AW Yoga Blog

A HELPFUL COLD EXPERIENCE

9th January 2023

This Christmas holiday I got to try something I had been dreaming of for a long time: To have a dip in the Oslo Fjord in the middle of winter. I am so happy it happened! This was something new and out of comfort zone. The air was minus nine…

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IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT

5th December 2022

I have noticed that I get a lot of clarity when I practise yoga and give all of my awareness to my body moving, breathing, and nothing else. The last few weeks I have preferred to practise mostly in the evenings, when time is in front of me and there…

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A GREEN MORNING ELIXIR

21st November 2022

Health trends come and go and some trends stay longer than others. Now the global celery juice movement, started by Anthony William (a.k.a. Medical Medium) has finally caught my attention. Body and mind work together. I am a strong believer that if I do something good in one area it…

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JUST GO TO THE BUS STOP

15th November 2022

You know when you hear something and you know it is a good thing to remember? As I am moving from London to Oslo the quote “just go to the bus stop” came to mind. I was at a silent meditation retreat and our teacher was talking about how he…

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A FUN GOAL EVERY DAY

16th October 2022

While in Oslo a couple of months ago to visit family, I decided to swim a different place every day during my stay. I would swim no matter the weather or what my other plans would be on a given day. I was on holiday and felt excited about having…

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YOGA IS MY BASE CAMP

12th October 2022

The first time the term base camp came to mind for describing yoga was when my children were very young and I spent my days looking after them. I had recently read the novel Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer about climbing Mount Everest. In the way I remember it,…

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WHEN LIFE BECOMES HELPFUL

6th October 2022

How about taking a moment to cultivate your love for life? You see, the more you spend time being in love with life and appreciating life, the more helpful life becomes. This is my experience. It all starts by bringing awareness to what is going on within in terms of…

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KIND TO MIND

29th September 2022

I don’t want to be the person reaching for their phone first thing in the morning and I realise I am becoming a person reaching for my phone first thing. What to do? Every day we are lucky to wake up to a new day. Body, mind and breath have…

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FROM YELLOW TO GREEN

16th September 2022

Rain has fallen in London and nature around us has changed. It seems like in no time! Fields and golf courses in Wimbledon Common that were yellow and bare with a dry surface for so many weeks over the summer have turned green. The grass is growing and is looking…

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NO CLOCK TIME PLUS ACCEPTANCE

25th August 2022

One of the things I immediately do when arriving at a holiday destination is to take my watch off. Yes I will put it on now and then, and yes the mobile phone is often with me. But what a luxury to forget about time and just be. I like…

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