Since there is no cure in the form of a medicine or vaccin against the corona virus yet, the only thing we can do is fall back to nature and strengthen our immune system. Hippocrates, founder of modern medicine taught us that the only thing that can really heal us is being outside in nature, … More Corona: nature as our only back up
It is scientifically proven by many universities all over the world, that being in nature has good influence on our mental and physical health. Hippocrates, founder of modern medicine discovered that disease is something natural (and not ‘supernatural’) and thus it can be healed with nature as well. According to him three elements are necessary … More Spending time in nature heals body and mind
Days are getting shorter. More clouds are coming. My garden is becoming less green and more colorful. The last buds of the gerbera are coming out. Birds are busy preparing for winter. I took out the last useful bits of my kitchen garden. Beans will not grow any further, the courgette plant has just some … More Autumn is coming: find happiness within
Look how amazing this carrot came out of my kitchen garden. As you can read in this series about my brand new greening, I get really exited about growing my own food as part of the Sattvic lifestyle and yoga-diet, thought it is hard. I have to learn everything from scratch, because at some point … More Kitchen garden lessons: carrots
What does yoga have to do with our nature and the environment? Well, it’s everything actually. The healthy Yoga Lifestyle with Sattvic food and good habits is always in balance with our own true nature, but also our natural surroundings. Living this austere lifestyle brings you closer to your own intuition or better to say: your … More A healthy planet with the yoga lifestyle
An absolute winter season-veggie-fruit salade with a delicious and light Sattvic taste! Completely organic, vegan and super healthy! It was very simple to make: wash and cut the turnip-tops and put them in a bowl. On top some thinly sliced chioggia beetroot and a mix of apple and mandarin in lemon and honey dressing. This way … More Delicious turnip-tops salad with beetroot, apple and mandarin
In the process of Moksha or liberation, the hardest part is probably taming our crazy jumping mind, in yoga terms called ‘the Monkey Mind’. Everybody is going through this taming proces during the practice of yoga; even while starting the asanas on the mat, the first few are still filled with thoughts like: ‘What am … More Amazing 7 ways to tame the Monkey Mind
What does this mean ‘in balance with nature’? I always like to use the example of broccoli. Most people only use the outer part of the broccoli, in Holland we like to call them ‘the roses’. The other part of the broccoli, the sticks so to speak, are always thrown away like trash. As if … More Sattvic is in balance with nature: every part of the plant is useful
According to doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee in his book ‘The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer’, in the near future one in two men and one in three women will suffer from cancer. It is a horrible disease we know very little of. Many people die from this stubborn ‘emperor’. The problem is that … More The yoga lifestyle to heal humanity from cancer
