Blog
Stories from life at Nøsen: the mountains, the people, retreats and yoga, written by the team, volunteers and guests.
The use of yoga in leadership
Motivation cannot be given, it must be awakened. Charlotte Luksepp on leading from within, with satya, ahimsa and a little letting go.
Blindfolds and breathing
A blindfold, darkness and music: staff and volunteers try a shake-out in the new shala, and find the freedom of not being watched.
What the cold has brought us
November at Nøsen: frozen lakes, ice roses and a rare kind of awe that brings out curiosity in grown-ups.
About gratitude: the Yoga Festival 2025
A week of joy, reflection and connection at Norway's greatest yoga festival, all circling around gratitude.
Young people and exclusion: a professional day at Nøsen
Professionals from Hallingdal and Valdres met at Nøsen to talk about young people who fall outside, and what helps them find meaning, mastery and hope.
From Mexico City to Nøsen
Itzel saw a mountain and a lake in her meditations long before she found Nøsen. A volunteer and teacher training student tells her story.
Seven years with Nøsen
From a leaking, empty mountain hotel to a yoga retreat centre: Alexander Medin tells how Nøsen began, and what comes next.
Mindfulness in December
How does a real yoga family get through the Christmas rush? Ellen Medin on low expectations, good boundaries and breathing in for four and out for four.
A beginner's mind
Eva has been part of the Nøsen team for five years and never gets enough of the mountains. On climbing, focus, and the joy of starting from scratch.
Managing stress
How does Alexander keep so many balls in the air and stay focused and content? On sleep, distractions, priorities and conflict.
Podcast: Hennings Verden talks with Alexander about what yoga is
Alexander Medin is a guest on the podcast Hennings Verden, talking about what yoga is.
Podcast: it should have been a film
"It should have been a film," said Sjur Dagestad of Innoco when he interviewed our boss. Instead it became a podcast about Back in the Ring.
A pandemic is not for wimps
Siv Løvland left a long life of addiction behind through yoga. Then the pandemic took away everything that held her days together.
Thoughts on love
Ellen Medin on what real love is: letting go of demands, meeting your own pain without hardness, and the three boys who teach her every day.
Cultivating gratitude
We are told to be grateful, yet in the pandemic many woke up discouraged. How do we cultivate the feeling of no longer having toothache?
From a convent in Italy to Nøsen in Valdres
Author Kristin Flood has held silent retreats in an Italian convent for 15 years, and now at Nøsen. On silence, authenticity and Dante's Inferno.
Motivation
Finding motivation in a time of crisis: Alexander Medin on yoga as the stable force in body and mind when everything else is shaken.
I have never been very good at existing
Musician Luke Elliot on OCD, addiction, meditation, and how yoga changed not his life but how he does life.
Nature experiences
Every morning the view of the mountains takes my breath away. On winter powder, spring swims and the luxury money cannot buy.
Do not give up
The last year has been hard for everyone. Do we keep complaining, or roll up our sleeves and find a steady focus?
A humble warrior
May-Rita is mother to three, "mother" to the whole Nøsen crew, and famous for her sourdough. Before Nøsen, the doctors had given up on her.
Podcast: from Nøsen to Drivkraft
Alexander was live on NRK P2's Drivkraft. We are proud of our director.
From Nepal to Nøsen with a smile
In Prasad's pots the distance between India and Valdres is zero. How a priest's son from a village in Nepal ended up cooking on a Norwegian mountain.
The chaos of life
When everyday life overwhelms: Alexander Medin on yoga as the inner presence that holds steady through the chaos.
Yoga in everyday life: reflections on life at Nøsen
Eva on the colourful Nøsen crew of staff, volunteers and Back in the Ring members, and on doing yoga off the mat.
What is yoga?
Among all the styles and disciplines, what is yoga really? Alexander Medin on finding stability and clarity in a restless mind.
Change is not always a joy
The last year has shown that reality is unpredictable. On losing control, daring to change things, and doing yoga off the mat.
Welcome to the Nøsen blog!
The first post: what the blog is for, and what is to come.