Author: yogashraddha

In world literature, the idea that we are our own worst enemy is prevalent. Two examples come to mind: In the Indian epic Mahabharata, Krishna reminds one warrior that his worst enemy is still alive, and he is alive inside him. Nietsche says in Thus Spoke Zarathustra: “But the worst enemy you can meet will Read More

Today I met my heroine! It was 15-20 years since we last met in the forest. Her hair has thinned. She no longer wears it in a long grey plaid down her back, but it looks a bit bushy around her hoodied jacket and her step is slightly less agile, but she was accompanied by Read More

Thank you for the response to my last letter. The subject apparently hit a raw nerve, just like Pain does. Some wrote back describing their history of dealing with pain. One of the most devious forms for pain is the preemptive one, which is based on a memory of an accident, surgery, or illness. Think Read More

No person goes through life without any sensation of pain. Dealing with pain is one of Yoga’s foremost duties. A sound practice often helps us alleviate the physical pain, but also gives us tools with which we meet the pain in our minds. When I was in my twenties, I broke my ankle badly (I’ll Read More

After four weeks of practice by the fjord in Norway, I finally masterd the bowline knot. No, it’s not a complicated asana with intricate twists and turns of the limbs around the body but a rope knot you can use to tie a boat or a flag, for example. Every summer I’ve tried to no Read More

Allow me to share with you some thoughts as Pål and I are preparing to leave for Norway for the month of June. I assure you that Scott’s and Amundsen’s race to the South Pole 110 years ago was a mere walk in the park compared to our migration. First, the paperwork, proving that we Read More

It’s a big word, but I do claim yoga can bring us freedom. It helps us to break out of that negative feeling of the body as a prison. The ultimate imprisonment is of course to become immobile, bound to a wheelchair. In a documentary film called Debout, the French filmmaker Stephane Haskell tells his Read More

There is an expression we use when cross-country skiing in Norway: flat light. That’s when the sun doesn’t pierce the sky, the landscape and the sky blend together into a colourless oneness. You can still see the trail a few meters ahead and if you keep to the trail, you’ll be fine, but there is Read More