Category: Yoga teachings

Of Spirituality and Dimensions

24 November 202224 November 2022 by Anke Mein

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In November 2022, someone indirectly voiced concerns that they felt that certain elements of spirituality were missing in my yoga class. However, it were exactly these elements that led them to experience happiness. Unfortunately, they did not elaborate further. As a reaction, a part inside me lost its passion and…

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 Attitude, Intention and Alignment

14 September 202224 November 2022 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

Chris has been my guardian angel, best friend, lover, unconditional supporter and spiritual source throughout all the ups and downs that I personally and the two of us together lived through for nearly 3 decades. He opened the door to the fascinating world of yoga for me. I didn’t enter…

Of Loneliness and Caring

29 August 202218 November 2022 by Anke Mein

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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…

The Wind of Change

20 January 202122 March 2021 by Anke Mein

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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…

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…

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…

What are you after?

31 January 202022 March 2021 by Anke Mein

Anke Mein

I recently listened to a J. Brown Talks podcast episode wherein he interviews the teacher I've been studying with most often since I found yoga to be deeply meeting my needs and wants. Godfrey his teachings have changed over the years and even though sometimes things that he introduced his students to seemed a…

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