My Blog

Clearing the path..   Do not try to savethe whole worldor do anything grandiose.Instead, createa clearingin the dense forestof your lifeand wait therepatiently,until the songthat is your lifefalls into your own cupped handsand you recognize and greet it.Only then...

New Year, New Beginnings and My Intentions   What describes a new beginning better than a sunrise? This picture is taken when the sun rises in Trysil, Norway a few days ago. Today is the last day of the year 2018 and I'll dedicate this blog post to honor this...

The wisdom of the eagle   When I first saw this picture I felt nailed to it... to the eyes...the perfection...the strength...the balance...the focus...the trust that he's carried. And I knew I'd eventually would write a blog about it. What is it the eagle...

Trust the journey…   Have you ever thought about what's carrying you forward each moment, each step, each day? Well, this is a very personal question, and I will tell you what I think carries ME forward, and then I'll invite you to ask for yourself. Because I...

Strong and soft…  My yoga teacher (Yoga with Adriene) invited me the other day, for a moment to think about why I'm doing yoga? What makes me roll out my mat every morning? What are the effects I wish for, short and long term? The answer came quickly to me; I...

The best hug I ever got…  3 years ago...TODAY...the 19th of October, I had spent 19 days on the Camino. The days had passed, walking through beautiful scenery, cute villages, busy cities,sometimes long stretches of asphalt, some days alone on a muddy path, In the...

Helena Swanstrom  Three years ago, beginning of October, I had just started walking from St Jean Pied de Port in France towards Santiago on the west coast of Spain. THE Camino. About 800 km on foot were in front of me. I hadn't booked any accommodation...

I’m a “gratidude”  Wanted to write about gratitude and noticed that I'd spelled it "gratidude" which made me smile! I am rich. I am richer than I could ever dream of...and the currency I'm counting the richness in, is love. And the source of this richness comes...

Connected…  I would like to share something that happened to me during one of my many walks in the Botanical Gardens in Montreal today. I like spending time there, I do it often, many times a week, walking different rounds different days...just feeling where I...