No-vember

Welcome NO-vember! No November blues this year! As we are coming towards the end of the year we more often than not start to feel worn out, exhausted and `off`. Well, at least I assume I am not alone out there feeling like that?! The past weeks have been dragging as I seem to have …

The energising breath

Often, and especially at Yoga, we talk about breathing patterns to calm us down, to help us to relax, to unwind. But we can use the breath to engerize, too. I tend to use it at times when I feel tired after a bad night sleep, struggling with jet lag or when I feel exhausted …

Create a glimpse of mindfulness

Life can be stressful and hectic and we easily lose track of time and what does us good! Add to that the pressure of “you should” - exercise, meditate, be mindful, relax, sleep, read, educate further -  "at least every day for an x-amount" of time to succeed. Don`t we all already have enough pressure …

Have fun and stay fit with a short beep test

Summer holidays started or are about to start. And if you have younger kids you know that means (very) limited time for yourself, let alone sports. Whether with kids, your partner, friends or alone a fun way to keep active and to increase endurance and speed for everybody is the "beep test". In short a …

A tiny smile can go a long way

Sometimes it is in the most smallest, most subtle things… I have to confess that I was doubtful when I heard that we were about to practice the “gentle smile” (half smile) during our Mindfulness training. I immediately had an image of a fake smile popping up. But I soon learned how wrong my perception …

Just for a day – no complaints

Before I even start - do not get me wrong, we all have crappy days, times that pull us down, when all and everybody seems to be too much. And we are all entitled to feel like that at times. But often it seems to me that that is what we mainly do; seeing the …

S.T.O.P. practice

We all know those moments when we feel upset, pressured, overwhelmed or uncomfortable. Especially in such situations we tend to become disconnected to what is actually happening around us. Here comes a little awareness exercise I got to know during my mindfulness course. It may come in helpful to be be more "there", in the present moment, …

Thoughts – they can be so simple

I recently came across the "flow mindfulness workbook" and one article got my immediate attention, it was about "a busy head" (written by Otje van der Lelij). Going deeper into why we do take everything that we have in our mind so seriously. Do you find yourself imagining the worst case scenario, a situation where …

A little teaser on Mindfulness

Before you already cringe by just reading 'mindfulness' - replace it with 'awareness' and keep on reading! After all do we not all want to be more aware, in the moment, less stressed but calmer? My attention was recently drawn to a Mindfulness workshop, 2 hrs information on what it does for you and how you …

Yoga Summit – come and join!

Want to be part of an interesting journey? Then come and join the 21 day Yoga Summit, starting Feb. 2nd! I am helping to spread the news! The Year 2017 is still young, the Chinese New Year is about to start, why not use this year to try something new or to dig deeper?   …