House of Deeprelax enables people to travel at home by doing sleep yoga

Purpose Lab likes to shine a light people and organizations that inspire to travel consciously. If it is a mission in life, combining a way to make money with doing the right thing or using your talent: you will find inspiring people with unique stories all around the world and in your own country too, of course.

House of Deeprelax

This time entrepreneur Eliane Bernhard is in the spotlight. The founder of House of Deeprelax has turned her personal experience into her life mission and business. She took the ancient technique Yoga Nidra and made it accessible to a wide audience. Eliane shows that you do not have to board the plane or get in the car to get in touch with the better version of yourself elsewhere in the world.

Interview with Purpose Lab

Purpose Lab interviewed this inspirator about traveling in your own house and head, de changing mening of sustainability and traveling with the purpose to let go of things.

What is the driving force in your work as the founder of House of Deeprelax?

Almost everyone in Western society is tired and stressed. We all sleep worse than ever (60% of the population experiences lack of sleep) and also the burnout percentage continues to rise. We ask more and more of ourselves and of our lives. The world is getting smaller and smaller, but the possibilities in it are increasing rapidly. Yet we have no idea how to relax in the here and now without flying to the other side of the world. I want to make a big change with House of Deeprelax. With my Deeprelax method I offer people the opportunity to go on a special journey every moment of the day. An internal journey, accompanied by my voice, in which one comes to a very deep state of relaxation. And all of that at home on the couch or in bed. That is Yoga Nidra: a technique that is relaxing but at the same time adventurous and healing.

What is your most precious travel memory and why?

In 2009 I traveled through South East Asia on my own for six months. That journey taught me a lot about life. In the Netherlands I suffered from chronic pain, stress and insomnia at that time. After a month in Asia, I managed to let go of all the tensions and expectations of the Netherlands and to live fully in the present. That was happiness! That was the biggest gift ever. I felt healthy, life was like a flow and I had complete confidence in myself. The insights I have gained there now form the basis of House of Deeprelax. So you can create that feeling anytime in your life and anywhere. You do not have to go to the other side of the world, like I did

How do you see the ecological, economic and / or sociological impact of travel?

Traveling is essential for our development. Without travel, we might never have been introduced to those special wisdoms from the East. By traveling we become wiser, we can help people around the world and ideally we can act as ONE world. Many areas depend on tourism and I think it's great to see that we are trying to look at it more and more consciously. To not go on holiday and bake on the beach for three weeks, but be part of a city or country; live as these people live. Conscious living and travel is hot. Still, I find it difficult that nowadays the label; sustainable, can be worn by everyone. I think the danger in that is that we will miss the goal and that nobody will know what sustainable really means anymore.

What has been the highlight in your career in the field of entrepreneurship so far?

I think I am at my peak right now. I have launched the first Yoga Nidra platform of the Netherlands and I would like it to make a major change in the world. People are very committed to a new lifestyle and are hooking up massively. I have the privilege to compose and record a new, magical mental journey every week. Then thousands of people listen to my voice on their own couch at home to participate in this recovering session.

What can we expect from you soon?

The House of Deeprelax platform is a 'The Gateway to a New Life'. Through this platform you can go on a daily magical inner journey with the podcasts, you follow online training sessions about a relaxed and successful lifestyle, buy tickets for live sessions and you get a lot of inspiration every week in the online magazine. Soon we will also organize luxurious, life transforming retreats. My goal is, in a few years, to take people around the world, on these trips and to bring them to the desired optimal rest.

Finally, what personal advice about conscious life would you like to share?

A conscious life is hot, we all want it and yet we have no idea how to combine this with all the demands of a busy life. We live from holiday to holiday and only find peace at the yoga school or in the spa. I think it is very much about changing certain convictions and beliefs in yourself; know that everything is already good, that you are completely perfect. That if you stop working, your world does not end and you are still worth a lot. And that we often only operate in our survival mechanism, while we are so much more. Peace is always in you, and you will find it when you disconnect from all those thoughts and the chaos around you. That is my mantra to stay calm in this enormously busy period of my life. And that is exactly what Deeprelax Yoga Nidra does for you. You go on a journey that returns you to yourself. Where it all starts and ends.

More info?

Want to track Eliane in her mission? Then follow House of Deeprelax or their Instagram kanaal.