints, mind and spirit with aromatic poultices and compresses.

Friday April 17, 9am – 5.30pm (6CEU)
9am reception at Kicozo’s Campus – and making our way to the Nursing Home with bath facilities to spend the day learning about baths with Madeleine Kerkhof (full, foot and hand baths, as well as additions to baths such as salts and carbon dioxide).

A day where Madeleine explaines all on how immersion in warm water may offer true holistic wellbeing, yet with het characteristic pragmatic approach to comfort and safety, supported by evidence and vast experiences, and with the added and often well researched value of salts, clay and carbon dioxide for skin care, pain and wound care.

Saturday April 18, 10am – 5.30pm (6CEU)
At Kicozo’s campus, hydrolats day with Rhiannon Lewis.
Rhiannon will join us from France and she will share her decades of expertise in aromatherapy, focusing today on hydrolats as additions to many AquaCare applications.

Sunday April 19, day off

Monday April 20, 10am – 5.30pm
At Kicozo’s campus, with Inge Westerlinck’s day “Understanding the energetic nature of water and how it communicates with the body’s inner matrix” (6CEU).
She will help you understand water as the body’s inner matrix, including cross-cultural and scientific perspectives on water as a living medium, structured/EZ water, Aquaphotomics and the “living matrix” concept, as well as emerging research on water memory, coherence and responsiveness.
There will be also a practical and experiential exploration of simple, product-free ways to work with water in care settings (mindful drinking, vortexing, intention exercises), a focus on water and the nervous system: fascia, CSF and vagal tone. A guided reflection “Return to the Waters Within” will close the day

Tuesday April 21, 10am – 5.30pm (6CEU).
At Kicozo’s campus, day on a variety of special connections to water and its additions.

Julia Falkenstein will guide you through hydrosols in Gut Health: internal use – dosages, protocols, case studies, and a special focus on the immune system, microbiome, emotional regulation.

Madeleine Kerkhof will take you on a fragrant journey through essential oils and CO2 extracts and how they may contribute significantly to the effect of most AquaCare treatments.

Wednesday April 22, 10am – 11.30am
Closing of the week, brunch at a local restaurant.

 

 

Course fees:
Early bird rate until December 31st, 2025: 999 euro p/p
After January 1st, 2026: 1199 euro p/p

Included are:
All aromatic and other materials (but bring a few towels of your own).
Transport to the location of the nursing home and back to school.
Welcome drink & snacks on arrival day.
Brunch on departure day.
Certificate.

Optional:
Group dinner on Friday or Saturday (can be discussed on day 1)
Extending your stay with a few days prior or after the Masterclass to travel around the country some more at your own pace.

Excluded are:
Travel and travel expenses from where you live to the Kicozo campus, however we will advise, and/or pick you up (for a small fee) from a central pick-up point
Accommodation – we can advise
Lunches on course days (at lovely local restaurants for reduced prices)
Travel and cancellation insurance
Personal shopping in our school

Other details:
All course days & handouts in English
Payment in advance only through bank transfer or Mollie Payments (incl. credit cards)
Minimum number of students: 8, maximum 16.

Madeleine and Team are looking forward to seeing you in The Netherlands!