Why I am doing 90 days of yoga ॐ

Why I am doing 90 days of yoga ॐ

For about 3 years, yoga has been playing a big role in my life but currently its role is greatly transitioning. This post will be about how the yoga practise itself can change and what else will change as a consequence as well. 

 I am just coming from a wonderful yoga practise. As you may have read, I am taking yoga lessons once a week and since then, the meaning of yoga to me has changed fully. And although I have a lot to do in school and other activites, I thought I'll still try to attend classes once a week because this is time that I take for myself and in the end, this time will come back to me, if you understand what I mean. 

I started to put a lot more thought into my practise and now it is no more only the stretching and moving aspects, but way more. Observation, thoughts and the whole spirituality has changed my whole yoga practise.It is awesome to see, feel and notice the improvement by doing yoga in a more concious way. There is the flexibility that has grown, the mindfulness, the breathing and the upright spine that stays throughout the day. To sum up: I grow in every way. 

We yogis believe the more people are doing yoga, the better the world will become.

While I think it is super important to find something that thrives you, makes you happy in any way, it is as important as taking time for finding this and letting it come to you itself. I remember that in the past years, there was a time I used to do workouts at home but I had to motivate myself. I am not saying that motivaton is a bad thing - oh no! - because without motivation, nearly nothing would get started but it was in a bad way. I had to force myself to get up and get going.

Nowadays, so that I have found my scene, I don't have to motivate me anymore, it just comes to my mind that "I WANT TO DO SOME YOGA NOW". Yoga has become my favourite kind of exercise. I remember my yoga teacher saying "Oh it is so great that you have found your way to yoga in such early years, the earlier, the better and you are such a natural Yogi!" After this I felt totally blessed, affirmed and encouraged to go on and find my way through my life as a journey.

 And I actually think this is the secret behind being healthy, having ones best body shape and being happy. If you find that one thing, and might it even be more than just one, you will bloom to your fullest and your vibrancy will only attract the energy you are sending out to the universe - ideally only good vibes.

Have you yourself already gone through experiences and adventures like this?

If you want to know more about the effects that yoga has on body, mind and soul and about the law of attraction, just let me know in the comments below. And if you're wondering, I am doing the 90 day fix program by Lesley Fightmaster on youtube. It is free and helps you to form a healthy habit whithin 90 days of daily yoga practise. It just blows my mind :). For more information head to this video.Thanks for reading and have a nice moment in the now, namaste,

9/02/2017 Comments: 4

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Breakfast chat | pancakes à la lezi

Breakfast chat | pancakes à la lezi

G o o d   m o r n i n g . Yeah, it's a good morning, because you decide it to be good!

Today I wanted to write to you about what I discovered the last weeks. When I find time to spend with myself, would it be doing yoga, having a bath, having a tampering day or just cooking really delicious food or watching youtube videos, these little gifts I give myself have such a big impact on my life in general, but on my self-esteem in particular.

When spending time with yourself only, you can do whatever you want and you have to concentrate on your mindset and ask yourself what would be the nicest to do now. Since giving yourself this opportunity not only creates space in the now but also does it open new doors that lead to a deeper relationship you (can/will) have with yourself. In this present moment, when you dedicate all your attention to your body, mind and soul, you'll become more clear of what your dreams and desires are and find that in this deeper state of mind, you are you and this is the most beautiful feeling you can ever experience.

Probably you have already heard of the law of attraction and affirmations and visualization.These things also can only happen when you are with yourself and I promise you, it is so worth trying! There will soon be more posts about these spirituality-ish topics - stay tuned.

By the way, I am writing this post right after I had this wonderful breakfast: Pancakes that a friend of mine told me to do. I have been procrastinating baking these pancakes for about two weeks and today (we have got holidays rn) I got up and I spontaneously decided to make them today, here and now because otherwise I'd probably never "have found time" to make them and to try out something new. Often we're just so caught in our day-to-day life that it's quite hard to get out of this comfortzone. Honestly, you can transfer this mindset to any situation in your life because you can never be sure if you were going to have this opportunity at another point of time in your life so take the chance and do it right now!

Recipe:

you need:

any flour

flax seeds

baking powder

a pinch of salt

any plantbased milk

you do:

 let it sit for about 10-15 min, heat a non-stickpan and when hot, pour your dough into the pan (I do it with two spoons to get the size I want)

add your favourite toppings, like a berry Sauce: just take frozen berries, cook them with a Little water, add sweetener of your joice - and enjoy!

edit: thanks to lezi for letting me know this awesome recipe!

have a nice day folks,

4/28/2017 Comments: 2

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when your head is full

when your head is full

I know, I know. Last time I wrote to you I was already talking about a come-back. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get into blogging again because school took up all my nerves and due to me being in the pre-final year I obviously have to concentrate on school a bit more than usual. Anyway, this should not be the point of todays post but I just wanted to let you know what's going on at the moment and moreover, would also love to hear how you are doing.

