We believe you already know who you are. You just need to remember.
EleMens exists to take you out of your head and back into the wild. Where the real you lives.
The EleMens Way
Most of us are living inside our heads. Overthinking, overperforming, over-responsible. We’ve built lives that look good from the outside, but feel hollow on the inside.
EleMens was built on one belief: that nature doesn’t fix you. It reminds you. Of who you were before the role, the pressure, the noise.
We take people outside. Into forests, onto mountains, into discomfort. Into silence. And we stay there until something shifts.
Rick and EleMens
I was a teacher. And before I was good at it, I struggled. My second year nearly broke me. Burnout hit hard, and I had to find my way back. But in the end, I became a strong classroom manager, and especially a sharp didactic. I learned how to really reach people.
But all the while, the classroom always felt too small. Not the students, not the subject. The walls. I often kept glancing outside.
I came to believe that teaching doesn’t happen in a room. It happens in experience. In discomfort. In nature. The best lessons I ever learned didn’t come from a book. They came from (trying and failing to) climbing a mountain, a cold river, a night alone under the stars.
And I believe humanity has lost something. We’ve traded the wild for the comfortable, the present for the productive. EleMens exists to help people find their way back. Not to me, not to a method, especially not to a book. But to nature. The original teacher.
That’s the mission. That’s why I’m here.
Rick Bosch van Drakestein
Founder & Nature Coach
The people behind EleMens
EleMens is built on a shared mission, not a single person. These are the people who show up.
Rick Bosch van Drakestein
Marjolein Louisa
Nature Coach & Location Host
More guides joining soon.
In their own words.
Ready to experience your own transformation?
How we work.
Nature as the setting
Not a background. A teacher. We work outside because that’s where real things happen.
The body as the tool
Boxing, climbing, breathwork, cold water. We move before we talk, because the body knows things the mind doesn’t.
The group as the mirror
You don’t grow alone. The circle, the expedition, the retreat. These are containers for real change.
Ready to find out what EleMens is about?
Step away from the noise and align with your true nature. Explore our personalized retreats or schedule a quiet, warm conversation to see how we can guide you home to yourself.
