The Bump is here!

Mo:

I had two different appointments today.
First one was with the news bureau TT. They were going to ask me a few questions about Kettlebell-training and I´m not sure why, but I was sure it was going to be for the printed media. Just by luck, I put on some NIKE training gear on top (in case a picture was going to be taken) and then wore black leggings and my winter NIKE-boots.

....turns out that the interview was filmed. Plus the fact that they wanted me to show 3 great and typical Kettlebell exercises...

So please, please, if you catch a glimpse of me on the internet somewhere, doing a swing, a snatch & a half Turkish get-up wearing thick winter boots - please don´t try this at home!

My second appointment of the day was with a grafic-/web designer/flash-animator. I´m planning to finally scratch my 2 existing websites, monikabjorn.com & in-cycle.com and make a completely new one (which I will point the 2 old ones to). If all goes well it should be ready by April - almost just in time for my maternity leave I know, but hey, I´m planning to work at least a few more years after Bebbelina is born, so now is as good time as ever... God, it´s expensive having a professional site done! But hopefully money well spent...

Nobody thinks I´ve got a belly yet and when I tell people that it comes out at night, they laugh..."yeah, right!" kinda thing. So here goes....first evidence of "the Bump" - freshly taken moments ago:





I cannot wear any of my old denims anymore. So tonight I kidnapped a pair of Levi´s from P´s wardrobe. He won´t see them again for quite a few months....

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Diving down and picking up the diamond!

I am on my way to my 3rd VIPASSANA! Perhaps that's why+how I've been able to teach 7 classes today :) I found Vipassana in India about a year ago and it's the BEST thing I've ever done.
So now I am off again into silence (you can read more about vipassana in my previous blogs!)

No talking
No eye contact
No ipod, phone, books, food after 1 pm
Just sitting, not expecting (that's thE hard one!)


The way to maintain a meditation practice is by not having an image of how it's supposed to be. If the image is to sit still for 20 minutes twice a day, you may be setting yourself up for failure. But if you can hold space for a meditation to sit on the cushion for five minutes once a week, and see where it takes you, to keep a mind open enough to see if those five minutes naturally, without effort, grow into 10 minutes, you may be drawn to sitting twice a week. It's less about creating a rigid practice and more about deeply listening inside to what emerges naturally from your own heart. If you are even interested in taking a workshop or a class, you are somehow drawn to meditation, you have a desire and it is that aspiration that keeps us returning to the cushion, to the mat.


I'll be back again on Monday with who know what ...

If you feel like trying, join me Tuesday at 730 am @ Hagabadet!

BE HAPPY
BE HAPPY
U ARE BOUND TO BE SUCCESSFUL
BOUND TO BE SUCCESSFUL

SADUH SADUH SADUH

CRAVINGS

Mo:

I have 2 cravings so far:

1) Orange juice + clementines




2) Extremely salty candy

Actually that´s kinda 3, but you know what I mean, right?

Not too bad, eh? Also, I am able to eat fish again! Hallelujah! Broccoli and carrots are still a big NONO, though...how weird is that?
My energy level is back up and I almost feel normal. Well, except from the fact that each morning, when I leave bed, I stare in awe at my stomach wondering where the bump came from?! It´s still an unbelievable fact that there is a little person in there!

Life is truly weird.

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Best Right Now

Mo:

a) being back on my feet.

b) Beyoncé feat. R Kelly in "If I were a Boy". (Thank you Magnus G for the detective work!).

c) PINK & black leopard (yes, pink & black) tights from the NIKE Spring collection -09. I will wear them tomorrow in my spinning & kettlebell-class. My clients will faint. In a good way.

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Jo and the City

Or well, almost! It was actually LINA and the City!

Our FAB NIKE boss turned 30 last week and invited us to a smashing, sexig party in THE city (Sthlm).

After teaching AFRO POWER DANCE to the Gymnasium instructers I went to Swedens' 20th centrury Artist! He is the one responsible for Charlotte Perellis great succes in tiny silver dresses and fierce dark eyes :)

Over the breakfast table he tunrned me, the natural yogini, into a smashing BABE!
Midnight blue catlike eyes with laches from Sue Uemura and long blond fangs to hide behind, like a puma in the jungel. I didn't recognize myself :)

And neither did my collegues and friends. One of my close boyfriends greeted me with a handshake as he introduced himself... WTF? I said, whats up with the hand, give me a hugg and a kiss :)

The party lasted for alomost 24 hours with sweet ASTI to start with, a PINK carpet with paparazzis, Comsopolitans, wining and dining until 1230 and dance dance dance to the sound of live singing and DJing!

