Mantra for Healing - Mahamrityunjaya Mantra ⁠

Mantra for Healing - Mahamrityunjaya Mantra ⁠

Mantra for Healing - Mahamrityunjaya Mantra ⁠ This is said to be one of the most powerful ancient Sanskrit Mantras. Chanting this mantra helps to heal ourselves and is beneficial for our physical, mental and emotional health. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim...
Jamu: the Indonesian Health Drink

Jamu: the Indonesian Health Drink

Jamu: the Indonesian Health Drink Jamu is a drink typical of traditional Indonesian medicine prepared from turmeric and other naturally sourced ingredients. We discovered it during our Bali trip, since it’s very popular on this island. This drink is said to prevent...
Homemade Ayurvedic Yogi Tea

Homemade Ayurvedic Yogi Tea

Homemade Ayurvedic Yogi Tea   In Ayurveda, food is not just nourishment — it's medicine. The foods and drinks we consume have the power to restore balance and enhance our well-being. Yogi Tea is a perfect example of this philosophy in action. This spiced beverage is...
Recipe: African Sweet Potato stew

Recipe: African Sweet Potato stew

Recipe: African Sweet Potato stew Feeling ungrounded and worrisome? The natural sweetness of the sweet potato will help you out as their comforting sweet taste and orange color will replenish the grounding qualities of the spleen and pancreas.   These yummy...
Recipe: Rosewater Almond Bliss Balls

Recipe: Rosewater Almond Bliss Balls

Recipe: Rosewater Almond Bliss Balls As we transition into Virgo season, a time ruled by the element of earth, it’s essential to nurture ourselves with foods that balance the fiery and intense energy of Pitta dosha, which can be heightened during this time of year....
5 Ayurvedic tips for Summer Season

5 Ayurvedic tips for Summer Season

5 Ayurvedic tips for Summer Season In Ayurveda, the summer season is associated with the Pitta dosha, which is composed of fire and water, symbolizing metabolism and transformation. During Summer, as the sun reaches its peak, this fiery energy is also reflected within...
Ayurveda: determine your Dosha

Ayurveda: determine your Dosha

Ayurveda: determine your Dosha Ayurveda is the art of healthy living, supporting a person to create harmony in body, mind, emotions and spirit. The word Ayurveda comes from Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language, and literally means “Knowledge of Life” or “The Art of...
A story of healing

A story of healing

A story of healing When I, Marieke, embarked on the path of Kundalini Yoga thirteen years ago I was answering to a deep inner longing of my Soul that pushed me forward on my healing journey.   There were certain patterns going on in my life that were draining my...
Living in alignment with your unique Soul Code

Living in alignment with your unique Soul Code

Living in alignment with your unique Soul Code Every human being on this planet has a Soul and every Soul has a mission, something unique to bring into this world. You could call it a code that is present deep within your being. When you live in alignment with that...
What is Kundalini energy?

What is Kundalini energy?

What is Kundalini energy? We are looking for her throughout the times, in different cultures, different lineages and in different approaches: Kundalini Energy (Shakti). Who is she and what is it referring to? This question did put us on a learning journey in which we...
All I want for Christmas ...

All I want for Christmas ...

All I want for Christmas ... We are approaching Christmas, celebrating Christ, the return of the light, whilst the land where his feet once touched the ground is experiencing an unprecedented catastrophe, the utter darkness we as human beings can inflict upon each...
Kundalini & Despacho Ceremony

Kundalini & Despacho Ceremony

Kundalini & Despacho Ceremony Honoring the ancestors is a very important spiritual practice in many cultures, since without them we wouldn’t be here. Knowing where you come from and nurturing this connection is essential to understand your place in the world. In...
How to do Breath of Fire in Kundalini Yoga

How to do Breath of Fire in Kundalini Yoga

How to do Breath of Fire in Kundalini Yoga Discover the transformative power of Breath of Fire (Agni Pranayama), an integral breathing technique prominently featured within Kundalini Yoga sequences. It is a rapid, rhythmic and continuous breathing practice, mostly...
Why it's a good idea to do a Spring Detox

Why it's a good idea to do a Spring Detox

Why it's a good idea to do a Spring Detox According to Ayurveda you are what you eat. Every bite of food is ultimately transformed into the cells of which your physical body is build. From time to time it surely is a good idea to take a close look at your eating...
Learn to work with your mind through Kundalini Yoga

Learn to work with your mind through Kundalini Yoga

Learn to work with your mind through Kundalini Yoga "Your mind has the power to shape your reality—but only if you learn to work with it."   Your mind is not your enemy; it’s a valuable companion on your life’s journey. Instead of resisting it or wishing it away,...
Taking the next steps...

