This is me
I study, practice, teach and guide.
I have been working with yoga and holistic health for more than 20 years. Before that I had another professional life and before that I studied at university. Through the life I have lived I have gone through major life changes. I study, practice and teach. Everything goes hand in hand. It is enormously enriching as I have had the opportunity to meet many people and follow them through their changes in life.
I have had an interest in the holistic (whole) since I was growing up. I had various health problems myself and I also had a number of accidents. When I felt in a rather "risky" state at the age of 30, it was a turning point in my life, where I came to choose a different direction. Health is not something obvious in my life. It has been something that I have had to focus on in order to experience.
So my work is my lifestyle. I live as I teach. All the tools I use when I guide are natural parts of my own everyday life.
I have walked my own path and I am passionate about helping others find theirs. Natural health comes when you find your purpose in life, is my experience. Sometimes the adjustments are small, sometimes more extensive. For me they have been extensive, but it doesn't have to be that way for you. Far from everyone needs, like me, to leave their current positions and jobs to completely change direction.
Photo: Pierre Ekman
My history
About the path to wholeness, balance and self-knowledge.
When I was eleven years old, I broke my leg badly, and in that vulnerability something was awakened within me. I began to pray – first for healing, but soon for others as well. In those moments, I experienced a deep connection with all living things and a strong certainty that we are never alone.
Three years later, I survived a serious bicycle accident. In connection with that experience, a feeling emerged that my life had meaning. I didn't understand why at the time, but that insight has deepened over the years and become an important part of my path.
I grew up in a family where feelings were not always given space. In my longing to be listened to, I learned to adapt. It was only when I dared to stand in my truth and embrace my sensitivity as an adult that I understood that it was my greatest strength. That is where my true freedom began – and the path to the work I do today.
Within Yoga and Ayurveda I found the tools that would guide me to deeper inner balance. I realized quite early on that I would not be able to do the work on my own. And they usually say that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. I have had the privilege of having enormously powerful and knowledgeable teachers. They have been people who have worked deeply with themselves and who in turn have been able to guide others to do the same.
After having this wonderful guidance from my teachers, I would like to be there for you who also want to make your journey. It has become my calling in life.
My history
About the path to wholeness, balance and self-knowledge.
I am in a new phase of my own journey. My development is not finished – it is ongoing, deepening and changing. It is an important part of my work to continue listening, exploring and moving myself, both humanly and spiritually.
Intuition is still my main driving force, but it is based on long experience and in-depth studies. I see learning as something living, where each step opens up new layers of understanding. There are no ready-made endpoints, only an ongoing refinement of presence, insight and responsiveness.
The guidance I offer is rooted in this ongoing work – in the desire to live what I convey and to meet every person with humility, depth and authenticity.
There are so many different wars going on before our eyes and behind the scenes. It is not a paradise right here on planet Earth. Many people are suffering. It simply looks very dark in places. But in the darkness, light can shine brightly. So I see this time as a time when it is of utmost importance that as many people as possible wake up and understand that life here on Earth is created by the people who live on Earth. Together we can create a place where we can live harmoniously. It is only disharmonious people who create discord. In the big and the small.
If you feel something rubbing, then it's time to wake up! Then you're ready!
The picture above
Sharath Jois, my Ashtanga yoga teacher, and I after a led class.
This picture is from one of his visits to Sweden.
I studied for him.
2005-2024.
Ashtanga yoga
I discovered Ashtanga Yoga in 2004 and immediately felt that it was a path I wanted to delve into. It led me to Mysore, India, where I studied with Sharath Jois for 19 years. The stays there became an important part of both my life and my family's, and my relationship with yoga deepened on a very personal level.
In 2011 I received my authorization from Sharath Jois. To this day, practice and learning continue to go hand in hand. What I gained from my years in Mysore lives on in my teaching – the body remembers and the method continues to speak through me.
Ashtanga Yoga has become a stable foundation in my life. In practice, I feel like a tree – rooted in presence and with roots that give strength even when life blows. Sharath used to say:
"Why do we do yoga? To become stable in our minds."