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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 30 May 2012 00:56:57 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Comments</title><subtitle>Comments</subtitle><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/atom.xml"/><updated>2011-10-05T08:45:07Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>What a lovely trip! I felt totally different the first days.</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/what-a-lovely-trip-i-felt-totally-different-the-first-days.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/what-a-lovely-trip-i-felt-totally-different-the-first-days.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2011-11-15T08:41:00Z</published><updated>2011-11-15T08:41:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Hi Annelie!<br /><br />I write now after my morning practice, while the rest of my family is sound asleep.<br /><br />One week has passed since I came back home. What a lovely trip! I felt totally different the first days. One example: last Monday I went to the pharmacy in order to change ear plugs I bought for the flight. I got the wrong size and the package was whole. The staff said no.<br />On the receipt it said clearly that you were entitled to change within 8 days and 9 days had passed. <br />-I&rsquo;ve been away for a week.<br />-We can&rsquo;t bend the rules for you.<br />I didn&rsquo;t get upset! I felt a bit sorry for them and decided to use another pharmacy next time. So I just smiled and said:<br />-Ok, I said. But this makes me go to another pharmacy next time.<br />This might be a very small event, but for me it wasn&rsquo;t. Normally, I would have been extremely upset and would have done anything to make them understand how UNREASONABLE this situation is and that they could have helped me without loosing ONE CROWN. And instead they now LOOSE me as a CUSTOMER and bla bla bla. <br />Now instead they understood all this by themselves at the same time as my calm water within remained calm. <br />But at that point I had been awake since 3 am due to jet lag and I hade meditated for 1,5 hour&hellip;.<br />Monday-Wednesday I was totally in contact within and I had long meditation sessions every morning. But then it happened, a really gigantic challenge&hellip;tadaaa&hellip;the kitchen cabinet doors. We&rsquo;re on our way to move to a 3 room flat right across the street where Lovisa can get a room of her own (and me and my husband some private life). When I stopped by the apartment I saw something horrible. They had torn out the charming kitchen cabinet doors and replaced them with new plain ones with awful modern handles. Ok, a challenge, I thought and reminded myself that this was a real treat for the mind, not a thing for my inside self that do love beautiful things, but my inside choose it&rsquo;s battles.<br />But I thought that my mind and my inside self could cooperate and find a solution we both could agree on.<br />Maybe we could take the kitchen cabinet doors from our old kitchen? I phoned the land lord who couldn&rsquo;t understand my dilemma; he thought I should be grateful for modern doors and so on. <br />At this point my water within was not calm anymore. After two days of phone calls to different in people in charge who couldn&rsquo;t understand why anyone wanted old doors when they could have brand new ones, I started to cry. Sobbing I told him that I and my family are actually going to live there and that it&rsquo;s important to be happy in your home. I pleaded to him, offered myself to pay and do the work myself. But of course it didn&rsquo;t help.<br />Then I threatened him with negative publicity. It didn&rsquo;t work either.<br />My new kitchen cabinet doors are there and I&rsquo;m a bit shook up by the fact that a small issue like this is all the mind needs in order to take command again.<br />Or rather that the unwillingness from the land lord offended me so deeply.<br />It really made the Rottweiler (the active thinking part of the mind) alert, like waiving a big, juicy steak in front of him. <br />But, as you can see I don&rsquo;t take it very seriously. I got reminded about what it&rsquo;s like when the mind roars about something and I&rsquo;ll be more observant next time. <br />I do my meditation practice every morning since I got back home and I followed my new friend from the retreat at Lanta to a Vipassana group in Stockholm for meditation last Thursday and my intension is to keep on doing this every week.<br />I wear a thin thread around my wrist as a reminder to stay in the present. I have the mindfulness-app in my IPhone now and I use it to meditate on the subway.<br />My goal is to keep this duality within &ndash; to be able to watch my mind and shorten the leach to the Rottweiler mind when necessary and concur it.<br /><br />I have talked to my fianc&eacute;e about going back to Thailand this spring and he thinks it&rsquo;s a great idea. When my contract is signed for my new job I&rsquo;m going to look into this.<br /><br />Now, my little girl is awake and climbs up into my lap.<br />Take care<br /><br />Emma Dark :) 20110915<br /><br /><br />20110915<br />Hej Annelie!<br /><br />Passar p&aring; att skriva n&aring;gra rader nu efter min morgonpractise, medan de andra fortfarande sover.<br />Det &auml;r nu en vecka sedan jag kom hem. Vilken h&auml;rlig resa! Jag k&auml;nde mig helt f&ouml;r&auml;ndrad de f&ouml;rsta dagarna! Ett exempel: n&auml;r jag p&aring; m&aring;ndagen gick till Apoteket f&ouml;r att byta ett par &ouml;ronproppar som jag k&ouml;pt till flygresan men som var i fel storlek (obruten f&ouml;rpackning, s&aring;klart) s&aring; sa personalen nej:<br />- Det st&aring;r tydligt p&aring; kvittot att det &auml;r 8 dagars bytesr&auml;tt och nu har det g&aring;tt 9 dagar... <br />- Jo, men jag har varit bortrest en vecka.<br />- Vi kan inte g&ouml;ra speciella regler f&ouml;r dig.<br />Men jag blev inte arg!! Jag tyckte lite synd om dom, jag t&auml;nkte att nu med avregleringen s&aring; kan ju jag g&aring; till ett annat apotek n&auml;sta g&aring;ng. S&aring; det sa jag ocks&aring;, med ett leende:<br />- Ok, d&aring; vet jag det. Men d&aring; g&ouml;r jag nog s&aring; att jag handlar p&aring; ett annat apotek n&auml;sta g&aring;ng.<br /><br />Det kanske inte verkar som en stor grej, men f&ouml;r mig var det det! I vanliga fall hade jag blivit verkligen uppr&ouml;rd och g&aring;tt till botten f&ouml;r att f&aring; dem att f&ouml;rst&aring; det ORIMLIGA i att jag inte fick byta felk&ouml;pta &ouml;ronproppar strlk L till ett par i strlk S, hur denna handling som inte skulle kosta dem EN KRONA skulle g&ouml;ra att de F&Ouml;RLORADE mig som KUND och bla bla bla. Nu kanske de f&ouml;rstod det helt av sig sj&auml;lva samtidigt som mitt inre vatten var i det n&auml;rmaste spegelblankt.<br /><br />Men s&aring; hade jag vaknat kl 3 p&aring; morgonen av jetlag:en och mediterat 1,5 timme ocks&aring;... :)<br /><br />M&aring;n-tis-ons k&auml;nde jag att jag hade kontakt med mitt inre sj&auml;lv hela tiden, och jag k&ouml;rde l&aring;nga meditationer tidig morgon. Men s&aring; kom den stora pr&ouml;vningen i form av... tadaa!... K&Ouml;KSLUCKOR. Vi h&aring;ller ju p&aring; att flytta till en 3:a rakt &ouml;ver gatan f&ouml;r att Lovisa ska f&aring; ett eget rum (och vi lite privatliv). N&auml;r jag var f&ouml;rbi l&auml;genheten s&aring;g jag till min f&ouml;rskr&auml;ckelse att hyresv&auml;rden rivit ut det charmiga 50-talsk&ouml;ket och ersatt det med standardluckor med n&aring;gra frukansv&auml;rda beslag i borstat krom. OK, en utmaning, t&auml;nkte jag och p&aring;minde mig sj&auml;lv om att det var the mind som g&aring;r ig&aring;ng p&aring; s&aring;nt, inte mitt inre jag som i och f&ouml;r sig gillar vackra saker, men som v&auml;ljer sina strider. Men jag t&auml;nkte att the mind och jag kanske kunde samarbeta och hitta en l&ouml;sning som vi b&aring;da var n&ouml;jda med. Kanske kunde vi f&aring; ta med oss luckorna fr&aring;n v&aring;rt nuvarande k&ouml;k? Jag ringde hyresv&auml;rden som inte alls f&ouml;rstod utan tyckte jag skulle vara TACKSAM som f&aring;tt moderna luckor och en standardh&ouml;jning och handikappanpassat och bla bla bla. Och d&aring; var mitt inre vatten pl&ouml;tsligt inte lugnt l&auml;ngre. Och efter tv&aring; dagar med samtal till olika chefer p&aring; Svenska Bost&auml;der som inte alls f&ouml;rstod varf&ouml;r n&aring;gon skulle vilja ha gamla k&ouml;ksluckor n&auml;r man kunde f&aring; nya b&ouml;rjade jag tillslut gr&aring;ta i luren och SNYFTADE om att jag och min familj skulle faktiskt leva i det d&auml;r k&ouml;ket och vi vill kunna trivas och jag V&Auml;DJADE och sa att vi kan t&auml;nka oss att betala och vi kan g&ouml;ra jobbet... Men inte heller det hj&auml;lpte s&aring;klart. S&aring; jag HOTADE med att vi var flera som tyckte det var fruktansv&auml;rt att du inte tog h&auml;nsyn till de byggnadsantikvariska v&auml;rdena i v&aring;r fina 50-talsf&ouml;rort och jag skulle minsann sl&auml;pa deras namn i smutsen om vi inte fick ta med v&aring;ra gamla luckor (som annars skulle sl&auml;ngas). Inte heller detta hj&auml;lpte. <br /><br />S&aring; luckorna sitter d&auml;r de sitter och jag k&auml;nner mig lite skakad &ouml;ver att n&aring;gra k&ouml;ksluckor var allt som beh&ouml;vdes f&ouml;r att the mind skulle f&aring; h&auml;rja fritt igen. Eller kanske snarare att jag k&auml;nde mig kr&auml;nkt &ouml;ver att hyresv&auml;rden inte ville hj&auml;lpa mig. Det triggade verkligen rottweilern, det var som att vifta framf&ouml;r nosen p&aring; den med en saftig stek.