Part four. Not doing it on my own anymore. In the midst of everything I am going through, I find myself returning to my past, to how I have lived my life. I have done things on my own.I have met hardship on my own. I have gone through it on my own. It was never really...
Yoga is out of fashion and that’s a good thing. I recently heard that yoga is out of fashion. Apparently Pilates is having a moment. A few years ago it was breathwork. Next year, something else. And I thought: Yes. Good. Yoga should be out of fashion....
We are all, in one way or another, looking for joy. So why can it sometimes feel so hard to find? In the Yoga Sutras, Patañjali describes samtosha, contentment, as something powerful. In sutra 2:42 he writes: “Through samtosha, supreme joy is gained.” Supreme...
This is part of a series on women’s stories, experiences of menopause, and our reflections on what we are going through. For me, it started with sleep. I suddenly began waking up in the middle of the night, during what we call the “wolf hour,” and couldn’t fall back...
Part three. Receiving results after a bone marrow biopsy. I felt it in my body a couple of days before. Something swirling. As we got closer to the hospital, the volume turned up a hundred times. My heartbeat boom, boom, boom, hard and fast. I heard it in my ears,...
Part two. Living with uncertainty while waiting for test results The bone marrow biopsy did hurt. Badly. Not the everyday kind of hurt, but the kind where the body screams, “You are taking a piece of me, and for that I will vomit on you, now.” For a moment I...
Part one. Receiving a marginal zone lymphoma diagnosis and feeling alive in the midst of uncertainty. Something didn’t feel right in me. As if my body resisted when I tried to slow down, to settle into a softer holiday rhythm. I had a headache. My body felt itchy. And...
Most of us talk to ourselves all day long. But very few of us ever notice how we do it. How do you talk to yourself? I don’t mean the everyday thoughts like, “I forgot to buy milk,” or “Where are my glasses?” I mean your inner dialogue, the way you actually speak to...
On May 14th 2023, a group of remarkable women stepped into something they thought would be a 200-hour yoga teacher training. They believed they were coming to learn how to teach a yoga class. And yes, they absolutely did.But what unfolded was so much more. Over seven...
When you look at nature, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, winter can look harsh. Snow and ice. Dark, almost black, trees against a pale sky. Nature can look dead. A little frightening. Or very beautiful, when you remember it is resting. Beneath the surface it is...
Taking time to pause and reflect on the past, asking yourself questions like what happened, why did it happen, what did I do well, and what do I want to let go of, can be deeply supportive. Reflection creates space for awareness, and awareness opens the...
Reiki handlar om den universella livsenergin som får allt att leva – människor, djur, blommor och träd. Denna energi har olika namn i olika traditioner: i yogan kallas den Prana, i kinesisk Qi Gong och Tai Chi heter den Qi, och på japanska, som i kampsporter...