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Make room for some new experiences…with me!

So, I passed the annual summary of the year-post this year.
Just did a quiet one for me only.
Instead I would like to enhance a few of the events that are already booked and planned for 2013 – at least for the first quarterly of the year – and share it with you guys.
Maybe we’ll see each other at any of these awesome occasions. Hope so, for sure.

I’m sure you haven’t missed it – how could you;
NIKE BLAST feb 2nd-3rd in the Globe (Globen)
In this very moment it’s 1896 people that have signed up, and since it’s a month left I’m sure there will be even a few more added to that.
This is my 11th year as a presenter at this awesome event that kicks off the training year every year with a boom.
I’ll present three classes:
Sassy Jazz sunday morning, 8.30 am in the dance studio.
BODYBALANCE® 60 along with my fellow Les Mills trainers, Anna & Kristin. Saturday 1.45 pm on the big main stage.
SH’JAM also at the big stage, saturday 5 pm (last class of the day) together with the nordic BODYJAM® and SH’BAM® trainers: Åsa E, Dorre, Sarah and Kimmo.

From the NIKE BLAST-12.

Exciting news, from w. 2 (january 7th) I’ll teach my own AfHo® class/concept at House of Shapes for 4 weeks.

Wednesday’s 11.45-12.45, starting january 9th and ending jan 30th.
How ever, if it goes well, you might find this concept as a regular class at HoS in the future.
So, spread the word and bring your friends.
Email me if you wanna try it out as my guest.
If you want to read more about this class – there will be a AfHo® blog post tomorrow, friday.
For, during 2013 – I’ll also hold my first instructors trainings in AfHo®.

The clip is from my AfHo®class at the NIKE BLAST-12.

I love to collaborate with awesome people. It’s fun when you have someone to work with, and often really great ideas are born when you get to brief and juggle with other like-minded people.
So therefore – me and my homie Jonas are gonna do two kick ass training trips during february and march 2o13.
I’ll be mostly involved in the second one that goes to New York – of natural reasons – but I will host both of them along with him.
Feb. 15th – 24th Miami
March 20th – 31st New York City

 

There will be scheduled classes with us every day – exclusively for the group that travels, and in addition to that there will be special event classes with local rockstar-instructors and we’re also working on to get a good deal with a local studio. So you get the feel of how it is to hang out with the natives.
Besides that, there are even more activities you can choose to add on if you like that.  Or you can just take our classes and then do what ever you would like to do for the rest of the time. You chose for yourself.
If you have thought about going on a training trip but would like to get a bit more action that “just” the training and the hotel – this is it.  Or if you’ve been dreaming of taking classes in NYC, and pay with your sweat – but haven’t had anyone to go with… This is it! 
Like the page on facebook – or check out the website. 


♥ NYC!

Last year I did these inspirational workshops at SATS; Choreo Boost, that was aimed to the instructors that teaches dance classes and wanted to experiment a bit with the choreo-making.
As an extension of that I’ll hold a new workshop this year in Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö – an updated version with a slightly different twist on it.
So, SATS-co workers – looking forward to dance with you again.

Awesome Choreo Boosters Sthlm 2012.

Last but not least – during the first quarterly of 2013 I’ll hold an initial training module in BODYJAM®, in Göteborg, february 8th-10th.

If you’ve been thinking about becoming an instructor in BODYJAM® this is a great opportunity. Early in the semester – with a great release to be trained in.
Questions about that – email Lena@lesmills.net

Of course there will be plenty of other stuff going on as well – all my weekly classes for example, but I figured there events above is a fun way to start the year, and I’d love for you to come join me. In real life – or here.

Hope to see you!

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2013 = Inspiration!

January 1st.
What a beautiful day to be born at.
You’ll forever be no 1. (you january kids you know what I’m talking about)

Did you make any new year’s resolutions this year?
For me – that’s a waste of time. It’s better to just do the things you wanna do – and pass the things you don’t want to do.
For example;
If you’re a creative person that have a lot of ideas and thoughts – but maybe not as much of a “doer” I don’t think a resolution will help you to enforce the ideas more efficient.

How ever – if you get some help from another person that help you to focus and be more on to it – it will. Like a coach or a therapist, for example.

OR – if you’re a principled and energetic person – that takes pride in always pursuing things – but perhaps you’re a bit stuck in your way of thinking and see things. Then go for a person that can help you change perspective, turn your mind up side down and maybe even question you for a bit.

I believe a lot more in stuff like that rather than make up a bunch of promises that last for a week – or a month.

And, never ever forget – inspiration is everywhere, so is magic. You just have to open up. Your eyes, attitude, mind and mindset.
Instead of taking a picture of a moment and post it – LIVE it!

Happy 2013!

 

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2012 – ett Obama-år!

2012’s sista inlägg blir på svenska – och kanske inte riktigt så tränings – eller jobb – relaterat som det brukar vara.

2012 har varit ett tufft, utmanande, ja rent av svinjobbigt år – som påverkat mig på alla tänkbara plan.
Jag har reflekterat, analyserat, bearbetat och tänkt en hel del. Mer än vanligt. Det vill inte säga lite. Nu vill jag inte lägga mer energi på det här året.

Det som är positivt tar jag med mig till nästa år. För mitt i allt det jobbiga så har det självklart hänt bra saker också – massa bra saker. Men jag kommer inte att göra en “års-summering” som jag tidigare gjort på bloggen.
Det får räcka med att jag vet – och sparar det.

Mitt bloggande har i stort sett varit obefintligt – av den enkla anledningen att jag har haft en ordentligt svacka med svårt att känna motivation inför att skriva. I kombo med att inte heller riktigt vetat vilken riktning bloggen ska ta eller ha.

