I know I said this blog will be showing what I've done, and in a way, that's still true even though there is a shift in direction. From now on there will be more yoga, more wellness, more spiritual reflections and more of the journey from a shy curious yogi beginner, overcoming fears and finding balance, strength and a sustainable lifestyle.
Today I live on Öland. As far as I know there are two different yoga classes going on nearby. I am determined to try both. Until then I'm going through the exercises in Rachel Brathen's "YOGA GIRL". I devoured her book in one day. This week I'm all about perfecting my sun salutation, also known in hindi as Sūrya Namaskāra. I also feel the yoga culture is a great opportunity to freshen up my language skills get in touch with my hindu roots. On my father's side we're jat Sikhs, from the Punjab area.
Most of my life I've been lucky to live close to a shore. I always feel at home when I hear the crashing of the waves, like the breath of mother earth. I was at first a bit bitter to be back here, since most of my friends are located in what seems to be anywhere but here, but then I realised this is the perfect opportunity to indulge in the solitude. To embrace my greatest fear. Being alone... well actually not being alone, but looking like I am. Haha, the human mind is a mystery sometimes. It might sound strange to some, but I actually quite enjoy the silence.
Here's where I will be spending some of my yoga moments.
Köpingbaden, also known as Sinus.
The practice never stops. We can always expand our knowledge, stretch a bit further, reach new heights and levels of divinity. Because it is my firm belief that we are not human beings having spiritual experience but spiritual beings having human experience like the yoga teacher Shakti Parwa Kaur Khalsa said. Her book about kundalini yoga (a simple guide to the yoga of awareness) is my current reading.
For some time I thought you had to fulfill certain criterias to be called a yogi. Now I heard you only need to practice yoga to be a yogi. Since I've been praticing quite steadily for two years now I'm happy to say I am one. Although I know...this is just beginning.
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