🪩 RYTHM OVER RESTLESSNESS
Some days, my mind feels very scattered, restless, and unfocused. Although traditional meditation seems like a good practice to regain focus, finding concentration while sitting still becomes almost impossible.
I found that moving my body is an easier way to anchor my attention at those times. So I turn on the music, let go of my thoughts, and surrender as my body follows the rhythm. And I will never stop being astonished by how, without guidance from the mind, the human bodies so effortlessly move to the beat (and how good it feels!!).
And yes, after travelling and being away from the club for 4 months, I’ve turned my terrace into my dance floor…😈
#movementmeditation #freeflowyoga #ecstaticdance
Why am I moving to India?? 👽
I’ve left my house in the Netherlands, deregistered as a resident, and booked a one-way ticket to a place that makes very little sense on paper.
Reflecting on this, I end up with an unexpected realisation.
First, my mind of course starts doing what it best doing - explaining:
“Because my life philosophy is to follow what makes me feel alive.”
“Because being in a completely different environment shows me my conditioning and lets me move beyond it.”
“Because it helps understand ‘Who am I really? How do I want to live? Who could I become?’”
All of that is true. But what suprised me is noticing HOW BADLY I WANT A STORY. A reason that makes this move sensible. For myself, and for others.
Not having that story is uncomfortable with a capital U. So I keep reaching for control, for sense-making, for approval of my life choices.
But if I already know the story, am I not limitating myself by having to live up to the story??
What if I, for once, don’t pre-write this story? What if I let something bigger unfold? Allowing the crazy, messy turns. Meeting the versions of me I haven’t met yet. Who is she? And where can this life take her then?
I don’t know how the story will unfold. And I’m going to take the (uncomfortable…) step to post about it here.🫣
Towards living fully, guided by my heart, and being unapologetically myself!!
Do you recognise yourself? Growing up learning that success comes from speed, assertiveness, and constant action.
Because that formula left me drained — and disconnected from my real self.
I learned the most powerful lesson… that what I truly needed was to re-discover my inner balance. Balance between:
✨ Masculine & feminine ✨ Mind & body ✨ Doing & being
Over the past years, I’ve slowly uncovered practices that made me feel more alive, more powerful, more ME. 🦄
I call them feminine embodiment practices — and today, I share them with ambitious women who are ready to stop pushing, and start moving with softness, authenticity and kindness.
This coming Sunday, I share some of them during my half-day workshop in the forest. Only women, nature, and yourself. 💚
#embodiment #breathwork #somaticexperiencing #somatichealing #embodiedmovement #embodiedflow #yogathehague #feminineembodiment #innerwork #mindfulmoments #yogadenhaag #womenscircle
I went to India for the first time in the beginning of 2025. Since then I spent 6 months there and I keep being called back. The land of colours, depth and aliveness. Of faith, kindness and cruelty. The land of CONTRASTS. 🪅
India has taught me so much of who I am and how I want to live my life. There are so many different versions of us. Endless of possibilities. We are UNLIMITED BEINGS.
In this country, I came to feel that deeply in my body, not only understand it theoretically. And that’s when the shift takes place.
“If I am an unlimited being, let’s think, feel, and move as one. Let’s create my own version of my unlimited life.”
In two weeks I’m returning to this holy land again. 💛
#aliveandaligned #embodiedliving #authenticleadership #embodimentcoach
1️⃣ We put on layers of beliefs and tools to help us navigate the world.
2️⃣ They turn into expectations and pressures.
3️⃣ Then now, isn’t our job to peel off those layers, like clothes we’ve been asked to wear that were never fully ours, and become more ourselves?
💯% YES!!
𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄?
In my bio, I have a free Alignment Guide for high-achieving women who refuse to choose between success and inner peace. Go get itttt👀
#mindbodybalance #embodimentcoach #balancedliving #aliveandaligned #innerwork
🧚🏻 Collaborating with the talented @hyo.ju.kim to capture the essence of embodiment: setting the mind aside so the body can take the lead. How beauuutiful!!
#embodiedmovement #feminineembodiment #intuitivemovement #mindbodyconnection
“I didn’t like it because I didn’t manage to do it right. I came here to be in my body, and I was in my head almost the whole time.”
I guide people to get out of their minds and into their bodies. But this is no easy task. Our minds are so active, so strong. “Doing it right” is not about completely quieting the mind to only bathe in the bliss of bodily sensations. In fact, the practice is really one of self-acceptance.
In the workshop, I give an instruction that is almost impossible to follow: “keep your attention on the sensations in the body”. Our attention will drift, thoughts will arise. It’s the same for all of us. 110%.
Bringing the attention back to the body with KINDNESS and NON-JUDGMENT is the practice. 🤍 When we do this, we don’t only rewire our brains to be kinder and more accepting of ourselves and others. But each time we bring the attention back, we also strengthen the neural pathways for being in the body. It’s like a muscle we train, and the stronger it gets, the easier it becomes to shift attention from mind to body over time.
When the body starts speaking, the mind quiets. And with that comes presence, peace and alignment. 🪷 And that is a feeling worth moving towards!
#embodiment #mindbodybalance #embodiedmovement #embodiedcoaching #balancedliving
Hello friends in Nepal! Next Tuesday, I’m hosting an embodiment workshop at the beautiful Buddhist monastery @pyramidyogapokhara 🪷
During a 2-hour journey, we will explore different practices to bring you from thoughts to senses, from mind to body 🌀 DM if interested.
#embodimentpractice #embodimentcoach #embodiedmovement #mindbodybreath
What does a high-achieving mind do when it has absolutely nowhere to go?
Ha! I found out the hard way. 10 days, 100+ hours of meditation, absolutely no input… 🥵
What more came out of it than my serious theft plan? Sexual fantasies, creative business ideas and a question I’m still sitting with.
I wrote a piece about it for those interested - find it in my bio!
#vipassanameditation #vipassana #aliveandaligned #balancedliving
PURE EXCITEMENT mixed with a healthy dose of DREAD 🥵
I drove to the #vipassana center and, with a cheeky glint in my eye, suggested they might open up a spot for me.
Always ask for what you want. If it’s meant for you, life has a way of making space. Even if it’s been fully booked for months. ;)
See you in about 2 weeks! ☠️
#vipassanameditation #embodiedliving #mindbodybalance #meditationretreat
Part 2 of our embodied yoga flow with sister @alicepavin at the ever flowing Ganges. This ghat makes dreams come true; I am telling you 🌉🏔️🏞️#embodiedyoga #rishikesh #india
