Best Yoga Class Ever. Full stop.

 OMG I'm in love!!!!!

I just went to the world's best yoga class! I don't even care what anyone says it was the toughest, chillest yoga class in the history of yoga classes! The funny thing is that I understood about 1/3 to ½ of what the instructor was saying because it was in Sweden and in Swedish. Holy LITERAL fuck.

It started out as any yoga class might, calm and collected but quickly escalated into something entirely different. It was a WORKOUT. It was MEDITATION. It was LIFE. It's what I need.

I just thought I should share this with the world.


Peace.

Love Rosie <3

Finnish pancake

My husband rarely bakes but he did today and - oh boy - was it good! He made pancake à la Finland - one single baking tray full of yummy pancake goodness! I'm not sure if the pancake would've been as good if I'd made it, but I don't care, it was so yummy I immediately asked for the recipe. Here it is, translated:

Ingredients

2 eggs

8 dl milk

1 tsp baking powder

2 tbs sugar

½ tsp vanilla sugar

 tsp cardamom (optional)

50 g melted (unsalted) butter

pinch of salt

Heat oven to 225 degrees Celsius.

Whisk eggs in a bowl and add the wet ingredients.

Mix together dry ingredients and whisk in with the egg mixture. 

Pour whisked mixture on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Bake for 20-25 mins.

Serve with whipped cream, ice cream, jam, fruit, whatever you like!

Recipe originally (in Finnish) from here: http://www.kotikokki.net/reseptit/nayta/235289/Pannukakku%20HELPPO!%20(pellillinen)/

On a different note I went out the other day at sunset and took some pictures of my city and I wanted to share a few with you guys.

Love Rosie <3

Dance for Money!

You know that feeling of complete and utter fulfillment? That feeling of everything being right? You can feel your blood rushing through your veins and your breath is out of control. You can feel the beads of sweat on your forehead after you've given it your all. That feeling that you've succeeded.

For me, that feeling comes after a dance performance. I honestly forgot what it felt like, until before a big performance in front of over 100 people a year and a half ago and I suddenly remembered why I LOVED dancing! I think it was one of the most nerve wracking things I've done in years only to be out-nerved by my wedding day. 

I've danced every kind of dance style imaginable in my life from hip hop to ballet, but nothing stuck like oriental dance. Altogether I've danced oriental for about 7 years since I started. I had about a three-four year break when I moved to Lapland, but I started again when I found a class in the neighboring city 2 years ago after I came back from Kenya (that's another blog entirely: http://minunafrikka.blogspot.fi/).

My friend started oriental dance a few months ago and fell in love with it! Then they had to cancel the classes. The teacher couldn't make it for whatever reason, so my friend suggested I start teaching the class. I called up the Adult Education Centre in town and the lady asked me to come in for a chat. In short, I basically sold myself to her and got the job! I start in under 2 weeks! 

I might be freaking out more if I'd never held a class in my life, but since I've been a fitness instructor for four years already I'm not too worried about standing in front of 20 people and being the teacher. I AM a little worried about the dance part and whether or not I remember to teach everything I want to and whether or not I teach it correctly. I'm sure I'll be fine but, but nerves are good, right? They keep you on your toes.

I'll update you later on after a few classes to let you know if anyone's dropped out because of me ;)

Here are a few videos that inspire me:

Fleur Estelle Dance Company

Gold Star Dance Company

YANA and her Oriental Dance Ensemble

Kiss Kiss

What makes your heart pound and flutter? Comment below!

Love Rosie <3