Taking the next steps...

Taking the next steps... 13 years ago I took my first Kundalini Yoga class and I've been hooked ever since. This past decade has been fully dedicated to teach, practice, create and share meaningful Kundalini Yoga experiences.   And now I’m ready to take the next...
The invisible web of life

The invisible web of life

The invisible web of life In many traditions all over the world the ancients speak of a web that underlies all of creation and also connects each and every part of creation to one and other. This web is spun out of one source, expanding, creating and holding it all...
Remembrance

Remembrance

Remembrance Remember how every situation is always an invitation to compassionately observe how you are handling whatever comes your way. Are you reacting or responding? Meaning are you coming from an old projective or protective pattern or are you responding from the...
Kundalini Yoga to unlock your creative potential

Kundalini Yoga to unlock your creative potential

Kundalini Yoga to unlock your creative potential Kundalini is the coiled up divine potential within you that is waiting to uncoil herself.  Through our spiritual practice of yoga and meditation it’s like we are clearing roadblocks that prevent the energy to flow...
The cycle of time

The cycle of time

The cycle of time Can you feel it? A strong surge of energy that is moving in our world calling for a shift, a transformation? Can you sense it in your personal life and in the collective field? It’s as if consciousness no longer fits in the molds it has been ‘kept...
The eagle and the condor prophecy

The eagle and the condor prophecy

The eagle and the condor prophecy In the prophecy of the ancient people of the Americas there will come a time when the eagle and the condor will fly together, side by side. What is meant by this? The eagle represents the masculine polarity, the mind and is found in...
Emotions as our teacher

Emotions as our teacher

Emotions as our teacher What is currently happening in your life and how do you feel about that? What is your baseline emotion at this point in time? Can you express that emotion, can you allow yourself to feel it? And what is this emotion telling you?   Emotions...
The invisible network

The invisible network

The invisible network Last night we finally watched the documentary ‘Fantastic Fungi’ and in many ways this movie is so inspiring. First and foremost because in a way it's a confirmation of something we all know deep down inside of us: everything is connected even...
We are all made of Star dust

We are all made of Star dust

We are all made of Star dust Did you ever think about the fact that you have stardust in your being? Your physical body is made out of the remnant of stars, that’s pretty cool right? In fact scientists have found that humans and pretty much everything that exists...
It's Solstice, it's initiation time

It's Solstice, it's initiation time

It's Solstice, it's initiation time Here we are, half way through 2021, it’s Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, the day with the most sunlight entering our atmosphere. Many ancient traditions recognized the sun as the giver of life and many spiritual...
Super potent new moon solar eclipse

Super potent new moon solar eclipse

Super potent new moon solar eclipse The New Moon in June goes hand in hand with a Solar Eclipse meaning this month's new moon is a super potent one. As always new moons are the best time to set intentions and start something new, but because of the amplifying energy...
Decoding the meaning and impact of a yoga practice

Decoding the meaning and impact of a yoga practice

Decoding the meaning and impact of a yoga practice This year it’s ten years ago we both started our Kundalini Yoga practice (for the record, we didn’t know each other at that point in time). We had different ways of ending up in a Kundalini Yoga class but for the both...
Mantra for calming the mind - Pavamana Mantra

Mantra for calming the mind - Pavamana Mantra

Mantra for calming the mind - Pavamana Mantra This mantra is an opening prayer from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad estimated to have been composed around 700 years BC. This ancient text speaks about the Atman which translates as Soul or Self. ⁠⁠The three lines or...
Be a creator of time

Be a creator of time

Be a creator of time ⁠Taking good care of ourselves is fundamental for our physical, mental and emotional health. Somehow we all know this, but still for many of us it can be challenging to make self care an essential part of our daily routine because of all the other...
Skank Mudra to open the throat

Skank Mudra to open the throat

Skank Mudra to open the throat This is the perfect mudra to support your throat chakra as it works on the windpipe and your voice. It is especially powerful if you combine it with the invocation of a mantra. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠   The practice of this mudra awakens your...
Gayatri Mantra - Connect with the cosmos

