What is love?

What is love?

Is the question I’ve been living with and sitting within meditation from the beginning of this year. It is one of those questions that doesn’t have a specific answer as the question is one to live into. Like Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in Letters to a young poet “What...
Love is space

Love is space

At the end of 2016 I wrote a blog to focus on the space. In the current context of social distancing I was reminded again of the importance of space. That space in itself is a gift. Even if it feels like distancing or disconnecting from the people we love. The...
Make it easy

Make it easy

“Don’t let it be a struggle. Make it easy. Let go of the story.” These were the words that a wise man told me in India when I shared my struggles with him. In these three simple short sentences he captured the essence of what I needed to hear.  He was speaking...
First year of life: Love & trust as basis for safety

First year of life: Love & trust as basis for safety

I tried to imagine how it was during my first year of life. I could not remember anything but as I was thinking back I experienced a sense of safety. I am of the opinion that it is due to the love I received as a child and the knowing that I could trust my parents. In...
Life is ready to love you

Life is ready to love you

One of my big learnings for 2015 is that life is ready to love you. The question is whether you are open to it? By saying that life is ready to love you. I’m NOT saying that: You won’t experience any difficult or challenging situations. All your worries and stress...