PILATES

“Etter 10 ganger vil du føle forskjell. Etter 20 ganger vil du se forskjell. Etter 30 ganger har du en helt ny kropp.” - Joseph Pilates

Hva er Pilates? 

Pilates er enkel, skånsom og effektiv styrketrening som passer menn og kvinner i alle aldre - hver enkelt øvelse tilpasses individuelt.

Fokus er statisk styrke. Den indre støttemuskulaturen bygges opp fra bunnen av, slik at kroppen kan bæres på en korrekt måte. Skjevheter i kroppen som kan forårsake smerter og skader blir rettet ut.

Pilates trener hver muskel i kroppen, beveger alle leddene, og pusten setter i gang dype prosesser. Neurologisk setter øvelsene i seg selv  igang menneskets organiske bevegelsesmønster og programmerer kroppen inn i korrekt bevegelsesmønster. 

Pilates passer i utgangspunktet alle, og er et bra alternativ for deg som belastes av andre treningsformer på grunn av skader eller smerter. Pilates er utbredt trening blant dansere og toppidrettsutøvere, og er anbefalt av fysioterapeuter. Mange kjendiser sverger til Pilates, blant andre Jennifer Aniston, Madonna og Jennifer Lopez.  

TRIBAL MAGEDANS

Hva er Tribal magedans og hvordan oppsto det? Her får du en kort innføring!



MAGEDANS (Raqs Sharki)

MAGEDANSENS RØTTER

Orientalsk magedans danses i Midtøsten, Tyrkia og Nord-Afrika og er en av verdens eldste kulturdanser. Det er ulike teorier om hvordan dansen har oppstått. Noen mener den har oppstått i egypt, mens andre mener den stammer fra India og har spredt seg derfra med sigøynere. Dansen er flere tusen år gammel og har blitt brukt i religiøse sermonier, fruktbarhetsritualer og festlige sammenhenger i tillegg til å være ren underholdning.

MUOHTA - SNØ - SNOW

Muohttagis leat sullii 205 sami sáni. Dá lea listtu!
Det er omkring 205 ord for snø i Samisk språk!
There are bout 205 word to snoš in Sami language!

Listen er hentet fra/listu lea vižžon dáppe: 
http://lektorsalen.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/200-samiske-ord-for-sn%C3%B8-i-signatur-pa-norsk-yrkesfag/

DUET WITH SENJAHOPEN

This friday I sang in NOrwegian for the first time onstage since I was a child singing in the choir. It was pretty awesome, cause the lyrics where quite difficult in northern-norwegian, and the song is quite fast as well, so I was very in doubt if I could manage. And it went great!!! I just missed a few words I think, but I reembered all the lyrics! And it was so much fun be on stage with those crazy guys in Senjahopen! I felt really honored that they asked me, and I had so much fun!  The song is called "Bråtebrann" and the original singer is Ida Maria with Senjahopen.

I will remember this a looong time!

SHCOOL-CONCERT TOUR IN NORDLAND!

Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola

We had som much fun at our Shcool-tour in Nordland. It is a truly beutiful county, and we met so many nice people, pupils and teachers!

GULROTKAKE-MUFFINS

Min egen variant av gurotkake med eple! Jeg klarte ikke velge, så jeg satte i begge deler. Suuupergodt! Og du kan lage de så sunne du vil med å bruke mindre sukker og hvetemel.

Ingredienser

4 stk egg

3 dl sukker (eller 1,5 dl farin, 0, 5 dl stevia, 1 ss bjørkesøt, 2 ss akasie honning)

3 dl mel (jeg bruker en blanding av forskjellige melsorter jeg finner i skapet. Hvetemel, spelt, jytte, havremel, rugmel og/eller sammalt hvete/spelt)

  - skallet fra en halv appelsin (bare det gule! ikke det hvite)

2 ts bakepulver

1 ss kanel

1 ts salt

1 ts vaniljesukker (eller frøene fra en vaniljestang)

5 ss olje eller smeltet smør

3 dl revet gulrot
2 dl revet eple
1 most banan
ca 1 dl finhakkede nøtter (blanding av mandler, hasselnøtter og/eller valnøtter)
2 ss goji bær (eller annet tørket frukt, rosiner, tranebær e.l)

DETOXING

Mum made me fish and potateos.

