I met N. back in 2014 when we both started studying Swedish. She was one of the people in my class. I remember talking a few times but not much. I didn’t know anything about her, her life, nor her story. Today, 2 years later I met her for a coffee and a chat. I …
“Practice real yoga since the beginning.” – Petri Räisänen Do this, do that! Breathe here, breathe there! Fancy yoga pants, not fancy pants! This yoga mat, that yoga mat. Expensive yoga mat, cheap yoga mat. Bend here, bend there. Knee at 90 degrees, knee over the ankle. OMG! Backbend. Forward bend. etc etc etc We …
We are born alone and we will die alone. This is a fact and OMG, Claudia was so wise when she first said it. There are different stages in our life and different people that come, teach us a lesson and then they leave. It took me a while to accept it and try not to …
Woke up grumpy and looking like a zombie this morning. Unfolded my mat and sat down in a cross legged position. Closed my eyes and for about 10 minutes kept opening them. My mind – was not THERE. Where was it? It was in ALL places. I got pissed off, went to the kitchen and …
Flavia, my good friend and also my graphic designer (the woman behind the beautiful Unfold Your Mat logo) asked me a few months ago to make a yoga tutorial for her to practice at home. I kept postponing due to lack of time, panic in front of the camera ( me and cameras are not …
Since I came back from Mysore, India I started a regular morning practice of pranayama, meditation and asana. I tried not to set any great goals for the moment, just doing my best, fighting the morning laziness, training my mind to be focused and enjoy my time on the mat. As a self-employed yoga teacher …
Some think that being an advanced yoga practitioner means to be able to balance on your head, to do fancy arm balances that look good on Instagram or to be able to bend like a pretzel in legs behind the head. But being an advanced yoga practitioner has nothing to do with that. You might …
When I hear myself talking about Unfold Your Mat, it’s only then that I realize that what started as a hobby became my lifestyle. I’ve been teaching yoga for a year now and I feel that I lived 10 lifes in just one year. So many changes, so many new skills that were developed during …
A teacher is first of all a student. After I came back from India, I took a short break from a very challenging asana practice and also from other sports. I really learned my lesson after the first experience with the 200 hours . I felt that my tired body needed a break so I …
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One thing that attracted me and that made me get more and more curious about the practice of yoga is “the mind aspect”. Before starting my yoga practice,there were only few people in my environment talking about how much control ( not always a positive one) your mind can have. Most of those people I …