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Aug 6
2 min

Ever Wondered Where It All Began?

Was it when you where little and the sea scared you with its vastness? Or the thought of black holes at the outskirts of the universe mad...

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Victoria Larsson

Jul 27
3 min

Yoga Soft Porn

If I was a space alien, with the same sensibilities as the human Victoria, and I was descending onto Planet Earth and used Instagram to f...

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Victoria Larsson

Jun 22
4 min

Should We or Do We All Suffer Equally?

As an already furious teenager who had just discovered feminism, and hence seeing sexism everywhere (quite likely also where there was no...

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Victoria Larsson

May 14
3 min

No Mud, No Lotus

When does someone's spiritual journey begin? At birth? At the time of the first big loss, however that manifests itself? As heartbreak, i...

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Victoria Larsson

May 5
4 min

What Are You Willing to Offer?

It was only last week I think, that it dawned on me, that things will never go back to how they were before. That this isn't some little ...

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Victoria Larsson

Apr 17
2 min

Is Anyone Suprised?

Would we have this pandemic if we didn't treat animals like objects? If we didn't produce chicken breasts like we produce car parts? Lett...

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Victoria Larsson

Apr 3
4 min

Life As We Knew It

The company we keep is of utmost importance. The Buddha knew it and stressed it way back when. Many other wise women and men have known i...

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Victoria Larsson

Mar 26
3 min

Tracing Your Footsteps Backwards

I think we can all agree that we spend too much time in the past and in the future. When reality is always NOW. The practice of yoga and ...

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Victoria Larsson

Feb 19
4 min

THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

But first it will piss you off. Satya, or truthfulness, is one of the yamas, meaning one of the ethical guidelines of Patanjali's Yoga Su...

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Victoria Larsson

Jan 25
7 min

The Way Meditation is Changing Me (for the better)

Renowned meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein said when asked what the biggest benefits was, of his over forty years of steady meditation ...

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Victoria Larsson

Jan 13
5 min

Bidding Farewell to the World?

I've never wanted to put children into this world. It has always seemed like an overwhelming responsibility, one that I neither felt will...

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Victoria Larsson

Dec 17, 2019
6 min

The Art of Slowing Down

Towards the end of 2018 I decided that 2019 was going to be my year of no flying. A pledge that I've sadly most definitely not kept. 2019...

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Victoria Larsson

Nov 30, 2019
4 min

THE SLUT PASS IS KILLING ME

Today is the last day of the month November. I just looked at how many so called check-ins I had from members of a certain platform capit...

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Victoria Larsson

Oct 8, 2019
4 min

WTF is Wrong With Dudes?!

I have always been bothered by the lack of men in yoga. For some time I was also actively trying to recruit more dudes, because I felt it...

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Victoria Larsson

Aug 19, 2019
5 min

Darkness & Cold

(achtung! Warning! this blog post is perhaps just me thinking out loud and getting sentimental, and may therefore be of limited value to ...

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Victoria Larsson

Jul 2, 2019
5 min

THE VOICES IN HER HEAD, IN OUR HEADS

You know those platonic friendships that almost feel like crushes? You want to be near her, hear her voice, her stories, her laughter? Be...

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Victoria Larsson

Jun 21, 2019
4 min

The Explosion of Anxiety

In the last few days I've seen two mothers hip-deep in the mediterranean sea, each with smartphone in hand, eyes glued to their tiny scre...

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Victoria Larsson

Jun 13, 2019
3 min

So You Want To Become a Yoga Teacher (Part III)

In year 2000 I fell head over heels in love with yoga. And finally I had found a love that wouldn't let me down, or so it seemed. At leas...

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Victoria Larsson

May 28, 2019
2 min

WHAT IS REAL?

You've surely had someone say to you: It's all in your head. And now I'm telling you it's true. Every experience you've ever had and will...

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Victoria Larsson

Mar 5, 2019
3 min

SHIT DREAMS

A few years ago, I was sipping an over-priced cocktail at a sky bar with one of my oldest, closest friends and my boyfriend -- two of my ...

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