Saturday Energy Booster

I love autumn....acctually I love all seasons...here, where I am in Norway, autumn is REALLY here and last Saturday we went walking up to Dalesnuten with our children. Felt such fullfillment. Wonderful to be out in nature with my family. So walking and hiking are TRUE energy boosters for me in a nice, calm and yet, sometimes very exciting way. What are you up to in autumn? What do you do to keep the flow and energy going when days are getting darker?

As I see it an energy booster can both be super active such a Body Combat class (http://www.lesmills.com/) or super tranquil as a yoga class...or if you wish black-slope skiing / aromaterapy... I need both to have my energy flowing...For those of you who live in Bergen: I used to go to Den Ene (http://www.den-ene.no/ )to have Mauri massage with a fantastic woman called Trude. The Mauri massage is from...(no surprise here ) New Zeeland and is VERY thourough for one hour , then very sublte and gentle in a healing way for half an hour...Both strong and soft. Like the contrasts very much.

Lots of colourful autumn wishes to you and I will be more present now at my blog since we kind of landed in our new life now :-)

Yvette

What is so cool about Norway?

What is so cool about Norway...What makes it so energizing to live here? This is what makes it for me. First of all : fresh air to breathe...Secondly : the mountains, the sea shore, the fjords.
The nature here is amazing: adventurous and healing. Did you ever notice how half an hour out in nature "solves everything" ?

What I also like, is the finishing of work at 4pm. Acctually I do see traffic jam sometimes already at 3.30...True , people do get up quite early, but hey, if you have some extra hours in the afternoon....great!!!! Here you can even see the boss going at 4 to pick up his/her child at nursery. I already experience some better quality of life even after only 2 months since our reptariation from London. Being able to eat dinner together as a family is one. Not having to postpone things to the weekend but have some spare hours in the afternoon is already great.
And this is from a lady who LOVES London...but for other reasons.

Before leaving I had a feeling that going back to Scandinavia with my little family was the right thing to do...after many-oh-many discussions on what to do....And coming over and still feeling that this was really the right thing feels even better. We based the decision on our values. The values of nature, freedom and good health. It was not based on the value of adventure...but hey, adventure just jumped in...as it does in life....

What are the reasons you live where you live??? Curious tho hear your stories.

Love & sunshine from inside (outside is pouring rain...)
Yvette

Energy Booster or what...?

Went surfing two weekends on Bore Beach /Bore Strand...and surfing has it all for me...challanges, nature, sea, adrenaline, calm & peace, thrill, joy, trying, falling, trying again, falling again, recover and come back, succeeding, happiness, falling again and into the washing machine, standing up, new strategy, recover , come back, succeeding and succeeding and succeeding ....and soooo wonerfully tired in the end of the day...and pick nick on the beach taste so good...and still feeling some sand in my hair when going to bed...hey...what an amazing day!!!

Surfing is like a microscopic version of life itself!!!

Can't wait to go back into the water :-)

Have an energizing week...whatever THAT is for you!
I am taking a Body Step class tomorrow at Aktiv Treningssenter... :-)

/Yvette

Life is a Beach

Sunshine to all!!!!!!!!! Theoule today...

Le soleil!!!!!!!!!

Could it be better? The beach just to yourself...

The Riviera in grey

Beautiful Nice this morning



So , the Riviera is in grey at the moment...Ce n'est pas vrai...People are running inside and they can't believe the sun escaped!!! O lala... Choosing the perspective of how you look at reality is refreshing. It feels liberating and energizing to see the positive side of things and the beauty in small things. It feels great to be mindful about words that I use to describe my reality as well! Words are so powerful and really forms how we see the world. You know, half full or half empty cup...



I believe the gray shades of the Riviera simply add some more beauty to this already amazingly varied and beautiful region! In fact, the Riviera is like a human being: it has many sides and all of them are true and part of the being...Did you follow?



Enjoy the pictures from Nice this morning and of Peillon, a perched village up in the mountains off Nice yesterday.

Love & sunshine from inside,

Yvette

Our beautiful village