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During my 21-day mantra journey with Deva Premal and Miten, we came to this mantra on Day 14. I really love this one, I love the energy of it, of what it opens, of what it radiates. The meaning of this mantra is: “May all beings be happy, be joyful, be at peace. May...

January is a month that is hard on everyone. The holidays are over, it’s still dark outside and yet, everyone expects us to be bubbly, full of good intentions, working hard on new goals we need to reach. But what if we got it all wrong? What if we are not supposed to...

Hurry, hurry, hurry. Faster, faster, faster. More, more, more. Nowadays, all has to be getting done now, preferably yesterday. Nobody has any patience for anything anymore. We write a mail or a message, and we want an immediate answer. We order something online, and...

The title of this blog is a quote by Zhuangzi which is on my calendar today. Simple and yet so true. Everybody is always trying to be as happy as possible. When you are feeling ‘unhappy’, it seems like you’ re failing somehow. But nothing is further from the truth....

I read these words by Chögyam Trungpa and it made me smile. This is so right I thought. Our ego really does run the show. And look at how it makes us feel… Of course, we have to define ‘ego’ before we get into it. The ego can be defined as the Protective Self*, and...

Back in 1863, president Abraham Lincoln, decided to create a new national holiday, Thanksgiving, so that people had the time to stand still for a moment to see, and appreciate, all that they had in life. He chose the 4th Thursday of November for it. Farmers had...

Indeed, all and everything, good or bad, ends at some point, and that is what we have to keep in mind whenever life hits us hard. For those who have been reading my blogs regularly, you know that it has been quite a ride this year. First, I broke my back, and once...

For those who have been reading my latest blogs, you know that things are intense in my life right now. As are for so many of you, I am sure. We all walk through life, thinking we know what will come next, planning our lives, preparing for the future. But then life...

Emotion = e-motion = energy in motion. Dr Sue Morter* defines an emotion as, a sudden influx of energy. And I can’t find a better description, that is exactly how it feels. When an emotion occurs, you feel a flow, you feel a rush going through your body. Whether it is...

Time The meaning we’re giving the word ‘time’ in our lives is very ambiguous to say the least. On the one hand: We’re always ‘doing’. We’re always busy. We never have enough hours in a day. Everything needs to be done right now, today. We never stop. On the other...