WATCH OUT - vitality!

5 in the morning on a race against the clock with too little sleep and too much hormones. Still I am grateful. For the sun in particular. Thank you for having my back at all times. For shining on everyone, especially the ones who are in struggle, out of balance and the ones who are in need of light in their life. Your gold is for every single one of us. You do not judge or separate. All are equal in your light. You give and expect nothing in return. 

We can learn much from you.

As a lady there's one time of the month that's extra challenging... which also can be challenging for the people around us. This is when you need to pick up the mantras and maybe add a few more minutes of meditation to your day. Be in control of your emotions, not the other way around. You don't have an excuse to behave badly. Don't project your pain and frustration onto others. Let them know how you feel or just enjoy the silence. One of my sisters (sounds like I have a ton, there's only three) said that there is an arabic proverb that says "Speak only when your words are more beautiful than the silence". Well... it doesn't have to be that extreme. You can talk if you want, but don't forget to listen. Not only with your ears.

There will be no update from me tomorrow as I am finishing my last math assignments. Finally.
In the mean time I would like to introduce you to Jona Dahlqvist or YogaJona as she's sometimes called. This is the second book I'm reading by her and she's always an inspiration with her playful and simple approach to yoga and using the yogi lifestyle to succeed in other goals aswell. She's apparently involved in triathlon. For fun. Amazing.
Thanks to Jona I have realised a new favorite word:

vitality.

What is vitality to you? What makes you feel vitality?
For me it was a little awakening. I have felt it without knowing it! This enthusiasm! This just random happiness! This energy that keeps me jumping around even after working for 11 hours! That's vitality. It's in us. You don't have to get vital, you are. Maybe you've just forgotten how to bring it out? Your passion is one way. Your friends and family another. Life energy is contagious. WATCH OUT, you might just become more alive!

Yogalife by Jona Dahlqvist

Sun salutations - Surya Namaskara

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.