Movement · Balance · Stillness

“Merge movement with unchanging stillness. Blend stretch with breath and depth-mind awareness. Bridging the inner and outer realms is yoga’s gift, allowing layer after layer to peel away until the truth is undisputable, and I am left suspended like a drop of dew, poised and lucid in the quiet.”

– Danna Faulds

I kindly invite you to explore my website to find how you can return to,  or maintain, your optimal physical and mental health. Essential presence – the foundation of a balanced mind and way of being – can be found practicing flowing yoga sequences, quiet Yin yoga poses, nurturing breathing exercises, balancing healing sessions, still contemplation through Mindfulness meditation, and/or the use of essential oils. I would be delighted to assist you in creating a custom practice that will allow you to find your Essential Presence.

More about Marije

What I offer

Yoga

Movement

There are many different reasons for practicing yoga. Maybe you’d like to become more flexible, enhance your physical endurance, or simply improve your overall health. Perhaps you injured yourself and would like to get back to your full range of motion and strength. You may feel stressed and would like to use movement to find stillness in your mind. Or you’d like to create a deeper self-awareness and use your body to go inside.

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healing hands

Healing

Balance

Balance is our natural order. It is a state in which things occur in equal or proper amounts. Our body naturally works towards homeostasis – a stable state of equilibrium. But then life happens: too much work, too little sleep, worries, family issues, unhealthy diet, or whatever it may be, lead to physical, mental and emotional dis-ease. In other words: imbalance.

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Mindfulness

Stillness

Taking a moment to be still allows you to tune into the immediacy of your experience; to notice it as it is right now. A moment of stillness can be just a pause, a moment in which you stop doing and simply take a deep breath.

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Essential Oils

Essential Presence

Essential oils can support you on your way to optimal health, and can help to manage emotions. They will enhance your home life when diffusing your favorite fragrance, and by using earth friendly beauty and cleaning products boosted with the power of flowers and plants. By creating a ritual around using your oils, you will create a sense of presence that is essential for your well being.

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Livestream and On-demand

Practice with me. Any time. Anywhere.

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new dates coming soon

Silent Meditation & Yoga Retreat in Claverack (NY)

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October 15 – 21, 2023

Mandali Immersion – The Season of Change: Autumn Retreat in Italy

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Latest blog posts

  • Sat Chit Ananda

    Two months ago today, my immensely loved mom passed away. She had received the diagnosis of terminal cancer only 4 months prior. During these past 6 months I have experienced the most intense and diff...

    June 25, 2023
  • how to sit to stop doing and change your mind

    Change Your Mind

    I’ve been dealing with a serious health challenge in my family for the last couple of months, which has me traveling back and forth across the Atlantic. This is why I haven’t written in a ...

    April 5, 2023

  • Google Mind

    – Guest Blog by Evangelos Diavolitsis –   Insight of the day. Stillness is the best google search! I discovered this afternoon that a still mind is much more educational and illuminat...

    March 31, 2023

Testimonials

  • “With the majority of my own training being in the external and internal martial arts, I was especially taken by the fullness of energy I experienced in Marije’s class - her ability to set both the overall energy of the space and the individual internal energy of her students being a rarity in my formal yoga experience. Overall, I was very glad to encounter such a skillful, balanced teaching style that most reminded me of my favorite Tai Chi maxim and most flattering compliment: “No Deficiency, No Excess”.”

    - JP

  • “Marije brings a beautiful balance of teaching to the vastness that yoga is. She intuitively responds to the collective energy of the room and her solid and unifying teaching displays a high level of commitment to her own practice - which, to me, is the most inspiring quality in a yoga teacher. With Marije, I’m continually moved to take regular classes, be on time and to always step up my own practice. Marije is a gift to everyone who is part of her teaching.”

    - Patricia

  • “Marije is an extremely knowledgeable, creative, and compassionate yoga teacher who makes every class a unique experience. She encourages everyone to develop their own practice within the class, and everyone at every level seems to walk away with exactly what they need.”

    - Kelly

  • “YOU ARE ONE of the best things that EVER happened to me!!”

    - E.R.S. (New Jersey)

  • “Thank you Marije! I started today with 5 min Yoga, and I feel the difference!”

    - K.I. (California)

  • “Divine Bali Bliss retreat is exactly that. Thank you so much it has been a joy to be at Kumara. Marije has been inspirational, kind & caring from beginning to end.”

    - M.M. (Australia)

  • “Marije is a fantastic teacher (informative, caring & assertive only when needed). I felt totally at ease, comfortable, well cared for & safe for throughout my stay. I would definitely recommend this retreat to everyone – yogis & non yogis. And very very special thanks to the most wonderful & beautiful teacher!”

    - K.U. (Hong Kong) after the Divine Bali Bliss retreat