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🌀A Brotherhood of Men+ to grow & heal together
🔬A laboratory for new ways of being
🕹️Playful spaces to discover your true nature
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Hey brothers! 🌀 Brotherflow is BACK. 💪
After a very needed hiatus we are ready to start Season 2 this Autumn. With a new round of Men’s Circles at @oaserotterdam and a workshop series plus a new online series of guided meditation sessions for men+.

Stay tuned for the dates and announcements of the facilitators! Welcome back to our Brotherhood. 🐾 by @thebrotherflow

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2 months ago

What does it mean to be “man enough”?

Is it about strength? Providing? Not crying?
Is it about being in control even when it’s hurting you?

We’re taught to perform masculinity like a checklist: stoic, tough, logical, dominant. But who made the list? Who benefits from it? And who gets erased by it?

At Brotherflow, we believe being “man enough” isn’t about proving anything. It’s about questioning everything.
It’s about unlearning the stories that keep us silent, rigid, and disconnected from ourselves and each other.

Maybe being man enough means being soft when you’ve only known hardness.
Maybe it’s apologizing. Holding hands. Saying “I don’t know.”
Maybe it’s not being a man at all but finding your own way through it.

What if masculinity didn’t need to be defended, just reimagined?

✨ Let’s ask different questions.

#TheLonelyCowboyClub #Brotherflow #Brotherhood #NewMasculinities taken in Netherlands by @thebrotherflow

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a year ago

Hello, brother! The time has come to introduce: 🌀Brotherflow🌀

Brotherflow is a laboratory for new masculinities. We curate spaces and experiences to explore masculine energy through healing, ritual, and play. It’s for anyone ready to drop the armor, sit in truth, and co-create new ways of being, rooted in softness, strength, and real connection. 🌊 A space to unlearn, feel, and reconnect with what masculinity could be...in co-creation, in BROTHERHOOD.

This isn’t self-help. It’s self-remembrance.
We’re not here to fix you. We’re here to flow with you.

✨ Circles, workshops, retreats & rituals, coming soon.
Follow along & join the current.

#TheLonelyCowboyClub #Brotherflow #Brotherhood #NewMasculinities #BeyondTheMasc taken in Netherlands by @thebrotherflow

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a year ago

We’re back for Season 2! 🌀 @thebrotherflow x @kunstinstituutmelly return with our Laboratory for New Masculinities, a free 4-part workshop series exploring what masculinity can become when we make space to soften, feel, move, play and connect.

Across four Sundays, different facilitators will guide us through their own practices and perspectives on embodiment, connection and masculine energy.

No experience needed. No need to have it all figured out. Just curiosity and a willingness to explore alongside other men.

SEASON 2
October 25 with @diego_omflow
November 8 with @pedros_practice & @shiatsu_joost
November 22 with @lesterdavidav
December 13 with @questoflui

14:00–17:00
Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
Free entrance

Themes and facilitators will be revealed very soon.

Come as you are. Let’s keep imagining new ways of being men, together.

Register for free in the link in bio for the first 2 sessions. taken in Kunstinstituut Melly by @thebrotherflow

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11 hours ago

When did making friends with other men become so hard?

As we get older, our circles get smaller. Work gets busy. People move away. Relationships change. And for many men, even when we have people around us, it can still be difficult to find friendships where we can actually talk about what’s going on underneath the surface.

Loneliness, heartbreak, relationships, fear, uncertainty, change, or just figuring life out. We shouldn’t have to carry all of it alone.

On October 4th, we’re gathering again at OASE for our next Brotherflow Men’s Circle: two hours to slow down, check in, listen, share and experience what it feels like to be supported by other men.

No fixing. No performing. No need to have your shit together. Just showing up for yourself and each other.

🗓 Sunday, October 4
🕐 13:00–15:00
📍 OASE, Rotterdam

Come as you are. Let’s build the kind of brotherhood we wish existed.

Sign up via the link in bio. taken in OASE by @thebrotherflow

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9 days ago

Our next Brotherflow Men’s Circle is happening Sunday, October 4th at OASE.

Who do you turn to when life gets heavy?

For many men, the answer is still: no one. We’re taught to deal with it ourselves, keep moving, figure it out. But you don’t have to carry everything alone.