<br /><br />Men som du h&ouml;r f&ouml;rs&ouml;ker jag att inte ta det s&aring; allvarligt &auml;nd&aring;. Men jag fick en p&aring;minnelse om hur det &auml;r n&auml;r the mind g&aring;r ig&aring;ng &ouml;ver n&aring;got, och jag ska vara lite mer observant n&auml;sta g&aring;ng. Jag har mediterat varje morgon sedan jag kom hem och jag f&ouml;ljde med Emma B till Vipassanagruppen och mediterade i torsdags, och t&auml;nker att jag ska forts&auml;tta att g&ouml;ra det varje torsdag. (Och blir det sedan varannan s&aring; f&aring;r jag v&auml;l leva med det.) Jag har ocks&aring; en sytr&aring;d kring handleden som ska p&aring;minna mig om att vara h&auml;r och nu. Jag har laddat ner Mindfullness-appen som Angela tipsade om till min iPhone och har anv&auml;nt den och mediterat p&aring; tunnelbanan p&aring; v&auml;g in till stan. Mitt m&aring;l &auml;r att kunna beh&aring;lla dualiteten i mig - att kunna se n&auml;r the mind drar iv&auml;g och d&aring; korta kopplet och h&aring;lla emot. <br /><br />Det finns ett friskv&aring;rdscenter i k&auml;llaren p&aring; samma hus som vi flyttar till www.bagarmossensfriskvard.se d&auml;r ska de ha meditation tre tisdagar under h&ouml;sten som jag t&auml;nkte anm&auml;la mig till. Dessutom har de b&ouml;rjat med yoga och pilates-kurser... Och de ska starta en kurs i kundaliniyoga p&aring; Bagarmossen Folkets Hus... http://www.miguru.se/sv/info/kundaliniyoga-kurs.html &Auml;r det detta som &auml;r "Universe provides"? :) (Nu kommer jag inte att kunna g&aring; p&aring; allt detta - jag har dessutom redan ett svindyrt &aring;rskort p&aring; bikramyogast&auml;llet - men &auml;nd&aring;... visst &auml;r det h&auml;ftigt?!)<br /><br />Jag har pratat med Matti om att &aring;ka ner till Thailand n&aring;gon m&aring;nad i v&aring;r, och han verkar tycka det &auml;r en bra id&eacute;. N&auml;r jag f&aring;tt mitt kontrakt f&ouml;r nya jobbet ska vi b&ouml;rja kolla p&aring; hur vi skulle kunna l&ouml;sa det praktiskt.<br /><br />Nu vaknade en liten tjej och kl&auml;ttrade upp till mig i soffan, s&aring; jag f&aring;r sluta h&auml;r.<br /><br />Allt gott!<br /><br />Emma Dark :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>There the door opened towards a new world when I met Annelie and the teaching.</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/there-the-door-opened-towards-a-new-world-when-i-met-annelie.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/there-the-door-opened-towards-a-new-world-when-i-met-annelie.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2011-09-15T08:44:00Z</published><updated>2011-09-15T08:44:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>First visit to Thailand. Second time I experience a retreat with Annelie. Back to the source. That was the feeling. <br />Back to the source of my meditation practice. It&rsquo;s been magic in so many different ways. New challenges, new experiences and new wisdom.&nbsp; Deeper, stronger and more extensive. <br />What I experienced within I can&rsquo;t verbalize, but I write about the outside experience.<br /><br />To wake up early, feeling the sensation of the high humidity on the way to meditation. To walk barefoot in the dark, guided towards the meditation and yoga sala by candles. To meditate at sun rise, being a part of the first morning light to the sounds of the ocean, birds and rain.<br />Beach walks inbetween the meditation and yoga sessions.<br />Listening when Annelie chare her thoughts and experiences.<br />Thai food, Thai massage, fresh fruits and lovely soya drinks with seeds and nuts.<br />All this combined creates a concept around the central thing, the practice. <br /><br />I feel great confidence in Annelie and it&rsquo;s a privilege to be guided by her on this fantastic and at the same time very demanding road. My gratitude for joining the Vikarbyn retreat, last summer in Sweden, is vast. There the door opened towards a new world when I met Annelie and the teaching.<br />I am so grateful that I went to Thailand to deepen my practice after a year of searching and practicing on my own. So wonderful returning to the source.<br /><br />It might sound strange to travel to the other side of the world looking within, but right now I have a hard time finding something more meaningful. Exploring the inside world is just as interesting as the outside world. So rewarding, for both the individual and the world.<br />&nbsp;<br />Now I&rsquo;m back in my apartment, back to my every day life. It feels fine, not at all as frightening as when I came back from Vikarbyn.<br />I&rsquo;m more grounded and confident in my practice. The retreat in Thailand has developed my practice and I will continue my journey. <br />Humbly, I look forward to implement this new wisdom into daily life. Step by step, breath by breath, with my heart in focus and my gaze pointed forward. To find the balance. To let go and not hold back. To be determined and not let go. Patiently at the same time as I enjoy my journey. Universe provides, as Annelie says.<br /><br />I wish the entire world could share this vast source of happiness. I wish the entire world could feel this enormous love, wisdom, power and peace. I wish that more and more people get the opportunity to learn to use these tools. I know they work; it&rsquo;s just a question of making up ones mind. It&rsquo;s not always easy, but it can be done and everyone has the potential within. <br /><br />With love and gratitude<br />/Emma<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />F&ouml;rsta g&aring;ngen i Thailand. Andra retreatupplevelsen med Annelie. Tillbaka till k&auml;llan, s&aring; k&auml;ndes det. Tillbaka till ursprungspunkten f&ouml;r min meditationspraktik. Det har varit magiskt, p&aring; s&aring; m&aring;nga plan. Nya utmaningar, nya erfarenheter och nya l&auml;rdomar. &Auml;nnu djupare, &auml;nnu starkare, &auml;nnu mer omfattande. Jag finner den inre upplevelsen om&ouml;jlig att verbalisera, s&aring; jag l&auml;mnar den d&auml;rh&auml;n och s&auml;tter ord p&aring; den yttre ist&auml;llet; Att vakna tidigt och omslutas av luftfuktigheten p&aring; v&auml;g till morgonmeditationen. Att vandra barfota i m&ouml;rkret upp till yoga- och meditationssalen, ledsagad av v&auml;rmeljus. Att meditera tills det f&ouml;rsta gryningsljuset t&auml;nds p&aring; himlen, badande i allehanda trivsamma ljud (morgonpigga f&aring;glar, havsv&aring;gor mot sandstranden och h&auml;llregn mot str&aring;taket, f&ouml;r att n&auml;mna n&aring;gra). Att varva meditation och yoga med strandpromenader i vattenbrynet. Att lyssna n&auml;r Annelie delar med sig av sina tankar och erfarenheter. Att krydda med thaimassage, thaimat, f&auml;rsk frukt och goda sojadrycker med n&ouml;tter och fr&ouml;n. Allt detta bildar en helhet av omst&auml;ndigheter som p&aring; ett underbart s&auml;tt kapslar in sj&auml;lva k&auml;rnan, n&auml;mligen praktiken.<br /><br />Jag k&auml;nner starkt f&ouml;rtroende f&ouml;r Annelie och det &auml;r ett privilegium att v&auml;gledas av henne p&aring; denna fantastiska och samtidigt tuffa v&auml;g. Jag &auml;r s&aring; oerh&ouml;rt tacksam att jag satte min fot i Vikarbyn f&ouml;rra sommaren, d&aring; d&ouml;rren till denna nya v&auml;rld &ouml;ppnade sig f&ouml;r mig, i m&ouml;tet med Annelie och l&auml;ran. Jag &auml;r s&aring; oerh&ouml;rt tacksam att jag nu reste till Thailand f&ouml;r att f&ouml;rdjupa min praktik efter ett drygt &aring;r av f&ouml;rkovran och fortsatt s&ouml;kande. S&aring; underbart att &aring;terv&auml;nda till k&auml;llan. Det m&aring; l&aring;ta konstigt att resa till andra sidan jorden f&ouml;r att spendera s&aring; mycket tid tittandes p&aring; insidan av &ouml;gonlocken, men just nu har jag sv&aring;rt att t&auml;nka mig n&aring;got mer meningsfullt. Den inre v&auml;rlden &auml;r minst lika intressant att utforska som den yttre. S&aring; givande, b&aring;de f&ouml;r den enskilda individen och f&ouml;r v&auml;rlden.<br /><br />Nu &auml;r jag hemma i min l&auml;genhet igen, tillbaka i vardagen. Det k&auml;nns helt okej, inte alls lika skr&auml;mmande som n&auml;r jag kom hem fr&aring;n Vikabyn. Nu har jag en fastare grund att st&aring; p&aring; och starkare vingar att flyga med. Thailandsvistelsen har gett mig vind i ryggen och nu ska jag forts&auml;tta att vandra. Med &ouml;dmjukhet ser jag fram emot att f&ouml;rs&ouml;ka implementera de nya l&auml;rdomarna i vardagen. Steg f&ouml;r steg, andetag f&ouml;r andetag, med hj&auml;rtat i centrum och blicken fram&aring;t. Att hitta en balans. Att sl&auml;ppa kontrollen och inte h&aring;lla tillbaka. Att samtidigt vara best&auml;md och inte ge vika. Att ha t&aring;lamod och njuta av resan. Universe provides, som Annelie brukar s&auml;ga.<br /><br />Jag &ouml;nskar att hela v&auml;rlden fick ta del av denna osinande k&auml;lla till lycka. Jag &ouml;nskar att hela v&auml;rlden fick uppleva denna k&auml;rlek, denna visdom, denna kraft, denna stillhet. Jag &ouml;nskar att &auml;nnu fler m&auml;nniskor f&aring;r och tar m&ouml;jligheten att l&auml;ra sig dessa ov&auml;rderliga verktyg. Jag vet att de fungerar, det handlar bara om att best&auml;mma sig. Det &auml;r inte alltid l&auml;tt men det &auml;r fullt m&ouml;jligt och potentialen finns i oss alla.