Showing Up is Half the Battle
All In This November, I decided to join the NaNoWriMo. What sounds like a very strange recipe is the abbreviation for National Novel Writing Month. It´s an internet based creative writing project, where writers commit to write 50 thousand words…
Lay down, give up all responsibilities and dive into the mystery
Yoga Nidra – Part Two The mystery starts the moment I lay down to practice. It is the soft voice of my teacher, who guides me into another sphere. Already with the first words, I feel my breath slowing down…
The Secrets of Yoga Nidra
Learn about the secret of Yoga Nidra Since a while, the ancient Yogic tradition of Yoga Nidra has become more and more popular. Yoga studies include Yoga Nidra sessions in their weekly schedule and you find a variety…
Life is too short for later, start acting NOW!
Life is too short to postpone it! Begin of this week, my Instagram account showed me a post from last year: I stood in front of the Museum of Science Prince Felipe in the so-called City of Science and Arts…
Too busy to relax? Make taming your mind priority!
If you are too busy to relax do it anyway An old Zen teaching is saying, that you should sit in meditation for twenty minutes a day, unless you are too busy. Then you should sit for an hour. This…
Hold your vision & trust the process
Never stop looking for new ideas and trust the process Lately, we subscribed to the Online Yoga Platform Alomoves. They have a whole range of Yoga sessions, tutorials, courses, breathwork – in short: everything you need to improve your Yoga…
Hang on! – There´s always time to quit later
Virabhadrassa 1: easy pose - deep impact
Why Music Matters – it doesn´t need much to touch your heart and fly away
Sometimes, it doesn´t need much to touch your heart. It´s a smell, a sight… or a sound. Turn on the radio and fly away with a song. Lately, we entered the car and while starting the engine, the last three…
Sometimes you have to go in the wrong direction to find your bliss
You know what I learned while living in Greece? Directions are relative. Greek people are very open and eager to help. If they don´t know the answer, they figure out a most likely one. To them, this is better than…
Letters to the Universe
„The Universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.” – Rumi Tweet Hi, I´m Melanie and with my Letters to the Universe I like to invite you to a journey. …