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Yoga Soft Porn

Victoria Larsson

Jul 27, 2020
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 find out what humanity was all about, I would probably hurry on back home. But before that I would write a really crap review on Tripadvisor: Planet Earth, A hell-hole, populated by self-destructive narcissists. And if I looked up the hashtag YOGA, I would be disgusted. It definitely wouldn't be anything I was interested in pursuing. I am, ho

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WHAT IS REAL?

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 have, is experienced through the filters in your mind. In yoga we learn about Maya -- the veil of illusion -- and it's that veil that we see the world before we reach yoga, or become enlightened. Can you imagine what a psychedelic experience the world must be for a child before she has downloaded language to make sense of the world, to inca

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WORK WORK WORK

Victoria Larsson

Jan 18, 2019
5 min

WORK WORK WORK

I make a living teaching yoga. I feel incredibly 'blessed.' Before I was a full-time yoga teacher, I've had a wide variety of so-called 'bread jobs.' As a teenager in Sweden I used to make pocket money in the summer picking and selling lingonberries and blueberries (and getting eaten by bugs in the meanwhile). I also worked a few weeks at a strawberry field. At sixteen I got a summer job cleaning windows at a theatre. Then I cared for the elderly. The ones that had lost their

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The Ten Commandments of Yoga

Victoria Larsson

Dec 11, 2018
3 min

The Ten Commandments of Yoga

The ancient yogis knew that changing ourselves and the way we view the world was going to be hard as fuck! The human race haven't exactly been wired for bliss. Hence the Eight-limbed path of yoga, as outlined by Patanjali some two thousand years ago. Each step moves us from gross to subtle. Each step takes us deeper within. Towards the ultimate truth. The path starts with what can be seen as the ten commandments of yoga, the yamas and the niyamas. In this blog post I will tal

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No One Can Save You But You

Victoria Larsson

Sep 26, 2018
6 min

No One Can Save You But You

A few days ago I received an email from a woman who regularly attends my yoga classes. She surprised me by asking, what I felt when I received a hug from Amma, the so called 'hugging saint.' I told her I would write a blog post about it so here I am. A few years ago, I was traveling in India, thinking about a novel I wanted to write. I wanted the book to be about 'seekers,' I, myself being one, and also, a breed I encounter a lot in my line of work. So it's probably safe to s

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Yoga Dudes Part VII

Victoria Larsson

Jun 28, 2018
4 min

Yoga Dudes Part VII

Since I started my little yoga dude project, I slowly but surely started seeing more men on the mat in my classes. It made me quite happy! It worked. But in the last few weeks I've felt the presence of male yogis drop again. Maybe it's just summer? Or perhaps it's because I haven't presented you with any awesome yoga dudes for awhile. The draught is over! I hereby bring you Martino! Martino Mostacci, 33 Café owner and musician Originally from Verona, Italy but now living in B

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ALCOHOL -- The End of a Love Affair?

Victoria Larsson

Jun 21, 2018
3 min

ALCOHOL -- The End of a Love Affair?

I grew up in Sweden, one of few European countries where the government controls the sale of alcoholic beverages tightly. The opening hours of liquor stores are restricted and you have to be twenty (and armed with an ID if you look under fifty) to buy. When I was a teenager, we used to seek out the town drunks, living their tattered lives on park benches in the city centre, and offer them a bottle of cheap wine if they bought a few bottles of the same shit for us. Easy, but h

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Yoga Dudes Part VI

Victoria Larsson

May 7, 2018
4 min

Yoga Dudes Part VI

If I wasn't already deeply involved in yoga, and I only knew about this ancient self-help practice from Instagram I would be appalled. The IG yoga world is mostly repulsive and not very 'punk rock' or rebellious -- my aesthetics of choice. On IG instead we see hordes of bendy clones, twisting their, often half-naked slender bodies into acrobatic, and not rarely, erotic shapes. On beaches. In the glow of sunsets. Underneath fat palm tree. Captured by vaseline soft porn lenses.

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Yoga Dudes Part V

Victoria Larsson

Apr 16, 2018
5 min

Yoga Dudes Part V

You know how studies show that it's homophobes that get most aroused when made to watch gay porn? It's surely the same way with men who make fun of yoga dudes for wearing leggings, or who think 'yoga is for girls/sissies/bitches.' It's just got to be men who are uncomfortable in their own skin. With their sexuality. With their so called masculinity. And 'mainstream masculinity' -- the kind we still see in movies, in advertising, on the streets, could definitely use a make-ove

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Yoga Dudes Part IV

Victoria Larsson

Apr 5, 2018
4 min

Yoga Dudes Part IV

I can't begin to express how rewarding I'm finding it, talking to these amazingly smart yoga dudes. I really think the world would evolve into a better place if we could get more men to practice yoga and meditation. And to talk about their emotions. To have the courage to cry in front of another human being. I'm super-happy to introduce you to Javier, whom I've had the great pleasure of following throughout his yoga journey. When you see him practice, it's hard to believe it'