<br /><br />Med k&auml;rlek och tacksamhet<br />/ Emma<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The assistance and guidance you provide is fantastic, magical and real at the same time! Thank You!</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/the-assistance-and-guidance-you-provide-is-fantastic-magical.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/the-assistance-and-guidance-you-provide-is-fantastic-magical.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2011-09-15T08:39:00Z</published><updated>2011-09-15T08:39:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Hi Annelie!<br />&nbsp;<br />I don&rsquo;t really know how I by words can express my gratitude towards you for what you do, but I&rsquo;ll try. <br />Thank you for being your true self and thank you for the guidance and the help you give us all so that we can become true. <br />During my time at Lanta something has changed deep within me.&nbsp; Something I&rsquo;ve searched for and that feels so familiar has come to me. I feel deep, profound calmness. The joy I always felt has grown stronger and is spreading into every cell.&nbsp; I have forgiven myself and started to se a little bit clearer. It&rsquo;s wonderful! <br />I&rsquo;m grateful for the tools you have given me and it&rsquo;s going to be exciting to see how they work in every day life. As you know I&rsquo;m not happy about my choice of work. It will be a wonderful challenge and opportunity for practice!:) <br /><br />The assistance and guidance you provide is fantastic, magical and real at the same time! Thank You! <br />Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!<br /><br /><br />5-days retreat at Koh Lanta &ndash; Evaluation/respons<br />Why I decided to participate<br />I&rsquo;ve had a feeling of doing the wrong things for a long period of time and felt unease.&nbsp; I work with the wrong things. I&rsquo;ve felt that there aught to be something else, something more meaningful.&nbsp; And other factors as the urge to learn to relate to people and situations in a better way. All these things made the choice easy when I heard about the retreat and Annelie from a friend. There was only one thing to do &ndash; go there!<br />What I gained from the retreat<br />This retreat exceeded every possible expectation I ever had. It was magical, took away all unease and an overwhelming experience where a great transformation took place deep within.<br />I can see clearly, both myself and others. A healing process has started and my way forward is clearly visible. I received fantastic tools to use in my every day life, every day, so that I can stay in the present and see things as they truly are. I&rsquo;ve learned to be true towards myself and to truly experience happiness and universal, non-possessive love.<br />The teaching<br />Annelie is a fantastic teacher, coach and inspirer. She truly sees every student and adapts the teaching to every student in a wonderful way.<br />The coaching, the help and the support are magical, real and fantastic &ndash; all simultaneously.<br /><br />Women around 25. 20110915</p>
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<p>Hej Annelie!<br />&nbsp;<br />Jag vet inte riktigt hur jag med ord ska kunna uttrycka den tacksamhet jag k&auml;nner mot dig f&ouml;r det du g&ouml;r men jag g&ouml;r ett f&ouml;rs&ouml;k!<br />&nbsp;<br />Tack f&ouml;r att du &auml;r ditt sanna jag och tack f&ouml;r att du v&auml;gleder och hj&auml;lper oss andra att ocks&aring; g&aring; mot det!<br />Under min tid p&aring; Lanta har n&aring;got f&ouml;r&auml;ndrats p&aring; djupet i mig, n&aring;got jag letat efter och som k&auml;nns s&aring; bekant har kommit till mig. Ett lugn p&aring; djupet har infunnit sig. Gl&auml;djen som visserligen alltid funnits d&auml;r inom mig har v&auml;xt sig starkare och h&aring;ller p&aring; att sprida sig ut i varje cell. Jag har f&ouml;rl&aring;tit mig sj&auml;lv och b&ouml;rjat att se lite, lite klarare. Det &auml;r underbart!<br />Jag &auml;r tacksam f&ouml;r de verktyg du gett mig och det ska bli mycket sp&auml;nnande att nu f&aring;r se hur detta kommer att te sig i vardagen! Som du vet trivs jag inte med mitt jobb s&aring; d&auml;r har jag en fantastisk utmaning och chans att &ouml;va mig! :)<br />&nbsp;<br />Den hj&auml;lp och v&auml;gledning du ger &auml;r helt fantastisk, magisk och verklig p&aring; samma g&aring;ng! Tusen tack!<br /><br />Tack fr&aring;n djupet av mitt hj&auml;rta!!<br /><br /><br />5-dagars retreat p&aring; Koh Lanta &ndash; Utv&auml;rdering/respons<br />Varf&ouml;r valde jag att delta?<br />Efter en l&aring;ng tids olustk&auml;nsla, en k&auml;nsla av att jag inte g&ouml;r r&auml;tt sak. Att jag jobbar med fel sak. Att det borde finnas n&aring;got annat, n&aring;got mer meningsfullt. &Auml;ven andra faktorer som att jag s&ouml;kt efter n&aring;got, att jag ville l&auml;ra mig att p&aring; ett b&auml;ttre s&auml;tt f&ouml;rh&aring;lla mig till relationer och situationer gjorde valet l&auml;tt n&auml;r jag av en v&auml;n fick h&ouml;ra talas om Annelie och The Retreat. Fanns bara en sak att g&ouml;ra &ndash; att &aring;ka dit!<br />Vad gav det med mig?<br />Retreatvistelsen &ouml;vertr&auml;ffande alla f&ouml;rv&auml;ntningar jag n&aring;gonsin hade! Det var en magisk, l&auml;ttnadsfull och omv&auml;lvande upplevelse d&auml;r det skedde en f&ouml;r&auml;ndring i djupet av mig.<br />Jag har f&aring;tt en tydligare syn p&aring; saker och ting, p&aring; mig sj&auml;lv och andra. F&ouml;r mig har en l&auml;kande process b&ouml;rjat och en v&auml;g fram&aring;t syns! Jag har f&aring;tt fantastiska verktyg att anv&auml;nda i vardagen, varje dag, f&ouml;r att vara i nuet och se saker som de &auml;r. Jag har f&aring;tt l&auml;ra mig att vara&nbsp; sann mot mig sj&auml;lv, att&nbsp; verkligen k&auml;nna gl&auml;dje och villkorsl&ouml;s k&auml;rlek!!<br />Undervisningen<br />Annelie &auml;r en fantastisk l&auml;rare, v&auml;gledare och inspiration! Hon ser verkligen varje elev och anpassar&nbsp; undervsining p&aring; ett underbart s&auml;tt! &nbsp;<br />Den v&auml;gledning, hj&auml;lp och st&ouml;d hon ger &auml;r magisk, verklig och underbar, allt p&aring; samma g&aring;ng!<br /><br />25 &aring;rig kvinna 20110915<br /><br /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>"I got back my inner calm and harmony during my yoga moments"</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/i-got-back-my-inner-calm-and-harmony-during-my-yoga-moments.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/i-got-back-my-inner-calm-and-harmony-during-my-yoga-moments.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2011-05-24T10:26:35Z</published><updated>2011-05-24T10:26:35Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Annelie.<br />Thank you for allowing me to land with you on Ko Lanta,  after a very busy summer season at Strandbryggan, seaside restaurant in  Stockholm. I got back my inner calm and harmony during my yoga moments  with you in the mornings. <br />When you are a hard working single mother  in Stockholm capitalist center, there is nothing that can compare to  what is achieved through yoga listening to the roar of the waves near  the beach. <br />Now I'm so privileged that I have the opportunity to work  hard for six months and find peace and be with my daughter with full  attendance the rest of the year. I look forward to staying longer than  two weeks next winter. This means that there will be a lot of stress  involved before next season. <br />I recommend a visit on Ko Lanta with  Annelies yoga and meditation to anyone approaching the limits of burnout  and more important to all those who hasn&acute;t reached there yet, then you  will not have a glimpse of the famous wall ever.<br />Thank you for last.<br />Sincerely, Lena Nyg&aring;rd, Restaurateurs, Stockholm</p>
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<p>Till Annelie.</p>
<p>Tack f&ouml;r att jag fick landa med dig p&aring; Ko Lanta, efter en mycket hektisk sommars&auml;song p&aring; Strandbryggan sj&ouml;krog i Stockholm, kom lugnet och harmonin till mig p&aring; mina yoga-stunder hos dig p&aring; mornarna. D&aring; man &auml;r en h&aring;rt arbetande ensamst&aring;ende mor i Stockholms kapitalistiska centrum, finns det inget som kan m&auml;ta sig med vad man uppn&aring;r med att yoga till bruset av v&aring;gorna n&auml;ra stranden. Nu &auml;r jag s&aring; priviligerad att jag har m&ouml;jligheten att arbeta h&aring;rt halv&aring;rsvis och hitta lugnet och vara med min dotter med full n&auml;rvaro halv&aring;rsvis. Jag ser fram emot att stanna l&auml;ngre &auml;n 2 veckor n&auml;sta vinter. Vilket kommer att inneb&auml;ra att det ska mycket till innan stressen &auml;ter upp mig inf&ouml;r n&auml;sta s&auml;song. Jag rekommenderar ett bes&ouml;k p&aring; Ko Lanta med Annelies yoga och meditation till alla som b&ouml;rjar n&auml;rma sig gr&auml;nsen till utbr&auml;ndhet och framf&ouml;rallt till dem som inte ens n&aring;tt dit, b&ouml;rja s&aring; slipper ni se skymten av den ber&ouml;mda v&auml;ggen n&aring;gonsin.</p>
