Don’t take yourself too seriously

Don’t take yourself too seriously

Jul 5, 2022

“Taking yourself seriously is the original sin”
– Oscar Wilde

Recently, a client of mine came with this quote and I think it is briliant! Oscar Wilde was clearly of the opinion that the human existence is to be reduced to our tendency to taking ourselves and life as a whole far too seriously.
As soon as we start taking ourselves too seriously, everything becomes difficult: we end up in the never ending game of right- end-wrong thoughts. Judgements are our sure fire way out of unity! In other words: we get stuck in ego.
My parents’ motto was ” don’t take yourself too seriously”. I couldn’t agree more.

Seriousness is considered an illness by some comedians. They may have a point. Being overly serious keeps you firmly seated in your mind and out of your heart, which could hold it all in her unlimited goodness. In other words: the everlasting dilema of the mind versus the heart.

Especially when thing get tough, it is important to keep a certain measure of lightheartedness. It will become easier to live through the tough times. And maybe, life may even take a different turn!
Think of the law of attraction: that which you think of repeatedly with much emotion, will be manifested!
So watch out when you are getting too serious. Make sure you DO SOMETHING to get out of it, as quickly as you can.
Life was not meant to be suffered.

To support you in DOING SOMETHING, I have recorded a video with a lesson in self-laughter. As some clients pointed out, laughing alone is far less fun than laughing together. And this is very true! We know from laughter yoga that people laugh most when we are together with other people.
So, to make things easy, I recorded myself laughing, so you can either laugh with me, or at me. It doesn’t mater to me, just as long as you are laughing!

Enjoy your laughter and have a lovely day!

New Year’s message Persephone

New Year’s message Persephone

May 2, 2022

In the winter, Persephone goes to the underworld according to the mythology, to be with her husband Hades until spring arrives.
With the help of Persephone, I interpret this differently: she is the growth force of nature. This means that she, just as plants, rests during the winter. The picture on this page shows this beautifully.

Of course, Persephone is no human being, rather an energy, a force. She therefore does not sleep. Much to the contrary. She is very busy as one of the supporting light forces who are supporting us in making this grand shift into the light on our earth.
It is in this role, that she has given me a powerful message for all of us, to support us during these perhaps rather uncomfortable life experience.
Joy (humor, laughter) and love are two of the most important ingredients, according to her. An advice I gladly take to heart!

I recorded this message on December 31st, where Marcus Aurelius (my gatekeeper guide) welcomed me outside the temple where I normally speak with her. He always helps me to cleanse myself of all the human energies, before I enter the temple. You can hear this in the recording. He made it very clear to me that this message is not only meant for me, but is directed towards all of humanity.

Please, enjoy her message for this new year!

 

“Dat zoiets simpels zo effectief kan zijn voor het verwerken van emotie en trauma’s.” –

Yannick Pelder, fysiotherapeut, deelnemer Level I ademweekend

“Een aanrader voor iedere hulpverlener/coach. Adem schept verbinding! Transformational Breath geeft mij de opening naar het leven durven léven!”

Natasja Hazelaar
Pedagogisch behandelaar en coach NLP/systemisch werk, deelneemster Level I ademweekend

“Een training die je weer tot leven ademt.”

Yogadocente
deelneemster Level I ademweekend

Nadja heeft mij een stuk verder geholpen in de zwaarste tijd van m’n leven. Ik was in een diepe depressie beland en ik ontdekte dat je met ademhalingsoefeningen veel rust kon terugbrengen. Ik wist niet wat ik meemaakte toen ik ontdekte wat je met ademhaling kan bereiken.

Bart

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Dec 25, 2021

“Keep your face to the sunshine,
and you will not see the shadows”
– Native american saying

More than ever, this saying is of importance in these interesting times. Focus on the light, so it receives your full attention.
Energy flows where your intention goes. So give THAT your attention which you WISH to experience. Do NOT focus on that which you do not want.
So make sure you keep searching for the light within. No better time to do this during the lock down period with not too much else distracting you.
Do not be persuaded to succumb to dark emotions such as fear and anger. This does not serve you nor the world.
Give these emotions space when they arrise spontaneously, but do not feed them. Do not call them forth with negative thoughts.
So keep finding and inviting the light: take a walk in nature, dance, sing, laugh (with a videos, friends or laughter sessions) meditate, practice gratitude and loving kindness, take time to breathe consciously or call up a friend with whom you can be merry. There are so many ways to find the light and to stay in it.
This is our work right now. It is not always easy, but this IS our holy work. To understand that we can decide how we wish to feel. Your joy feeds the univers.

Be a brilliant light amidst the chaos. Just shine your light. People will find your beaken and will follow.

To support you in this, I will be offering an online breathing session on January 5 to celebrate the New Year and to focus our attention on what we wish to experience this coming year. Please join!
For more information, please go to: Breathing 4 Energy – New Years’ breath for experienced breathers.

For those of you who celebrate Christmas and all of you who don’t: I wish you lots of light and a loving time this month, however you decide to spend these days.
And let 2021 bring us the highest and best under grace we can receive…..

….this, or something GREATER!!

Lots of love and hopefully see you soon!

Breathing 4 Energy – Full breath session for experienced breathers

Breathing 4 Energy – Full breath session for experienced breathers

Dec 22, 2021

Thurs Dec 9, 2021 – online

I am so happy that you are wanting to join us for a breath session!

Beginning with a meditation or an exercise, we will follow with a full, guided breath session.We will explore how we can create an impact on the outside world by working with ourselves.

Let’s breathe together!

You are an experienced breather once you have done 4 facilitated sessions with Transformational Breath.

Especially for this workshop, I will donate 50% of all proceeds to the good cause Forza4Energy4All. This cause collects money to fund clinical research into a medicine to treat children with a metabolic disability. This medicine is researched by a physician in The Netherlands and is fully funded by private means.
This way you will experience how your breath session has a far greater reach than only yourself (both literally and figuratively).
Energy, inner peace and joy are only one breath away!
Please join!

Date: Dec 9, 2021
Time: 20.00 – 22.00 o’clock Central European Time (CET)
Price: 30 euro – 50% will be donated to Forza4energy4All!
Place: online via Zoom. The link and more information will follow directly after enrollment. Please check your spam folder and publicity folders in case you haven’t received an email within the hour after enrollement.
Enrollment: please enroll via the button below.
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Minimum 6 participants. You will receive the cancelation by email if there are not sufficient participants. If you hear nothing, the session will go ahead.

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If you should be late in enrolling, please make sure you enroll one hour before the starting time at the latest. If you enroll after that time, I may not be able to get your login link to you on time!

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Cancer and breath

Cancer and breath

Sep 27, 2021

I am asked regularly to explain more about the relationship between cancer and breath and how conscious breathing can play a role in this.

Last year I was invited to present at the largest worldwide zoom conference about this subject. The Embodiment Conference (TEC) reached more than one million viewers, in 10 days time more than 1000 speakers presented their content and it was a very special conference to be a part of as a speaker.

The recording of my presentation is now accessible for everyone to watch.
In this one-hour presentation, I first explein about the literature which tells us about the role of oxygen and emotions with cancer. After that, I lead a nice breathing exercise, so make shure you are comfortable!

Of course, there is no limit to the number of times you can practice this breathing exercise, so feel free to return to this video whenever it suits you!
I hope to offer valuable information to you in your search for health when you or a loved one are dealing with cancer.

Please let me know in the comments section what you think of this video!
You can also find the video below, on my YouTube channel. You can like it there and store it under your favorites, so you can return to it easily!

Enjoy and thank you for sharing.

My YouTube channel