From darkness to light

She first came to yoga above all to handle and understand her own darkness and her own mind.

As a young woman Pernille struggled with anxiety, and focusing on the breath became what she calls a turning point towards a more normal everyday life.

"I became more aware of my destructive patterns," she says. It was not the acrobatic poses that drew her to yoga: as a professional dancer she could already do acrobatics.

"It became an inner meeting with myself, a deep dive. And I am still diving," she says, laughing.

And even though Pernille has been a yoga teacher for 20 years and runs Puro Yoga in Oslo, she would still rather call herself a yoga student.

Host: Birgitte Gjestvang. Sound and music: Thomas Prado Lamo Lokøen.