Inspiration found me sooner than expected, when I traveled to Nösen Yoga Mountain Lodge and Retreat Center during the Easter holidays. This place, just a 3 hour drive from Oslo, deserves some attention and you deserve to know about it's existence. Nösen was founded and is run by Alexander Medin, a well- known and respected Ashtanga Yoga teacher from Norway. Since he took over the place it has housed amazing events and retreats with both local and international teachers, teac

As described on the Jivamukti Yoga webpage, www.jivamuktiyoga.com: "The Jivamukti Method is grounded in the original meaning of the Sanskrit word asana as “seat, connection” – relationship to the Earth. Earth implies all of life. Citing Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, which states that asana should be sthira and sukham, Jivamukti Yoga maintains that one’s relationship to others (asana) should be mutually beneficial and come from a consistent (sthira) place of joy and happiness (sukha