Back to NYC

Being back in the city feels a little strange- I feel like I'm coming home but at the same time I'm not really part of this place...

Kundalini yoga - teacher training - first weekend!

Since we are on vacation in Portugal right now, I have some time to reflect upon my first weekend in the kundalini yoga teacher training....

So what's the craze all about?

Amma on stage  For those of you who don't know Amma . She is a spiritual leader from India who, similarly to Mother Theresa , has ...

Amma in Munich

Amma's annual visit to Germany - in the outskirts of Munich Located in an old industrial warehouse, there was a huge fair and...

Gurmukh @Kundalini Yoga München

   Gurmukh teaching at KYoga in Munich Having attending  my first Kundalini workshop  ...

108 Sun Salutations for the fall equinox

Shiva Rea has founded the global mala project a couple of years ago and I just came across it today in a newsletter and figured, I might...

Reflections on life, yoga and Copenhagen

I have not had a chance to blog for a variety of reasons but since writing is kind of therapeutic for me I decided to come back to it. Over ...

Yin Yoga - or challenging yourself to complete stillness and surrender

I am very, very impatient - which is why to this day, I am surprised that I picked up yoga at all. Maybe precisely for the reason of wo...

True Beginner's Mind

Some people think I have become slightly obsessed with yoga but actually lots of things in my life have made me think about the 'begi...

NYC to Munich - reverse culture shock or just slow adjustment?

Many have asked me what it's like to be back in Munich and there are many answers to this. Those of you who have experienced a fairly ...

Strolling around Munich in the summer

So nice to just take a break and have a freshly squeezes orange juice here, next to schrannenhalle in the center of the city.

Back home - enjoying good old German breads

I came back on Wednesday and strangely the jet lag really didn't hit me this time - I even woke up at 6AM local time one day - very s...

Germany Getting Ready for the Game & New Yoga Studio

All shop windows are decorated with the German flags - and I've already seen more people wearing the German jerseys than ever.  ...

Home: Apfelschorle & beergardens

Loving Munich so far... Enjoyed a peaceful walk through my new, old neighborhood in Schwabing today. Felt so quiet and at ease- except fo...

The best farewell I could have asked for

 So it's really happening and my last week here is on. Today my co workers organized a German- themed farewell party with 'authe...

Summer Solestice at Time Square, Kantonah & Gong Meditation

Missed the 5.30 Sunrise session but was pretty proud we made it to Time Square yoag at 7.30AM - an amazing experience.. Lots of bea...

More midsommar impressions

Gorgeous weather, great location and awesome crowd... Swedish folklore dancing included...

Midsommar 2014 in New York

So strange I didn't hear about this when I lived in TriBeCa but this is such a nice cultural New York tradition: the Swedis...

Katonah Yoga - another first time...

I randomly met a Katonah yoga instructor in another class and as I had heard about it and that it was quite different from other forms of y...

A Walk Down Memory lane in TriBeCa

Taking a breather & moving back

Munich - not the worst place to be... So I guess, it's becoming official. I am moving back to Munich at the beginning of July! Many...

Kundalini - my second love after vinyasa...

I already felt it when I took my first Kundalini class a few months ago while still in the teacher training - this is powerful stuff and ...

Two weeks into my personal Sadhana - won't ever stop this....

Hard to believe but it has been two weeks since the end of our teacher training and the beginning of my personal sadhana, so to say the c...

Continuing the journey - my personal sadhana

So it's official - I'm done and the teacher training journey is over, at least the official part with all the requirements, readi...