Join us for two hours of brotherhood, honest sharing, deep listening, and connection. A space to talk about what’s actually alive for you without needing to perform, have the answers, or fix each other.

No masks. No fixing. Just presence, truth, and connection.

🗓 Sunday, October 4
🕐 13:00 to 15:00
📍 OASE, Rotterdam

Come as you are. Leave a little more grounded.

Register via the link in bio. taken in OASE by @thebrotherflow

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17 days ago

Your Friday morning reset is back, brother.

Join Adrian for the third Brotherhood Meditation, a free online practice to get out of your head, settle into your body, and make some space for yourself before the day gets going.

A quiet moment to check in, breathe, and reconnect, together with other men and masculine-identifying people in the Brotherflow community.

🗓 Friday, September 25th
🕣 8:30 to 9:20 AM (CET)
💻 Online + free

Start your Friday with us. Save your spot via the link in bio. by @thebrotherflow

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18 days ago

When did touch between men become something we learned to fear?

Brotherflow facilitator Pedro Lechuga-Farías explores how men are socialized to keep physical and emotional distance from one another, and what we lose when affection, tenderness, and closeness become uncomfortable or taboo.

What could change if men felt safer reaching for each other, not only in crisis, but through friendship, care, and everyday connection?

At Brotherflow, we explore touch as one of many ways to reconnect with our bodies and with each other.

Join us this October at @kunstinstituutmelly for our new workshop series. More info + registration coming soon. by @thebrotherflow

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20 days ago

What happens when we stop treating masculinity as something we simply inherit and start asking how it has shaped us?

Meet Pedro Lechuga-Farías @pedros_practice , one of our Brotherflow facilitators. Pedro is a social psychologist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, bringing a social and psychological lens to our exploration of masculinity, identity, and relationships.

This October, Brotherflow returns to @kunstinstituutmelly with a new workshop series combining reflection, movement, creativity, play, and connection.

Come question, unlearn, and explore new ways of being together. 🌀

More info coming soon! by @thebrotherflow

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21 days ago

We said goodbye to the summer sun together on the terrace at @oaserotterdam. ☀️ Our latest Brotherflow Men’s Circle was an afternoon of slowing down, checking in, sharing what’s alive, and remembering how meaningful it can be to simply sit with other men and be heard.

A big thank you to Yuri @yuribaloe and Roshir for holding and guiding this session, and to everyone who joined us, shared, listened, and helped us keep building this brotherhood.

Want to join us next time?

📅 Next Men’s Circle
Sunday, October 4 at @oaserotterdam
Sign up via the link in bio.

🧘 Brotherhood Meditations
Friday, September 11 & 25
8:30 AM, online and free
Register via the link in bio.

See you in the circle. taken in OASE by @thebrotherflow

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22 days ago

Here are our next dates for our Brotherhood Meditation sessions! 🧘🏻

We’re continuing the practice this September with two new online sessions guided by @adrianvramulet.

A space for men and masculine-identifying people to slow down, come back into the body, and begin the day in connection with themselves and the wider Brotherflow community. No experience needed. Just bring yourself.

🗓 September 11 & 25
🕣 8:30 to 9:20 AM (CET)
💻 Online
🎟 Free. Register via the link in our bio.

Guided by Adrian, an Eindhoven-based Romanian facilitator, university tutor and yoga nidra teacher currently pursuing a Master’s in Psychology and exploring Gestalt Therapy.

Come as you are. Leave a little more grounded. by @thebrotherflow

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23 days ago

Here are our next dates for our Brotherhood Meditation sessions! 🧘🏻

We’re continuing the practice this September with two new online sessions guided by @adrianvramulet.

A space for men and masculine-identifying people to slow down, come back into the body, and begin the day in connection with themselves and the wider Brotherflow community. No experience needed. Just bring yourself.

🗓 September 11 & 25
🕣 8:30 to 9:20 AM (CET)
💻 Online
🎟 Free. Register via the link in our bio.

Guided by Adrian, an Eindhoven-based Romanian facilitator, university tutor and yoga nidra teacher currently pursuing a Master’s in Psychology and exploring Gestalt Therapy.

Come as you are. Leave a little more grounded. by @thebrotherflow

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25 days ago