Blog
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The Materialistic Evolution of Yoga
1st November 2013
Last weekend, I enjoyed three days in what looked like, Yogic Disneyland. Together with Giulia, owner of In Sabina in Italy and Gustavo Ponce owner of Canal Om in Chile, we set up our own stand at the London Yoga Om Show, in Olympia. 15.000 yogis to be expected, 4000 flyers ready ...read more
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Post Retreat Bliss Syndrome
18th October 2013
Last week, I hosted, what I would call: the Perfect Yoga Retreat. 15 beautiful yogis and yoginis, coming together in Italy for relaxation, yoga, great food, growth, friendship and lots of me time. If you have been reading my previous posts, you will see that I’m repeating myself… I wrote exactly the same ...read more
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Change Your Words, Change Your World
4th September 2013
When I’m not bending people’s legs in a idyllic yoga retreat somewhere around the world, I teach yoga and I’m a personal coach in Antwerp. I prefer an holistic approach and therefore combine yoga, massages and one on one conversations. In many of these conversations, it’s interesting to zoom in ...read more
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Why Do We Meditate? Why bother?
28th July 2013
It's just another Thursday morning and we just finished our yoga class. Tuning in with the breath, neck rotations, my crazy ankle flexes, some hip and heart openers, gentle twists, one sun salut, arm torture with the belts, forward folds, backward folds, warrior 1, 2, triangle, another sun salut, sphinx, ...read more
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Holiday Time!
16th July 2013
"Thank God, just three more days to survive at work and I can finally relax and go on my holiday. And, let me tell you: I need it!" I heard many people saying this phrase or something very similar in the last few weeks. They are thrilled to plug out and not ...read more
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Five Things You Need to Know about Yoga
3rd July 2013
Every week I’m blessed to have new people in my classes, who have never done yoga before. Also, on my yoga retreats, I always have a few people who have never done yoga before. A privilege to enlighten them and to see if I can spark some enthusiasm. Some people have ...read more
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Top Things to Do in Rome
16th June 2013
Have you ever been to Rome? I can definitely recommend it as one of my favorite destinations for a city trip. Personally, I just love Rome! Whether you like shopping, museums, churches, obelisks (18!), great cheap food, great expensive food, amazing roof top terraces, simple lodging, extravaganza lodging; Rome has got it ...read more
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Hosting the Perfect Yoga Retreat
2nd June 2013
Last week Myrna Van Kemenade and myself hosted, what I would call: the Perfect Yoga Retreat. We had 9 beautiful people from all around the world joining and some knockout diamonds were revealed. I really wonder sometimes why I am this fortunate to be welcoming all these wonderful people on my ...read more
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How to Control my Inner Control Freak
9th May 2013
"Just let go”, how simple does it sound, but why is it so difficult for us to actually do it? What would happen if you didn’t have the urge to control things? You would have to trust for the good to happen, right? Control feels safe, it’s also the perfect recipe ...read more
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“Yo, I’m a Yogi!”
21st April 2013
Heard this phrase for the first time at one of our retreats in Italy. One of our participants had attended a workshop in New York and someone introduced himself to the group with these words. It goes without saying that during the retreat this phrase became our retreat slogan and ...read more
