Contact

Do you have questions or comments? Or do you want to know more about yoga or about my classes? Let me know!

Or Follow me on Instagram!

𓇬 What are the Benefits of Yoga? 𓇬 The Yoga

𓇬 What are the Benefits of Yoga? 𓇬

The Yoga & Stress Edition!✨

Yoga has many benefits for our overall health. Today I want to share with you the benefits yoga has for reducing stress.

Stress, in general, has a function: it helps us to focus, for example to get things done before an important deadline or to avoid danger. However, stress is only healthy if it comes up for short amount of times: the times we really need it! 💪

In todays world, a lot of people experience this form of stress daily for longer periods of times. Our natural "fight, flight or freeze" response to stressful situations, becomes our new "normal". This means that our body is always on high alert: muscles are getting tense (because they are getting ready for one of the three responses above)& our heart rate goes up. In other words: our sympathetic nervous system is being stimulated for a long period of time. 🏃

This means our body does not get the time to restore, to slow down. This is where yoga can be helpful.

1️⃣ Yoga helps you to release tense & tight muscles that are the result of being stressed over a longer period of time. 🙌

2️⃣ An (active) yoga practice provides a balance between addressing the sympathetic nervous system & allowing the body to slow down. Activating the parasympathetic nervous system by using breathing exercises & the all important savasana at the end of the practice. (Which is why you should NEVER skip savasana!). Yoga provides a healthy balance between activation & relaxation. 💤

3️⃣ Yoga forces you to connect with yourself: what are you feeling in your body? What kind of sensations can you identify? Are you tired? Energetic? Are there any emotions that are still keeping you busy? Yoga allows you to reflect on your overall well-being (which is, again, why some people struggle with the final relaxation at the end of the class; when the body becomes still, the mind starts to "move"). 🐒

➡️ Overall, yoga helps you to reflect on the current state of your body & mind, while also addressing the results of the stress you already experienced.

Did Yoga help you to reduce your stress? Feel free to share your experiences in the comments or send me a DM 💕

𓇬 RESOLUTION TIME! 𓇬⁠ ⁠ If I could give

𓇬 RESOLUTION TIME! 𓇬⁠
⁠
If I could give all my yoga students this one mantra to repeat when times get tough, it'd be this: ⁠
⁠
"You ARE amazing, just the way you are. You are UNIQUE, AWESOME & BEAUTIFUL! You can do ANYTHING you set your mind towards"⁠
⁠
⁠
Did this mantra resonate with you today?⁠
⁠
⁠
And which mantra would you want to share with others?⁠
⁠
Let me know! x⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
⇟⇟⁠
⁠

𓇬 INTUITIVE MOVEMENT 𓇬⁠ ⁠ How is the flo

𓇬 INTUITIVE MOVEMENT 𓇬⁠
⁠
How is the flow in your own yoga practice? Do you follow a certain set of asanas (poses)? Or do you do what your body is telling you to do. Moving, without thinking about the movement itself.✨⁠
⁠
Do you explore that meditative quality in moving in sync with your intuition; using your concentration to really explore and feel the movement?⁠
⁠
This is what I felt when doing a moving meditation practice for myself a couple months ago. I wanted to share this with you, but didn't know how to call it. This is when the meditative movement class made its introduction. ⁠
⁠
Meditation without sitting still. Moving in full awareness. Moving your awareness from your eyes, to your thumb and back; moving without thinking, in full concentration, dharana. 🧘🏼‍♀️⁠
⁠
Did you already try out my Meditative Movement class?📿 ⁠
⁠
You can find it in my Yoga On Demand Catalogue (accessible with a membership or 7-day trial on my website, link in bio).✨⁠
⁠
𓇬⁠
𓇬⁠
𓇬⁠
----⁠
⁠
#yoga #meditation #yogi #namaste #yogalove #yogainspiration #motivation #mindfulness #inspiration #meditate #yogini #findyouryoga #yogateacher #yoganetherlands #meditativemovement #meditation #healing #health #gratitude #selflove #energy #consciousness #yogaondemand

𓇬 INSTAGRAM VS REALITY: THE YOGA TEACHER EDITIO

𓇬 INSTAGRAM VS REALITY: THE YOGA TEACHER EDITION - PART 1𓇬 ⁠
⁠
Yep, it's not all glamour around here. From the outside, you probably see the polished Instagram version of my job as a yoga teacher, including: relaxing yoga classes from my living room, effortless photos, beautiful stories about the places I went to for my different yoga teacher trainings & maybe even the impression that I've got my sh*t together. ⁠✨⁠
⁠
But here's the truth – the real life version of what I do and how it truly happens. Starting today with PART 1: relaxing yoga classes from my living room & the effortless photos.⁠
⁠
⁠🧘🏼‍♀️Those relaxing classes from my living room, can be really exhausting. Teaching, talking, breathing & doing the whole practice, while standing on a carpet (which is especially tricky in balance poses) is really intense for my body and my energy level. It took me a while to find a balance between teaching "online", without overdoing it. Finding that balance of my own, was a growing process (I was EXHAUSTED during the first lockdown). I've found that balance now⁠, which was a learning process for sure!⁠
⁠
📸The effortless photos have been a personal growing process, in which I had to really step out of my comfort zone and dare to be "crazy" with the camera. Without the amazing connection with the different photographers I've worked with, this would not have been possible. I've started this journey with @aleksandar_celar, who had a great way of making me feel "comfortable", slowly letting me get over this "camera-shyness". It's the photographers, like him, but also like @tati.vanthiel.photography , Rose from @photoshootscotland, @creativeoutburstphotography, @dorin_ciobanu, @mrinalverma & @kulovitse (who shot the pictures that are currently on my website) who helped me to step out of this comfort zone.⁠
⁠
‼️[Little PS about the photos: the reason I use filters over the already edited (!) photos, when posting them on my Instagram is all about creating one cohesive style on my social media page. For other purposes (like my website), I always use the photos how they were edited originally by the photographers]‼️⁠
⁠
⁠
➡️Any of these things surprise you?⁠

Follow on Instagram