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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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Victoria Larsson

Mar 27, 2018
4 min

Yoga Dudes Part II

There has been many times in my life when I wished that I was a dude. There has been even more times I wished that I was gay. That 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Victoria Larsson

Nov 1, 2017
3 min

Meditating with the Master?

Yesterday morning I took the U-bahn to Wedding to meditate with Mother Meera. By her devotees, this South Indian woman is considered to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Victoria Larsson

Jul 25, 2017
3 min

Crisis of Faith

My meditation teacher urges us to meditate two hours per day: one hour in the morning and one in the evening. For years I thought of that...

Victoria Larsson

Jun 22, 2017
2 min

I am a Liar. Are you?

As famously outlined by Patanjali in The Yoga Sutras, the path of yoga starts out by observing certain ethical or moral rules; The Yamas...

Victoria Larsson

Jun 13, 2017
3 min

I Love Yoga And Hate Everything About It

I need to acknowledge here, that I borrowed this title from J. Brown, who was one of my first teachers, and who runs an interesting...

Victoria Larsson

Jun 6, 2017
4 min

To Walk on Water, to Ride Rainbows like Waterslides

I told myself last night: the first thing you will do tomorrow morning, after meditation, is to write a blog post. The alarm sounded at...