Category: Yoga lifestyle
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Nine ways to improve your meditation
Meditation is the base of all yoga and mindfulness practice. It is the only vehicle that will bring you to higher realms and pure consciousness. With meditation we still the mind so that we can travel in between thoughts to our atma or soul. This way we are connected to the higher energy of love…
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Vegan curry cauliflower soup (delicious, light and Sattvic)
This vegan curry cauliflower soup turned out delicious!! I had half a cauliflower and an old courgette and made it into something divine 😉 (if I may say so hihi 😁) First heat some coconut oil in a soup pan. Then add the herbs with chili and fresh ginger (cumin seeds, mustard seeds, garam massala,…
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Trigunas & tridoshas
In my earlier blog about the Yoga Sutras I refer to prakriti and purusha, which is important to understand the trigunas and the tridoshas. Purusha is pure consciousness, so this is energy. It cannot manifest in maya (earthly matters) without prakriti which is nature or the physical world (sometimes referred to as ‘maya’). Prakriti cannot…
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Become pure with the Yoga Sutras and karma yoga
The Yoga Sutras are 195 sutras or aphorisms which contain the theory of Yoga which is developed thousands of years ago by Lord Shiv and later systemised by different sages amongst them Patanjali who is considered the author of the Yoga Sutras. These 195 Sutras are divided into four chapters or books: Samadhi Pada, Sadhana…
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How to find balance in a demanding (teaching) job
The past year I’ve worked soo hard. There is nothing wrong with working a lot, every single person that reached something in life, worked their asses off. This is a fact. So I work hard and I love it. But this year I find it hard to relax during summer recess. Every semester in the…
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Vegan Asparagus – Asperges (Dutch spring delicacy)
Vegan asparagus! In Holland it is a well known spring delicacy to eat asparagus, mostly with melted butter and egg. But this vegan & Sattvic variation might surprise you! For this recipe I cooked the asparagus together with some sweat potato in the same steaming pan (10 min on heat, 15 min off heat for…
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Morning Routine
For practicing yoga, the most important moment of the day is early morning. Everybody creates their own perfect morning routine (sadhana), which does not always include asanas. Just sitting, meditating, chanting a mantra or three times AUM, using a singing bowl or do pranayama, will do the job perfectly. Early morning is the best moment…
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Healthy & vegan snacks
Sitting behind my computer working a lot of hours, I love to snack something… anything, might be a better word. Of course chocolate will do the job perfectly, but I tend to eat some light and healthy snacks as well: why not? It helps to strengthen my immune system and I feel light and vitalised…
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Vegan & Gluten-free Breakfast Pancakes!
These amazing pancakes are totally gluten-free, whole grain and vegan! First mix the dry ingredients: whole grain buckwheat flower, chick pea flower (1/6), arrow (tsp) and baking powder (1/2 tsp) & Himalaya Salt. Then add some hazelnut milk and agave syrup. Feel the amounts intuitively and make a nice and fluid dough, though not too…
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The love of sound
Our fourth published book ‘Love of Sound’ or in Dutch ‘Liefde van klank’, about the mysterious healing effect of music, chanting and sound. Dhroeh opens the book of some mystic Indian ancient secrets concerning humanity, our existence and the loving effect of sound. It explains the connection of mantra chanting and the path of yoga…
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