Program: April

Theme:

What do you want to develop and what do you want to grow?

In the spring, nature comes back to life and flowers and shrubs start to color again. It stays light longer and the sun’s rays feel more and more powerful. The light of the sun is good for our energy.  

Spring is also the time to discover what you can clean up, in order to create space for new developments. It is also a good time to feel inside what you want to grow.  

This month we focus on our liver and gallbladder  

This month we pay specific attention to the liver and gallbladder, and in particular the energy channels of these organs, also called meridians. Good cooperation between these meridians is important for our health. If there is too much stress for a long time, an imbalance can arise, which can result in complaints. We will go into this further in our spring workshop this month.  

Chinese medicine  

In Chinese medicine, spring is associated with the liver and gallbladder meridians. The meridians of the liver and gallbladder run on the inside of the legs and on the side of the body. After the winter, when the energy is turned inward, growth and movement return in spring.  

 The wood element symbolizes spring: opening up and blossoming. The organ system of the liver and the meridians of the liver and gallbladder belong to the wood element.  

 Spit your bile  

 To restore our balance, it is important to give our emotions space and express them, or as the saying goes “spit your bile”. In addition, it is also important to get physically active, for example by going outside for a nice walk. And every Saturday you will receive a specific exercise on our app. which only takes a few minutes. A healthy diet can also help to improve your health.  

 With the activities below in the month of April, we provide you with tools and inspiration to support you in this. 

Every monday
45 minutes
Body Vital Yoga

This Yoga session is based on calm and gentle movements in the postures. Calm movements create little resistance and allow you to release tension. The relaxation and movement during the exercises improve the flexibility of your body. Yoga causes the energy in your meridians and body to flow better. Enjoy this yoga session and improve your vitality. 

Every tuesday
30 minutes
Improve your energy meditation

Your body and mind come to rest and you work on improving your energy with this guided meditation. Our chakras are the energy centers of our body. We connect with the powerful energy of the earth and the golden energy of the sun and let it flow through our chakras and our body. Enjoy this nourishing meditation. 

Wednesday April 2
20 minutes
Spring workshop

This month we focus on our liver and gallbladder  

This month we pay specific attention to the liver and gallbladder, and in particular the energy channels of these organs, also called meridians. Good cooperation between these meridians is important for our health. If there is too much stress for a long time, an imbalance can arise, which can result in complaints. We will go into this further in our spring workshop this month.  

Wednesday April 9
25 minutes
Breathworkshop

Jos Derksen, breathing specialist, teaches you breathing exercises in this workshop that help you bypass your thoughts and get closer to your emotions. Good breathing is important for your physical and mental health. With good breathing, your brain and muscles get enough oxygen. This ensures, for example, that you can move or concentrate on a certain task. You can also reduce your stress complaints with good breathing. 

Wednesday April 16
40 minutes
Workshop tasty and healthy food

Sophie Luderer, dietician of the organization PuurGezond, inspires you with an explanation of how you can eat very tasty and healthy at the same time. The PuurGezond team has a lot of knowledge about nutrition and lets you experience that healthy and tasty food go very well together. PuurGezond team: "We have a wealth of experience, base our advice on science and we ourselves really love tasty food".   

Every thursday
30 minutes
Relaxation meditation

This guided  meditation helps you to relax your body and mind and let go of what you want and can let go. You become aware of your breathing and make contact with your body. We move our attention step by step through our entire body. This way you work on improving your health & vitality and afterwards you will be wonderfully relaxed.   

Every friday
30 minutes
Compassion meditation

This guided meditation helps you to calm your body and mind. We also pay attention to how you can live with more compassion for yourself. You may be who you are. What are you struggling with, anger, frustration, pain, sadness. Feel appreciation for yourself as a unique and valuable person. We connect with the nourishing energy of the earth and the golden light of the sun and let it flow through our bodies.  

Wednesday April 23
20 minutes
Gestalt-Art workshop

Herman van Wietmarschen, Gestalt-Art therapist, teaches you more about yourself in your work environment in this workshop by doing creative experiments from Gestalt-Art therapy. Gestalt-Art therapy is a holistic, experience-oriented psychotherapy aimed at developing awareness, better contact and more self-direction in the here and now. This workshop is an introduction to a number of working methods, such as guided visualization, systemic work and working with images. We will look at how you feel at work, where your strength lies, your dreams and your work 

Wednesday April 30
20 minutes
Workshop touching with loving attention

Estelle Smits is director and teacher at the Institute Massage for Cancer. Touching with loving attention is central to Estelle. The power of a loving touch where everything is allowed to be there is for her the core for restoring trust in the body and the balance between body and mind. Touch is a necessity of life. Massage can be supportive for complaints such as stress, fatigue, pain, nausea, depression, anxiety. 

Every saturday
3 minutes
Exercises suitable for spring

To restore our balance, it is important to give our emotions space and express them, or as the saying goes “spit your bile”. In addition, it is important to get physically active, for example by going outside for a nice walk. And every Saturday you will receive a specific exercise on our app. which only takes a few minutes. A healthy diet can also help to improve your health.

Register now to participate in our program

Our program is based on the following 4 pillars:

  • Awareness; It is important to become aware of what is going on in your body and mind. Based on this, you can make more conscious choices. This is a growth process.
  • Relaxation; Positive stress is good for us, but too much stress for a long time can lead to complaints. During our workshops you will experience how you can best relax so that your body can recover.
  • Inspiration; With our workshops, newsletters and information on our website, we constantly provide you with knowledge and inspiration.
  • Action; By actively participating in the program, you learn new things and you can experience that this has a positive effect on your health and vitality. This way you increase your natural resistance and stimulate your self-healing ability.

This way you achieve the best result yourself!

How you apply the program is of course your own choice. Below we give advice on how you can best apply the program, if you want to achieve a good result for yourself and/or if you participate in the study of the Amsterdam UMC.

    1. It is important that your body and mind can relax daily. This through a daily meditation, alternating with a yoga session 1 to 2 times a week. Yoga provides relaxation and flexibility.
    2. Be inspired by the theme workshop, as our monthly theme forms the basis of our monthly program and makes you aware of what you can do yourself to increase your natural resistance and strengthen your self-healing capacity.
    3. Every month you will also learn some effective and easy exercises. It is important to spend 5 to 10 minutes every day on these exercises, for example at the beginning of the day or when watching television.
    4. Participate in the breathing workshop every month and give it some attention during your activities during the day. By breathing consciously, your energy increases and you can release any tension more easily.
    5. Follow the monthly nutrition workshop on how to eat tasty and healthy food at the same time. A good balance in your diet contributes to your health.
    6. Follow the workshop loving touch and experience what this means for you.
    7. Be inspired by the Gestalt Art therapy workshop.

Practical advice

  • Make it a habit and put fixed times in your agenda where possible, for example, resolve to do a short meditation in the morning after waking up or spend 5 minutes on the exercises.
  • Another option is to always listen to a meditation or do yoga before you go to sleep. If you plan some activities like this, you already have a basis and it becomes a habit.
  • In summary: try to do something good for your health every day and become more and more aware of what you can do yourself to improve your health and vitality. It’s also a kind of daily “mindset” of “I’m going to improve my health now”. Our program supports you in this. Sufficient exercise and being outside, preferably in a natural environment, are also important for your health. 

Participation in Amsterdam UMC study

If you participate in the study of the Amsterdam UMC or the study of the Self-Examination Network Netherlands (ZONN), you are supposed to spend about half an hour every day on the program.

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