Gayatri Mantra - Connect with the cosmos

Gayatri Mantra - Connect with the cosmos   We meditate upon the radiant Divine Light that illuminates the three worlds: dense, subtle and causal We contemplate the Supreme KnowledgeMay it enlighten our minds and awaken our intuition   The Gayatri mantra origins can be...
Mantra is your sound Medicine

Mantra is your sound Medicine

Mantra is your sound Medicine Through sound, which is a vibration, we can alter our brain and thought patterns. Thoughts ultimately are nothing else but vibrations as well, vibrations that impact how we feel (high or low vibe). A Mantra is your sound medicine that can...
Why Inner Hygiene Is the Heart of Yoga

Why Inner Hygiene Is the Heart of Yoga

Why Inner Hygiene Is the Heart of Yoga Have you ever wondered why we offer our annual program Path of the Soul? The reason may surprise you — and it’s deeply transformational. In short, it all comes down to a not-so-sexy but absolutely essential concept: inner...
Looking Back & Looking forward

Looking Back & Looking forward

Looking Back & Looking forward Here we are, in the last few days of a year we won’t easily forget. Who could have imagined beforehand how this year was going to put everything upside down. Besides the many losses that cause a lot of grief, every crisis also...
How do you keep yourself nourished?

How do you keep yourself nourished?

How do you keep yourself nourished? When you read this it might be a good moment to pause ... and take some time to reflect on where you are right now in your life. How are you doing or rather how do you feel? How are you handling the challenges this year is bringing...
Lifting the Veil

Lifting the Veil

Lifting the Veil As you know this year (2020) has been (and is) quite challenging. All of a sudden things we had embraced as ‘our way of living’ aren’t the same as before. This at times can feel really unsettling and it is interesting to notice what happens when we...
Parsnip with a twist - Vegan dumplings

Parsnip with a twist - Vegan dumplings

Parsnip with a twist - Vegan dumplings Winter season is offering us a wonderful variety of yummy root veggies that perfectly go with the season. Take parsnip for example, with its sweet flavor and warming thermal nature it is a terrific ingredient for your soups,...
Beat the blues with beetroot

Beat the blues with beetroot

Beat the blues with beetroot The days are getting shorter (and wetter here in Amsterdam) and temperatures are dropping. Now that we miss the bright and sunny days our moods also tend to drop more easily, a whole year before it’s summer again! Of course every season...
Time to Heal

Time to Heal

Time to Heal As you may know, since the beginning of this year a very crucial process has begun within the Kundalini Yoga community due to the release of the book ‘Premka, White Bird in a Golden Cage’. This book, written by a former secretary of Yogi Bhajan, revealed...
The beauty of practice

The beauty of practice

The beauty of practice For three days we are diving deep into the practice of asana with Marieke's first yoga teacher. She is guiding us deep into the specific working of an asana and guiding us to fully allow the deep effect of the posture. It is a different approach...
Vegan Apple Crumble with ginger

Vegan Apple Crumble with ginger

Vegan Apple Crumble with ginger Ginger must be one of our favourite spices, we use it in almost everything from soup to juices, stews, curries, porridge and of course fresh ginger tea. Why? Not just because it tastes great, but also because it is one of the most...
Relax to let it happen

Relax to let it happen

Relax to let it happen The past 3 weeks we are having the blessing to be in a beautiful little town right next to the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. We are recharging after a few intense months in which we had to process all the revelations concerning Yogi Bhajan and of...
The strength of an open heart

The strength of an open heart

The strength of an open heart You cannot be open to fully feel love And all its beauty Until you can be open to fully feel pain In all its sorrow In the strength of my heart I saw the fragility of yours — Christine Evangelou   It’s a full moon today and guess...
Green Power Food - Mung Bean Dahl with Spinach

Green Power Food - Mung Bean Dahl with Spinach

Green Power Food - Mung Bean Dahl with Spinach This delicious Indian Dhal isn’t just a treat for your taste buds but it is a simple yet ultra nourishing dish. Mungbeans are known for their high source of protein and therefore a wonderful add to the staple diet of...
Do we keep the stories spinning?

Do we keep the stories spinning?