Thank you Lina for an amazing evening! Thank you Åsa for great company, 6am McDonalds and 3pm breakfast! Thank you M for the total makeover!

I promise to put some pics up as soon as they have been "childproof" :)

LOVE Jo

Vinterkräksjukan.... NOT

I haven't got VINTERKRÄKSJUKAN, I just have a BRAND NEW class to teach tonight :)

Promise to tell you all about it in a few hours (that and THE 24hour PARTY;) !!



First I got to rock the boat ...

Love Jo

Into perspective

Mo:

LOW point of the w-end: crying like a mad person in fetal position on the floor below the toilet seat (worried sick about Bebbelina) after having puked my guts out... for the first time of many, many that night and morning...


HIGH point of the w-end: being able to eat a cheese toast at 4pm Sunday afternoon. And keep it.

Thanks to Pour Bon, Korsgatan in Gothenburg for serving us vinterkräksjuka with our buffet lunch on Thursday.
We promise not to come back.

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VINTERKRÄKSJUKA

Mo:

Closed down by VINTERKRÄKSJUKA, back again when dying doesn´t seem like the easy option.

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Shake Shake Shake.....

Shake shake shake

Shake your booty

Shake your booty

As from tomorrow GYMNASIUM will be master at this!

I am teaching them the foundations of one of my favourite classes, created by fab Cecilia!

If you haven't tried this wicked form of moving you've missed out!

Fortunately for you, you can now train it at SWEDEN'S TOP GYM :)

Enjoy

Jo

Spiritual Chocolate

Thank you all beautiful yogis and yoginis! Without you I could never pull of my FIRST official working day of 2009 with 5 classes :) I am so excited over this new term! !!! We are gonna have so much fun together:

• HOT (36°) HOT (smoke ass hot yogis) YOGA
• Wicked cardio + big time muscle work out (mon 1800)
• Fierce wrist mandala asanas (your hands are gonna be stronger than Hulken altogether!)
• Luminous Morning Meditation (Tues 730-0800)
• Fierce Kick combos coming up
• Techno Techno Techno Souns ! I'll take you there with BODYPUMP (thurs 1830)
• Dizzling hot Jammin (1700) followed by beautiful Balance (1815)

And inbetween all this I am planning on running Göteborgs varvet for the first time... ever! Can someone plz give me some tips on how to get me little but started in this cold weather?

I keep on telling myself that it is WAY to cold and ICY to go running and I hate running indoors.

HELP!
I love to Love you baby

Jo

Go for it! Kick my ass!

Mo:

Oh yes, oh yes - oh yes, oh yes, oh yes!

Back in business BIG TIME! Taught 3 classes today, Yoga this morning followed by Spinning & Kettlebell in the evening. Kettlebell really kicks your ASS (in a good way) and it´s great to be back on track!

Also, started to get my working diary sorted and it looks like I won´t be keeping 2 weekends free per month...rather, it will be quite extraordinary if there will be 1 weekend free per month...

Well, well, well, I´ve slept enough in the last 12 weeks to last, if not a lifetime, at least until zee baby arrrrrrives....

From next week I´ll start training my wonderful, superglam little sister. I´m putting her on a twice a week program with kettlebell+yoga. My sister hates training. No, no, I really mean she HATES training. So far in her life, her TOTAL training time adds up to approximately 15-20h. If even. She is 35yrs old.

But, since she had beautiful (but not very lightweight) Daisy, her back has totally given in.
I´m looking forward to it, it´ll be a challenge.
Promise to keep you posted.

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Bloody trojan, virus, spywareCRAP!

Mo:

The beginning of a year should always start with a good clean. Well, maybe not so much cleaning as tidying. I started with the office today and hey, am I an expert in finding ways to stack paper, folders, CDs, magazines, books, etc etc in a way that makes it look great - but when I actually spend some time going through the stuff, I´ve saved SO MUCH crap!!!
The goal with this week is to cut the crap to at least half. When I´m done with the physical stuff, I´m heading into my computer. WHOOOOOHA, there´s a lot of stuff waiting to be thrown out also in the virtual world. Except from going through thousands of music files, I need to find out how to install Malwarebytes Anti-malware... My computer has caught a trojan or spyware that prevents me to install any cleaner or protector. HELP! In these situations I´m scaringly computer illiterate....


