The Archive

Dear friend , I hope you're enjoying the summer, even the chilly rainy parts of it. If you're on vacation, I wish you a wonderful time for resting and recharging. This month I would like to discuss a very big topic which is love! We all have different associations that come up when we hear this word. It is a theme that fills every part of most cultures, many songs, poems, novels and films revolve around it. For most of us it plays a big role in our life in one way or another.

Dear friend , I hope you are enjoying the warm and long days! The theme of this month's newsletter is self-yoga-practice. I will be offering a special workshop on the fundamentals of self-practice and thought I would briefly share some of my thoughts on the topic. Looking back on my 17-18 years of practicing yoga I cannot imagine it without my precious self-practice. It took me a while when I started out to feel comfortable practicing on my own, I went through a process of g

Dear friend , I hope you are enjoying the spring spirit, the long days with lots of sun light, and nature being cheerful and colorful. Check out the previous email I sent about breathing through your nose which is extra important these days with all the small particles floating in the air ;-) I recently had a short talk with a curious person after class regarding the role yoga can play in the process of transforming our habitual patterns and tendencies. During class I emphas

Dear friend , Hope you are at peace and enjoying good health, taking in the good air, especially as the days are getting longer and the sun is getting brighter. Here is something about me that I want to share with you - I love to breathe :-) The breath is such a vital part of our life however we almost always ignore and take it for granted. Imagine an anecdotal scenario in which someone is holding your head under water. At that moment the most important thing on your mind wou

Dear friend , I hope you are in good health and spirit, enjoying the longer days and the blooming nature, taking things as they come with lightness and ease, using yoga as support for difficult times and a companion for the good ones. I want to share something that has been on my mind for a while which is a hot topic amongst many of us these days. There are vast amounts of benefits in living as a human being in 2023, we have lots of options and freedom and life on average has

Dear friend , I hope you are feeling well these days, embracing the inevitable ups and downs of a life with gratitude and equanimity. Easier said than done.. :) Those of you who have been coming to the monthly Masterclasses know that I often run out of time before getting into all the topics that I planned to cover. In the last Masterclass I wanted to speak a little about a useful concept or emphasis from the yoga tradition which is called " sankalpa ". Due to my time managem