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Give yoga a serious try (if you take yourself seriously)

3 April 201822 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

I have taught yoga full time and to an uncountable number of people for more than 12 years. It has led me to the insight that, if you are new to yoga and would really like to understand if yoga is suitable for you, you’d have to give it a…

How Slowing Down Changed My Life

2 March 201822 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

From A Cardio Nut to Low-Intensity Exerciser: How Slowing Down Changed My Life This blog post is a contribution by Anamaria Suciu. She has been attending yoga classes at Yogashala and the change she describes below definitely showed on the yoga mat! Overall, I'm a big proponent of finding a…

Nurturing is cool!

1 January 201822 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

I recently listened to a podcast published by J Brown wherein he interviews Alexandria Crow. Both are experienced yoga teachers. Amongst other subjects they talked about yoga practices that are inspired by ‘nurturing is cool!’, ‘beating yourself up is not cool!’, ‘being nice to yourself and doing good for yourself…

Being intimate

4 August 201722 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

What does it mean to be intimate? Do you ask yourself this question sometimes? And if you do, how many different kinds of being intimate come to your mind? Intimacy in Yoga When I teach yoga I refer a lot to being aware of the breath and the body. It…

Making connections [on and off the yoga mat]

30 May 201722 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

The inspiration for this blog post Chris went to a yoga class at one of The Hague’s yoga places last week. The teacher simply walked in and started teaching. He had not asked Chris’ name, or if he had practiced yoga before. Chris has been practicing yoga since 1975. He…

A fascinating, quiet world to explore

16 April 201722 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

This blog post is a contribution by Marieke Vos. She has been attending classes at Yogashala for more than 5 years now and yoga obviously has become a part of her life. She shares this enthusiastically with her partner and they regularly enjoy partner yoga in a private class. Dear Marieke,…

Yoga. I love it, I hate it. I don’t know.

24 March 201722 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

This blog post is a contribution by Joan Smient, one of our regular yoga students. Joan has an outspoken personality and having her in class always adds something to the class. We are grateful for her testimonial and decided to publish it on our blog. We hope you'll enjoy reading it! …

Being spiritual

3 January 201722 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

'Yoga makes you more spiritual'. As I’ve been active in the field of yoga for many years, I’ve heard the most different reasons why people want to practice yoga. ‘Becoming more flexible’ and ‘learning to relax’ are definitely high on the list. But there’s another one: yoga makes you more…

Yogashala á la 2016

22 December 201622 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

We opened Yogashala 11 years ago ...and our love for teaching yoga and the compassion we bring to it is more steady than ever. When we started the adventure of our yoga studio we had no idea what the outcome would be. We meanwhile have experienced that when you offer a service like teaching yoga from the heart, no business…

Blissful, soft, spacious and totally meant to be

14 October 201622 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

Totally meant to be Yoga interests me. It shows me a different dimension of life. Underneath the functional dimension of daily life with all its pleasures and problems, (work related) activities and social relationships, lays a layer where functionality and identity do not have a place. It is an unfocused,…

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