Sometimes when you go to a yoga class some teachers are singing weird words, everybody seems to know them and it looks like an alien language. Well, those are mantras and they are known particularly in the Sanskrit language. However, mantras are quite known in other languages as well, and you'll probably even know them, it's just a bit different…
We've all been to a yoga studio where you've had the amazing fragrance of a burning incense stick. You probably even lit one up yourself already. But what about these sticks that burn and what are they doing? Find it out in this article. The History of Incense To answer this question we have to take a look back in…
Grounding myself has been a problem that I've been struggling with for a long time. I live close to nature now, so it's been a lot better, but there were times where I was just anywhere else except in the here and now. AKA ungrounded. In this article, I'm going to talk about 5 easy ways to ground yourself. There…
We have reached the fifth limb of yoga! If you've read the previous articles in the series, you know by now that we are going from outer aspects, like behavior and movement, towards the inside. Pratyahara is not such a well-known limb of yoga, which is a shame as it is probably the most important one. Let's talk it trough.…
If you want I can very quickly answer this question already: Do your yoga teacher training. If it were just that simple. In this guest blog I wrote some stuff down about things you have to do after you finish your yoga teacher training, and in this article, I will tell you what you need to be a (good) yoga teacher!…
A couple of years ago I got diagnosed with IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome. My first thoughts were: What is it and how did I get it? For the second question, there isn't an answer unfortunately, what causes IBS is to this day unknown. There are factors though that might play a role in creating the syndrome. A first flare…
The third limb of yoga is Pranayama. This includes breath work. In this article I'm telling more about the different breathing methods and their benefits.