Tineke Spruytenburg is a qualified teacher and works as a special needs teacher, in addition to which she offers coaching for children, parents and teachers. She has been a member of the Order of Interbeing since 2006 and lived in Plum Village for two years. In 2007 she visited Vietnam with Thay and the four-fold Sangha. In the Netherlands she is helping to create a Sangha for teachers and to organize days of mindfulness for families.