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Doing Time, Doing Vipassana

March 20, 2018

During my travels in 2016, I was fortunate to spend two weeks at Purple Valley, a magical yoga retreat in Goa, India. On one of our movie nights at Purple Valley, we watched the documentary: Doing Time, Doing Vipassana. It shows a breakthrough in prison reform in 1993 when Kiran Bedi strove to turn Tihar Jail in New Delhi, notorious for its inhuman conditions and one of the largest high-security prison complexes in the world, into a peaceful ashram.

Karma Yoga

January 26, 2018

Sari Fried

Karma yoga, or selfless service, is one of the paths of yoga and is the yoga of action. It is performing every action, both on and off the mat, in totality, with complete presence, authenticity and love, without any expectation to receive anything in return. It is a powerful way to transform ourselves, to break out of the cycle of likes and dislikes: the cycle of attachment that leads to suffering.

Interview with John Scott on Returning to Nature

January 24, 2018

John Scott

In this interview with John Scott we talk about using a relationship to nature to deepen your understanding of self and your yoga practice. As always, John has loads to share and inspires us to explore beyond our normal existence.

Josefin, what’s this about you doing yoga in Prison?

January 29, 2015

Josefin Wikstrom

When I heard about Josefin being in a Swedish prison, i thought that can’t be right, not our sweet bollywood dancing energy power house. Then I found out more and it all made sense, Josefin is taking yoga to the prisoners. I love to see yoga used in these inspiring ways and I had to ask her to tell us about it.

What sort of work you are doing with dance and yoga in the Mumbai slums?

November 7, 2014

Josefin Wikstrom

I met Josefin a few years ago and was taken by her joy of life and enthusiasm for using dance and yoga to help people in unfortunate circumstances. With my new column up and running I thought it was a great opportunity to share with you some of the inspirational work that is happening. India has been Josefin’s second home for the past 20 years where she has dedicated her time to learn yoga and dance her passions in life. She discovered the happiness and freedom in the practice, seeing the effects from yoga in people from all different paths of life she decided to start teaching in 2005.

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Prison yoga

Doing Time, Doing Vipassana

Karma Yoga

Interview with John Scott on Returning to Nature

Josefin, what’s this about you doing yoga in Prison?

What sort of work you are doing with dance and yoga in the Mumbai slums?

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