Mindfulness Archives - Marije Paternotte

What you should (not) be eating – part 1

21.09.2020 Chinese Medicine, Healthy food, Meditation, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Yoga Practice

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You should eat breakfast; it’s the most important meal of the day. However, you should also not eat breakfast because intermittent fasting is really good for you. You shouldn’t eat carbohydrates, and lots of fat. And also: you shouldn’t eat fat because it’s not good for your...

How (not) to Deal with the Unknown

24.04.2020 Mindfulness, Present moment awareness, Stress management

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Suffering is a loaded term. In Buddhism suffering – or rather: how not to suffer – is the crux of the practice. Many people associate suffering with physical pain, with the lack of a place to live, or with starvation, and therefore think that they...

Letting Go

25.02.2020 Mindfulness

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I had been looking forward to our trip to New Zealand for almost a year. Not that I haven’t been traveling enough, but work trips are not the same as exploring a new country with my husband. Despite my aim to live in the present...

Don’t get stuck on Peace

16.10.2018 Mindfulness, Yoga Practice

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I was in a funk last week. It would have been easy to blame it on travel and jet lag, but I had to own it. Sometimes I simply feel utterly inadequate, incompetent and unsuccessful. Scrolling through Instagram obviously doesn’t make it any better. Everyone...

What Yin Yoga, Meditation and making Sauerkraut have in common

27.08.2018 Healthy food, Meditation, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Present moment awareness, Yin Yoga

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Have you ever wondered, while standing in front of the cool section at the grocery store, why organic fermented sauerkraut is so expensive? Try making it yourself, and you will understand why. Since there is only so much raw red cabbage that you can eat,...

The Nature of Change

19.05.2018 Mindfulness, Travel

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I am in Italy. For two weeks I’m teaching yoga at the Mandali Retreat Center. The center is located in the mountains, with a view on the lake in the valley below. The surroundings and conditions are offering constant opportunities for reflection. As the weather...

Go with the Flow

03.05.2018 Meditation, Mindfulness

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Last week I was on a 5-day Silent Meditation Retreat. Besides no talking, there was no reading, no writing, no music, just nothing to distract me from the present moment, other than my own thoughts. I loved it, and hated it. I love being silent,...

Why I don’t like making Resolutions

10.01.2018 Meditation, Mindfulness, Present moment awareness

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I am not a fan of making resolutions. I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, I don’t write big This Is Where I Should Be in Five Years plans, and I won’t even have a fixed plan for my day if I don’t have any appointments...

Stop the Glorification of Busy

20.12.2017 Meditation, Mindfulness

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Nowadays - and especially this time of year - many people answer the question: “How are you?” with: “Oh, I am very busy.” As if being busy equals “I am well” or “I am not well”. However, being busy is not something we are, it...

What is ‘Real Life’?

02.10.2017 Meditation, Mindfulness, Yoga Practice

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The most common question I’m being asked when leading a yoga retreat (or even after a weekly yoga class) is: “How do I hold on to this when I get back to ‘real life’?” This being: this good feeling, this daily yoga practice, this routine,...

What you should (not) be eating – part 1

How (not) to Deal with the Unknown

Letting Go

Don’t get stuck on Peace

What Yin Yoga, Meditation and making Sauerkraut have in common

The Nature of Change

Go with the Flow

Why I don’t like making Resolutions

Stop the Glorification of Busy

What is ‘Real Life’?

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