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These few words are always greeted with smiles and sighs of contentment in my yoga classes. It is your time to get comfortable on your mat and to relax, but have you ever wondered why this relaxation period feels so good? When we lie down on our mats, our body finally gets to properly relax.Continue reading “And now it is time for your relaxation…”

Last week, we looked at what meditation is and what are the amazing benefits we can all get from it once we start meditating The question now is: how do we meditate? Meditation is an amazingly wide area and there are many different techniques and approaches to meditation. In this article, I am intending toContinue reading “How do we meditate”

Meditation conjures up images of people sitting with their legs crossed on a yoga mat. It is often equated to emptying the mind of all thoughts. But what is meditation really? And why do we meditate? First of all, let’s look at what meditation isn’t: Meditation isn’t about reaching a blank mind.Meditation is about lettingContinue reading “Why do we meditate?”

Sometimes, live throws stuff at you that you really don’t feel ready to handle. It can be a change in work circumstances, health or something more personal and we fall to pieces. When something drastic happens, most of us go in fight or flight mode and start reacting by trying to find solutions, trying toContinue reading “Express yourself”

Today is my last blog about finding inspiration and keeping it going. Personally, it is always the second part that causes me the biggest trouble. After a little while of abiding by the principles of following small achievable goals to reach my larger ones, there always comes a time when, either live gets in theContinue reading “Keep on moving”

Today, I will look at how to keep the inspiration alive and how to best keep going towards your goal. When finding inspiration happens very much spontaneously, keeping it alive and striving towards your goal takes some dedication. For me, organisation is key. Everybody is different but I find that if something is on aContinue reading “Inspiration – how to keep it going”

As I wrote last week, inspiration can be found all around us. You can come back fully energised and inspired from a holiday or you can find the same kind of inspiration from watching Youtube videos from your living room. Inspiration is a very personal thing and most of us will come upon it byContinue reading “Go and get inspired”

Hands into prayer position in front of the heart, gently bowing the head down and saying “Namaste”. A common picture in yoga classes and I finish some of my classes with this greeting but what does it mean? Namaste is a sankrit word. It can be split into namah, which means “salutation” and te, whichContinue reading “Namaste”

After some minor surgery on Monday, I am now unable to do any yoga for the rest of the week. Needless to say, that this felt like a serious blow and my first thoughts were for the students I would let down this week by cancelling my classes. The second blow was yesterday evening, whenContinue reading “The Power of the Mind”

“We can never truly fail as there are no errors in the system”, Mansukh Patel. A few weeks ago I started a new routine, trying to find some extra time to practise breathing exercises every day. Since my mornings are already pretty full, I decided to do these exercises in the evening. I stuck atContinue reading “Perseverance”