I’m naturally quite energetic, always on the move, and often all over the place. My mother once said: “Try yoga, it will calm you down.” So I took a few classes with a One Fit membership, but honestly? I quit after just two sessions. It moved too fast, and I mostly looked around to see what I was supposed to do. Not a success.

Still, something kept tugging at me. I knew that yoga isn’t really about how flexible you are, but about what it does for you internally. So I started practicing at home with online videos, to feel more confident in the poses and less distracted during a class.

Then suddenly, my life changed. My 13-year relationship ended, I moved, and had to start over. That’s when I truly felt: now I need yoga. I joined a yoga studio in Rotterdam.

Yoga has helped me calm my thoughts, create space between feeling and reaction, and stop taking every thought in my head so seriously. I got to know myself better than ever before.

After I found that balance within myself, it inspired me to share it with others and to combine it with my work as a skin therapist.

What I see time and time again is that many skin issues are linked to stress. Think of acne, eczema, or rosacea — the body often tells us more than we realize. Yoga isn’t a miracle cure that will instantly solve your skin problems — it’s not that simple.

But it can be a valuable first step. A way to calm your nervous system, deepen your breath, and reduce the production of stress hormones like cortisol. And that has an effect — on your skin, yes, but even more so on how you feel in your body.

That’s where the connection lies for me: working on the outside, with attention to the inside.