Why it’s difficult to make meditation a habit
You are convinced that meditating regularly would be good for you. Maybe you have practised it before and felt the positive effects it had on you. You are prepared: you have downloaded an app,...
Emotions – an all-inclusive package
How to practice mindfulness during vacation
Even though the weather in Belgium may not look like it, it's summer and vacation time for many. When I share with my colleagues about our meditation practice, we seem to have one thing in common:...
What happens on a mindfulness retreat?
Three habits that can improve your sleep
Sleep is a complex process. There are so many factors to consider when talking about what you can do to improve it. However, there are three crucial habits that are probably responsible for 80% of...
Improving your energy levels with small morning and evening rituals
In the past months, everything has changed more dramatically than anyone could have imagined – and our bodies have taken its toll. Here are some morning and evening rituals to support your energy...
Breathe yourself to sleep: How conscious breathing can help you fall asleep
Breathing happens by itself without even thinking of it, while at the same time we can consciously control it. It can be a powerful instrument to help us fall asleep (again) when we are struggling...
9 reasons to engage in a Mindfulness Teacher Training
Are you interested in boosting your mindfulness practice or perhaps becoming a teacher? There are many reasons to take up the challenge of a teacher training.
What if ... a year in review
What if 2020 was not a lost year but rather a year that made a grow on various levels?
Stepping out of the rat race
We spend a great deal of our waking hours at work. Yet the digitalisation has further diminished the difference between private and professional life and therefore many of us are feeling...
Boost your happiness with gratitude
November is the time of the year when we need to celebrate good moments in our life in order to compensate for the gloom of the darker and colder days.
Did you know that gratitude is a happiness...
Staying sane in winter lockdown
By now, we are all familiar with the lockdown phenomenon, where we have to limit our social contacts to a minimum. Though we may be better prepared...
What else is here besides the thinking?
We are so much caught in thinking all day long that sometimes we forget our body. in mindfulness we learn to expand our awareness so we are less caught up in the tightness of stressful thinking and...
Living busy times? Focus on self-care
When things get stressful we often automatically skip the things that nourish us, but it is in those moments that self-care is even more important.
Who are you underneath the roles?
At times our roles can take so much space in our life that it is difficult to simply be and relax. All those roles as mother, father, daughter, husband, wife etc. come with a lot of responsibility....
Stepping into being
Fear eats the soul
An anxious brain is not a well-functioning brain. Out of the threat system, decisions are made that are often instinctive and inconsiderate.. But we do have a choice whether we let these...
Living in the present moment: what does it mean?
According to research our mind wanders half of the time to the future or past which can prevent us from living our life fully in the present moment. Mindfulness is about knowing that these are just...