It is tough to introduce a new habit in our lives. Our brain works with routine and old habits, every time we try to add a new habit in our life, one that will give us a better quality of life, we find it a great challenge and most of the time we give up in the process.  But the New Year is here, and it is time to swap old bad habits with new ones. I encourage you to introduce breathwork into your new routines. I can’t imagine myself without practising breathwork regurlarly. It is part of my routine:: having a shower, eating, brushing my teeth etc. It is part of my daily habits. Once you ..read more

Breathwork. Performance is not just about constant improvement in the areas of work, sports or higher achievements. It is also the capacity to maximise your life, to be able to relax when necessary, sleep well and manage stress, all factors that are impacted by breathing. This is why breathing exercises are directly related to your performance.  Wilhelm Reich, a renowned Doctor and psychoanalyst from the last century, codified several amazing concepts, but one, in particular, relates to this topic. He claimed that we are constantly influenced by two forces, “contraction and expansion”. Th ..read more

Intelligence is not just exclusive to our intellectual mind. In the emotional realm, there is emotional intelligence, and there is also physical intelligence, a concept going back many generations, where certain peoples and cultures held the belief that the physical body carries a type of intelligence, referred to as a form of “body consciousness”.  Based on this notion, one of the key goals of physical exercise in the DeRose Method is for the individual to be conscious of their practising body, also known as body awareness. However, what we mean by body awareness is not just to simply lo ..read more

Intelligence is not just exclusive to our intellectual mind. In the emotional realm, there is emotional intelligence, and there is also physical intelligence, a concept going back many generations, where certain peoples and cultures held the belief that the physical body carries a type of intelligence, referred to as a form of “body consciousness”.  Based on this notion, one of the key goals of physical exercise in the DeRose Method is for the individual to be conscious of their practising body, also known as body awareness. However, what we mean by body awareness is not just to simply lo ..read more

Performance is not just about constant improvement in the areas of work, sports or higher achievements. It is also the capacity to maximise your life, to be able to relax when necessary, sleep well and manage stress, all factors that are impacted by breathing. This is why breathing exercises are directly related to your performance.  Wilhelm Reich, a renowned Doctor and psychoanalyst from the last century, codified several amazing concepts, but one, in particular, relates to this topic. He claimed that we are constantly influenced by two forces, “contraction and expansion”. The force of c ..read more

“Do not leave for eternity what you can do now.” Professor DeRose You have no idea how often I hear “I wish I could have more time to practise meditation with you, but I have no time”. If this resonates with you, then reading this short article could help, as I explore how you can make the most of your time, with spare time left for you to practise. We all have the same 24 hours every day, to use as best as we can, but some people seem to be more efficient at it and achieve much more in that time frame compared to others. We all know someone, who runs a business, takes care of the children, ex ..read more

A while ago we received a renowned journalist from the Sunday Times Magazine at our Soho studio. He was responsible for the publication’s weekly article reviewing a variety of new classes throughout the week in different locations. It was to our delight that he not only published a piece on us, but also our method was the only one to get a 5 stars rating. In fact, during the entire time he dedicated to that particular column, he described the DeRose Meditation as his best experience: “Eighteen months I’ve been doing this column. Eighteen harrowing months of treadmills, shouty knuckle-draggers ..read more

The most frequent feedback I hear about meditation is that “meditation is not for me, as my mind is too noisy.” I usually reply by saying that meditation is actually not for anyone. In fact, it is very rare that someone loves it from the very first instance. It is not easy to enjoy the quieting of the mind if you have never been trained to do it before. Taking pleasure in practising meditation, is an achievement that demands dedication and some persistence until you fully appreciate it. This is similar to trying to do a physical activity for the first time as an adult, such as swimming, for ..read more

Is meditation a religion? Meditation does not necessarily have religious connotations. There are some religions, like Buddhism and Vêdanta that use meditation in their structure, but meditation is very often done outside of a particular religious practice. You can practise meditation independently of your belief, whether you are an atheist or theist. See meditation as a technical practice to explore the limits of your consciousness. Where does meditation originate from? The origins of meditation are debatable. One of the more acceptable theories is that it is from the northwest of India, in th ..read more

In this day and age, it is common knowledge that correctly breathing and optimising your breath improves your overall vitality and wellbeing. However, we also need to be aware that breathwork was not originally developed to only aid in advancing health. The original purpose of breathing exercises goes far beyond this. The way we view health and wellbeing today is completely different from how it used to be perceived and utilised amid the times’ breathwork was originally developed. During that period in time, people did not lead the hectic lifestyles of the modern era, and longevity was never i ..read more