I am So Grateful For the Sceptic in Me (so that tech bros turned gurus can't steal my money or my sanity)
SOME DISCLAIMERS I’ve never seen any of my past lives. I don’t believe yoga asana will get you enlightened. I don’t think drinking...
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Victoria Larsson
- Apr 2
- 3 min
What makes 'My' Yoga Yoga?
Right after ‘graduating’ my first 200 hour yoga teacher training, I threw myself into teaching. Thinking back on it now, I’m struck by...
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Victoria Larsson
- Mar 13
- 5 min
So You Wanna Be a Yoga Teacher V
These days, it seems that yoga has become a service that you purchase in the same way that you might purchase a massage, a manicure or a...
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Victoria Larsson
- Feb 26
- 3 min
No Self Feels Much Groovier than MYself
Most people who I encounter on the so called 'spiritual' path, have come to it because they want to change themselves. They want to feel...
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Victoria Larsson
- Feb 3
- 3 min
PRO-SOCIAL SOCIAL MEDIA II
The most pro-social social media use is to not use it. But as always, there's 'bad' in the 'good' and 'good' in the 'bad.' There...
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Victoria Larsson
- Jan 21
- 4 min
PRO-SOCIAL SOCIAL MEDIA USE I
If there's such a thing, I'm pretty sure that for most of us, that would mean getting off these brain drain apps and platforms...
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Victoria Larsson
- Jan 10
- 3 min
IS MEDITATION FOR EVERYONE?
I recently got that question while teaching a retreat. I answered no. I don't believe in free will. So how could I believe that...
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Victoria Larsson
- Dec 13, 2023
- 3 min
DON'T TRUST SOCIAL MEDIA GURUS
"People who intentionally become famous – I mean people who, after a little taste of fame, want more and more of it – are, and I honestly...
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Victoria Larsson
- Jul 13, 2023
- 4 min
WHAT THE FUCK IS YOGA???
These days yoga seems to be whatever anyone says it is. In that sense YOGA is kind of like WOMAN :) Language is always just a...
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Victoria Larsson
- Jun 22, 2023
- 3 min
Best yoga teachers and studios in Mallorca
I live and work on an island to which millions of holiday makers come every year. These days, many of these holidaymakers want to do yoga...
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Victoria Larsson
- Mar 27, 2023
- 4 min
So You Want to Become a Yoga Teacher (Part IV)
It's been a few years now, since I started writing this 'series' on wanting to become a yoga teacher. Much of what I previously wrote, I...
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Victoria Larsson
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
We Hallucinate Our Own Reality
Jim Morrison sang: People are Strange, When You're a Stranger. What the Buddha discovered under that Banyan tree, back when he woke up...
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Victoria Larsson
- Jul 13, 2021
- 7 min
The Allure of Teaching Yoga
I've had the honour and privilege to work with many new teachers via the mentorship program I occasionally offer. When I ask mentees why...
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Victoria Larsson
- Jun 1, 2021
- 4 min
WHY PRACTICE MEDITATION?
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....
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Victoria Larsson
- May 10, 2021
- 2 min
The Core of Yoga
I hated physical education in school. I sucked at every single ball sport, I sucked at track and field. I could not run fast. I was very...
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Victoria Larsson
- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
Breaking free from Plastic (or trying to)
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...
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Victoria Larsson
- Mar 22, 2021
- 4 min
What Is My Real Self?
The Buddha said: I teach one thing, and one thing only: Suffering (dukkha) and the end of suffering. According to the Buddha desire and...
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Victoria Larsson
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Let's Be Happy! Let's Get Our Heads Out Of Our Assholes
A little while ago I read about a study, where people from a few different countries were asked to make themselves happier. The people...
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Victoria Larsson
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
Flowing Through Life's Ups & Downs with Grace
The Brahmaviharas, or the Four Immeasurables, are mind states, or feelings that we cultivate when we practice meditation. Here I will...
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Victoria Larsson
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Bleakness TBC
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...
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