2021: How love and kindness might just be our way out

22nd September 2020

In our daily newsfeed, love and kindness don't seem to exist. Most people are completely fed up with all the Corona talk, the news, the negativity, the fear, all the opinions and the expert views? Plans getting cancelled, urgh… over and over again. Corona has catapulted us into a completely different world. I often ...read more

Cultivate more Peace of Mind with the So Hum Meditation

30th May 2020

After years of practice, reciting So Hum is still one of my favourite meditation techniques to teach. It is a very powerful and yet, a very simple technique. The mantra, so hum is like a tool for the mind. Something to hold on to, and something to go back to when the ...read more

Yoga for the Mind: a 5 Step Process to Overcome Fear and Anxiety

27th April 2020

Even for the most grounded person, it’s really not easy to rest in that calm abidance that is often times mentioned in Buddhism. These are seriously challenging times and so many feel pulled in all kinds of different directions. As a human species, we have been through a thing or two ...read more

Stress or Anxiety? Give Meditation a Try!

6th May 2019

When you’re anxious, you’re not able to control your emotions, your thoughts spin all over the place and you might not be the best company for yourself or for your environment. Understanding what causes your anxiety can be the first step in managing it. And this is exactly where meditation steps ...read more

How to Get into a Daily Meditation Routine

4th May 2019

Nowadays, it seems you either do yoga asana, which is all about physical wellness, or you focus on the mind and get into meditation. I hear it all the time, people who keep making the difference whether they are more into ‘yoga’ (referring to physical postures) or more into meditation. Which is ...read more

4 Easy Ways to Create More Awareness

17th April 2019

Mindfulness and awareness are wonderful theoretical topics to read about. However, instead of reading about it and keeping it theoretical, I’m an even greater fan of translating it all, very practically, into modern day life. How can you create more awareness in your modern day life? It’s all about making small shifts, nothing ...read more

How to master meditation in 4 Steps

12th April 2019

Meditation is not hard, impossible or time consuming. Your mind is not too busy and, there is hope. I will show you how to master meditation, using these 4 simple steps. 4 Steps for your mind training

1. Relax

The Real Reason Why You Don’t Meditate and How to Overcome It

16th October 2018

Why is it that so many people are 'into meditation' but don’t seem to be able to set aside those couple of minutes to attend to the mind? As most people know by now, meditation has immense benefits. Meditation develops your mental balance so you can stop sabotaging yourself. A meditation practice makes ...read more

Self-Discipline and the Quest for Change

5th February 2018

Self-discipline, a tricky and interesting topic. Some people have a bit too much; some people can use a bit more. I am a yoga retreat expert. I host about 12 to 15 carefully designed retreats and holidays around the world every year. In the past 7 years, I have organized and hosted ...read more

5 Questions on Meditation

14th November 2017

Answering 5 questions on meditation in this post that come back quite often on my yoga retreats. How do I avoid being sleepy during meditation? My answer to this question is usually: Are you sleeping enough? Lots of people are sleep deprived and this is not the best condition to be in to ...read more