<p>Tack f&ouml;r senast.</p>
<p>Med v&auml;nlig h&auml;lsning, Lena Nyg&aring;rds, Kr&ouml;gare, Stockholm</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>"We think that Annelie is unique in her own way to convey knowledge"</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/we-think-that-annelie-is-unique-in-her-own-way-to-convey-kno.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/we-think-that-annelie-is-unique-in-her-own-way-to-convey-kno.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2011-05-24T10:23:13Z</published><updated>2011-05-24T10:23:13Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Annelie<br />We are a couple who in recent years devoted much time to  personal development. One of us is ready Gestalt therapist and worked as  a management consultant in his daily work, the other of us is in the  middle of his four-year therapist education. We think that Annelie is  unique in her own way to convey knowledge. She has a genuine commitment  and a strong internal momentum. She arouses the desire to explore,  challenge and gives courage - both in terms of Astanga yoga and  Vipassana meditation.</p>
<p>Annelie inspires - we will both be involved in  her retreat in &Aring;labodarna in June. We have also decided to go back to  Koh Lanta in December to continue "to go to learn" with Annelie.</p>
<p>Thomas, Gestalt Therapist and leadership consultant<br />Cissi, Project Manager in IT</p>
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<p>Till Annelie</p>
<p>Vi &auml;r ett par som under de senaste &aring;ren &auml;gnat mycket tid &aring;t personlig utveckling. En av oss &auml;r f&auml;rdig gestaltterapeut och verksam som ledarutvecklare i sitt dagliga arbete, den andre av oss &auml;r mitt i sin 4-&aring;riga gestaltutbildning. Vi tycker att Anneli &auml;r unik i sitt s&auml;tt att f&ouml;rmedla kunskap. Hon har ett &auml;kta engagemang och en stark inre drivkraft. Hon v&auml;cker lust att utforska, utmana och v&aring;ga - b&aring;de n&auml;r det g&auml;ller Ashtangayoga och Vipassanameditation.</p>
<p>Annelie inspirerar - vi kommer b&aring;da att medverka vid hennes retreat i &Aring;labodarna i juni. Vi har ocks&aring; beslutat oss f&ouml;r att &aring;ka tillbaka till Koh Lanta i december f&ouml;r att forts&auml;tta &rdquo;g&aring; i l&auml;ra&rdquo; hos Annelie.</p>
<p>Tomas, Gestaltterapeut och ledarskapskonsult<br />Cissi, Projektledare inom IT</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>"My comeback in Combat"</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/my-comeback-in-combat.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/my-comeback-in-combat.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2011-05-24T10:07:13Z</published><updated>2011-05-24T10:07:13Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>My comeback in Combat<br />Since about 1 years back,&nbsp; I`m sick due to  stress-related problems, both physically and mentally. This is caused by  many years of hard and demanding management job within IT and a messy  private life. <br />I've tried to get well in Sweden by therapy with  various psychologists and later even medication. Nothing has helped, on  the contrary, it felt like I went a step forward and 2 reverse.</p>
<p><br />I  started looking for alternative methods since conventional medicine did  not help, I tried healing, but that did only occasionally help,&nbsp; I felt  charged shortly afterwards but as before after a few days. It was not  enough ... and then came the idea of meditation and yoga. <br />There were  lot of courses in Stockholm, but I felt it was not for me, because I  had a demanding private life, where I have not managed to find  stress-free areas. I wanted to escape for a while from all worries that  held me down and just wanted to focus on myself and to be with myself.</p>
<p><br />Koh  Lanta in Thailand was an island I have visited several times before and  I really liked. I was thrilled when I found the link with Annelie's  courses. I contacted her and I was so moved by how benevolent and  flexible she helped to design the course just for my needs. I was not  used to it. I decided to go and meet her. What a meeting ... there was  something very powerful about her, I felt safe to talk and open up. I  immediately trusted her ability and knowledge and felt that I will get  what I need.</p>
<p><br />I went back to Sweden, packed and took the plane back to  Krabi. What a welcome I got ... taxi waiting for me at the airport,  back home in the house I welcomed with exotic Thai fruits (it was the  finishing touch on the following 24-hour trip), and the next morning I  was awoken by a warm smile from Annelie and the the Thai masseur that  went through my body ... suddenly I felt that there is hope ..</p>
<p><br />My  treatment consisted of yoga, meditation, medical Thai massage and long  conversation (which proved tough at times, but I am grateful for they  got me thinking). All this happened during 5 intense weeks. Everything  was brand new ... from trying to find the spirit and "follow the air",  staying focused during yoga, release all thoughts and coping with sounds  during meditation, to be "tortured" during massage. And then the  feeling of being like born-again. Practicing being in the present by  counting waves in the ocean or searching shells on the beach, learn  about how to think and be with myself, with ME ..... it was like I  stepped into another world, which I never want to lose touch with. What a  concept!</p>
<p><br />My expectations for the course were very modest: to be able  to relax a bit, get out of trouble and get rid of my pain in the  shoulder and back.</p>
<p><br />The result has surpassed my fantasies. It has not  only taught me to relax but I can now meditate - I "feel" my soul ....&nbsp; I  never thought that I would succeed. My pain in the body is gone, GONE.  .. I even know basic yoga .. I think I understand how I should get back  into combat and follow the game without becoming embroiled in it ....  Not letting any negative thoughts drain me ...</p>
<p><br />There is one trial  remaining: to successfully integrate all the things I've learned - now  when I go home to the "welfare society". I know now that I have access  to the knowledge of how powerful tools we have within. If we use them we  can move mountains ... or just face reality with a smile.</p>
<p><br />The  education / treatment package combined with a change of scenery and a  great teacher is uniquely effective. Annelie&acute;s commitment, big heart,  insight and compassion was not only the push that I needed, but she also  gave me tears of joy ...</p>
<p>Such an effect would never be possible to get back home in Sweden.</p>
<p>Thanks Annelie<br />Roxana B, mother of three, Head of IT industry</p>
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<p>Min comeback i combat</p>
<p>Sedan ca 1 &aring;r tillbaka &auml;r jag sjukskriven p g av stress relaterad symptom, b&aring;de fysisk och psykisk, orsakat av m&aring;nga &aring;r av h&aring;rt och kr&auml;vande management arbete inom IT branshen och en r&ouml;rigt privatliv. Jag har provat bli frisk i Sverige genom terapisamtal med diverse psykologer och senast &auml;ven medicinering. Inget har hj&auml;lpt, tv&auml;rtom, k&auml;ndes det som jag gick ett steg fram och 2 back.</p>
<p>Jag b&ouml;rjade leta efter alternativa metoder, eftersom konventionell medicin inte hj&auml;lpte, f&ouml;rs&ouml;kte t ex med healing, men det hj&auml;lpte endast stundvis, k&auml;nde mig laddat strax efter&aring;t men lika tumt efter n&aring;gra dagar. Det r&auml;ckte inte... och d&aring; kom id&egrave;n med meditation och yoga. Det fanns massa kurser i Stockholm , men jag k&auml;nde att det var inget f&ouml;r mig, eftersom jag hade en hetisk privat liv, d&auml;r jag inte lyckades hitta stressfria omr&aring;den. Jag ville rymma ett tag fr&aring;n alla m&aring;sten och bekymmer som h&ouml;ll mig nere och ville bara focusera p&aring; mig sj&auml;lv, vara med mig sj&auml;lv.</p>
<p>KohLanta i Thailand &auml;r en &ouml; som jag har bes&ouml;kt flera g&aring;nger och trivdes j&auml;ttebra. Jag blev glad n&auml;r jag hittade l&auml;nken med Annelis kurs. Jag tog kontakt med henne och jag blev s&aring; r&ouml;rd &ouml;ver hur v&auml;lvillig och flexibellt hon var med att utforma kursen just efter mina behov. Jag var inte van vid det. Jag best&auml;mde mig att &aring;ka och tr&auml;ffa henne. Vilket m&ouml;te... det var n&aring;got mycket kraftfullt i henne, k&auml;ndes tryggt att prata och &ouml;ppna mig. Jag fick genast f&ouml;rtoende f&ouml;r Annelie, och k&auml;nde att jag kommer att f&aring; det jag beh&ouml;ver.</p>
<p>&Aring;kte i Sverige, packade och tog planet tillbaka till Krabi. Vilket bem&ouml;tande jag fick... taxi v&auml;ntade p&aring; mig vid flygplatsen, v&auml;l hemma i huset bem&ouml;tes jag med exotiska Thail&auml;ndska frukter (det var pricken p&aring; i efter 24 timmars resa) , och morgonen d&auml;rp&aring; blev jag v&auml;ckt av ett varmt leende fr&aring;n Annelie samt. reflexiologen som gick igenom min kropp ... k&auml;nde pl&ouml;tsligt att det finns hopp ..</p>
