This is more than just words. A story, an invitation to you, written from a long retreat. Exactly one year ago, my heart stopped. Today, I’m sitting in Portugal, writing – about life, trust, and Eastern wisdom. When death knocked on my door, everything changed. It sounds so banal. But it’s not.
How can every single moment in life hold such life and magic? How much of it I’ve rushed past. I’ve lived so much in thoughts. About back and forth. About yesterday and tomorrow. Thoughts that are nothing but… thoughts. They are not – and have never been – reality.
Behind the smile
I will never again live or work as before. We live as if tomorrow will come, but how can we know that? I will always strive to look back over my shoulder. In every single moment. With a smile.
Life is so beautiful. I’ve done the best I could. And I’ll keep doing that – with different choices. In my personal story Behind the Smile, I’ve written a bit more.
Looking back, it strikes me: Through all my schooling, leadership training, development projects, performance reviews and career – I never learned much about my body, my mind, or my psychology.
There is only one reason why I’m mentally and humanly back in life today: My yoga practice – and my journey into Eastern wisdom through body, mind, and soul. Combined with my education and experience as a master coach, it has made all the difference.
I know it works
My journey now continues here by the Atlantic Ocean in Portugal. And that’s why my upcoming workshop “Dear Brain – What Can Yoga Really Do for You?” is, to me, far more than just another workshop.
It marks my first small and humble step into my new life project – unfolding so beautifully, slowly, and vividly in its own “time-atypical” rhythm.
I want to share some of what has brought me back to life. In different ways. Including the newest things I’m experiencing and realizing here in Portugal. Because I know it works.
And I truly believe that many of us, in this changing, confusing, and information-polluted time, need to take much better care of our brains and our mental health.
Both in life and in work – because you know what – you don’t actually have a life and a work life.
It’s the same life. You only have one.
And when all is said and done, I know exactly what I want:
I want to die with a smile on my lips