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Free Guided Meditations and more at Insight Timer See more

Excellent & Profound Clairvoyent Readings and Classes by my wife Karina Larsen on Zoom

Available for Private Yoga & Meditation Retreats in beautiful Bornholm

Yoga Classes in Bornholm - Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays starting January 6, 7 & 9 at AOF.dk See more at AOF

2025 Yoga & Meditation Retreats (9th season) at Snoghøj Højskolen week 26 (June 22-28), week 28 (July 6-12) and week 37 (September 7-13) See more

 

What is Meditation?

Meditation is one of the most positively transformative things you can learn in your life. It has helped countless billions since it first started in India many thousands of years ago.

Every year more and more scientific studies show that learning to meditate and practicing consistently can lead to dramatic improvements in one's mental and physical health, self-esteem, emotional and qualitative intelligence and perhaps most importantly - happiness.  Some studies have even shown how meditation can change the structure of the brain for the better.

One may ask "How can meditation be of any help for me?" 

It will be a unique experience for each person, but here is one example of what it did to me: One day when in graduate school (2002) I went to the library to study, and I was happily surprised to notice that my studying abilities had increased remarkably; I had never been able to sit and study for very long but this time I was able to sit for 5 hours straight and absorb everything I read!  But the next time I went to study, my efficiency dropped by nearly 100% - in 4 hours I barely read 4 or 5 pages.  I was stunned.  What happened?  I suddenly realized that he other day I had meditated early in the morning before the study session.  This personal evidence really fuelled my enthusiasm to meditate more frequently, more consistently.  And thus my graduate school experience was much less stressful and much more productive and inspiring than it would've been otherwise.

Benefits of Meditation:

  • Improves attention, concentration, focus, and awareness
  • Reduces stress, reactivity and negativity
  • Improves cognitive skills and creativity
  • Cultivates a deeper, more relaxed present moment awareness
  • Increased self-contentment & self-esteem
  • Increased emotional intelligence
  • Increased grey matter in the brain
  • Decreased depression
  • Decreased anxiety
  • Increased compassion (especially towards oneself)

How it works:

Meditation is very simple, not easy, but simple - there are many kinds of meditation, but the foundation of them all eventually ends up involving becoming comfortable with silence and observing the mind, increasing one's awareness of the present moment.  It is essential, however, to practice consistently.  Focusing on the breath is quite a useful anchor since there are usually no emotional issues attached to it, and because the breath only happens in the present moment.  Eventually, with consistent practice one can attain a quieter mind.  This is my personal experience with it, and I know it's true for anyone who practices consistently.

Meditative hyper-awareness is this state you have previously experienced when listening to soothing music, when being in the ZONE when playing sports, when cooking a wholesome meal, when gardening, etc.  However, when you learn to meditate you can summon this calmness at any time, without depending on specific phenomenon to occur.

Meditation teaching location:

  • Free studio-quality guided meditations at Insight Timer. See more
  • Available to teach Online and in person meditation to individuals, organizations and companies.
  • At present I am teaching meditative yoga classes in Bornholm via AOF.dk, go to their website and put in my name in the search box to get more information.

Private Meditation Classes

  • Price: Private classes 500kr for 1 ½ hours. Group prices determined by number of participants.
  • Frequency: Lessons are once or twice a week, but students should practice daily.

