NicoleÅhlander

Moments collected from a few recent events.
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These days have stretched me.

Through fear and courage,
through strength and surrender,
through endings and new beginnings.
Somewhere in between it all life is unfolding.

I trust the process. Brighter days are coming.

When you become aware of your thoughts and start rewiring your brain you change.

Inspiration

Not even two years ago, I skied 5 km with my family to a mountain café.
On the way back, I gave up, jumped on a scooter, and thought: “That’s enough skiing for me.”
Yesterday, I crossed the finish line in Mora after 90 km, completing Vasaloppet — the most emblematic Swedish race, from Sälen to Mora.

This race was emotional in ways I didn’t expect.
I was scared.
Scared of the cold.
Scared that my technique wasn’t good enough.
Scared that I wasn’t trained enough.

And honestly? I wasn’t “properly” prepared.
I live in Spain. I trained 30 km on snow in total for this race.

But I skied with something stronger than preparation:
the belief that my body can do what my mind decides.

After 60 km, I was exhausted.
I could have stopped and still felt proud.
But my goal was Mora — and my body kept going.
I am deeply grateful for this strength, both mental and physical.
Grateful for every message, every cheer, every update followed station by station.
My phone was full — and so was my heart.
Thank you, my beautiful family and friends.
I feel lucky. I feel abundant.
And I will never doubt what’s possible again 🤍

What I will remember.
That simplicity isn’t about having less.
It’s about making room for more of what’s actually real.

That my life isn’t a crisis to manage,
but a gift to unwrap slowly, carefully, and with attention.
That every single morning we wake up breathing
is an invitation to start all over,
to see differently,
to stop waiting for life to begin once I’ve earned it through enough achievements.

It’s already happening.
It’s been happening.
I’ve just been too busy to notice.

As 2026 arrives, most of us make resolutions about doing more, being better, optimizing harder.

But yoga keeps asking something quieter:
what happens when we slow down enough to notice what we’re really optimizing for —
and for whom?

Ps: credits to AI for image number 1

Nothing is a coincidence.
The other day, I looked back and found this poem I shared a long time ago.
I read it and re-read it; and each time it felt more powerful.
When the mind clings to the future
and the heart holds on to the past,
go back to your breath.
When your mind and heart feel like war zones,
return to your breathing.
That’s where calm lives. 🧘‍♀️🌬️🤍

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
— Attributed to Nikola Tesla

This quote quite spoke to me and relates well to yoga.
Yoga and meditation are tools for tuning back into our natural frequency.