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How Minidosing Takes Yin Yoga to a Whole New Level
Blog by Yoga Moves Utrecht Imagine taking your yin yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level — one that not only soothes your...
Merel Maria Meessen
Jan 28, 20251 min read


Initiation into motherhood
--English below-- Initiatie naar het moederschap gaat stap voor stap. Een prachtig overvloedige Mother Blessing mocht ik onlangs beleven...
Merel Maria Meessen
Oct 9, 20243 min read


From conditioning to conscious embodiment
written for 10-year anniversary of De Nieuwe Yogaschool More than a year now I have been offering ceremonies in De Nieuwe Yogaschool with...
Merel Maria Meessen
Mar 17, 20246 min read


Why animacy may be closer to reality than we think
"As a child I used to speak with the mountains in the area where my ancestors are from," confided a woman to me recently. "Perhaps a...
Merel Maria Meessen
Jan 26, 20242 min read


About guiding truffle ceremony
As guides of truffle ceremonies, I find transparency about our relationship with the medicine and our experience with this work of vital importance. Therefor I share a few words about my journey into this work with you here. The Sanctuary From 2008 onwards, I worked with psilocybin truffles for my own inner explorations. Over the years, I undertook many truffle and other psychedelic experiences, as well as plant medicine ceremonies, deepening into understanding this work (and
Merel Maria Meessen
Jan 19, 20244 min read


Actually, it's a mini-dose
Some time ago, I changed the dose in my truffle and yin yoga ceremonies from a microdose to a mini-dose. So what's the difference? What...
Merel Maria Meessen
Aug 8, 20233 min read


Jij bent jouw medicijn
De ‘magische truffel’ beleeft wereldwijd een renaissance en haar heilzame effecten genieten steeds meer erkenning dankzij groeiende...
Merel Maria Meessen
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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