<p>Min behandling bestod av yoga, meditation, reflexiologimassage och l&aring;nga samtal (som visade sig tuffa ibland, det &auml;r jag tacksam f&ouml;r, de fick mig att t&auml;nka). Allt detta har jag genomg&aring;tt mycket intensivt under 5 veckor. Det var s&aring; nytt... fr&aring;n att f&ouml;rs&ouml;ka hitta andan och &rdquo;f&ouml;lja luften&rdquo;, focusera inom yoga, sl&auml;ppa alla tankar och ljud i meditationen, bli &rdquo;torterad&rdquo; i reflexiologi massagen f&ouml;r att sedan k&auml;nna mig som p&aring;nyttf&ouml;dd, tr&auml;na att leva i nuet genom att r&auml;kna v&aring;gorna i havet eller leta &rdquo;r&auml;tt&rdquo; sn&auml;ckor p&aring; stranden, l&auml;ra om sig att t&auml;nka och var med mig sj&auml;lv, med JAG .....det var som jag klev in i en annan v&auml;rld, som jag aldrig vill tappa kontakten med. Vilket koncept!</p>
<p>Mina f&ouml;rv&auml;ntningar f&ouml;r kursen var v&auml;ldigt blygsamma: att kunna slappna av lite, komma ifr&aring;n bekymmer och bli av med mina sm&auml;rtor i axel och rygg.</p>
<p>Resultatet har &ouml;verstigit mina fantasier. Jag har inte bara l&auml;rt mig att slappna av utan jag kan numera meditera &ndash; jag &rdquo;k&auml;nner&rdquo; min sj&auml;l.... f&ouml;r vilket jag trodde aldrig att jag kommer att lyckas med. Mina sm&auml;rtor och f&ouml;rh&aring;rdnaden i axeln &auml;r t ex. borta, GONE. .. jag kan t o m grundyoga.. Jag tror att jag har f&ouml;rst&aring;tt hur ska jag kliva upp p&aring; l&auml;ktaren och f&ouml;lja matchen utan bli indragen i spelen....l&aring;ta alla negativa tankar rinna av ...</p>
<p>Det finns en pr&ouml;vning kvar: att lyckas integrera allt det jag har l&auml;rt mig - nu n&auml;r jag ska &aring;ka hem till &rdquo;v&auml;lf&auml;rdsamh&auml;llet&rdquo; . Jag k&auml;nner nu, att jag har f&aring;tt ta del av vetskapen om hur kraftiga verkyg vi har inom oss. Anv&auml;nder vi de s&aring; kan vi f&ouml;rflytta berg...eller bara m&ouml;ta verkligheten med en leende.</p>
<p>Den utbildningen / behandlingspaket i kombination med milj&ouml;ombyte och en fantastisk l&auml;rare &auml;r enast&aring;ende effektiv. Anellies engagemang, stora hj&auml;rta, insikt och medm&auml;nsklighet gav mig inte endast knuffen som jag beh&ouml;vde, utan hon &auml;ven t&aring;rar av gl&auml;dje...</p>
<p>En s&aring;dan effekt skulle jag aldrig kunna f&aring; hemma i Sverige.</p>
<p>Tack Annelie</p>
<p>Roxana B, 3 barnsmamma, Chef inom IT branschen</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>"I haven´t felt so calm and at ease with myself since 15-20 years ago"</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/i-havent-felt-so-calm-and-at-ease-with-myself-since-15-20-ye.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/i-havent-felt-so-calm-and-at-ease-with-myself-since-15-20-ye.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2011-04-05T09:47:00Z</published><updated>2011-04-05T09:47:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Letter to Annelie<br /><br />For various reasons related to my personality,  things happened to me and combined with a job with high stress level,  anxiety has constantly been present in my life for more than ten years.  At various occasions I have gone to therapists of various kinds, with  mixed results. The therapy, in my case, has only lessened the anxiety  for the moment but then it has come back.</p>
<p><br />Generally I am against  drugs but about two years ago, I decided to start medicating against  anxiety. This relieves the symptoms a bit, but is not something I want  to continue taking for a long time.<br />I've actually been curious about meditation and yoga my entire life, but never felt that I had the time or courage to try it. <br />But  now when I had the opportunity to take 2 week off, I gathered the  courage and spent it at Annelie&acute;s place in order to try out both yoga  and meditation in a relaxing environment.<br /><br />After a few days with  Annelie, practicing meditation and yoga at her wonderful retreat I  experienced peace and an embryonic sense of self, which was absolutely  fantastic. If I think back, I haven&acute;t felt so calm and at ease with  myself since 15-20 years ago . Annelies straight and simple way to  communicate felt so right for me in my situation. <br /><br />Annelies  meditation exercises are designed for us from the Western world and they  were easy to understand and follow even though I never practiced  before. <br />As I was feeling stronger, I tried to think of&nbsp; things that  normally gives me anxiety and to my surprise; I got no reaction from the  body. It was a wonderful feeling and that convinced me that if I follow  Annelies exercises and advice, I will shortly be able to handle my  anxiety in a completely different way and get a life of harmony and  balance.<br /><br />I&acute;m back into everyday life again now and&nbsp;&nbsp; I have  implemented the meditation, yoga and regular exercise into my life. I  still have a long way to go I realize, but it really feels like I'm in  the beginning of the construction of a new me. For this I thank Annelie  and myself too for giving me this opportunity. I am also extremely  grateful for the support and advice from you Annelie. Your way of seeing  life, your warm and funny personality is inspiring. Do not be surprised  if I show up again soon but then maybe I'll stay a bit longer..<br />&nbsp;<br />Man almost 40 ..</p>
<p>050411</p>
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<p>Brev till Anneli</p>
<p>Av olika anledningar relaterad till min personlighet, saker som h&auml;nt samt ett jobb med h&ouml;g stressniv&aring; har &aring;ngesten varit st&auml;ndigt n&auml;rvarande i drygt tio &aring;r. Vid olika tillf&auml;llen har jag g&aring;tt hos terapeuter av olika slag med blandad framg&aring;ng. Terapin, i mitt fall, har bara lindrat &aring;ngesten f&ouml;r stunden men den har efter en tid kommit tillbaka. Generellt &auml;r jag emot mediciner men f&ouml;r snart tv&aring; &aring;r sedan valde jag att b&ouml;rja medicinera mot &aring;ngesten. &Auml;ven detta lindrar symptomen men &auml;r inget jag vill h&aring;lla p&aring; med under en l&auml;ngre tid.</p>
<p>Jag har egentligen i hela mitt vuxna liv varit nyfiken p&aring; Meditation och Yoga men aldrig k&auml;nt att jag haft tid eller mod att prova p&aring;. Men nu n&auml;r tillf&auml;lle d&ouml;k upp att ta tv&aring; veckors semester tog jag mod till mig och valde att spendera dom hos Anneli och testa p&aring; b&aring;de Meditation och Yoga i en avslappnande milj&ouml;.</p>
<p>Redan efter ett par dagar hos Annelie med meditations- och yogatr&auml;ning p&aring; hennes h&auml;rliga retreat infann sig ett lugn och ett embryo till sj&auml;lvk&auml;nsla vilket var helt fantastiskt. Om jag t&auml;nker tillbaka &auml;r det nog &ouml;ver 15-20 &aring;r sedan jag k&auml;nde mig s&aring; lugn och tillfreds med mig sj&auml;lv. Annelies raka och enkla s&auml;tt att kommunicera k&auml;ndes helt r&auml;tt f&ouml;r mig i min situation. Annelies meditations&ouml;vningar &auml;r anpassade f&ouml;r oss i v&auml;stv&auml;rlden och var v&auml;ldigt l&auml;tta att f&ouml;rst&aring; &auml;ven f&ouml;r mig som aldrig ut&ouml;vat tidigare. Efterhand som jag k&auml;nde mig starkare pr&ouml;vade jag att t&auml;nka p&aring; just dom saker som normalt ger mig &aring;ngest och till min f&ouml;rv&aring;ning fick jag ingen reaktion fr&aring;n kroppen. Det var en helt underbar k&auml;nsla och som &ouml;vertygat mig om att om jag f&ouml;ljer Annelies &ouml;vningar och r&aring;d s&aring; kommer jag inom kort kunna hantera min &aring;ngest p&aring; ett helt annat s&auml;tt och f&aring; ett liv i harmoni och balans.</p>
<p>Efter mina tv&aring; veckor och tillbaka i vardagen har jag implementerat meditation och yoga plus vanlig tr&auml;ning i mitt liv. Jag har fortfarande en l&aring;ng v&auml;g att vandra det inser jag men det k&auml;nns verkligen som att jag &auml;r i b&ouml;rjan av uppbyggnaden av ett nytt jag och f&ouml;r detta vill jag tacka Annelie och &auml;ven mig sj&auml;lv som gett mig denna m&ouml;jlighet. Jag &auml;r ocks&aring; oerh&ouml;rt tacksam f&ouml;r st&ouml;det och r&aring;den fr&aring;n dig Annelie. Din syn p&aring; livet och varma och roliga personlighet &auml;r inspirerande. Bli inte f&ouml;rv&aring;nad om jag dyker upp snart igen men d&aring; kanske jag stannar lite l&auml;ngre..</p>
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<p>Man snart 40..</p>
<p>050411</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>"I´m grateful towards myself that I did this for my life"</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/im-grateful-towards-myself-that-i-did-this-for-my-life.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/im-grateful-towards-myself-that-i-did-this-for-my-life.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2011-03-05T09:49:00Z</published><updated>2011-03-05T09:49:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>My evaluation:</p>
