Restrooms are shared and cash is rare — Hej allihopa, hey everyone! In mid-August, I moved to the country mostly known for the band ABBA, cheap furniture from IKEA, and a rather unconventional way of dealing with COVID-19. …

Do you know how to avoid hyperextended elbows? Can you motivate older people to do yoga? And how can you make shavasana even better? — Disclaimer: I am aware that many of the yoga teachers/content creators I mention here are white women which may perpetuate the myth that a yoga practitioner needs to be white, able-bodied, skinny and privileged. That is not my intention and I’m happy about recommendations for diverse yoga ‘influencers’! …

What You Won‘t Learn in Class — Your French teacher will probably hate me for this — or warn you by saying “Don’t learn bad French!” But I would counter, “Learn the French that is spoken on the streets and in the bars of the 21st century!” And yes, that is sometimes incorrect, annoying, or funny, but…

Between the Himalayas and the Ganges — Oh, Rishikesh! After spending a whole month there for tourism and a 25-day yoga teacher training, it was hard to say goodbye to this amazing Indian city and its awe-inspiring mountain views (I have some more beautiful photos in store for you as you will see scrolling down). Facts and Figures About Rishikesh Rishikesh, also…

On CV struggles and uneasy conversations — I wrote quite a lot of applications over the past year. Nothing unusual, you might say. However, as a speaker of multiple languages, that always confronts me with the question: How do I put down my language levels on my CV? This is followed by the interrogations: How well do…

A Q&A for India and elsewhere — “What is the best place to become a yoga teacher?” Although you can attend a yoga teacher training (YTT) anywhere in the world, I wanted to go to India (the birthplace of yoga) and, admittedly, pay a lot less than I would have in Europe. On top of that, I didn’t want to bind myself to a certain city in…

My experience at Drishti Yoga School — Imagine putting your current life ‘on hold’ for almost a month — to live in an Indian yoga school, eat Ayurvedic food, learn about muscles and nerves, practice meditation and cleansing techniques you’ve never heard about, and do asanas (yoga postures) while slowing down your breath. …

Are you a lover of good books and thrilling stories like me? Then this blog article is for you. What’s the problem? People read fewer books by female than by male authors. That was a feeling I got from my observations and it was proved by a small sample around me. A while…

I asked some of them — Let’s face it: Sweden is rather cold, has little daylight in winter and, with its low population density, is not made for lovers of huge urban centers, skyscrapers and the like. Yet, it is an attractive study location for internationals. Flat hierarchies, small classes and modern technology on campus are…