How would you do yoga without your legs? As practitioners, we’re getting into fierce warrior positions, quite often trying to build heat, confidence, work up sweat. Usually teachers give instructions so that […]
Headstand “drains the stumps”
Why you should stretch your tongue – and this is how to do it!
When I was little, sticking my tongue out just felt great. I wanted to do it all the time, whenever something or someone really sucked. Parents, teachers, rules, restrictions – baaah. The […]
Yoga for really large bodies – “just move your butt flesh out of the way”!
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but hardly anyone ever showed up for yoga to lose weight. Ironically, to be accepted in the yoga room (or at least to feel that way), […]
Get it off your chest!
Let me warn you: This is not for the faint-hearted. This is not for the ones who easily feel embarrassed in public. And not for those who are afraid of making weird […]
Let’s take a FRESH look!
Relocating is great. It means you’re discovering new things almost every day. Just walking in the city centre makes me go “oh” and “ah” at every corner. I’m observing nicely carved features […]
On the move? How to stay centred.
There’s all this talk about the “global village” nowadays. Most of us have friends on several continents. We travel regularly for work, sometimes crossing different time zones. But while the space and […]
Non-attachment. Or: Life in a backpack
A while ago I wrote about non-attachment. In fact I got so excited about the topic that I added another post straight after. I guess we can say I got a little […]
“Am I getting better at Yoga?”
Progress. This is just how we’re wired these days. Things need to be achieved. Boxes ticked off. No, not just the big stuff, school, studies, degree, first job (and a good one, […]
