Maartje Stroeken 7/3/23 Maartje Stroeken 7/3/23

As a child

Being more fully yourself; it is the essence of what I do.

What is that? How do you do that? …

Maartje Stroeken 6/25/23 Maartje Stroeken 6/25/23

In your power!

Recently in a Session someone said with great relief: “Oh… I am so happy, the heaviness that hung over me is gone!”, and then she asked:

Maartje Stroeken 8/22/22 Maartje Stroeken 8/22/22

Healing with Butterfly Yin Yoga pose 🦋

In my Yin Yoga teacher training with founder Sarah Powers (Spain, 2016), she called Butterfly a “Power Pose” as it stimulates all 5 great energy pathways/ meridian pairs in our bodies!

Discover how to practice this pose safely at home: with some softening variations…

Maartje Stroeken 8/7/22 Maartje Stroeken 8/7/22

Loss

Feeling the loss of loved ones often comes in waves

Big waves, small waves…

Maartje Stroeken 7/26/22 Maartje Stroeken 7/26/22

Fire & Healing with Yin yoga in Summer 🔥

Fire is the element of the current summer season in Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Yin yoga is based on this ancient and magical wisdom. I share with you a step by step guidance to experience the healing qualities of Yin yoga and Saddle pose to open your heart ❤️ (w/ 🎵 music!).

Maartje Stroeken 7/22/22 Maartje Stroeken 7/22/22

Deep Listening to the Body

Listening to our bodies can be a great challenge. It's easy when it feels nice, it's often more difficult when the body feels restless, when it hurts or when we feel intense emotions….✨

Maartje Stroeken 6/22/22 Maartje Stroeken 6/22/22

Connecting with Loved ones

Sometimes it may be difficult to connect with the people who are nearest and dearest to us.

It may be our family, mother/ father, partner or child who invites us to deeply reconnect within and/or with each other….

Maartje Stroeken 6/21/22 Maartje Stroeken 6/21/22

✨Magical✨🦌

We shortly witnessed this beautiful deer crossing our path the other day. You can see her by zooming in……….✨ Walking in nature can be something that truly nourishes us…

Maartje Stroeken 6/14/22 Maartje Stroeken 6/14/22

Wood & Healing with Yin yoga in Spring 🌿

Wood is the element of the current spring season in Chinese medicine and acupuncture .

We can connect with the rhythm of the seasons and the power of Yin yoga as a holistic way of healing….

Maartje Stroeken 6/6/22 Maartje Stroeken 6/6/22

Joyfully Living Life as You are ✨!

So much in life is directed towards achieving more: stuff, accomplishments, money etc.

And wanting less: stress, difficulty, negative thoughts etc.

Maartje Stroeken 5/17/22 Maartje Stroeken 5/17/22

✨ Love is in the air ✨

Love is in the air. Love is all around and within us. Like the air we breathe in and out.

Being, aliveness, energy…

Maartje Stroeken 4/11/22 Maartje Stroeken 4/11/22

Living from your heart & soul: a powerful shift…

The energy of spring invites us to reconnect with our heart and soul. It brings forth a powerful shift in perspective by widening our view upon ourselves, others, the world.

Maartje Stroeken 1/20/22 Maartje Stroeken 1/20/22

Listen within

Listen and look deeply within…

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Feeling deeply Moved: an Ode to our Joy & Aliveness

Let’s start our New Year 2022 with a little ode to our joy and aliveness that we may feel in connection with ourselves, others, life itself.

Maartje Stroeken 12/28/21 Maartje Stroeken 12/28/21

Honoring sacred times & transitions as a symbol of birth & rebirth

Christmas and New Year’s Eve traditionally have been sacred times and transitions that may be an invitation to reflect on your own birth and rebirth.✨

Maartje Stroeken 9/26/21 Maartje Stroeken 9/26/21

Moving and Shifting Energy in our Bodies: A Step by Step Guidance✨

Starting with a neuroscientific explanation about stress as an evolutionary survival response, I share healing tools to safely move and shift the energy in your body by yourself.