Category: healing yoga

Of Carnations and Innocence

27 September 202224 November 2022 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

I neglected carnations for decades. My perception of them was very much disturbed by past experiences that go back to my childhood. These days, I am deeply touched by their beauty and variety. I just recently discovered their aromatic and sweet smell. Part of my being has changed and therefore…

Of Trust and Hope

19 September 202218 November 2022 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

About 10 years ago, a young woman joined us at Yogashala. She turned out to be dermatologist. We repeatedly conversed about eczema: I knew what it feels like and all about living with it. She was academically educated about it and had only seen effected, deformed and abnormal skin in…

Of Thinking and Feeling

2 September 202218 November 2022 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

I love teaching yoga. I then talk a lot about feeling. My enthusiasm accelerates with every new student who wants to learn and understand how one can transform the shapes that a lot of people identify as yoga, into the state of being that one can consider “yoga”. Based on what…

Of Loneliness and Caring

29 August 202218 November 2022 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

Loneliness It oftentimes happens that what I get to hear and see, doesn't make my heart sing songs of happiness and joy. Last week I held space for three women who felt unhappy and stuck. All three of them were clearly in need of support. Living on their own, they…

Of Healing and Change

16 August 202218 November 2022 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

I love Angel cards. Do you know these tiny affirmation cards? At the first day of our Summer vacation in the beautiful Rhodope Mountains in the south of Bulgaria, I had pulled the HEALING card.Being four weeks away from duties meant no teaching or coaching for four weeks. Spending 4…

BURN OUT and the yoga healing formula

22 September 202022 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

BURN OUT. None of us got an idea what it feels like until you fit the profile. I've been there myself and it took me years to recover and, most of all, consequently implement the necessary changes to prevent myself from ending up there repeatedly. It's easier to fall back…

My roots. My kin. Me.

18 August 202022 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

Chris and I are on vacation. It is not the usual 3-week Summer break we had been taking for many years in a row. It's a short stay in the far West of Germany, enjoying the hospitality of welcoming friends, the stillness in the forests with its many shades of…

Looking through new eyes

18 August 202022 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

The journey of true discovery lies not in finding new lands but in looking through new eyes. ~ Marcel Proust I’ve been feeling newly inspired in my yoga teachings lately. It is not that I discovered something new in yoga land. Instead, I received the silent invitation to look with…

Quiet, slow, simple and accessible (a lockdown report)

16 July 202022 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

With the start of the Covid-19 lockdown mid March, I could perceive a clear relief at the level of my nervous system. It was a response to changes that came with the lockdown.It was less noisy in the streets and public transport had reduced its frequency. It sometimes was even…

It’s all about HEALING. And WHOLENESS.

21 April 202022 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

It's all about Healing. And Wholeness. Dedicated to Melanie Deshaies; in union of our bright and caring souls! We are in week 6 of the Covid-19 related shutdown. All our group classes have been taking place online and will for the next 4 weeks. There's a lot going on in…

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