looking back

My first week of #yogaeverydamnday has been absolutely amazing. I already feel the benefits of regular yoga practice. My body feels stronger, leaner and more beautiful. My mind deals with problems in an efficient and more practical way which leaves more space for peace, love and positive focus. I find myself feeling a lot less guilty for saying no to people. I've always had way too much on my plate and never had the conscience to say no when people asked me to do stuff, but now I'm finding room and peace in my mind to create space in my life. Please follow me on instagram @officialtrine for daily updates on my yoga journey.

Vegan Wonder

    

I would love to live a purely vegan life, perhaps even raw food vegan, but I don't think it'll happen. At least not any time soon. Over the years I've learnt that I'm the kind of person who needs a consistent external environment to commit to certain types of lifestyle changes. Hopefully lots of yoga and meditation can help me change that and become a more "settled" soul, but for now it is what it is. That doesn't stop me from pretending though! In the end it's about what makes me feel good, inside and out. 

In Norway we have a very limited selection of foods for people with any sort of restriction to their diet. Even something so common as lactose and gluten free alternatives are hard to find. A good example is how I've only ever come across one coffee shop that offers soy-milk, and it was located at the airport of one of Norway's largest cities. I hope that over the summer, when I move down south, I'll have more options and it will feel more natural to chose plant over animal. 

Back To Basics

My wonderful vegan breakfast consisting of pure coconut water, antioxidant-filled blueberries, green tea with chamomile and last, but not least, the daily essential when in Norway; orange!

I've been a vegetarian for over 6 years, but last summer I started eating fish to see if it would give me a punch health-wise. I've given it a solid try, but I really don't feel much of a difference, if any, so I've decided to go back to vegetarianism, but to adopt an even more plant based diet. From experience I know that dietary changes requires dedication, but I want to eat with a clean conscience and go back to feeling amazing in my own skin, so it's a commitment I'm more than willing to make. 

Living in this age of time makes it so easy to find inspiration and help to make lifestyle changes and mold your mind and body to become the person you want to be. I hope that this blog can be a sort of inspirational space consisting of inspiring texts, tips and pictures I've accumulated.

I'm off to walk my little dog, Tia, and then work, but please share your tips and thoughts in the comments below! 

Love & Peace Triné

Embarking on my yoga journey

I've been doing yoga on and off for a few years. When I moved abroad for college at seventeen I stopped dancing and yoga took its place. I don't actually think I knew I was doing yoga in the beginning. Listening to music and doing my stretching routine always had a meditative effect on me. It helped me relax, regenerate and focus.

After an exhausting final year of university, heartaches and let-downs I re-discovered yoga and its healing effects. This summer I made the decision to go to India one year from now to do a 200 Hour Teacher Training Course. As of today I will do yoga every day till I arrive at the retreat in India. Once a week or so I will post an update and summery as well as share my plans for the coming week.

I think it's beneficial for the yoga practice to have some sort of intent or objective. I often find it very hard to get into the right state of mind in order to reap the full benefits of doing yoga, thus one of my main goals is to spend more time meditating and practicing "letting go" or "shutting out" the noise. I also hope to develop a greater inner calm and gain physical strength and stamina.

I hope you will take part in my journey, comment and share your own. Reading about other people's yoga practices has given me so much inspiration which is one of the reasons I wish to share my own.