L&ON Mission

We support human beings and promote being human. To find their heart and their freedom. Celebrating and discovering the mysteries of life trough freestyle creation & meditation. Always from the heart to connect, inspire, heal and awaken.

About L&ON.

Love & Other Necessities is a project by Dirkje Bakker-Pierre (aka Derrekien) .

A former creative who found herself on the path of spiritual awakening and has been moving on the crossroads of creativity and spirituality ever since.

She started out with a degree in graphic design and worked as a designer and art director for many years running her own agency (No Office).

She spent a lot of time with several spiritual teachers around the globe and this is where she learned and developed her skills in working with energy. Simultaneously she has taken part in many silent & meditation retreats to finetune her skills in meditation and connecting to the silence.

An experienced energy worker/reader with over 10000 readings she not only offers her own services and products but is also active in working with others who are interested in discovering and growing their skills. To bring more freedom and love into this reality and support others who are aiming to do the same.

Freedom drawings & Fashion.

The Freedom Drawings series, the idea for Love & Other Necessities and the dream to share all of this with the world originated during my travels around the globe and into the world of meditation, spirituality and pure, intuitive creativity.

Each Freedom Drawing carries the energy of a spiritual lesson. They all start with a word, then a meditation into the depth of the feeling of the word and then the form coming from there.

They are never planned, always free-style, made in the moment and straight from the heart. They just happen, like everything else really.

Form me a logical step was to turn them into all-over prints for yoga and street fashion, so they can be worn on the body and so wrap the wearer in their energy. The prints are all over, the colours bold, the outfits statement but playful at the same time. Ever again to bring more inspiration and fun and freedom of expression to this reality.

Certifications;

Spiritual;
Certified Sound therapy practitioner (@Shift Meditation)
Certified Meditation teacher (Yoga alliance)
Certified Yin Yoga therapist (Yoga alliance)

Creative;
Graphic Design Bachelor (Artez School for the Arts)