How it Started

Writing has always been a great passion of mine, but I abandoned it for quite a while due to the hustle and bustle of everyday life. I reconnected with it a few years ago through the blessed birth of a baby girl in the family, which prompted me to write a poem as a gift. This experience opened the flood gates, so to speak. Feeling the need to share some of the writings I plucked from the world of potential, I decided to create this website with the help of my sisters. You will find their influence here as well. Some time ago I added a collection of poems named Eternity, written by my father, and at the moment we are working on putting up some raw music material on the site. Creativity runs in our family and it is our wish and hope to bring inspiration and support in these times of intense transition and change.

The name Ama Ina is close to my heart as I am called Ama by my sister’s children, an abbreviation of the word ‘Mama’ or mother. The second part is my lifelong nickname, as both my given names have ‘Ina’ in it. Fate would have it that these two names also represent the (divine) masculine, Ama, and (divine) feminine, Ina, in the native language of my Elders. Coincidence? If you resonate with the content on this website than I think we can agree that it was probably just meant to be… 

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