The Archive

Dear Friend, I hope you are doing well these days as winter is present in its full glory. Seems like some people really like the winter vibe while others lean into some doom and gloom. Of course, the lack of sun, the cold, the short days, do affect our bodies and minds in different ways, but this can also be a wonderful reminder that the stories we create in our minds have a huge impact on the quality of our life, and that through continuous contemplative practice like yoga w

Dear Friend, A few weeks ago I had a few episodes of some emotional pain. It was seemingly rooted in an external situation, however I used that opportunity to take a closer look and see what is actually going on and how these very unpleasant feelings have such a strong impact on my wellbeing. There were the obvious psychological layers, which in the yoga tradition are called ' Samskaras ', but there was a need to dig beyond them into the more subtle levels of experience. Year

This Month I will break down the classic one-leg balancing pose, the Tree Pose (Vrikshasana). Spoiler: It is more about balancing the mind t

Dear Friends, I hope this email finds you well, in good spirit, taking life's ebbs and flows with some lightness in the heart and a Mona Lisa smile  ;-)  I got lots to share with you this month so if you have a few minutes and feel like it scroll down and check it out! To continue from last month's topic, I wanted to share some thoughts with you about the role of ambition, particularly for those of us who try to live a more mindful conscious life whether through yoga or any o

A break down of what seems to be a very simple yoga posture but is actually a multi-dimensional, potentially life changing experience.

Dear Friends, How are you? I hope you're having a nice time whether you are in Berlin or somewhere else for your summer vacation. There is a famous TKV Desikachar quote about how to measure progress in yoga - "The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships.” . Looking back, the biggest transformation I have gone through in the past 15-16 years of dedicated yoga practice is tha