So, where are you headed to?
Don’t know you, but I find that the questions I am asking myself have to do with direction. Now, as my wife and I are looking for a new home, which direction should we turn towards? Careerwise, what is my […]
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Risking Happiness
When was the last time you did take a risk? And how did that feel? My favorite poet David Whyte writes about the risk to be ourselves in the world; committing to what is dearest to our hearts and being authentic and […]
The spirit of gratitude
Here we are again, getting closer to the end of the year, and the Christmas holidays. For many, it is a time of celebration, gathering, and hopefully rest to some extent. For some of us, the end of the year […]
Wiser together
The gifts of inner reflection… to find inner peace
Facing changes, and being the change
Flow with changes, in and out
From love life to a life of love…
The four shapes of love “Everything we do or think is either an expression of love or a call for love.” Love represents the most essential quality that one can share with others and experience within. Yet most of us […]
Yoga: a practice of selfishness or selflessness?
“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 […]
You are already a teacher
”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 […]
What is really true?
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, […]
The Heart
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 […]