Do we keep the stories spinning? If there is anything we need right now, we would say it’s a mind that is able to clearly discern between untrue and true, backed up by an open and compassionate heart and an ability to act in alignment with your conscience. We live in...
The way forward

The way forward

The way forward A few months ago we shared about how the publishing of a book about Yogi Bhajan set in motion an avalanche of revelations, many stories about the man and his organisation came to the surface that didn’t leave us untouched. We needed a break to do some...
Full Moon in Scorpio - Light on our shadow

Full Moon in Scorpio - Light on our shadow

Full Moon in Scorpio - Light on our shadow Full Moon in Scorpio shines her light on our shadow. She is giving us an opportunity to show ourselves totally, all the so called ‘good’ and ‘bad’ sides. This Full Moon is asking us to put our cards on the table and without...
Courage to see darkness

Courage to see darkness

Courage to see darkness "The ability to hold light is directly proportional to the courage to see darkness. Choosing to see just one creates distortions and illusions." – Anis Springate Darkness is being exposed in the Kundalini Yoga community, brave women and men are...
Gobinda Hari | Mantra for Self-Reflection

Gobinda Hari | Mantra for Self-Reflection

Gobinda Hari | Mantra for Self-Reflection गोबिंद गोबिंद हरि हरि Gobinda Gobinda Hari Hari   If you are going through a rough time, feel broken or confused, worried or insecure, try chanting the mantra ‘Gobinda Gobinda Hari Hari’ to transform and transcend your...
The beauty of slowing down

The beauty of slowing down

The beauty of slowing down   When you have experienced a very busy time, sometimes it can be hard to stop. Although you stop your activities the mind can still go on, wanting to plan, organise, prepare, anticipate future events, etc.   We like to compare this...
Aad Guray Nameh - mantra for protection

Aad Guray Nameh - mantra for protection

Aad Guray Nameh - mantra for protection Aad Guray Nameh is a mantra most Kundalini Yogis know as it is often used when tuning in for a Kundalini Yoga class. Let’s take a deeper look into this mantra as it’s a great mantra to have in your ‘yogi backpack’ for many...
Awaken your consciousness with the Mul Mantra

Awaken your consciousness with the Mul Mantra

Awaken your consciousness with the Mul Mantra The Mul Mantra is one of the mantras chanted in Kundalini Yoga, offering a direct pathway to truth, inner stillness, and divine remembrance. It begins with Ek Ong Kar, meaning “There is One Creator of all creation,” and is...

The effects of Warrior Pose

The effects of Warrior Pose If you are looking for an asana (yoga posture) to help you increase your courage and stamina, look no further, Warrior Pose a.k.a. Archer Pose is the posture for you! Try doing this kundalini yoga posture daily for a while and experience...
Chanting the mantra Sat Narayan for Inner Peace

Chanting the mantra Sat Narayan for Inner Peace

Chanting the mantra Sat Narayan for Inner Peace When practicing Kundalini Yoga it is very common to chant a mantra during your yoga practice and many of the Kundalini Yoga meditations involve chanting a mantra. A mantra is a sound, not just any sound, but sacred...
Mudras - The magic in your fingers

Mudras - The magic in your fingers

Mudras - The magic in your fingers In a lot of our Kundalini Yoga Sequences and meditation we make use of mudras, seals of energy that we create with our fingers. Each represents a different element and is connected to another planet. By bringing our fingers into...
Kundalini Yoga Pranayama for Purification

Kundalini Yoga Pranayama for Purification

Kundalini Yoga Pranayama for Purification Kundalini Yoga has an amazing offer of super effective meditations and pranayamas (breathing techniques) to help you cleanse and purify your body and mind. We are happy to share one with you in this blog.   In this...
A mantra for Patience, Tolerance & Compassion

A mantra for Patience, Tolerance & Compassion

A mantra for Patience, Tolerance & Compassion Compassion, patience and tolerance, essential ingredients to live a peaceful and centred life. But what to do when you don't feel this, and those around you push your buttons and get on your nerves? Ask yourself this...
Conquer your mind and you conquer the world

Conquer your mind and you conquer the world

Conquer your mind and you conquer the world zਮਨਿ ਜੀਤੈ ਜਗੁ ਜੀਤੁ Man Jeetai Jagjeet  Conquer your mind and you conquer the world   These are famous words by Guru Nanak that make you think or actually encourage us to stop thinking. When the mind stops the world...