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What is happiness? In this blog we aim to come to a definition of happiness. We look at quotes on happiness from both ancient and modern, eastern and western philosophers. Based on the essence of these quotes we try to break down the term happiness into different components that can contribute to our experience of happiness. And finally, the link between happiness and yoga is being explored. 

Controling and elongating your breath

The goal of yoga is to silence the mind. To reach this goal, an important step is to learn how to control and elngate your breath: because when you focus on your breathing, you'll notice you won't be able to be busy with other things at the same time. This is the state of 'eka tattva', where you focus on one thing only. Pranayama is a collective term for different breathing techniques. 'Prana' means life force energy and the meaning of 'ayama' is to control and elongate. By practising pranayama, you use your breath to influence the stream and quality of of prana and you train your mind to be obedient. You'll learn to calm yourself when you notice you're stressed, angry, sad or nervous and how to energize yourself by using specific pranayama techniques. 

What is Ashtanga yoga? 

Ashtanga yoga is becoming more and more popular. In this blog Anne explains what Ashtanga yoga is, what you can expect in an Ashtanga yoga class and how you can deepen your practise. 

Ashtanga yoga is a Yang style of yoga. It's practised in a flow, which means that the postured seamlessly flow over to the next, in which the Ujjayi-breathing is leading. Ashtanga is a traditional series of asanas (postures) that are always done in the exact same sequence. A dynamic form of yoga, in which you tighten your muscles instead of relaxing them such as in Yin yoga. After a while, you'll feel that you are also able to relax in a posture, which happens once you've gained more body awareness. You'll notice that the postures become easier, the more you practise. 

International Yoga Dag

On Thursday 21 June International Yoga Day is being celebrated worldwide. The day has been declared by the United Nations in 2015. Across the world, thousands of yoga events take place on this day and of course The...

What is yin yoga? What does yin yoga do for you? And what the origin of yin yoga?  

Yin yoga has become increasingly poplulair in The Netherlands over the past years. An almost logical development, considering our increasingly busy lives -...

Nothing beats summervibes in the Netherlands! The rising temperatures in our country will give enough doses of Vitamin D and is not forcing us to look abroad. There are so many beautiful places to discover and get the ultimate holidayvibes! 

With the growing amount of outdoor yoga classes it is easy to create a tailormade retreat-in-the-country yourself. But we also love to help out and share our favorite spots, combined with outdoor yoga classes and accommodation tips of our teachers.

What's better than following a yogaclass and donating whatever you feel the class is worth? That's possbile this summer! 

There are quite a few outdoor yoga teachers who teach free outdoor yoga classes on different location thoughout the country. That's abolutely great, because this way, éveryone can get a taste of yoga (in the open air!). We've listed all of the free and donation-based classes for you in the overview below. Does any of your friends need a final push to try yoga or do you know someone who you would love to treat with some some relaxing yoga classes that fit any budget?

Nothing beats summervibes in the Netherlands! The rising temperatures in our country will give enough doses of Vitamin D and is not forcing us to look abroad. There are so many beautiful places to discover and get the ultimate holidayvibes! 

With the growing amount of outdoor yoga classes it is easy to create a tailormade retreat-in-the-country yourself. But we also love to help out and share our favorite spots, combined with outdoor yoga classes and accommodation tips of our teachers.  Check this holiday-in-The Netherlands Top 10 (part 2 in August)!