Lately I have been feeling very heavy in mind and body, and I have been tired and overworked for a while. It was when I met a woman at Gothla.uk
 who told me about a 7- day detox plan that she usually does that I finally found something that I felt I could do. I have tried other detoxing liquids and stuff like that, but it is very hard to keep drinking that stuff every day.
I looked on the internet and I found this 7 day detox plan and it looked just like the woman at Gothla had told me about, so I decided to try. And I did. It was wonderful. Already the first day I felt better, and after the week I felt so much better. Like my body was new again. I didn´t have a heavy head anymore cause my nose was running more. And I am sure I got my bowels cleansed.
The reason why this diet is for 7 days is because it takes food 7 days to get through the system. So after 7 days the bowels should be cleansed.

FINALLY VACATION!

Iceland has good food!

Finally I had the chance to go on a vacation! I haven´t had a vacation since I was in Spain in 2009. Counting out the 3 days vacation last october that failed because of unexpected problems with my CD-release, and a few other failed attempts of vacation.

My mother had arranged everything for me. Ordered tickets and the hotel. We were going on a family holiday to Iceland. I had wanted to go to Iceland for a long time already, so it was exciting for me to finally be able to go. My older brother and my younger brother with his girlfriend and daughter were going. Only one in our family not going was my father. He didn´t have time because of work.


Unfortuanately for him ho didn´t come with us. Because on the second day we where there my brother had a surprise for us! He was getting married to his girlfriend. I was the only guest. My brothers daughter was bridesmaid, and my brother and older brother where witnesses. The priest spoke in Norwegian.
This was a huge surprise for everyone! We had the ceremony in church and then we had dinner at the hotel where they were staying.

I AM GODMOTHER AGAIN!

Ingelin, Ailo Mathias and Steffen.

Yesterday was a great day! When I woke up this morning I felt rested, and happy. I didn´t have any nightmares at night or anything. :D

Yesterday we went to Ravnastua Mountain house where my cousin Ingelin and her boyfriend Steffen where going to baptise their child Ailo Mathias. They had asked me to be his godmother, and I of course said yes, because Ingelin and Steffen are so cool, and their child will also be cool!

To get up to the mouintain house we got to ride with my aunt and uncle with their snowmobile about half the way, and then we went skiing rest of the way. We got there just in time for the ceremony. Ingelin and Steffen and their mums where the entertainment, and the ones to hold the ceremony. They did alot of singing, and serving food, so it was really nice! Very cosy.  After we had eaten dinner, dessert and cakes, my uncle drove a bunch of us in his snow-trac back to the car-road. It was good to do some skiing, and today I felt really refreshed! 

PERFORMANCE AT PÆSKATUN WITH JOHAN SARA JR.

Johan Sara and me in the cottage before the performance.
 Johan Sara with space-suit for the occasion. 

I left the party after the TV-show debut at about 12 so I would have time to sleep before I had to rush back to the Airport and catch the early flight to Oslo and then Tromsø and Alta, to be back in Alta in time for the performance Johan Sara jr. and me had been preparing for Pæskatun during the Borealis vinterfestival and Finnmarksløpet. Eirik Tandberg and Trond Strifeldt held a lecture about the atars and astrofysics or something like that, and after the lecure Johan Sara and me would have a performance outdoors on the snowstage after the lecture. It was very windy and cold before our performance, and we were starting to think that we had to do the performance inside, but mystically the weather changed to better during our performance before the snow started again, and the wind started blowing again. Johan said this always happens, its like the weather knows when to be nice to him on outdoor performances. Very good! The performance was very strange for me. It was not very much singing in my behalf, like I usually do. Johan wanted me to improvise with sounds and noises, and I tried my best, but its very new to me do to that sort of thing, so it was challenging.

LIVE TV DEBUT ON NATIONAL TV

I´m being al nervuos in the dressing room just before my second appearance. 

Yes! I didn´t not make a fool out of myself on national TV! That is a great thing to know! If anything had gone wrong I would have felt terrible, but everything went great! If you did not have the chance to see it on TV you can watch it here:

http://tv.nrk.no/serie/hovedscenen-tv/mkmf60000213/08-03-2013

I am about 45:00 into the show.

