The Archive

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

Dear friend , I hope you are well and healthy these days and that 2023 started smooth and pleasant. I recently had some conversations regarding food and eating habits in relation to the practice of yoga. It made me reflect back to the changes that I made in the past ~15 years as part of my yoga path in terms of diet and lifestyle. I surely made some mistakes along the way in my attempts to better my wellbeing but I also managed to learn from them and gain some insights.  I wa

Dear friend , I want to wish you a happy new year full of love, meaningful experiences, good health, lots of joy and laughter! I also want to thank you for allowing me to share my yoga experience with you, it is always a huge source of fulfilment for me to be able to that. For me living a good life is really about making choices that will not later be regretted. This requires a continuous state of introspection, inquiry, humility and honesty. It also involves acting and inter