<p>I came to The Retreat as a stressed out person,  after great many years with a overly pace of life, with responsibility  for my own business. Well I wanted a change in my life, to live it a  different way.<br /><br />And this was achieved. I traveled back home as a  pretty different person who came to the retreat and I had learned a  technique that will become a part of my every day. I can use my practice  each day, in every situation, to preserve the mental tranquility, focus  and concentration. After two weeks at the Retreat, I experience  security within that I did not have before. I can choose slowly. And I  know I will preserve it by doing my practice every day.<br /><br />During my  stay I have changed in noticeable ways. I sleep better, felt the  serenity spread, and became slower. I ate slowly (me who always eat  fast), walked slowly (I always hurried), acted slowly when shopping in  stores and talked less. I had not decided these changes, it happened  just as consequences of meditation training.<br /><br />What the Retreat is  all about is your own self-willed to walk into this.&nbsp; Annelie s amazing  ability to inspire, motivate and assist you when you become  self-critical and loses faith in your own ability to manage this.<br /><br />I  did my retreat very intensively with meditation every day during 12 day,  3 times a day, all together 4-5 hours daily meditation and also I did  yoga. <br />I gained a lot through this intense practice, it is demanding  to learn meditation I think, but the reward is huge! It is like having  your glasses polished, after being dirty for a long time. Is this what  the world look like! &nbsp;<br /><br />The Retreat is not the place for those who  seek Thailand's luxury and spa, etc. This is a plain, stripped of  beautification, but filled with soul and good atmosphere.</p>
<p>&nbsp;A lot of  sounds from animals, birds, motorbikes passing by, children playing, and  music from a bar nearby, making you believe at first that it will be  impossible to meditate and concentrate. After a few days you are  grateful for the sounds, and welcome them, because you have the skill to  shut them out- like a miracle &ndash; and you realize that you can meditate  anywhere, at the train, in town, at the airplane, in the waiting room,  at home with a noisy family around.<br /><br />For me it&acute;s very important that  the practice is realistic so it can be perform in real life. If I can  meditate a while every day, it&acute;s great, if not, I can as Annelie  reminded me of, know that the peace and tranquility is one breath  away.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />I&acute;m grateful towards myself that I did this for my life  and I&acute;m grateful towards Annelie for her inspiration, insights and her  enormous knowledge and exsperience. I look forward to next time when I  can bring my practice forth to a new level. <br /><br /><br />Tone 050 311</p>
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<p>Min vurdering:</p>
<p>Jeg kom til The Retreat som en stresset person, etter mange &aring;r med altfor h&oslash;yt tempo i livet, med ansvar for eget foretak. N&aring; ville jeg ha en endring, slutte &aring; la meg drive litt til og litt til, men klare erverve ro.</p>
<p>Og det var det jeg oppn&aring;dde. Jeg reiste hjem som en ganske annen person enn den som kom, og jeg har l&aelig;rt meg teknikker som blir varige. Som jeg kan ta i bruk hver dag, i enhver situasjon, for &aring; bevare mental ro, fokus og konsentrasjon. Etter to uker p&aring; The Retreat, opplever jeg en trygghet i meg selv som jeg ikke har hatt f&oslash;r. Den gj&oslash;r meg i stand til &aring; ta valg, og hvile i valget. Og jeg vet jeg vil bevare dette, s&aring; sant jeg fortsetter &aring; trene p&aring; teknikkene og holde dem ved like.</p>
<p>I l&oslash;pet av oppholdet forandret jeg meg p&aring; merkbare m&aring;ter. Jeg sov bedre, kjente en indre ro bre seg, og ble langsommere. Jeg spiste langsomt (jeg som alltid har spist fort), gikk langsomt (og jeg som alltid har hastet), handlet langsomt i butikker, slo av en prat. Ikke fordi jeg hadde bestemt meg for det, det skjedde bare som en konsekvens av meditasjonstreningen.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Det b&aelig;rende element i det som skjer p&aring; The Retreat, er din egen vilje til &aring; g&aring; inn i dette, og Annelies fantastiske evne til &aring; inspirere, motivere og hjelpe deg med motet n&aring;r du blir selvkritisk og sier til deg selv at dette klarer jeg jo ikke. Jeg satset veldig intensivt, men meditasjon hver dag i 12 dager, 3 ganger om dagen, til sammen 4-5 timer daglig, og med yoga i tillegg. Jeg tror jeg fikk stort utbytte av den grunn, for det er krevende &aring; l&aelig;re meditasjon synes jeg, men l&oslash;nnen er enorm! Det er som &aring; f&aring; pusset brillene, n&aring;r det lenge har v&aelig;rt dugg og skitt p&aring; dem. Er det slik verden ser ut!</p>
<p>The Retreat er ikke stedet for de som s&oslash;ker Thailands luksus og spa etc. Dette er plain, strippet for j&aring;leri, men fullt av sjel og god atmosf&aelig;re. Mye lyder fra dyr, fugler, mopeder som kj&oslash;rer forbi, barn som leker, musikk fra en bar i n&aelig;rheten, f&aring;r deg i begynnelsen til &aring; tro at her kan du ikke fokusere og konsentrere deg. Etter f&aring; dager takker du alle lyder, og vil gjerne ha flere, for du klarer &aring; kutte dem ut &ndash; mirakul&oslash;st &ndash; og idet du mestrer det, forst&aring;r du at du kan meditere og oppn&aring; ro, hvor som helst, n&aring;r som helst, p&aring; toget, p&aring; flyet, p&aring; venterommet, hjemme med en br&aring;kete familie rundt.&nbsp;</p>
<p>For meg ble det ogs&aring; viktig at dette er et realistisk opplegg. Klarer jeg &aring; meditere litt hver dag, er det fint, og klarer jeg det ikke, kan jeg, som Annelie minnet om, vite at roen er et &aring;ndedrett unna.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Jeg takker meg selv for at jeg gjorde denne innsatsen for livet mitt, og Annelie for hennes inspirasjon, klokhet og enorme kunnskap og erfaring. Jeg gleder meg alt til neste gang, og jeg kan ta dette enda et hakk videre.</p>
<p>Tone 050311</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>"There is nothing to be afraid of, it's just to let go"</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/there-is-nothing-to-be-afraid-of-its-just-to-let-go.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/there-is-nothing-to-be-afraid-of-its-just-to-let-go.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2010-08-16T09:51:00Z</published><updated>2010-08-16T09:51:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>It sounds so clich&eacute;, "good girl". Self-effacing has being painted as a  virtue. I saw it not as a virtue, more as a duty. I sensed all these  living beings who suffer. It was overwhelming. I felt I had a good time  at their expense, for I had not earned more than the well-being. I wore  all the evil of the world on my shoulders and took on the responsibility  to patch up my surroundings.<br /><br />I've been this way as long as I can  remember, even as a child. I was the child who did not tell anyone that  she had a fever and vomited because the rest of the family also had a  fever and vomited and someone must take care of them. On Christmas Eve, I  had anxiety about all children are starving even on Christmas. "Mom,  you should be grateful, you've never had to watch your children starve."  If someone killed a spider, I started to cry. If I broke a twig on a  bush, I got a guilty conscience. I was referred to as hypersensitive and  was taught not to burden others with my exaggerated emotions.&nbsp; Well you  should bite the bullet, well okay, I bite and bite until I couldn&acute;t  continue.<br /><br />Two years ago I was a 20-year-old who had already been  diagnosed chronic fatigue syndrome, panic disorder, and had walked into  that famous wall. I had come home after nine wonderful months as a  volunteer on the other side of the world and studied the first years of  my education in Sweden. I felt "forced" to always performance peak  results on exams, while continuing to devote my time to save all  vulnerable people and animals.<br /><br />Now I know that these demands on  myself was counterproductive. I did not know how to listen inward, only  how to listen out, so suddenly one day, bang there was apparently a  wall. It did not make suffering less in the world. All in all, it turned  out in greater suffering. <br />I was a prisoner in my own body, I lived  in my greatest enemy and it let me not even ride the bus some days. With  these conditions I couldn&acute;t contribute much good in the world, the  truth is that the ability to help others is directly related to how  balanced we are. To recharge is not selfish.<br /><br />By practicing  mindfulness, I've learned to take care of myself and treat myself with  love. When I feel good and live in the present, I can channel my energy  and my commitment to be present in what I do, instead of my commitment  to engage in all directions simultaneously. I've learned that I can do  good deeds and help others without losing myself, because I refill my  energy by meditation. In the good I do, I can allow myself to enjoy what  I create here and now, instead of having a guilty conscience that I can  not create prosperous everywhere on earth. I can lend my wings but I  can not give them away. I am foremost me, not a student or my future  career, not someone's friend or relative, not a hero who will save the  world. The most important thing is to be true to myself, to listen  within. I'm not there yet, I'm just starting my journey and this is a  lifelong job, but I have begun to move in a new direction and feel that I  have chosen the right path.