Category: spirit

The Wind of Change

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
I wrote this post "The Wind of Change" in January 2021. We are in another lockdown and only get to see each other through Zoom meetings with its screen images. It is my intention to reconnect with everyone who practices Dynamic yoga with me by sharing the latest developments regarding…
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BURN OUT and the yoga healing formula

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…
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My roots. My kin. Me.

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…
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Looking through new eyes

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…
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It’s all about HEALING. And WHOLENESS.

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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RADICAL HONESTY

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
Yesterday was a day of emotional extremes. I experienced a high and a low that beat a lot of previous highs and lows I ever experienced in my life before. We are in Covid-19 lock down.  The low ...was related to several things that had happened and the story my…
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Windows to the Soul

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
I got introduced to Tantra 24 years ago when I’d just met my husband Chris. Honestly said, I don’t have a very detailed memory of what exactly we did in that workshop. I very well remember looking into his deep-blue eyes and enjoying that a lot. As it was a…
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A fascinating, quiet world to explore

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,…
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Being spiritual

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…
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