What does it take to be real?

This is the question I’ve been pondering upon since the beginning of June when our two month traveling period began. Using almost all the different means for transport you can think of (including an open “long tail boat” in the warm rain) we’ve been moving from place to place with our worn bags filled with all the essential stuff: Scruffy traveling mats, the dive computers (exciting new investment), two jars of almond butter and two even larger jars of coconut oil + the usual mix of nose clips, rash wests, neti pots, washed out T-shirts and worn out flip flops. Oh, and let’s not forget Guy’s enormous fins who made it through security every time without any hassle…

After the most mindblowing (and humbling) Vipassana experience, the continues studying of freediving and pranayama, through Sweden, Thailand, Sweden and England, we are now back in Stockholm for work at yogayama until the beginning of October.

So what does it take to be real?

All I can say is that it’s darn difficult and perhaps not as obvious as one would like it to be. I found myself staring at the computer more than once (for severe periods of time) not being able to formulate a satisfying answer to my own question only to end up in a mild crises mode on the sofa (“Guy, help, I don’t know what am doing!”).

My “real way” requires a lot from me. On one hand you could say that it’s the easy path because it’s nature is closer to my centre, to my essence. At the same time, because of this, it might be trickier than expected. The annoying truth is that TRUTH is not convenient at all times. Just as I think I know what I’m doing I have to look again and question it again. Am I living from my core? Am I willing to honour what is real in all its forms and shapes? Am I up for it?

I’m back in my simple flat. And I’m looking forward to be in the shala again with interested practitioners who are, like me, curious about looking within. Despite the challenge, there is so much to discover here.

Hope to see you all at some point this autumn.

Ommmm

Workshops/Courses in Stockholm August – October:
Continuting Education Course in Pranayama with Sara and Guy, 1-4th of Sept, yogayama
Pranayama introduction course, 10th of Sept, Atmayjoti
Pranayama workshop (level 2) 24-25th of Sept, yogayama
Continuting Education Course “Pedagogik”, 1-2nd of Oct, yogayama
Yogayama Teacher Training, foundation course autumn 2016 (fully booked)

Classes at yogayama from 29/8-7/10:
Monday 15.00-16.30 – Soft Hatha, Chanting and pranayama
Tuesday 10.30-11.45 – Hathayoga (chest and hips)
Tuesday 12.00-13.00 – Pranayama
Friday 10.30-12.00 – Soft Hatha, Chanting and pranayama

“The quieter you become the more you are able to hear” – Rumi