Above all, as some of you might have noticed, I have not been active neither here nor on my Instagram because honestly, the way Instagram has changed through the past months, I just didn't (and still don't) feel able to cope with this perfectionism. I am still in love with following and stalking my favorite bloggers and youtubers and I am sure that by some time I will definitely come back to Instagram and post Pictures because I love it too much so that it's impossible to think of totally getting rid of it. But for this time, where I am now, it doesn't fit my Lifestyle. Or at least I don't want it to determine my life which is why I will keep it simple. 
And this is okay.
You know, you don't always have to do what all the others do and you don't always have to bend and think like "somehow it'll work out". Life is just too short for this mindset. I want you (and myself - because it's an ongoing process) to let go and start living in the now, appreciating every little moment and every little blessing you can be grateful for. If this was kind of difficult for you, then I'd recommend trying yoga and little meditations - like the apple meditation for instance - a day.
While I am already digressing again, I wanted to mention that I am planning a little change concerning the content on this blog. Food and yoga will still be playing a major and big role but will be accompanied by more spirituality-ish topics and as I can imagine, there might be also posts where I am just writing about different topics that caught my attention like self-love or gratitude for example.

Concerning my plans for the future, I am looking forward to when I will have passed my final exam because after school my goal is to travel the world with a backpack only. If this dream might come true, I am sure that I will become a quite active blooger again because I would just want to share my experience as well as having kind of a diary on this blog here. And if you're wondering - no, I don't just have the money and can do what I want to but I am already working and saving for this dream whenever I can.

To conclude, if you kept reading until here, I am so grateful to be able to thank you because it means a lot to me, having this opportunity to share my toughts and experiences and I would love to get to know more about yours, in return.

4/22/2017 Comments: 0

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The 5 Best ways to fight Ravenousness

The 5 Best ways to fight Ravenousness

H e y   G u y s .  I am sure, you have also had this at least once in your lifetime that you were craving chocolate or any sweets and tasty crap but afterwards, your body was feeling sore and bloated. For this reason, today I wanted to share with you my 5 best tips to get rid of ravenous appetites that - so think I - nearly everyone knows or at least has come to know once.

1. Feel your body

Is it really the hunger that makes you feel wanting to eat something or is it because you are bored, thinking of food or are you actually thirsty?

2. Test your body

Drink at least one glass of water and see if you are still hungry. Most of the times you feel hungry when you would just need some hydration. This is because our body cannot distinguish between hunger and thirst.

3. Taste your cravings

Do you have a special imagination of how your food should taste like right now? Is there an appetite? If there is nothing or you don't get what you are craving for, then maybe - again - it could just be your dehydration or your boredom.

4. Think before you eat

When you come to the point realizing that you are not having a ravenous appetite for something and you decide to eat something, then think first before you eat. Think what is in there, is it good for you, your body and mind and also think of the feeling after having eaten it.

5. Eat mindfully

The most important thing of this process is, when you are eating something, you should enjoy it and not think about the bad stuff that is in there. For example, you are craving a piece of brownies and have gone through these steps named above, but still want to eat some, then do not regret your decision, it is irreversible. And if you can't manage this step then remind yourself of the feelings you had eating that stuff when your ravenous appetite occurs again.

In brief, I hope that I could help one or the other to fight their ravenousness.

Do you still suffer from ravenous appetites and if not, how did you fight it?
Thank you for being there, namaste, 

11/15/2016 Comments: 6

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Back to the Roots | Do I know myself?

Back to the Roots | Do I know myself?

Heya, yes, I am back.

For the whole story why I have been so unactive during this summer,

 keep on reading but first, let me tell you some news:

I recreated the about-part of my blog and as you can read from this part,

 I have found some new topics that now play a biig role in my daily life. There will be more coming out about spirituality, yoga, wellness, self-esteem and naturopathy. Feel invited to join me and make suggestions :).

So what happened during summer?

I just can tell you one thing: I focused on living. It is as easy as that. I spent my time outside, surrounded by people who make me happy and blessed, going on partys, living my teenage-life and the most important, totally enjoying it. I also travelled a lot, visited my grandparents and my family in Germany, met new people, gathered a lot of experience while working at an ice parlour, smiling at every consument and cheering up whoever I could. When talking so much about the things I did and the people I met, the most intimate relationship was between me, myself, my body and mind. Accordingly, meditation, sports and especially yoga played a major role during this summer. The summer of my life. The summer where I found my way to myself.

I don't know actually who you really are, but still - you are - and this is a fact I can be happy about becuase otherwise this whole thing - that I am writing something so random and you are reading it -wouldn't work out.

In fact, I took a long break from blogging here on my blog but I was quite active on instagram during this summer though. Now I want and try to concentrate more again on blogging because I would love to share such a lot of interesting information and experiences with you.

Hopefully we have all had an awesome summer and are now able to reminisce about those beautiful moments.

 But back to the now: Summer is over and autumn is just waiting for us. Everytime again I have to admit that time is passing by so fast. However, it is even more important to live in the now and sometimes we are so busy with trying to make a living that we forget to live.

If you kept this in mind for today, this would already mean so much to me. Feel free to share your daily reminders with us & your friends as well! I am curious! Any questions or wishes are more than welcome in the comments below :)

Have a nice and mindful day,

10/14/2016 Comments: 5

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