I have always been a dreamer.

*Dit artikel is gepubliceerd op Yoga International Magazine

We wish you a very ordinary Yoga day. A day like every other day of the year. Doing YOUR yoga.

... Words can never describe who you are, or tell the truth. But we sometimes can remember or recognise who we are by texts that inspire us.Writings that get you in touch with a world behind the words. Texts that blossom between the lines. Simplicity that brings one back to the essence.

... And I firmly believe that you – yes, I mean you! – have the power to contribute to freedom in this world.To quote U.G. Krishnamurti: 'You are the hope of humanity'.If not you, who else?

... Anyone that seduces you to think that you need to become a better person and that there is a special person that can give this to you, (if you follow their truth), keeps you trapped in a vicious circle of disempowerment.

The subtle force of nature fascinates me, and especially its effect on us: human beings. In our continuous and striving rat race to get from one point to the other, our relationship with nature seems to bring relieving pieces of peace.

... During my music study, I was introduced to yoga for the first time, and I took my first lessons in yoga. This was because of Yehudi Menuhin, the world famous violin player, who was totally into yoga.

... How can life be something you need to get a diploma in or to become qualified at, a call to be a 'better' person? As if life is not already happening? In me, in you. Just here. Right now?