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Yoga Dudes Part III

Victoria Larsson

Mar 27, 2018
4 min

Yoga Dudes Part III

My month of offering a free yoga class to any human male who hasn't previously practiced with me is coming to an end. I've had a few dudes showing up for sure, but not as many as I had hoped for. In my talks with men who practice yoga, I'm starting to come to the conclusion, that the ones that feel comfortable in a room full of strong, badass women, are just more evolved specimens of the human male. You know how studies show that the biggest homophobes actually are most arous

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Yoga Dudes Part I

Victoria Larsson

Mar 18, 2018
6 min

Yoga Dudes Part I

I had just turned twenty when I went to India the first time. I didn't go to practice yoga, hell, I barely knew what it was. I thought a yogi was a guy who could hold his breath under water for a long time, and sleep comfortably on a bed of nails. Turns out I wasn't entirely wrong, but not entirely right either. I went to India because I didn't have anything better to do at the time. I tagged along with a friend who had planned the trip for a year. But I also hoped to take ps

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Daily Dose of Death

Victoria Larsson

Mar 1, 2018
3 min

Daily Dose of Death

Sometimes I think of my yoga practice as one big long preparation for dying. A way to soften the blows. A way to make peace with the inevitable fact. That one day I will die. And everyone I know and love will also die. We will die at the point when we have acquired most experience and skills. We don't know when. Or even how. We just know that it is bound to happen. And we spend a lot of time and effort trying not to die. We wear seat belts when while in cars. We wear helmets

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There are Dimensions I must Enter to see What I am Made of

Victoria Larsson

Jan 11, 2018
4 min

There are Dimensions I must Enter to see What I am Made of

From December 27th to January 4th, I spent my days in silence, meditating. Upon arrival at one of these courses (Vipassana), you are asked to surrender your phones, any books/magazines, notebooks, and any food items. You are assigned a bed in a dormitory room and then the days start with a wake-up gong at 04:00 a.m. You pretty much meditate, seated, in your room or in the meditation hall, all day, with breaks for breakfast, lunch and tea (no dinner) until about 19:00 in the e

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My Disenchanting and Druggy Ayahuasca Adventures

Victoria Larsson

Dec 26, 2017
18 min

My Disenchanting and Druggy Ayahuasca Adventures

A few years ago Ayahuasca became a buzz word on the yoga scene. All of a sudden many friends and associates were reporting having deeply mystical and healing encounters with an entity called 'The Mother.' She was appearing in visions after ingesting a vile-tasting brew called ayahuasca (containing the powerful psychedelic DMT) under the supervision of a shaman. I was immediately intrigued. Growing up in a small village in northern Sweden in the late eighties, drugs wasn't any

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M A G I C K ?

Victoria Larsson

Nov 30, 2017
4 min

M A G I C K ?

A couple of years ago, my back was so out of whack that I needed help from friends and lovers to put on socks and shoes. And rolling over in bed or sneezing caused supernovas of pain to implode in my body. At some point, after seeing regular doctors, orthopedic doctors and physical therapists who all seemed stressed and clueless, and while waiting to have a MRI done, I was out in northern Germany, at the sea, co-teaching a yoga retreat (because freelancing yoga teachers usua

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So You Want to Become a Yoga Teacher (part II)?

Victoria Larsson

Sep 27, 2017
7 min

So You Want to Become a Yoga Teacher (part II)?

Ok. So you now have your 200/500 hour YTT diploma and you are ready to rock? You are ready to teach and hopefully make some money doing it. But how? I moved to Berlin from Stockholm in the fall of 2009. I had only been teaching for two years, but in Sweden I was already making almost an entire living doing it. The reason I wasn't a full-time teacher was because I also wanted to write. So I had to carve out some time for working on my novel, and I was also picking up freelance

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So You Want to Become a Yoga Teacher?

Victoria Larsson

Sep 20, 2017
6 min

So You Want to Become a Yoga Teacher?

Well, you are certainly not alone. More and more people hear the calling. But why do you want to teach yoga? Do you dream of traveling the world, teaching in glamorous, palm-tree shaded locations? Do you want your work uniform to consist of leggings and tank tops instead of suits and ties? Do you fancy thousands of Insta likes when you post pictures of yourself in pretzel-y soft porn shapes? Do you want a room full of people doing exactly what you tell them to do? Do you want

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The Path

Victoria Larsson

Sep 6, 2017
4 min

The Path

My ex-husband, whose opinion on yoga is that it’s boring and that it hurts, always used to say that everyone who is into yoga and meditation is unhappy. I used to disagree furiously. But actually he wasn’t entirely wrong. If you are completely content, you will never seek change. You won’t look for a new job. You won’t end a relationship. Or actively look for new friends. I have never felt like an unhappy person. But for as long as I can remember I have been searching for ans

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Peace Of Mind

Victoria Larsson

Aug 22, 2017
4 min

Peace Of Mind

I am deeply worried. About where our current lifestyles are taking us. And what our habits, addictions and devices are doing to us. A few days ago I was on a train from Stockholm to Gothenburg. On that particular train, that stretch is covered in four hours. Across from me were a couple. Somehow they caught my attention. Everything they wore looked new and shiny. They walked in with bags from Burger King and proceeded to eat a couple of burgers each, washing them down with bu

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