Gretna Provence

Born in Curaçao on March 17.

As a little girl Gretna had a strong feeling, that there is more in life. She wanted to learn more, to know more and be more. She was very curious and thought to become a scientist, discovering “things”, and she liked to solve complicated puzzles and sums without using calculators.

Her mother was a seamstress, so at early age she started helping her with the most complicated parts in sewing. While Gretna was helping her mother, she started to have a hobby of designing and creating color combinations.

After high school, Gretna studied and became a Pharmacist Assistant. For 2 years she worked in a local pharmacy. Afterwards, started a new career as Medical Representative for an international pharmaceutical company.

She got many opportunities to develop herself, presented and worked her way up to Sales Manager, being responsible for different islands in the Caribbean region. During those years, she was involved in training and coaching new employees, as well as giving support to sales and a marketing team. Gretna has traveled extensively and gave support to representatives in various islands.

Even though different challenges and drawbacks presented in her life, she kept the trust and conviction that better days are ahead. She started with meditation, psychotherapy, and participation in different spiritual activities. This was very crucial for Gretna to maintain her positivism during those years. As she says, ‘a healthy outside starts from the inside’.

After a successful career of 32 years with the pharmaceutical company, a yearning from within lead Gretna to focus on her personal growth. 

She chose to develop and strengthen her spiritual path. Gretna decided to give herself a personal gift to attend a conference at the Chopra Center in the USA. This was Gretna’s opportunity to study and become a ‘Chopra Center Certified’ Meditation Instructor. Soon afterwards, she graduated also as Kids Meditation Instructor in the Spanish island Ibiza. Later on, Gretna certified to become a NLP Allround coach; a Grief healing coach and a Breathwork instructor.

Gretna’s curiosity to learn more and be a better version of herself is still motivating her to continue studying. Nowadays, she is director and owner of Rediscover Stillness, and gives Meditation & Breathwork sessions to children and adults, workshops for corporate setting as well as Grief healing and NLP coaching for individuals, online and in person.