How to find the light when winter is at its darkest in the northern hemisphere! And what the winter season invites us to do!

And is yoga really making you strong? Me competing in the Swedish Bodybuilding Championships. The picture above shows me some 20+ years ago. I look quite strong; however, my strength was very artificial, meaning it was almost entirely focused on my "outer layer." My spine was very weak, I had pretty low mind-body integration, and my nervous system, endocrine system, and parts of my body had strong energetic blocks that made me weak when it came to combining many muscle groups

While Eastern and Western approaches to health share the goal of promoting well-being and treating illness, they differ in their foundations, philosophies, and methods. Eastern health philosophy, for example, Chinese medicine, considers the body, mind, and consciousness as an interconnected system where maintaining balance and harmony is crucial. The Wu Xing theory outlines five phases: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water, that are linked to meridians, organs, our mind, emoti

Prana is the vital life force that flows through everything in this universe, both external and internal. We find prana in nature, in the sunlight, and in the water, and it is distributed throughout the body via energy channels called Nadis in Sanskrit and Meridians in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Prana influences every facet of our being—physical, mental, and spiritual. You can survive several minutes without breathing, but not a single minute without prana. We cannot see