For young parents
Your life changes radically when you become a mother. A friend who became the first mother in our group of girlfriends once said: I am moe-de...
Messages from the other world
Sooner or later everyone in life will be faced with the loss of a loved one. You often feel powerless and alone in your sorrows a...
Sit down with life in and around you
Starting motors, bike chains rattling, sirens... As spring arrives and it starts to get light earlier, I try to escape tha...
My search for balance
I often get the question how I've come to started www.bodyandmind.amsterdam. It is interesting to realise that my search in the field of ...
Consciously saying goodbye
We often say goodbye to each other. We say “See you soon!”, “Until tonight" or “Until next week!". We wave, give a kiss and we separ...
Hidden gem: Lavinia
One of my favourite lunch places in Amsterdam is Lavinia. To be found on the Kerkstraat in Amsterdam, in the middle of town; but still a hi...
Move in harmony
The elements are always there, they are everywhere. Bright present, day in, day out. In the Elements-yoga the five elements are central: earth,...
Coffee in the Javastraat
I’ve already walked passed it a lot of times, Hartje Oost on the Java Straat. I just hadn’t found the right time to go in there, altho...
Gorilla as a totem animal
A baby gorilla was born in Artis last February. That had my attention straight away. Last fall, during a workshop rituals, I pulled t...
Shop for creatives
At the beautiful Kastanjeplein located near the beautiful Oosterpark, I worked a few years ago for a creative festival, organized by the sho...