Men nu tror  jag att jag hittat en form som kommer passa mig bra inför 2013.
Dessutom så kommer jag lansera ännu en site/blogg – med ett helt annat innehåll.
Som enbart kommer skrivas på svenska. Så stay tuned om du vill ta del av det jag kommer skriva om.

Jag tror inte riktigt på nyårslöften – men jag tror på en ny start – och jag tror på kärleken.  Och, jag tror på mig själv!
Kalla mig naiv (jag är van) men jag är tusen gånger hellre än känslomänniska med känslor högt och lågt, rus och extaser och explosioner.
Än att vara “realist” och logiker som kan tycka att själva ordet är starkare än handlingen.

Även om det innebär att jag ibland kommer krascha. I år körde berg och dal-banan i botten – nästa år är den på toppen. Det måste vara så. Visst?

Jag ÄLSKAR alla mina vänner, nära och kära och de som bidrar till att mitt liv åter igen börjar ta den rosa tonen. Jag älskar alla personer som är på riktigt i mitt liv – och jag är glad att jag börjar få lite bättre koll på vad som är på riktigt och inte.

V. 2 börjar jag köra klasser som vanligt – stay tuned på “news” sidan för fullständigt schema både vad det gäller klasser och events. Den kommer uppdateras inom kort. Det är mycket att se fram emot.

Och, såklart… träningsåret 2013 inleds med den fetaste explosionen av dem alla, NIKE BLAST STOCKHOLM. 1887 personer har redan anmält sig. Gör det du också.
Du vill inte missa den här helgen. Ren inspiration, paketerat på bästa sättet.

GOTT NYTT ÅR –  jag hoppas från djupet av mitt hjärta att vi ses, på klass, i yogastudion, i danssalen, i gymmet, eller vart det nu kan vara, här på bloggen kanske.

XOXO

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Today’s growl!!

All the ppl that can’t show enough enthusiasm for the snow, winter, coldness and darkness – all over social media – and also tries to guilt trip the ppl who doesn’t like it – into being negative, spoiled and not having real problems…

A lot of them are the same ppl that complains when the summer comes, for being to hot.

The winter lasts for 5 months in Sweden – and the summer for 3 weeks (in best cases) so – who’s the negative?!
Just saying!

Happy Tuesday y’all!
 

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Stretch ftw.

Sore is the word of the day.
Sore neck is a common thing for me – hardly think about it anymore.
When I woke up friday morning I did thought of it though, and thought that it was from my jazz class thursday night – even though that seemed odd since it’s not excessively many head or neck rolls in this choreo.

But then – when I ran through the jam, I felt where it came from; the 1-2-3-1-2-3 drop.

And, after the jam-explosion yesterday, I can feel it in the neck, and a bit all over actually.
Love that feeling though.

But some warm up before class today won’t hurt.
Especially not since we live in the north pole at the moment… crazy cold!

Enjoy your sunday and 1st of advent people!

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Hardcore-jammers

Like I told the jam-group this afternoon: it’s always fun to do quarterlies (otherwise I wouldn’t keep doing it, obviously) but despite that I sometimes tend to get a tiny bit of anxiety before the very first qw of a round.
But when I sat today at the train earlier – heading to Göteborg – I didn’t feel any anxiety, at all.
All I felt was a longing to push play and GO!
So I did.
It may have been a tiny crowd (only 10 people) but did they danced? Oh yes baby! Danced and shared great energy and their passion for music and BODYJAM®.

Stockholm – if you’re gonna beat today’s feel, you’re gonna have to werk it, and bring it, and werk it. 😉

Grateful and blissed for a happy day!

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Gbg-in-n-out!

Just arrived in Gothenburg (to my foreign readers –  Gbg is a smaller city, the second biggest city in Sweden located on the west coast. Stockholm is on the east coast. = Today’s geography lesson)  and at Sportlife Majorna – who actually used to be my favorite gym in Gbg, back in the days when Anchi ruled the house.
This is where I held my first initial training in Sweden back in 2006 – which was the second one I did on my on my very own. (the very first one was in Finland)

It doesn’t look the same [at all] now though – but still a cozy gym.
This is an additional quarterly that was added after the original schedule was sent out to all instructors, and it’s a rather tiny crowd of 16 ppl that’s gonna shake their asses with me this afternoon.

BODYJAM®63! What I can say about the release?!
The music is AWESOME!
Since this is a rather mainstream and easygoing class where the focus not at all is on doing advance choreo or tricky moves – it’s all about the music (and feel)
And, this time, it’s a big YES from me.
It’s made to play really (really really) LOUD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91wrfeeScj0

My homie Mysti is one of the dvd-presenters.. and she’s a rockstar, of course. But I knew that already.

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In 2 h…

…it’s time for my thursday jazz class, at SATS Odenplan!

Last week I got disgustingly sick in the very last minute so they had to put in a zumba (yep, I know) instead of my class, which is a totally different kind of class and training, so it’s gonna be exciting to see how it goes today.
It looks pretty ok at the moment though…

New routine for the week;
http://youtu.be/g7AdXAgw_5M

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INSPIRATION!

About my previous post today… I quite often get the question; what inspires me?
From participants, students – from the organizers at the events I’m presenting at (for the presenter’s info)
When I got the Q today – this was my answer:
– MUSIC
– Love
– Self-confident, real & energetic people
– New York City (especially in the dusk)
– Pop culture

Obviously there are a lot more things that inspires me as well… but today – this is it!
To me – it’s an amazing state of mind to feel inspired.

What would your answer be – today?!