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...
Building in powerful stress relievers in your daily life
Actually, not much is needed to take care of yourself in situations in which you feel powerless and overwhelmed. For my favourite exercise, called “box breathing” you only need: your breath. And as...
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.
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...
Letting life surprise you
Stepping into being
A more mindful life? Quit the news.
Being constantly on can be very tired, especially when following the news. they simplify the world and focus on the negative which can trigger anxiety and tensions in our body. Why not quit the...
15 ways to feel good
As our brain has the tendency to focus on the negative it is important to also focus on what is good in your life. In our positive neuroplasticity trainings we teach 15 ways to create a positive...
Allowing yourself to be human
There is nothing soft about acknowledging that you are human and capable of making mistakes. On the contrary, it takes a lot of guts to look at yourself as you really are: imperfect, vulnerable and...
How to shift your mind towards the positive
When we focus on the negative we do not see clearly anymore. It can make us feel stressed and miserable and sometimes full of self-critical thoughts. Therefore it is important to learn to shift...
Weaving mindfulness into your day
You can bring more presence into your day if you start to integrate a few simple new habits into your morning or evening routine.
Waiting for something to finally come true…
Very often we are on our way somewhere or we push ourselves to get to a certain point. Thus we miss the here and now, because our view is only in the future. Patience is the ability to accept...
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...
How mindfulness practice can become an embodied attitude
Do you know the feeling that you are longing for the one button to switch off your worrying and busy mind in the evening when you get home from work? Sometimes the busyness of the mind can prevent...
The secrets of nature
Nature can be a wonderful teacher about happiness and life in general. A walk in nature can improve our wellbeing considerably. Why not try it out now that spring is in the air again.