Acceptance
How do you look at, or even talk to, yourself? Like you probably did, I grew up with mirrors in my house. Throughout the years, I learned to get to know myself through the mirror – yet mostly, and obviously, […]
Personal development
Integrating the opposites
As you probably have heard before, the word “yoga” originally comes from “yoking;” the union, the bringing together of apparent opposites such as body and mind, material and spiritual, yin and yang, etc. Personally, I like to see yoga as […]
Finding Madhya – the place of balance
What an interesting time we are living. On the one hand, I feel like many people happily went “back to normal” and forgot the numerous changes and adaptations we have had to make in the recent years… and are still […]
We are One
Being at the water always inspires me. Simply the way the sky melts into the ocean, how they “speak” to and dance with each other. Yoga means union – ”yoke” or bringing together. Behind the philosophy of yoga, we are […]
Turning Darkness into Light
I hope this email finds you well. And if it does not, I hope you can find some support in it. We are approaching the darkest day of the year – at least here in the Northern hemisphere. Christmas and […]
Moving beyond the negativity bias
Right now, what preoccupies you? The mind has a natural tendency to be alert to what is not functioning and might be a threat for the future. Indeed, humans’ reproduction has been dependent on our ancestors’ capacity to notice and […]
Receiving the “Sri” of Summer
Happy Solstice. The sun is at its peak and thereby marks the start of summer. Summer invites us to receive more: more heat, more luscious green colors, more bird songs, more outdoor, more down time and more space (at least if […]
Stability – active and allowed
Stability is a must for health. To grow up healthy, a child needs stability (Children’s commissioner, 2018). Stable caretakers, stable meals, stable habits. On the other end of life’s spectrum, they key to live a happy and healthy life passed […]
Slower Please
A few weeks ago, I had the “chance” to have COVID. Secretly, I had made a story in my head that I would make it through the pandemic without getting it… When I least expected it, of course, it came […]
Space is the Healer
(including free meditation guide, see below) Hope you’re doing well and that the current events have not destabilized you too much. I am sure they have, somehow; and that’s quite understandable. But yoga and other eastern traditions teach us one […]
