Swanmountain Yoga
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My name is Victoria and I'm a Swedish-born, US-bred, Berlin-based Riot Grrl who teaches yoga and meditation. This blog contains articles on yoga, meditation, spirituality, sustainability and plastic-free life.
Swanmountain Yoga
3y ago
You can only connect the dots when you look back. At the age of 19 I had an acid trip that forever changed the trajectory of my life ..read more
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3y ago
Will anyone care to read my autobiography? The story of somebody who is nobody in more ways than I care to list right now. I'll try not ..read more
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3y ago
According to the Buddha, the first noble truth is Dukkha or suffering, un-satisfactoriness. Often mis-construed as Life is Suffering, but ..read more
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3y ago
This won't be a linear story. Instead it will skip back and forth along the timeline, like an arthouse movie. Fast forward and go ..read more
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3y ago
Like most people, I get The Pandemic Blues from time to time. I had it really bad around the holidays. I was resisting the way things ..read more
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3y ago
I realized at the age of thirteen that I hated Christmas. Because it was bringing out the worst in me. Christmas for me was only about ..read more
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3y ago
The Brahmaviharas, or the Four Immeasurables, are mind states, or feelings that we cultivate when we practice meditation. Here I will ..read more
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3y ago
A little while ago I read about a study, where people from a few different countries were asked to make themselves happier. The people ..read more
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3y ago
The Buddha said: I teach one thing, and one thing only: Suffering (dukkha) and the end of suffering. According to the Buddha desire and ..read more
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3y ago
This morning I woke up to the news of the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin -- a piece of news I had eagerly awaited. That a person who ..read more