<br /><br />When I came to the retreat I had  been free of panic attacks for a year, thanks to CBT combined with hard  work. I thought I was cured and that everything was fine. Going on  retreat, I saw that something more exciting to try, mostly because my  stiff body could benefit from yoga and that it would be nice to relax. <br />That  the retreat would change my life, I had no idea. It was anything but  relaxing. Instead, began a journey inwards, deep into myself, with  strong emotions, anxiety and pain. For the first time in my life I  listened inward. I do not need to analyze what's there, what is the core  of the pain; I need only observe what is happening and accept it.<br /><br />I  grew up in an environment where there is skepticism about what is  considered spiritual. This, combined with me my own training you&acute;re  drilled in the search for scientific explanations before I accept  things, should perhaps have generated a bit of skepticism when I came in  contact with the meditation and the spiritual atmosphere of the  retreat. That did not happen. I was open and had nothing to lose. Now I  need no explanation, my experiences with this powerful tool, which is  sufficient oxygen to my confidence in my ability to do good to others.<br /><br />When  I left the retreat I was afraid. It felt scared to return to everyday  life and continue on my own. I worried how people around me would  receive the newly discovered side of me. Still, I was in euphoria on the  train to my hometown. I listened to music, enjoying the beautiful  scenery which swept past outside the window and felt I could handle  anything, "bring it on!".<br /><br />Now I've been home for a month and  everything has gone well. I still meditate every morning, makes a brief  relaxation exercise every morning and remind myself that living in the  moment as often as I can. In the beginning it was hard and it showed up  difficulties which I had not thought of before I got home. Then I  emailed Annelie and got sensible answers. It feels good to have her  guidance and support and I hope she knows my gratitude. I also bought  home a number of exciting books to study. To let myself be inspired by  all the knowledge and wisdom contained in mindfulness.<br /><br />Sometimes it  feels overwhelming and scary, when I think that this is something I&acute;ll  do every day for the rest of my life. Then I register the idea as a  thought and try to bring myself to the present. If I just take one  moment at a time it is not overwhelming. There are many things we do  every day without feeling overwhelmed by the fact that it has become a  habit, we brush, we cook, we go to work / school etc..This will mean  that I must take my time for meditation every day, even if some days are  just a breath, it will eventually become a habit. I need not consider  whether it is worth it or evaluate the progress. I just need to do it  every day.<br /><br />My life has also been affected at other levels. I put  more care to select and cook the food I eat, I do yoga exercises almost  every day and feel how my body slowly moves easier. I take each day as  it comes and thinking less about the future. I have also changed the way  I relax. Before, I did so often in front of the TV watching half  crappie programs, to avoid thinking. Now I prefer a walk (preferably  barefoot for some reason), reading a book or sit idle and enjoy the  tranquility. These changes have come by themselves.<br />The people around  me have accepted the new things in my life, each according to their  ability. Some people it has been harder for, others have done it with  ease and with a few friends, I have had great conversations where we  have gone into more depth of this approach. I have also come to realize  that I do not have to convince or explain myself to anyone else. I  practiced for my sake and also the others will get a taste of the fruit  that I can reap when I, with mindfulness implemented in my life, let the  pupa develops into a butterfly in its own natural pace.<br /><br />I feel like I  look at other people in a different way now than before. I think I see  them with little clearer eyes, more as they really are and less through  the veil of my own and others' thoughts and opinions about them. We are  all human, we all have weaknesses and we can not help it.&nbsp; The same goes  for me. When someone's human shortcomings are evident, or when  something unexpected happens, you can choose to see it as an exercise  and learn something from it instead of reacting with suffering and  frustration. Everything that has happened in my life - both the events  that generated joy and those who have produced grief - has brought me  here, to this and the insights I'm about to absorb. I am grateful.<br />It's  okay to feel pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow. To show emotion  is strength, not a weakness. There is nothing to be afraid of, it's just  to let go.<br />20100816</p>
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<p>Det l&aring;ter s&aring; klyschigt; &rdquo;duktig flicka&rdquo;. Sj&auml;lvutpl&aring;nande m&aring;las upp som en dygd. Jag s&aring;g det emellertid inte som en dygd, mer som en plikt. Alla dessa levande varelser som lider. &Ouml;verv&auml;ldigande. Jag k&auml;nde att jag hade det bra p&aring; deras bekostnad, f&ouml;r jag hade ju inte f&ouml;rtj&auml;nat v&auml;lm&aring;endet mer &auml;n de. Jag bar all v&auml;rldens ondska p&aring; mina axlar och tog p&aring; mig ansvaret att lappa ihop min omgivning.</p>
<p>Jag har varit s&aring;dan s&aring; l&auml;nge jag kan minnas, &auml;ven som barn. Ett barn som inte talade om f&ouml;r n&aring;gon att hon hade feber och kr&auml;ktes f&ouml;r att de andra i familjen ocks&aring; hade feber och kr&auml;ktes och n&aring;gon m&aring;ste ju ta hand om dem. P&aring; julafton hade jag &aring;ngest &ouml;ver att andra barn sv&auml;lter &auml;ven p&aring; julen. &rdquo;Mamma, du ska vara tacksam, du har aldrig beh&ouml;vt se dina barn sv&auml;lta&rdquo;. Om n&aring;gon d&ouml;dade en spindel b&ouml;rjade jag gr&aring;ta. Om jag br&ouml;t en kvist p&aring; en buske fick jag d&aring;ligt samvete. Jag blev kallad &ouml;verk&auml;nslig och fick l&auml;ra mig att inte belasta andra med mina &ouml;verdrivna k&auml;nslor. &rdquo;Bit ihop&rdquo;. Jaha man ska bita ihop, ja okej, jag biter och biter tills jag f&aring;r bettskena p&aring; natten.</p>
<p>F&ouml;r tv&aring; &aring;r sedan var jag en 20-&aring;ring som redan hade provat p&aring; utmattningsdepression, f&aring;tt paniksyndrom och traskat in i den d&auml;r v&auml;lk&auml;nda v&auml;ggen. Jag hade kommit hem efter nio underbara m&aring;nader som volont&auml;r p&aring; andra sidan jorden och sedan l&auml;st det f&ouml;rsta &aring;ret p&aring; min utbildning i Sverige. Jag var &rdquo;tvungen&rdquo; att alltid prestera toppresultat p&aring; tentorna, villkorsl&ouml;st st&auml;lla upp f&ouml;r alla runt omkring mig och samtidigt forts&auml;tta &auml;gna mig &aring;t att r&auml;dda alla utsatta m&auml;nniskor och djur.</p>
<p>Nu vet jag att dessa krav p&aring; mig sj&auml;lv var kontraproduktiva. Jag visste inte hur man lyssnade in&aring;t, bara hur man lyssnade ut&aring;t, s&aring; pl&ouml;tsligt en dag small det f&ouml;r d&auml;r stod det tydligen en v&auml;gg. Det gjorde ju inte lidandet mindre i v&auml;rlden. Summa summarum blev ju lidandet st&ouml;rre. Jag blev en f&aring;nge i min egen kropp, jag bodde i min st&ouml;rsta fiende och den l&auml;t mig inte ens &aring;ka buss vissa dagar. Med de f&ouml;ruts&auml;ttningarna g&ouml;r man inte mycket nytta i v&auml;rlden, f&ouml;r sanningen &auml;r att f&ouml;rm&aring;gan att hj&auml;lpa andra st&aring;r i direkt relation till hur balanserad man &auml;r. Att tanka energi &auml;r s&aring;ledes inte sj&auml;lviskt.</p>
<p>Genom att praktisera mindfulness har jag l&auml;rt mig att ta hand om mig sj&auml;lv och behandla mig sj&auml;lv med k&auml;rlek. N&auml;r jag m&aring;r bra och lever i nuet kan jag kanalisera min energi och mitt engagemang f&ouml;r att vara n&auml;rvarande i det jag g&ouml;r, ist&auml;llet f&ouml;r att mitt engagemang spretar &aring;t alla h&aring;ll samtidigt. Jag har l&auml;rt mig att jag kan utf&ouml;ra goda handlingar och hj&auml;lpa andra utan att f&ouml;rlora mig sj&auml;lv, eftersom jag fyller p&aring; energi i meditationens icke-handlande. I det goda jag g&ouml;r kan jag till&aring;ta mig att njuta av det jag skapar h&auml;r och nu, ist&auml;llet f&ouml;r att ha d&aring;ligt samvete &ouml;ver att jag inte kan skapa v&auml;lm&aring;ende &ouml;verallt p&aring; jorden. Jag kan l&aring;na ut mina vingar men jag kan inte ge bort dem. Jag &auml;r i f&ouml;rsta hand jag, inte student eller mitt framtida yrke, inte n&aring;gons v&auml;n eller sl&auml;kting, inte en hj&auml;lte som ska r&auml;dda v&auml;rlden. Det viktigaste &auml;r att vara sann mot mig sj&auml;lv, att lyssna in&aring;t, s&aring; kommer orken till att vara good enough inom de andra omr&aring;dena som ett brev p&aring; posten. Jag &auml;r inte d&auml;r &auml;n, jag &auml;r bara i b&ouml;rjan av min resa och detta &auml;r ett livsl&aring;ngt arbete, men jag har b&ouml;rjat att g&aring; i en ny riktning och k&auml;nner att jag har valt r&auml;tt v&auml;g.</p>
