“Close your eyes and start listening to your breath.” Nowadays, most yoga classes will start with a guidance along this line. Indeed, the yoga we practice today can be described mainly as a series of postures one would do on […]
”om namah shivaya gurave” I recognize the teacher within (from the Shiva invocation chant) Two weekends ago, my colleague Nicolai Boas and I kicked off our joined Yoga Teacher training in Copenhagen. We had so much fun, and I felt […]
Satya, in Sanskrit (the ancient language in which most yoga scriptures were written), means truthfulness. It is one of the virtues (or yamas) the old sages advised yogis to cultivate. Truth is a funny concept. I don’t know about you, […]
At the heart of yoga is… yes, you guessed. The Heart. The Heart (capital H) was described by ancient sages millennia ago as humans’ center of wisdom, inner intelligence, and deep fulfilment. Over the years, through language and diverse societal […]
The coming back problem You sit, let’s say for 10 or 20 minutes, and focus on your breath or a mantra. Suddenly, you notice that your attention has traveled 1000 km away, three months ago, or two years ahead, and […]
I hope this note finds you well and ready for summer. We just passed solstice on June 21st and, with it, the moment where summer officially starts and when daylight starts decreasing again… This is a time that is inviting […]
How do you look at, or even talk to, yourself? Like you probably did, I grew up with mirrors in my house. Throughout the years, I learned to get to know myself through the mirror – yet mostly, and obviously, […]
Don’t know you, but spring is my favorite time of the year.A time of renewal, re-opening, and rediscovery of how the brighter days feel like. Now, at the threshold between the dark to the bright, nature invites us to make […]
As you probably have heard before, the word “yoga” originally comes from “yoking;” the union, the bringing together of apparent opposites such as body and mind, material and spiritual, yin and yang, etc. Personally, I like to see yoga as […]
Like other ancient, eastern traditions, yoga, mindfulness, and meditation were designed to help humans realize and live according to the natural order of things: impermanence. Like those early spring days in Copenhagen are reminding us, the nature of life is […]
