We are coming very close to having more Yoga studios than coffeeshops in our fair town of Amsterdam. The not so recent but steady boom of Yoga is easily explained by the shiny headlines and promises that some of the studios put out there: apparently you will become the hottest, smartest, happiest person in the world, riding a unicorn all day and you will never encounter any kind of problems anymore, apart of being able to pay for your yoga classes and your oh-so necessary Yog

With the current state of the world it is hard to stay optimistic & hopeful & loving. As love is the absence of Judgment. And how not to judge? How not to think people are evil? But they aren’t evil. They are broken. We can reject their actions & harshly so, trying our best to make sure that it doesn’t happen again. But we love the broken, lost human, as that was the first thing missing for them. Especially men. I know, everybody loves to ride the “privileged male” worldview,

I'm talking these days in my classes a lot about the place that our hardship & pain take in our lives. How we might understand generally as good little yogis that these situations are part of it all, though it’s a lot harder to remind yourself of it when you are right in the process of being broken. So, my darling possums and everyone else who needs it today, remember: the little cracks make you more beautiful as you lived your life, which is your purpose on this earth. All o

I was part of an article about Music & Yoga in the Yoga Magazin NL 06/2017. Together with four other well known teachers we shared our favourite playlists and our point of view on the use of music in a Yoga class. Here my full interview and the Spotify-link to one of my favourite playlists for practice Questions: 1 Which song is most special, and why? That question is a bit like asking me, which of my (non-existing) children I like the most. But of this specific list I would

With the already eighth edition of the Stadswild Secret Yoga Club, we are already looking forward to the coming holidays. Yoga on Massive Attack, a secret teacher in hysterical yoga pants, vegan food and an early Christmas market. On the first really cold evening of the year, nearly sixty Secret Yogis and two lost tourists wait until the door opens at six o'clock in front of the Intratuin Amsterdam. And when the doors open, everyone is directly surrounded by the smell of pine

The most commonly known Yogic practice in the West is HATHA YOGA, the physical approach through the means of Asanas = Yoga postures and Pranayama = Breath control. Simply said we clean out our body and bring balance to ourselves & our life, through the eventual bonus of calming the mind! Over the years a variations of different styles and approaches to asana practice developed, but the basis is the same: Yogic scriptures teach that if only one of our body systems is out of ba