ABOUT ME AND MY JOURNEY
Ludus Hofmann
Transformational Coach | Psychologist | Guide for Inner Awakening
My name is Ludus Hofmann, and I walk with people through the deepest layers of their being — into the heart of healing, transformation, and presence.
I am a trained psychologist with over five years of academic studies (B.Sc. & M.Sc. Psychology) in Berlin, Germany, and I’ve spent the past 15+ years exploring, practicing, and offering tools for real inner change. But more than anything, I am a student — of the soul, of silence, of suffering, and of spirit.
I am also the founder of Vision of the Heart Nature Sanctary, a holistic Retreat Jungle of Oaxcaca, Mexico.
My Mentors and Teachers
Over the past decade and beyond, I have been deeply immersed in some of the most transformative healing modalities this world has to offer. Along the way, I have been blessed to encounter gifted mentors, healers, and therapists who opened the doors to a vast spectrum of holistic practices — each one a thread in the tapestry of deep, integrative healing.
My Roots and Inspirations
I bow deeply to the mentors, teachers, and soul family who shaped my path:
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Marshall Rosenberg & Klaus Karstädt – Nonviolent Communication
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Sahajananda, Antoaneta & Hadi Beyrouti – Hridaya Yoga, Non-duality, Silent Awareness
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Mooji Baba – Advaita Vedanta & Heart-Based Wisdom
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Stanislav Grof – Psychedelic Therapy & Holotropic Breathwork
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Joe Schraube – Eclipse Psychedelic Care & Holding the Psychedelic Field
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Phoebe Douglas – Hridaya Yoga Teacher & Devotional Presence
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Ian Wilkes – True Intimacy, Conscious Relating & the Work of Hendrix Harville
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Piña Venus – Embodied Communication & Ecstatic Expression
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Anthony William – Healing Through Spirit-Led Nutrition & Detox
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Jona & Nepu – Dragon Dreaming, True Listening, and my Initiation into Manipura Awakening, where I reclaimed power, clarity, and courage through their radiant guidance
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And most intimately:
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My mother – the one who initiated my spiritual path. She was the first to guide me toward the invisible world, connecting me with therapists and healers who helped me remember past life experiences and karmic, transpersonal realities imprinted within my soul and DNA. Through her, I learned that healing transcends this lifetime — and that our lineage, our wounds, and our gifts travel with us across time.
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My father – who showed me what it means to be a sensitive man, a compassionate listener, and a quiet leader rooted in integrity and feeling.
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My beloved Marie-Noëlle, who teaches me each day what it means to remain open, vulnerable, and loving — especially when life gets hard. She reminds me that presence is the true anchor.
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I founded “Vision of the Heart”, a retreat center and sacred nature sanctuary, rooted in the Hridaya spirit. It is a space of deep stillness, conscious community, and embodied transformation, where we’ve held over 20+ retreats:
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Meditation & Silent Retreats (Phobe Douglas and colleagues @hridaya-yoga.com
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Women’s Healing Retreats
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1on1 tailored retreats for peple suffering from Anxiety & Depression
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Detox & Nutritional Guidance
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Kambo (René Refi) & Sacred Mushrooms
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Ice Baths, Fasting, Breathwork
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The “Triple Vagak Method” for emotional reset
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Karma Yoga & conscious community (Workaway.info)
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etc.
Vision of the Heart Team were also the co-creators of "La Presencia Festival", a celebration of sacred embodiment, healing arts, and devotional service @la-presencia.com
Why I Do This Work
Because I believe healing is not only possible — it is sacred. Because I know that the pain we carry is not who we are. Because I’ve seen what happens when someone is truly met in presence, held in compassion, and reminded of their wholeness.
This work isn’t about fixing you. It’s about helping you remember who you truly are.
With love and presence,
Ludus
Certifications and Trainings
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Psychologist with over five years of academic studies (B.Sc. & M.Sc. Psychology) in Berlin, Germany
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15+ years exploring, practicing, and offering holistic tools for real inner change. But more than anything, I am a student — of the soul, of silence, of suffering, and of spirit.
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NVC Compassionate Communication Trainer (k-training.de)
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NLP Coach, helping others transform subconscious beliefs into embodied clarity
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BSc Business Administration
Further Qualifications and Experiences
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many years of experience in psychedelic-assisted therapy, holding space for transformation through altered states of consciousness — grounded in safety, reverence, and deep integration, student of Ram Dass
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50+ Ayahuasca ceremonies across Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, learning from diverse traditions and plant lineages, receiving both healing and transmission.
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15 years of deep engagement with Nonviolent Communication (NVC) — the practice of speaking and listening from the heart, inspired by Marshall Rosenberg and Klaus Karstädt.
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10+ years of experience in Systemic Family Constellation and trauma healing, working with transgenerational wounding and ancestral patterns
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8 years of studying the teachings of Hridaya Yoga, with 15+ silent meditation retreats (including dark room retreats), rooted in Advaita Vedanta and the direct path of the heart. I have received my basic formation as a meditation teacher and continue to sit and serve in the silence.
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Wim Hof Breathwork & Ice Bath Trainer, having introduced over 200+ people to the deep reset of breath, cold, and presence.
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Extensive fasting experience, deeply inspired by yogic traditions of bodily purification and energetic clarity — using fasting not just for detox, but as a spiritual discipline for emptying, listening, and remembering.
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A devoted follower of Anthony William’s teachings on nutrition and physical healing, integrating his protocols into detox work, emotional resilience, and intuitive body wisdom.