“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

~ Viktor E. Frankl

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way

Native American saying

Open

Dive deep inside, explore, rest ♥

Sognsvann

Life, Love & Death

Contasts creates creativity.

From vibrant NYC to peaceful Ängsbacka.
For me, it means moving from outside pulsation to inner pulsation.
I can hear my heart a little more clearly in Nature.
Who doesen´t?

Life. Love. Death.

It`s just the beginning.

Let your heart explode.

Ängsbacka

Midsummer & celebrate light

For us who live in Scandinavia we are reaching Midsummer, the peak celebration of the summertime when the days are longer than the nights. In the north, the sun never sets.
Nature is lush green and bursting with chlorophyll, it is definatly a time of celebrating the fullness of life.

Go outside. Pick some flowers. Contemplate. Let nature embrace you.
Honouring this very moment. Count your blessings.

Forever Grateful

Maria

Bonfire at Ängsbacka 2013

 

 

every moment is a new adventure

my kind of balance

tinymomentsofpeace

Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible

David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas

soulfeet

Movement never lies- it is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather

~ Martha Graham

This video makes me wanna move, cry and be still at the same time.

You can also watch it here:
movement never lies

m o m e n t s

Rest in the pause between breaths.
Pause in the rest between thoughts.

Bask in the space between words.
Stop in the stillness between time.

--Julie Rappaport


Leaving for 2 weeks at precious Triòpetra
Celebrating the Moment(s)
Some posts along the way may sneak in.

summerfeets

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it

~Eckhart Tolle

Somewhere right now, somebody out there feels just like you do.

We’re all striving, struggling, learning and growing, and sometimes it can feel like we should be somewhere else. Maybe where things are crystal clear and easy like a smooth wind.

But what about right now?.
Here in the middle. In this present moment.
In the eye of the storm, in the chaotic and messy place,
Where uncertainty and confusion is alive, this is where we all live.

Somewhere right now, someone makes a choice that it’s  perfectly okay to be right where they are.
Inhale deeply, look around, and let that person be you.

a present moment - Triopetra 2011

being humble

Humility is not something that comes naturally to most of us.
We live in an extremly competitive society. 
Humility is a reminder that we have so much more to learn.
A signal to others that we are ready to recieve their wisdom. Their knowledge.
A reminder to listen. To learn.
Appreciate. Give thanks to.
A humble person is someone who doesen`t need to brag or trying to impress themselves.

Yoga makes me humble. To be sweet to myself makes me humble.
When I meet my closest like it was the first -
e v e r y s i n g l e t i m e -  makes me humble.
To recive others knowledge and wisdom.
To be interested and not interesting.
To allow what is.
To rock my inner world.
To love.


with humility and wonder
maria

dandelion in space

w a i t i n g

Not going, not coming

rooted, deep and still

not reaching out, not reaching in

just resting, at the center

a single jewel, the flawless crystal drop

in the blaze of its brilliance

the way beyond

Shih-Te





tussilago farfara

The Magic carpet

Lets`s assume your yogamat is a Magic Carpet.
Like in the story of  One Thousand and One Nights.
Where king Solomo had a magic carpet made of the finest, green silk.
The story says he used to eat lunch in Damascus and supper in Media.
It was a good way of traveling so to speak.
Environmentally friendly, probably quite comfy and a lot more exciting than a car.

What would you choose-  a car or a magic carpet?
Just imagine yourself flying high in the skies, looking down at the life of nature.
Where life is happening. 
Our life!
Everything is moving this time of the year.
You can almost see the power of nature unfold in front of your eyes in everysingle minute.
All these thoughts,hopes, visions and dreams........in blossom!

It takes us to the fact that everything is temporary.
Nothing is permanent. Everything changes and nothing at all stays the same.
And, it is the elusive nature of this life that makes it so sweet. 
It is the rise and the fall of life.
The ebb and the flow
Like the hibiscus flower who opens during the day and closes when the night falls.

Our human nature has a tendency to cling to the rise and want to rush through the fall, but every moment is part of the wondrous and beautiful process.
May we move through this journey, both ups and downs with openness and courage, knowing that they too shall pass and that feelings do change, every moment is precious, wonderful and full of wonder exactly as it is.

with wonder & humility

maria

nature in one of all precious moments

Body is the bow. Asana is the arrow. Soul is the target.”

~ B.K.S. Iyengar

happy hanuamanasana a frosty february morning

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable



wisdom from google



paus & presence ♥



wise words from one of my wise friends



TRUTH IS THE GATEWAY TO THE MOMENT



crystal clear moment

Be Yourself See Yourself

Virya

“Virya is the positive energy of ego that is the support for the faith of going in the right direction. This energy of virya puts the power behind your sense of knowing what to do. When you are strongly acting on what you know to be your correct path, that is virya. Virya is that conviction that says, “I can do it! I will do it! I have to do it!”