What a unforgettable night that was! So many important and famous people gathered in one place! It was a bit of a crazy night for me, and when I greeted the King of Norway, it all got a little overwhelming for me!

Well, as you maybe know, this show was put on to celbrate the 100 years of womens right to vote, so it was a huge thing, and alot of people where involved in it. The prime minitster of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg opened the show with a speach about wimen in his life. I got to meet and greet alot of politicians and artists while I was there: Gro Harlem Brundtland, Ingrid Bjørnov, Kari Slåttsveen, Noora Noor, Tuva Syversen, Eir Inderhaug, Inga Marthe Thorkildsen, Aili Kestitalo of course, Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl, Wenche Myhre, Anne Grethe Paus, Kaci Kullman Five and many more!

A MILESTONE REACHED!

This week has been a lifechanging week for me. Strong words maybe, but it feels like it.
When they first called me before christmas to ask if I would join this huge event on the 8th of march -a live concert full of Norwegian celebrities on wimens rights day- I didnt believe it at first. It just seemed to good to be true. I didn´t dare to tell anyone because I was afraid they would laugh and say it was a joke or that I had misunderstood. But Nora Ibsen called me, and asked if I wanted to sing and joik and be a part of a HUGE TV-production for NRK1!

This is the biggest milestone in my life. Not only my carriere as a singer, but in my life. I have been working towards and dreamt about this all my life! I have a symphonyorchestra from Kristiansand and Stavanger with dirigent Halldis Rønning. She kicks ass! That orchestra kicks ass! I mean, this is a lifetime experience!  Not every artist gets the chance to do what I am about to do now! I have deep gratitude to Anne Røthing at NRK who actually got me in this show!

OSLO ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL

Det er alltid arti for meg å delta og bli invitert til magedansfestivaler til å opptre og ha workshops. Denne gangen var jeg ekstra spent fordi jeg har fokusert mer på musikken enn dansen de siste 2 årene, og føler selv at jeg har tapt meg litt som danser. Det er vanskelig å holde seg på topp på alt hele tiden. Å fokusere mer på musikken og litt mindre på dans har vært det riktige valget føler jeg. Jeg føle at jeg utvikler meg innenfor musikk også like mye som innenfor dans. Jeg har en tendens til å bli besatt at det jeg holder på med, og derfor har det vært vanskelig for meg å tenke like mye på musikken som dansen.
Jeg har hatt ryggsmerter også når jeg har danset, og jobber fortsatt med å få rettet det opp, slik at jeg kan trene mer enn jeg gjør nå, uten å få sinnsyke smerter.

My first ever trip to USA

Ooooohh. America was so different that I thought it was! Well I know there is a difference between being in Portland and LA and New York. But I have to say my impression of the Americans is totally different now then before I went. Americans are so nice people, they are hardworking, dedicated, smart and not superficial at all.. I thought most amercians where kind of superfical and only cared about money and looks and so on, but I guess that depends on who you meet obviously. :D  Here are some pics for my trip! I want to write alot, but Its so hard to write everything down, cause it was so much. I experienced so many things. I don´t know where to begin... Ill just start with pictures...

I happened to meet Bonnie Leiser who has danced with Gypsy Caravan for 14 years! I met har at a Halloween dance show at Bodyvox.

Nice neighbourhood.

Shalee and me. At Datura Studios. Awesome dancer and impressing Yoga teacher! 

Lovelyamazing Rachel Brice and me!

Oh shot a pic of Sol and Rachel and Michelle.

Outside Datura.

Michelle is eating the biggest Burger in America.

Dian and the biggest chickenwings in America! We got BIG servings!

I got some southern food as weel. Cant remember what it was, but I was not hungry after that meal!

I just had to go with the Oregon T-shirt with bigfoot on it!

Got a good hour at the saturday markets in Portland.

And I got to meet this awesome girl Lucretia*Renee who runs Dark Fusion Boutique! Too nice, I almost felt guitly!

Nice neighbourhood

Fan-Tas-Stic!

