21 Sep What you should (not) be eating – part 1

Posted at 15:01h in Chinese Medicine, Healthy food, Meditation, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Yoga Practice

You should eat breakfast; it’s the most important meal of the day. However, you should also not eat breakfast because intermittent fasting is really good for you. You shouldn’t eat carbohydrates, and lots of fat. And also: you shouldn’t eat fat because it’s not good for your...

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10 Apr Why Hot Yoga is not always so hot

Posted at 16:58h in Ayurveda, Yoga Postures, Yoga Practice

Hot yoga seems to be ‘hot’. When I look at yoga class schedules I often see hot yoga and warm vinyasa on offer. And then, of course, there is the chain of Bikram Yoga studios in which yoga is practiced in a room heated up...

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08 Nov Five reasons to take a yoga teacher training, besides the obvious

Posted at 17:57h in Yoga Practice

When I took my first (of many) yoga teacher trainings, I had no intention to become a yoga teacher. My inquisitive mind simply wanted to understand why yoga “makes you feel good” (you can read more about that experience here). Besides finding an answer to...

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08 Nov Five reasons to take a yoga teacher training, besides the obvious

Posted at 17:57h in Yoga Practice

When I took my first (of many) yoga teacher trainings, I had no intention to become a yoga teacher. My inquisitive mind simply wanted to understand why yoga “makes you feel good” (you can read more about that experience here). Besides finding an answer to...

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22 Oct Inner Peace comes in many ways

Posted at 16:12h in Meditation, Present moment awareness, Yoga Practice

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending the world’s first Inner Peace Conference. Two days of yoga, meditation and lectures with a focus on creating - and maintaining - inner peace, offered in four churches and the former stock exchange in Amsterdam....

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15 Nov The Instagram Challenge Phenomenon

Posted at 20:28h in Present moment awareness, Yoga Postures, Yoga Practice

This title sounds like an episode of Big Bang Theory. It’s actually quite befitting as I feel pretty much the same about this sitcom as I do about Instagram challenges; it’s funny and entertaining on one hand, and it’s silly and annoying on the other...

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29 May Yoga 101 – OM and Savasana

Posted at 16:59h in Yoga Postures, Yoga Practice

The practice of yoga has become so popular these days; it seems virtually everyone has tried a class at some point. Especially in the beginning, a yoga class can be overwhelming though: “Where do I put my mat? Do I really have to take off...

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16 Jul Procrastination

Posted at 15:21h in Yoga Practice

I am fully aware that this blog is way over due. It is not that I don’t like writing. I do actually. Lack of time is also a false argument. I spend plenty of hours on airplanes mindlessly flipping through magazines. I like to tell...

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07 Feb 10 Misconceptions about Yoga – Part 3

Posted at 02:41h in Yoga Practice

When you practice Yoga you have to be a Vegetarian  or: 10 Misconceptions about Yoga As a Yoga Teacher, I notice that there are a lot of misconceptions about yoga. I can list at least ten of them, which I will do spread out over several weeks. This...

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23 Jan 10 Misconceptions about Yoga – Part 2

Posted at 15:48h in Uncategorized, Yoga Practice

Only when you are able to do ‘Advanced’ poses, you will get a real benefit of practicing Yoga or: 10 Misconceptions about Yoga As a Yoga Teacher, I notice that there are a lot of misconceptions about yoga. I can list at least ten of them, which...

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