Thank you for the food – Short and effective gratitude exercise to enhance your eating experience
Yum-yum If you’re anything like me, you love food. Food is like a hobby and the source of many pleasurable sensations. Oh, right now I wish for some delicious omelette with green onion and feta cheese… or warm vegetable cream soup… or a juicy burger… Nom-nom On the other hand, it happens quite often that I sit at my laptop and at lunch...
Breathe and have a blast – Change your state with just 3 breaths
Wait, wait, don’t read just yet! Notice your state: What’s there? Restlessness? A little bit of stress? Maybe tiredness? Lack of patience or enthusiasm? … or mere relaxation? Close your eyes and observe. Now, … Relax the shoulders and the neck; they’ve been carrying the weight of a lot of problems. Relax your facial muscles and the jaw, where you’ve clenched...
My shower meditation – wash off the bad stuff
... and replace it with the good stuff! The morning shower is one of my favourite moments of the day. Following the workout, it gives me the relaxation that I need (and I feel I deserve) and the peace before a full day. Ohhh... Now that we’re here, before I actually go into the topic I promised, I will share 3 shower...
Take it easy – 5 ways to meditate when you are restless (Part 1)
Have you ever sat down to meditate and simply couldn’t make it work? I have...
Take it easy – 5 ways to meditate when you are restless (Part 2)
Hi there! This is the Part 2 of the "Take it easy - 5 ways to meditate when you are restless". Please start with Part 1 by clicking here. If you've already read Part 1, hurray! Here are the last (and most awesome) 2 techniques for you: 4. Visceral ‘yes’ vs. visceral ‘no’ This is the best way to ask your body,...
Yoga helps you lose weight (5 ways I’m sure you haven’t thought about)
I keep hearing (nice) people saying that yoga doesn’t help with weight loss. Besides the fact that it depends a lot on the type of yoga (power, hatha, yin/ deep stretch, in heated or non-heated room, etc.), there are some common features of all types of yoga, which help you more or less directly to lose weight. OK… maybe not...
May your meditation be easy (3 unexpected tricks)
Now that I’ve convinced you (for good!) how beneficial it is to meditate and busted the limiting myths around meditation in a previous post, your have no excuse… “That’s what you think, Diana!” I’m joking, of course, because we usually need some time to establish a new habit. Some say 21 days, others, the more cautious ones, say 28 days. I say (because...
I can’t meditate! (Good news: 3 myths about meditation – busted)
“I can't meditate! I find it impossible to stay still and to think about… nothing (!)… for 30 minutes per day. This is only meant for the yogi on his mountain!” Yes, I totally get you! For me too, when thinking about meditation, the following image would come to mind: a levitating yogi, wrapped in a bed sheet, in lotus pose with...