<p>N&auml;r jag kom till retreatet hade jag varit fri fr&aring;n panikattacker under ett &aring;rs tid, tack vare KBT kombinerat med h&aring;rt arbete. Jag trodde att jag var botad och att allting var bra. Att &aring;ka p&aring; retreat s&aring;g jag mer som n&aring;got sp&auml;nnande att prova p&aring;, mest f&ouml;r att min stela kropp kunde beh&ouml;va lite yoga och f&ouml;r att det skulle vara sk&ouml;nt med avkoppling. Att det skulle f&ouml;r&auml;ndra mitt liv hade jag ingen aning om. Det var allt annat &auml;n avkopplande. Ist&auml;llet inleddes en resa in&aring;t, djupt ner i mig sj&auml;lv, som skulle bjuda p&aring; starka k&auml;nslor, &aring;ngest och sm&auml;rta. F&ouml;r f&ouml;rsta g&aring;ngen i mitt liv lyssnade jag in&aring;t. Jag beh&ouml;ver inte analysera vad som finns d&auml;r, vad som &auml;r k&auml;rnan till sm&auml;rtan, jag beh&ouml;ver bara iaktta det som sker och acceptera det.</p>
<p>Jag &auml;r uppvuxen i en milj&ouml; d&auml;r det r&aring;der skepsis kring s&aring;dant som anses andligt. Detta i kombination med att jag p&aring; min utbildning har blivit drillad i att s&ouml;ka vetenskapliga f&ouml;rklaringar innan jag tar n&aring;got till mig borde kanske ha genererat en viss skepticism n&auml;r jag m&ouml;tte meditationen och den andliga atmosf&auml;ren p&aring; retreatet. S&aring; blev inte fallet. Jag var &ouml;ppen och hade inget att f&ouml;rlora. Nu beh&ouml;ver jag inga f&ouml;rklaringar, mina upplevelser av detta kraftfulla verktyg r&auml;cker som syre &aring;t min tilltro till dess f&ouml;rm&aring;ga att g&ouml;ra gott.</p>
<p>N&auml;r jag l&auml;mnade retreatet vad jag r&auml;dd. Det k&auml;ndes l&auml;skigt att &aring;terv&auml;nda till vardagen och forts&auml;tta p&aring; egen hand. Jag oroade mig f&ouml;r hur m&auml;nniskorna i min omgivning skulle ta emot den nyuppt&auml;ckta sidan av mig. &Auml;nd&aring; satt jag i ett lyckorus p&aring; t&aring;get mot min hemstad. Jag lyssnade p&aring; musik, nj&ouml;t av det vackra landskapet som svepte f&ouml;rbi utanf&ouml;r f&ouml;nstret och k&auml;nde att jag skulle kunna klara vad som helst, &rdquo;bring it on!&rdquo;.</p>
<p>Nu har jag varit hemma i en m&aring;nad och det har g&aring;tt bra. Jag mediterar fortfarande varje morgon, g&ouml;r en kort avslappnings&ouml;vning varje kv&auml;ll och p&aring;minner mig sj&auml;lv om att leva i nuet s&aring; ofta jag f&ouml;rm&aring;r. I b&ouml;rjan var det sv&aring;rt och det d&ouml;k upp sv&aring;righeter som jag inte hade t&auml;nkt p&aring; innan jag kom hem. D&aring; mailade jag Annelie och fick kloka svar. Det k&auml;nns tryggt att ha hennes v&auml;gledning och st&ouml;d och jag hoppas att hon k&auml;nner min tacksamhet. Jag har &auml;ven k&ouml;pt hem ett flertal sp&auml;nnande b&ouml;cker att varva med studentlitteraturen fram&ouml;ver, f&ouml;r att l&aring;ta mig inspireras av all den kunskap och visdom som finns inom mindfulness.</p>
<p>Ibland k&auml;nns det &ouml;verv&auml;ldigande och skr&auml;mmande, n&auml;r jag t&auml;nker att detta &auml;r n&aring;got som jag ska g&ouml;ra varje dag under resten av mitt liv. D&aring; registrerar jag den tanken som en tanke och f&ouml;rs&ouml;ker att &aring;terf&ouml;ra mig sj&auml;lv till nuet. Om jag bara tar ett &ouml;gonblick i s&auml;nder s&aring; &auml;r det inte lika &ouml;verv&auml;ldigande. Det finns mycket vi g&ouml;r varje dag utan att det k&auml;nns &ouml;verv&auml;ldigande eftersom det har blivit en vana; vi borstar t&auml;nderna, vi lagar mat, vi g&aring;r till jobbet/skolan osv. Det handlar allts&aring; om att jag m&aring;ste ta mig tid f&ouml;r meditation varje dag, &auml;ven om det vissa dagar bara blir ett andetag, s&aring; kommer det till slut att bli en vana. Jag beh&ouml;ver inte fundera p&aring; huruvida det &auml;r v&auml;rt det eller utv&auml;rdera eventuella framsteg, jag beh&ouml;ver bara g&ouml;ra det varje dag s&aring; f&aring;r vi se varth&auml;n det b&auml;r.</p>
<p>Mitt liv har &auml;ven blivit p&aring;verkat p&aring; andra plan. Jag l&auml;gger ner mer omsorg p&aring; att v&auml;lja ut och tillaga maten jag &auml;ter, jag g&ouml;r yoga&ouml;vningar n&auml;stan varje dag och k&auml;nner hur kroppen sakta men s&auml;kert blir smidigare, jag tar dagen mer som den kommer och funderar mindre p&aring; framtiden. Jag har &auml;ven &auml;ndrat mitt s&auml;tt att koppla av. F&ouml;rut gjorde jag det ofta framf&ouml;r ett halvkasst TV-program, f&ouml;r att slippa t&auml;nka. Nu tar jag hellre en promenad (g&auml;rna barfota av n&aring;gon anledning), l&auml;ser en bok eller sitter sysslol&ouml;s och njuter av stillheten. Dessa f&ouml;r&auml;ndringar &auml;r inte byggda p&aring; medvetna val, de har kommit av sig sj&auml;lva.</p>
<p>M&auml;nniskorna runtomkring mig har accepterat det nya i min livsstil, var och en efter egen f&ouml;rm&aring;ga. N&aring;gra har haft sv&aring;rare f&ouml;r det, andra har gjort det med l&auml;tthet och med enstaka v&auml;nner har jag haft fantastiska samtal d&auml;r vi har g&aring;tt in mer p&aring; djupet av detta syns&auml;tt. Jag har &auml;ven kommit till insikt om att jag inte beh&ouml;ver &ouml;vertyga eller f&ouml;rklara mig f&ouml;r n&aring;gon annan. Jag praktiserar f&ouml;r min skull och &auml;ven de andra kommer f&aring; smaka av frukten som jag kan sk&ouml;rda n&auml;r jag, med mindfulness implementerat i mitt liv, l&aring;ter puppan utvecklas till en fj&auml;ril i sin egen naturliga takt.</p>
<p>Det k&auml;nns som att jag ser p&aring; andra m&auml;nniskor p&aring; ett lite annorlunda s&auml;tt nu j&auml;mf&ouml;rt med tidigare. Jag tror att jag ser dem med en lite klarare blick, lite mer s&aring; som de verkligen &auml;r och mindre genom sl&ouml;jan av mina egna och andras tankar och &aring;sikter om dem. Alla &auml;r vi m&auml;nniskor, alla har vi brister och det kan vi inte r&aring; f&ouml;r. Likas&aring; jag sj&auml;lv. N&auml;r n&aring;gons m&auml;nskliga tillkortakommanden g&ouml;r sig p&aring;minda, eller n&auml;r n&aring;got ov&auml;ntat h&auml;nder, kan man v&auml;lja att se det som en &ouml;vning och l&auml;ra sig n&aring;got av det ist&auml;llet f&ouml;r att reagera med lidande eller frustration. Allt som har h&auml;nt i mitt liv - b&aring;de de h&auml;ndelser som har alstrat gl&auml;dje och de som har frambringat sorg - har f&ouml;rt mig hit, till detta s&ouml;kande och den insikt jag h&aring;ller p&aring; att v&auml;xa in i. Det &auml;r jag tacksam f&ouml;r.</p>
<p>Det &auml;r okej att k&auml;nna, b&aring;de njutning och sm&auml;rta, b&aring;de gl&auml;dje och sorg. Att visa k&auml;nslor &auml;r en styrka, inte en svaghet. Det finns inget att vara r&auml;dd f&ouml;r, det &auml;r bara att sl&auml;ppa taget.</p>
<p>20100816</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>"People talk about the "speaking silence" and that's really true"</title><id>http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/people-talk-about-the-speaking-silence-and-thats-really-true.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lantayogameditation.com/comments/people-talk-about-the-speaking-silence-and-thats-really-true.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2010-08-13T09:55:00Z</published><updated>2010-08-13T09:55:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Quiet Retreat in Vikarbyn July 2010</p>
<p>Why do you drive on quiet  retreat? What is it that attracts? Probably several things: you want to  be removed from the daily bustle and the over-stimulation we experience  daily, but perhaps mainly because for once, be alone with yourself and  your thoughts. A both alluring and frightening idea! <br />Remember that  first night I had palpitations without really understanding why. But  yes, we need the silence, it is magical, strong, and raises so many  feelings and observations, and gives us a healthy distance from what we  believe is our true inner self.<br />A combination of five hours of  meditation and three hours of yoga every day became a crash course in  dealing with you! Imagine the strength it gives to know that you  actually can do it, we do not always need to hire therapists and other  experts to do well, but can heal ourselves. It provides security, trust  in oneself and a lovely peaceful feeling in my stomach. Now I would not  say that I come in "target" after a week, but it was a fantastic  kick-start of something new, something to work on and something to look  forward to. But it requires time, commitment, a bit spare and a belief  that we can change and evolve, that the law largely is only we ourselves  can determine how well or bad we want to feel.<br />Therefore, I can  heartily recommend Annelies quiet retreats; she has developed a very  simple, still difficult, concept for us restless, troubled souls who  have come so far from a natural lifestyle. We are looking at a plethora  of more or less serious "quick fix". I appreciated very much Annelies  focused, wholehearted and straightforward approach and her ability to  offer her selves, her experiences and knowledge. It was also good that  with her guidance free to decide the degree of spirituality that we  could digest.<br />People talk about the "speaking silence" and that's  really true. Few things are as rich as a great silence - because that is  where we find ourselves!<br />Ingrid Sandstrom<br />Stockholm 100 813</p>]]></content></entry></feed>
