Dr. Charlotte Simons, M.D.

Charlotte is a medical doctor (M.D.), specializing in Integrative Medicine. She has been working for the Dutch Royal Marines for some years and is used to facilitating medical care in every location.During her time with the Marines, her passion for preventive health care and integrative medicine developed. In this time she was trained as a yoga teacher and even teaches yoga classes to Dutch military personnel.Through the path of yin yoga Charlotte got in touch with Chinese Traditional Medicine and in 2015 she decided to study TCM for MD. She was trained by DAGFA, a German Institute for Acupuncture.Currently, she brings her knowledge and skills in different forms: in her own practice with natural medicines or supplements, acupuncture of energy medicine treatments, or simply with nutrition or lifestyle changes.She is also active as a yoga teacher and is a guest teacher with the Academy for Integrative Medicine (AIM) and with the Dutch Microbiome Center. She has studied energy medicine and is a certified Access Bars therapist as well.On her personal path, she came in touch with altered states of consciousness-inducing plants several times. As she believes in supporting the natural self-healing capacities of each person, she prefers the power of psychoactive plants over using external medication for conditions like depression or anxiety.