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REALLY doable beginner yoga videos

REALLY doable beginner yoga videos

Over the past year and a half I have done yoga regularly. So I am not a complete beginner in yoga. However, since I am not very flexible, only beginner-yoga poses work for me. To have a bit of variety, I have begun to work with free yoga videos that... Read More...

Posted on December 25, 2015March 14, 2016Categories Mindfulness Meditation

Praying for the Middle East

Praying for the Middle East

CNN reports: Authorities in France and Belgium took people into custody Saturday in the aftermath of the worst violence in France since World War II, a series of terror attacks that killed more than 120 people. Alright: in a European context this is a... Read More...

Posted on November 15, 2015Categories Miscellaneous blogposts

Why self-compassion isn’t selfish

Why self-compassion isn’t selfish

As I said in my previous post, I have been meditating on self-compassion for the past six months or so. I have been pondering what makes it so effective and also – why it doesn’t make me more selfish, because I don’t think it does. I... Read More...

Posted on August 5, 2015August 5, 2015Categories Mindfulness Meditation, Spiritual growth and personal development

Compassion meditation – a free ebook

I have been regularly meditating on compassion, through the secular methods developed by Kristin Neff for about 6 months now. It does me a lot of good. Self-compassion meditation is a popular course taken after (MBSR) mindfulness meditation, though it... Read More...

Posted on July 25, 2015April 2, 2016Categories Mindfulness Meditation

Female spirituality, Mindfulness, Ultimate Questions, Books and more

On April 1st, hubpages, the site I was making half my online income on, banned me without an explanation. Unfortunately, this wasn’t an April fools joke. It took some getting used to, but since I wasn’t making enough to live on anyhow, it... Read More...

Posted on May 4, 2015March 25, 2016Categories Miscellaneous blogposts

Patience with the spiritual teacher

A few weeks ago, I dropped out of a weekend teaching-retreat because the teacher wasn’t what I needed. She was telling students off, for not formulating their question very well and I had too much going on in my life to stand for it. I went... Read More...

Posted on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015Categories Spiritual Teachers

Women need to learn to break the rules!

The Buddha is said to have told off members of his sangha for not breaking enough rules (*). Why? Because it meant they weren’t taking enough risks. I think many women need really to take that advice to heart. I started the training to become... Read More...

Posted on April 27, 2015April 27, 2015Categories Gender

Best Women Spiritual Teachers

Best Women Spiritual Teachers

Gender is very much in the news these days. Feminism is losing its negative connotation and the internet is making it possible to empathize with girls and women all over the world fighting for basic liberties. (*) I am a feminist and was raised one.... Read More...

Posted on March 27, 2015March 14, 2016Categories Gender, Spiritual Teachers

Allowing yourself to just be with yourself – Jon Kabat-Zinn Quote

It takes a while to get comfortable with the richness of allowing yourself to just be with your own mind. It’s a little like meeting an old friend for the first time in years. There may be some awkwardness in the beginning, not knowing who this... Read More...

Posted on March 12, 2015March 19, 2015Categories Mindfulness Meditation

Matthieu Ricard – compassion and altruism

Matthieu Ricard – compassion and altruism

The great Tibetan Buddhist Monk and philosopher Matthieu Ricard was in Amsterdam yesterday to talk about his new book – the Dutch translation of the French ‘Plaidoyer pour l’altruisme’. It will be available in English this summer as... Read More...

Posted on February 3, 2015July 25, 2015Categories Spiritual growth and personal development

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