today is sunday, and it has been a very sunny and beatiful day, although a bit cold wind.

so I was expecting not to many at my HathaYoga class today at 10.30 at "the gym".but to my surprice 20 participants showed up, and still some of the regular ones where missing.
great!
afterwards I got some nice feedback and also a fun question ha ha

after class I met up with Annika and her daughter, we had decided to pay a visit to the alternative exhibition show "harmoni" wich was this weekend in Solnahallen.
it is a [the biggest in Nordic Countires] exhibition/show with people showing their alterantive things like: different type of treatments, predictions by cards, chakra paintings, aura photografy etc.

sadly I felt it was quit lame actually.
it felt kind of not so prefessional, very few had made an effort into their booth and it felt like it was kind off a amateur gathering or a local street market..
wich can be great and I really like that, but if you are prepared for it and that is what you are looking for : )
..and there were a lot of the same things. weird energy really ha ha
and not at all got me more interested either by walking around there strangely..
just a bit "to far out" for me most of the things there..
but I guess if you are more into these things you might have enjoyed it more..
already after less then one hour we left again.but still nice to know for next year..
I was  going there hoping for some new things to be inspired by, but it was not at all for me.

so after we decided to go fo an Indian lunch, I had a quit nice Dall Masala.then back to home via gettig the little girls who where waiting for me at the yogastudio.

off day...
woke up 09.30, that is very late for being me, but I guess then my body needed it?

so after doing some updating of the site I then went to the yogastudio, there I met Annika and we did the papers for account later on to go thru.
while sitting there our interesting Indian friend came woth our new juices, that is great we have been waiting for them since ashes in the air have made everything a bit late.

so this time we got some organic apple juice, and our old favourite apple & crushed ginger [I know a few that will be very happy now ha ha]
and also we decided to try 2 new flavours: carrot/orange & pear/ginger.
nice!
each bootle can sometimes vary slightly since this is pressed at the farm, it is just pressed & crushed fruit and vegetables that are organicly grown.
since the first time we got them I have liked them a lot, and they are so far not that common here so that feels extra unique.

so now I am happy with a belly full of organic juice : )

  

I was reading a bounch of old mails etc today since I havent really had time for a while to focus on them.
but to feel lighter & more relaxed I allways try to clean out my inbox so I can see all the messages without need of a scroller, that gives a better overview and a relaxed feeling he he

so..
if you are into vinyasa and flow yoga forms [ashtanga, power, virya etc], this summer something extra ordinary happends!
Jenny who runs "yoga studion Gotland" in Visby have a truly exciting workshop comming up in june this summer.
no other then the super duper famous yogini Shiva Rea visits Sweden for the very first time.

me personally have not to much experience of her at all, but form good sources earlier and more recently I know she is as great as her reputation says..

so if you are into theese yoga forms [wich most here in my country are] and are quit serious with your practice, then this is propably a special possibility for some real inspiration in your yogic journey.
this is really a workshop to attend if possible..

so for you who have not heard about Shiva Rea, she is a true serious yoga practitioner with a long long experience..

last night was not the greatest of all time..
already knowing that I have a 06.45 morning yoga to teach, I had to sleep early of course so I tried to go to bed in time

all day Mimmi [the youngest of my small angels] have been a bit down, she also has some "stomach noices", and she have been eating alot of grass aswell.. but not been able to do "nr 2".

so anyway in the middle of the night she starts to get really worried, and running around in the bead, then a bit later I hear her doing her "pigeion noice" wich is when she really wants something, so I let her out of the bed room.
then I hear her later again doing her noice from somewhere else, wich is not at all common that she doesn't come to me and crazy lick my face to get my attention.
so at 02.45 I get up again from bed and put on my clothes and I bring her out in the rain.
she runs to the lawn and finally does her thing.. 3 times!
then she goes back to front door and wants to in again ha ha.

on my way back to bed I step into something, and realizes she has done no 1 indoors, when she was really stressed out probably, so I had to go to the bathroom and clean my fot of course..
now I start to feel the energy level getting a bit high, so I also have a bit hard time to fall a sleep again. so already here about 3am in the middle of the night I decide to go up again and went for my laptop to look for numbers to the few that had booked the early morning class.

about 2h later at 05.30 my alarm went off, I felt not good at all, sleep for me is  very importent to be able to functiuon and this night didn't provide me with what I need, not even close.
so I sent some text messages to say yoga class is cancelled and that they can sleep in a bit more, and explained shortly why.

next wake up is about 07am, 07.30 & 08.15
finally I decided to get up 08.45 or so.
not much of any longer sleeping periods so I know how my day is gona be like.
luckely I have no more classes today or none other shifts to work at the studio, so I can just stay at home watch movies or somethng, also today the weather is gey and rainy-like so I can do that without having a guilty conscience about being indoors more & less all day :)

maybe I will start to read my new book I just bought that an female Swami has written about pranayama etc

tomorow I am off to since a semi-holiday thing, so no musts until saturday...
that is of course just when I decide to not thnk about that I need to do last years declaration this weekend... : (

I was just re-aranging our message board..
I thought since my own yoga holiday is fully booked that I can recommend another retreat also here on my blog, this yoga happening is about the same dates as mine..