Looks like Pippi has moved to America and has decorated for Halloween.

Yes! I tried a bit of Gypsy Caravan Style with Gypsy Heart dancers Ginett and Karen.

The secret reson for me going to America. Jazzercise!!!

Creepy house with alot og goat heads and bad energy.

Artsy house

My american breakfasts at the hostel. 

Iceland!

Yes I have been on Iceland for several hours! :D

American money sure looks fake. These where brand new so that adds to it... Got them from the ATM at Oslo Airport.

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Jeg tok ut amerikanske penger på Gardermoen før jeg gikk ombord på flyet. Pengene som kom ut av minibanken så ut som lekepenger. Monopolpenger eller noe sånnt. Det er sånne penger man har sett på film og sånne man finner i skattekister. Jeg begynte å lure på om USA egentlig bare var ett eventyr. Kansje dem ikke har ekte penger der, så dem lager bare falske og bruker dem som om dem var ekte. Haha. Arti land! :D

Til min store glede skulle jeg reise med Iclandair til reykjavik – seattle- portland. Jeg var overlykkelig da vi kom ti Island. Det har vært en drøm for meg lenge å dra til Island. Sagaøya. Det virker virkelig som ett eventyrland rett fra barne-eventyrbøker. Og ihvertfall etter at June Sommer strask fortalte med om alve-kart de har der. Det har kart over hvilke alver som bor hvor. Veldig interessant! Jeg skulle være på Keflavik i 1,5 time, så jeg hadde ikke all verdens tid der, men jeg var innom flere island souvernirbutikker. Jeg hadde bare lyst på islandsgenser og alt mulig der, men tenkte at jeg kan hellerkjøpe det en annen gang, eller på vei hjem. De er jo superdyre! Jeg kjøpte en lue med islandmønster da som trøst. For NOE fra island måtte jeg ha. Definitift av jeg skal på sommerferie hit neste år! På flyet til Portland satt jeg med et middelaldrene par som skulle til Seattle. De hadde vært på båtur i europa i 12 dager, og var på vei hjem. De kunne roe meg ned å si at Portland var en fin by uten så mye kriminalitet, ghetto og sånnt, så jeg trengte ikke å bekymre meg. Det er visst flere golfbaner der enn farlige nabolag.

Gjestedanser for Al Farah!

Iår er året der flere milepæler enn vanlig blir nådd. Jeg har blitt invitert som gjestedanser for Alfarah! Al Farah er norges orientalske danseforening. De holder festforestilling én gang i året der de har 2 gjestedansere, som de hyrer inn, og resten av danserne er folk som har meldt seg på å danse.
Selv om de sikkert hadde sine grunner til å velge 2 norske gjestedansere denne gangen, så føler jeg en stor ære over å få være gjestedanser sammen med Ingrid Bjørsnes Kvam fra Trondheim.
Al Farah har hatt en helt spesiell rolle i min utviklig som magedanser, som den sikkert har for de fleste av danserne i Norge. Jeg har danset ganger på showene deres, og det har alltid vært en positiv opplevelse, og veldig lærerikt for meg å få tilbakemeldinger på dansen min av både de etablerte danserne i Norge og andre dansere og tilskuere.
Jeg visste ikke helt hva jeg skulle servere folk denne kvelden. Al Farah har jo alltid vært ganske konservativt for meg, når jeg sammenligner med det jeg får oppleve i England og show i andre land. Jeg visste ikke om jeg skulle lage koreografier tilpasset AlFarah showet, eller bare kjøre på med mitt, -det jeg danser når jeg er i utlandet. Jeg valgte å gå for det siste. Fordi når nå har invitert meg, så skal de få alt det jeg er god for også. Jeg ga alt denne kvelden, og fikk blandede tilbakemeldinger på det, som ventet. Men jeg er storfonøyd! Dette var antakelig min eneste gang som gjestedanser hos Alfarah, så jeg måtte bare gi alt. Jeg er superfornøyd med det jeg gjorde der!

Jeg og Ingrid fikk skikkelig superstjerne-oppvartning bak scenen. Eget rom å skifte i og greier! Det var superbra service! :D

Ingrid og meg backstage.

Vel overstått opptredener.