Past Events

  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreats" in weeks 26 & 28, 2024. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreats" in weeks 28, 29 & 30, 2023. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" July 23-29, 2022. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" July 16-22, 2022. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" July 09-15, 2022. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • Impromptu Hatha Yoga class at Folkemødet in Bornholm for the Indian Embassy, June 17, 2022
  • Hatha Yoga class at Folkemødet in Bornholm for AOF, June 16, 2022
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" July 31- Aug 6, 2022. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" July 24-30, 2022. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" July 17-23, 2022. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" Aug 1-7, 2021. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" July 25-31, 2021. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • Taught Meditation & Yoga at Science & Business Conference with 1,500 attendees in Brazil, June 14, 15, and 16, 2021.
  • "Hatha Yoga Extravaganza" 4 hr workshop at Tinkuy, Copenhagen. June 12, 2021
  • "Breathwork & Gongbath" at Vita de Lux, Copenhagen, June 11, 2021
  • "Hatha Yoga Deep Dive" 4 hour workshop at Tinkuy, Copenhagen. Nov. 28, 2020
  • "Breathwork & Gongbath" at Vita de Lux, Copenhagen. Nov. 27, 2020.
  • "Hatha Yoga Deep Dive" 4 hour workshop at Tinkuy, Copenhagen. Nov. 14, 2020
  • "Hatha Yoga Deep Dive" 4 hour workshop at Tinkuy, Copenhagen. Oct. 24, 2020
  • "Breathwork & Gongbath" at Vita de Lux, Copenhagen. Oct. 23, 2020.
  • "Hatha Yoga Deep Dive" 4 hour workshop at Tinkuy, Copenhagen. Oct. 10, 2020
  • "Deep Dive Hatha Yoga" 4 hour workshop at Tinkuy, Copenhagen. Sept 19, 2020.
  • "Breathwork & Gongbath" at Vita de Lux, Copenhagen. Sept 12, 2020.
  • "Deep Dive Hatha Yoga" 4 hour workshop at Tinkuy, Copenhagen. August 22, 2020.
  • "Deep Hatha Yoga Experience" 4 hour workshop at Tinkuy, Copenhagen, August 8, 2020.
  • "Breathwork & Gongbath" at Vita de Lux, Copenhagen. August 1, 2020.
  • "Deep Hatha Yoga Workshop" 4 hour workshop at Tinkuy, Copenhagen. July 25, 2020.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" July 5-11, 2020. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Hatha Yoga & Meditation 1 week retreat" June 28-July 4, 2020. Højskolen Snoghøj, Dk.
  • "Introduccion a Meditacion" event at Cafe Recreo, Vina del Mar, Chile. September 7, 2019.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, July 13, 2019.
  • "Yoga & Mindfulness" week-long retreat at Snoghøj Højskolen in Fredericia, July 28 to Aug 3, 2019.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, July 13, 2019.
  • "Yoga & Mindfulness" week-long retreat at Snoghøj Højskolen in Fredericai, July 7th to 13th, 2019.
  • "Hatha Yoga Detox" workshop at YogaCentralen, June 22, 2019.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, June 8, 2019.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, May 11, 2019.
  • "Detoxification/Afgiftning" workshop at NIMB Hotel, Copenhagen, March 10, 2019.
  • "Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, March 23, 2019.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, March 9, 2019.
  • "Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, March 9, 2019.
  • "Lecture on Benefits and Practice of Meditation in a Stressed-out World" to over 100  19 to 21 year olds at Grundtvigs Højskole, Hillerød, February 22, 2019.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, February 9, 2019.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, January 12, 2019.
  • "Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, January 12, 2019.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, December 15, 2018
  • "Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, December 8, 2018.
  • "How to Combine Yoga, Breath & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, October 20, 2018.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, October 13, 2018.
  • "How to Combine Yoga, Breath & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, September 22, 2018.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, September 16, 2018.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, August 18, 2018.
  • "How to Combine Yoga, Breath & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, August 11, 2018. 
  • "Yoga & Mindfulness" retreat at Snoghøj Højskolen in Fredericia, July 29 to August 4, 2018.
  • "Yoga & Mindfulness" retreat at Snoghøj Højskolen in Fredericia, July 15 to July 21, 2018.
  • "Breathwork & Gong Bath" event at Vita de Lux, June 16, 2018.
  • "How to Combine Yoga, Breath & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, June 16, 2018.
  • "How to Combine Yoga, Breath & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, May 19, 2018.
  • "Gong & Breathwork" workshop at Vita de Lux, May 12, 2018.
  • "How to Combine Yoga, Breath & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, April 21, 2018.
  • "How to Combine Yoga, Breath & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, March 10, 2018.
  • "How to Combine Yoga, Breath & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, Feb 17, 2018.
  • "How to Combine Yoga & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, January 20, 2018.
  • "Introduction to Yoga & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, January 13, 2018.
  • "Inner Journeys" workshops with Mada Plesner & Aiste Venskune, November 18 & 19, 2017.
  • "Combining Yoga & Meditation" workshop at YogaCentralen, October, 2017.
  • "Inner Journeys" workshops with Mada Plesner, 29th & 30th of July, 2017.
  • "Yoga & Mindfulness" retreat at Snoghøj Højskolen in Fredericia, July 17 to July 23, 2017.
  •  Regression & Relaxation workshop.  Tinkuy Spiritual Fitness Center.  Oct. 16, 2016
  •  Regression & Relaxation workshop. Tinkuy Spiritual Fitness Center. Nov. 7, 2016

 

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