Sassa Lee who also teaches at buddha spa on mondays, she is arranging a yoga holiday retreat on the lovey island Gotland.
it is between 27/6 - 2/7.

more info at: http://www.sassaleeyoga.se/kalendarium.aspx

so shortly about my saturday special class then..
I went to Berns around 3pm to teach my class with about 1 day of preparation he he.
ctually that it is okey, I was just gonna do my thing and see & feel during this hour what I can do and also what state their are in and how well they listen to my teachings. basicly just doing a light class, since quit much shorter then I am used to teach and also with people who have not especially come for classic HathaYoga, and of course the fact that this was the last of 6 classes for many in one day...
so of the about 200 people that attended this mini-convent I think I counted to about 60-65 was left only to attend my class or the class I jumped in for..
but I was glad that even so many had some energy & interest to do HathaYoga, and most of them had no idea probably about what I do, and just 2 days earlier everyone thought it was gonna be this other class and a premier for that concept in scandinavia..

...and the class before me was the very physical demandning MMA/ body workout class by the fighters Musse & Usama, they are spreading the teachings of their developed concept of "ruffie" [www.ruffietraining.com ].

so.. I was a bit nervous before class, mostly because no time to really prepare and think thru everything since not only short time but also 2 other classes and some other work during that time to take care of.
but I did arrange so I had a 60min music playlist on my iPod ha ha.

the moment I stepped up on stage I felt at home more or less even thoug I had to use a headset wich I normally never do, but not really that nervous at all..
I did a really calm class for them, also so I had the chance to give them an idea of the difference if compare to the more populare vinyasa yoga forms here in Sweden [power & ashtanga, Sats yoga etc]

and then I ended class with a really long and nice deep relaxation, I think their bodies and minds needed that after this long and physical training day.

after the class people came to me and said thanks for a nice class and said they really liked it, and that it "felt really good" and many enjoyed the deeper final relaxation it seemed.

so I am quit happy even though it all happend so fast and it was with theese circumstances that I had it all turned out really well : )

I "stole 2 pics of my class from the main orgaizers web page, there you can also find more pictures from the other classes etc that day wich was also their 15th year anniversary - http://fitness-magazine.com/

just a short glimse from the one day long mini convent this weekend wich i suddenly was called in to teach a class at.
more about it later, just found this video collection so I thought it would be fun to upload it for you to see : )

at about 2.44 in the video there is a small sequense from my HathaYoga class, showing the beginning of the arm-balance part, [also showed them how to do straight armed crane and one legged "eka pada bakasana"] - just to show them what they can manage if the free their mind and use inner awarness & breath..
and then some video shooting from the begining of the final deep relaxation...

I really dont like hearing my own voice ha ha ha

so with mixed emotions I am suddenly sitting here with about 1 day to prepare a 1h hatha yoga class for a smaller convention that the famous swedish "fitness magazine" is arranging as one of their steps of celebrating 15 years.

I was called in/asked to come in as a last minute replacement for another class that unfortunatly cant be done since some of the equipment is stuck somewhere due to the flight dilemma we have had I guess. [the ashes from the vulcano].
this class was gonna be tought by a friend & collegue of mine, and I know how much she and her compagnions that was gonna help her out on stage was looking forward to do this, and also it was a premiere for that class in scandinavia..

so I feel very sad for them not being able to do their class because of outer circumstances that they cant do anything about, that is sooo frustrating.
so: mixed emotions...

at the same time of course I feel honored to have been asked to come and teach a HathaYoga, and since I love teaching yoga and get a chance to inspire others I also feel focused & excited to do this.

but I just take it for what it is, I know what I am doing I have been teaching yoga for a long time so for my class I am not really nervous.

..at the same time I also have to be aware of the conditions..
I am an replacement, people are expecting another class - a premiere! : )
this is also the last class of the day when many are tired aswell, so my guess is that some are gonna pack their things, also there is no time to arrange yoga mats, so this class will be tought on the bare floor, barefoot he he
and in my style of yoga we actually spend a lot of time on the floor, so I have to build a class to fit the conditions where people still can get the idea of what I am about, but at the same time to have them feel a bit comfortable of course, since no knee support and also not to nice to put the forhead perhaps on the floor etc he he.
but somethings I will have to do on the floor, things I can not compromise or change..

so, tomorrow at 5pm I will know how this all turned out ha ha..

wish me luck and also send happy thoughts and energy to the girls whos class had to be cancelled suddenly after a lot of time spent to prepare this class..