BABY PRACTICE

BABY PRACTICE

As newborn parents with a 7 week old little guy at home “me time” has quickly become a precious rarity. The breaks that arise here and there between all the feeding, nappy changing, comforting, carrying and playing needs to be evaluated carefully: Do you eat now? Have...
THE LIFE WITHOUT A PLAN

THE LIFE WITHOUT A PLAN

Lisbon airport 6.30 am. The lady at the check in disc looks at us with sad eyes and says: “sorry but your flight is cancelled, we are trying to rebook you on the next one, it’s not until 1.00 pm but we can offer you some food vouchers…”. After two changed departures...
“FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS”

“FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS”

The text is neatly pinned to the wall above the entrance of the Yoga Workshop studio in Boulder. It’s there as a quiet reminder to all the morning yogis as they finish their practice, role their mats up and take the first step out into the world outside the shala...
TAKING CARE

TAKING CARE

For years I’ve had the pleasure of regularly teaching yoga to a lovely group of 6 impressive woman in Stockholm. We meet and unite through the practice a few times a year and every time the special bond between these 6 woman, and their strong friendship, creates a...
AFRICA

AFRICA

“The hippos are sleepy…look at them yawning”. We smile at each other, happy to be so close to these huge animals as they push their heads back and open their mouths wide enough for us to see their white teeth (which are rather large considering the fact that they are...
BACK INTO SILENCE

BACK INTO SILENCE

I’m going back into the silence. Guy is already there, at the retreat center on the border to Wales, and I’m lucky they are still excepting me although I will be a few days late. In my own way I try to prepare for the quite full on schedule starting with arising at...