In the midst of cleaning, I got bored, so I headed out for a 5k run. (You can tell I´m getting my MOJO back, can´t you?)
I´m not sure what the biggest challenge was:

1. the fact that the running track reminded me of an ice-rink in places, damn, I should have brought my skates!

2. or that I got overtaken twice (I did overtake 3 people myself, but still...), it made me want to go: "I´m 15weeks pregnant!!!! You should be overtaking me you lazy looser!" Mature.

3. or the fact that I desperately needed a pee for all of the 5k (another side effect of pregnancy...). Since that insane madman killed so many spruces ("granar") in Skatås in the last few years, there are absolutely NO trees to hide behind anymore around the track, and no, I didn´t want to scare any children/old folks, so let´s just say I exercised my pelvic floor quite a bit during those ks...

ANYWAY. Since I´m feeling (dare I say it) slightly more energized, I´m looking forward to getting back to some sort of training routine again. I´m refusing to let "the bump" take me by surprise the day it decides to arrive, so today I ordered my maternity support belt.




I quote:

"...promotes proper posture and balance while allowing you to continue an active lifestyle. This belt is adjustable to accommodate size changes during and after pregnancy. It has excellent abdominal and lower back support and helps reduce the risk of strech marks. It is comfortable for everyday use and unnoticeable under most clothes. It can also be worn on the outside. This is our most popular belt with runners.
Back is 6" wide with a pocket for hot/cold pack or ipod and there are 2 side pulls for support adjustment."

Oh, I learn new things every day.

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Beauty

Found this amazing video!

On the webpage www.zugakousaku.com

There you can also download an amazing screen saver named 20C Voyage!!!

Enjoy

Jo

Honey I’m HOME ☺

Yes, I am back in Gothenburg after long, slow, soft days in Skåne.
And it has been great!!!
I have literally moved from the bed to the sofa to the dinner table, to the sofa, to the bed, over and over again.

I had some plan in the beginning that I should sign up with a gym in Skåne but that idée fell out of my mind quiet quickly for some reason…

I have even been too lazy to read books!

Instead I have fallen in love with Jonathan Rhys Meyers!!! What a man. An actor, model, singer and guitar player Oh la la.


I meet him in the box I got from my brother called “THE TUDORS”. And I have been convincing myself that I am actually educating myself, since it is about England’s King Henry the 5th!!! What do you say… can I pas that as EDUCATION?

I have spent time with the greatest grandma in the world! (Febbe, I taught her the “Hollywoodspelet” at 3am on New Years Eve and she rocked it : )


What else… Well, it is interesting how you can fall, and fall and fall, over and over for the same guy. It’s not that he’s all that… he is just well, makes my cheeks blush and my heart skip. And I’ve had a crush on him for over 20 years. (Oh god, hope he doesn’t read this!!!)

I got a new roomie! His name is SOUTH SIDE (from the cocktail on New Years Eve, U know East Cost/West Coast, well I say South Side : )
He’s a 3-meter tall green delicious plant.



Finally I have to agree with MO: There are only so many books you can read and so many movies to see. I long for 2009 to begin for real. So many exciting projects, so many friends to FIKA with and so many adventures to come.

Bland annat GÖTEBORGSVARVET ….

Hmm, MO r u still gonna run?

LOVE Jo

The holiday is coming to an end

Mo:





I have 2 more days off, then it´s time to get back to some kind of working reality. It has been lovely to have such a long, well deserved break, but there is a limit to how many books you can read, how many hours you can sleep and how many movies you can watch before your brain turns into a permanent state of mush...

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2009

Mo:

What I wish (and will work) for in 2009:

- A healthy baby - (by the way, what do you think about the new working name: "Bebbelina"?)
- Finding and buying a great apartment before July. Preferably with a balcony, a great view, wooden floors and high ceilings.
- A warm spring with lots of sun and blue skies. (This one just might be out of my hands...)
- A great trip to Barcelona in April.
- Being able to exercise and stay energized all the way until the end of my third trimester.

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