Miksang Photography • See • Feel • Express •

Discover the magic of everyday beauty through inner stillness

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Explores of the richness of ordinary beauty

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Certified Miksang Master

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Retreats, Courses, Masterclasses

What is Miksang Photography?

Miksang Photography helps you to be receptive in the ‘here and now’. You learn to photograph mindfully and genuinely from your source of intuition, so that you can relax the many thoughts about what ‘a beautiful photo’ is, about yourself and the things around you. In this way you rediscover the everyday beauty, already present around you. With the Miksang approach you can create the most beautiful photos in every moment, from moments you uniquely see from the heart.

Do you remember what it was like as a child? You did not worry about what was beautiful or not. The world was a big playground of wonder. Miksang brings you back to the natural joy of that open, childlike look - where you are curious and just look and allow the beauty of ordinary everyday things in. Things that strike you, just like that, sudden, unexpectedly, and unthought.

Miksang is a Tibetan word meaning ‘Good Eye’. With Miksang Photography you let go of photography rules, and give authentic expression to moments of uninhibited looking and pure clear seeing.. You start by consciously standing still and looking without prejudice and releasing the top speed dividing of 'I like it', 'I don't like it' - especially the latter is what I teach you. In this contemplative approach to photography I'll guide you through the process of pure perception and genuine photography.

The Best of Three Worlds

Meditation

Meditation in Action you learn to look free from judgements, assumptions, interpretations and associations.

Photographic Art

Contemplative Photography is seeing from the heart and taking pictures from the stillness within brings natural beauty.

Mindfulness in Action

Being Mindful is listening mindfully to your visual intuition and following up with your camera as mindfulness-in-action.

Miksang Photography: dissolving the veil of thoughts

Miksang Photography invites you to experience life fully, using your camera as a medium for creativity, appreciation, and connection in the present moment. By releasing the stickiness of overthinking and taking a much-needed break from life’s challenges, you open inner space and calmness. From this unclouded perspective, free of mental filters, you see the world anew—uninhibited and with both mental and visual clarity. When you relax the urge to capture only “perfect” images, you discover the joy of simply seeing things as they are.

Thoughts, like drifting clouds, often obscure the light of your inner sun. But remember, the sun is always there. You don’t need to recreate it; you simply need to dissolve the clouds.

Miksang Photography provides gentle training in focus and genuine decisive expression, empowering you to notice the ordinary beauty of your unique world. Slow down, align your mind, heart, and eyes, and reconnect with your source of creativity.

Miksang in the Dutch TV series: Buddha in the polder

With subtitles: choose in 'settings' English or German subtitles.

Miksang Academy

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Miksang 1

Introduction into Seeing From The Heart

3-day Retreat: 3-5 April 2025

Miksang 2

True Connection &
Fields of Perception

3-day Retreat: 7-9 April 2025

Miksang 3

Moments &
Visual Haiku

3-day Retreat: 11-13 April 2025

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9-Miksang Retreat in the Netherlands
April 3-13, 2025

Feel what you see: aligning awake eyes, a still mind and open heart

The purpose of mindful photography through the Miksang approach is to develop the art of feeling what you see. By pausing, stopping, and allowing each perception to settle, you learn to trust your intuition, letting go of the need to analyse, search, or control what you see.

Miksang is a playful journey, gently dismantling layers of habitual thinking and activating pure perception, resulting in clear, heartfelt seeing. The Miksang toolkit supports you in creating distance from the constant flow of thoughts and beliefs. This practice helps you disentangle from the stream of daily thoughts, lifting the veil and dissolving the mental clouds that obscure your vision.

In this openness, you uncover the beauty of the everyday world. Like the sun that always shines, the simple beauty of life is ever-present, waiting to be seen.

Do you experience daily restlessness and stress?

Miksang Photography offers deep relaxation and joyful self-empowerment for anyone feeling overwhelmed by daily stress and constant stimuli. Finding a thoruhg this can feel like a constant challenge. I have noticed that people with high sensitivity (HSP) also recognize themselves in the daily overload.
Many students have shifted from focusing on everyday stress to wonder and ever-present beauty of the ordinary, experiencing relief and joy. Being able to choose seeing the same world anew with fresh eyes, enjoying photography as a way to connect fully to now-moments. Developing the confidence in playful and poetic manner to drop mental shields, so the naturally present brightness of the world as it is can come in.

Essential Miksang experiences

Slowing down & learning pure photography

In these days I learned to slow down and walk with an open mind, discovering and noticing what strikes me. And then photographing this as purely as possible, filling the whole frame. Peaceful and just lovely.

Yvonne

Seeing from my heart

Again, as it turns out, it starts and ends with yourself. I rediscovered my peacefulness and was touched by everything that is already present around me. My enthusiasm to photograph the simplicity of beauty has returned and even deepened. Great set up of the daily classes, study material and online talks. I enjoyed the immersion and time for reflection. Four days in a row may seem like a long time, but it immediately set me right on track.

Conny

Impressive

The visual exercises literally and figuratively open your eyes, and it works like a charm.

It’s impressive how ancient wisdom and modern photography can be such natural extensions of each other, seamlessly aligning with my need for growth and development.

It feels like I’m coming closer to home within myself.

Willem

What can Miksang Photography do for you?

In a world filled with constant stimulation—TV, social media, online news, and endless platforms demanding our attention—it’s challenging to stay centered and calm. The continuous pull to engage externally and activate the thinking mind can lead to frustration and a fragmented sense of self. This mental overload often results in cycles of overthinking, where we feel pressured to achieve more or, conversely, attempt to escape it all.

Miksang Photography offers a refreshing alternative. Through this mindful photography practice, you can simplify the process of capturing images, letting go of unnecessary technical concerns, and learning to use your camera as a tool for presence and ease. By embracing Miksang, you’ll strengthen your connection with the now-moment, experiencing benefits that reach beyond the camera.

The benefits of Miksang Photography:

Enhances mindfulness and presence: cultivates a calm, centered mind
Reducing stress and frustration: eases mental overload by embracing simplicity
Improves concentration and receptivity: deepens focus and open-mindedness
Balances thinking and feeling: encourages intuitive perception alongside mental clarity
Boosts creativity and authentic inspiration: waking up to fresh vision
Fosters emotional wellbeing brings joy in appreciating the present moment

Experience the simplicity of photographing mindfully and let Miksang Photography be a pathway to inner calm, creativity, and genuine self-expression.

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Fun Fact

"Scientists have recently determined that it takes approximately 400 repetitions to create a new synapse in the brain—unless it is done with play, in which case, it takes between 10 and 20 repetitions!"
Dr. Karyn Purvis

"With a creative practice you'll find a universal joy"

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

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