Interview – Sofie Moonen – Yoga Teacher & former student of Viva La Vida

✨INTERVIEW✨ We are organising our Yoga Teacher Training Courses for the third year now. But who are the people participating in our courses? And what are our Viva La Vida Yoga Teachers doing now? Today we introduce you to Sofie from The Netherlands Name: Sofie Moonen Age : 41 Nationality : Dutch 1. Why did […]

Mantra: for deep healing OM Ram Ramaya Swaha

OM Ram Ramaya Swaha Mantra for Healing

OM Ram Ramaya Swaha – Relieve Pain – Deep Healing This is an extremely powerful mantra. It is especially very useful when you have pain or some kind of disease or (serious) illness. It can prevent diabetes and liver problems.  The Om Ram Ramaya Swaha mantra is useful for balance, mental health, emotional healing, physical […]

Beautiful Mantra for Peace by Tina Turner

Peace

This is a beautiful mantra performed by Tina Turner and a group of kids for her album “Children Beyond”. The text: Om Om Om Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu Sarvesham Shantir Bhavatu Sarvesham Poornam Bhavatu Sarvesham Mangalam Bhavatu Om, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti Language of the mantra: Sanskrit Meaning: “May well-being, peace, wholeness and tranquility, happiness and prosperity be achieved by […]

VIDEO: 5 Element Breath for Relaxation – 7 min exercise to Calm your Mind

5 Element Breath Anti-Stress and Relaxation Relax, breathing your natural breath. Take circa 5 breaths for each element, or longer. Earth: Inhale nose, exhale nose Qualities: nurturing, solidity. Movement: spreading horizontally. Water: Inhale nose, exhale mouth Qualities: fluidity, purifying, giving life. Movement: downwards. Fire: Inhale mouth, exhale nose. Qualities: enthusiasm, transmutation. Movement upward. Air: Inhale […]

One of my favorite warm-ups: The Golden Seed

The Golden Seed Sequence This Golden Seed Yoga Sequence has been first created by Paul and Suzee Grilley. Bernie Clark created his on version as ell that you can find on gaia.com It is a really nice mixture between Yoga & Qigong and Tai Chi. I will share my version of the Golden Seed Sequence […]

Why are open hips so important? The reason why hip opening yoga classes feel so good!

The importance of having open hips “Open” hips are important for yogis, and for good reason: Maintaining flexibility and stability in the hip joints is crucial for lower-back health, not to mention for cultivating overall freedom and ease in our bodies. Hip openers bring release in many areas that are tight and bring a sense […]