ClaraTheWriter
@clarathewriter.bsky.social
Cat lover, coffee addict, and passionate writer. Business graduate from Barcelona, living in Gothenburg and working as a content writer. Embracing life in Sweden with my furry companion, Luna.
The most profound moments happened where I was the only tourist.
Families arrived with offering towers. Children ran, elders gossiped. No one performed devotion.
Have you witnessed authentic ceremony that shifted your understanding?
#ceremony #authenticity #bali
Families arrived with offering towers. Children ran, elders gossiped. No one performed devotion.
Have you witnessed authentic ceremony that shifted your understanding?
#ceremony #authenticity #bali
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 AM
The most profound moments happened where I was the only tourist.
Families arrived with offering towers. Children ran, elders gossiped. No one performed devotion.
Have you witnessed authentic ceremony that shifted your understanding?
#ceremony #authenticity #bali
Families arrived with offering towers. Children ran, elders gossiped. No one performed devotion.
Have you witnessed authentic ceremony that shifted your understanding?
#ceremony #authenticity #bali
In yoga, they teach breath shifts your nervous system from stress to ease.
I discovered it works while running. Two in, four out. That ratio changes everything.
Have you tried breath techniques during physical activity?
#breathwork #pranayama #mindfulrunning
I discovered it works while running. Two in, four out. That ratio changes everything.
Have you tried breath techniques during physical activity?
#breathwork #pranayama #mindfulrunning
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 AM
In yoga, they teach breath shifts your nervous system from stress to ease.
I discovered it works while running. Two in, four out. That ratio changes everything.
Have you tried breath techniques during physical activity?
#breathwork #pranayama #mindfulrunning
I discovered it works while running. Two in, four out. That ratio changes everything.
Have you tried breath techniques during physical activity?
#breathwork #pranayama #mindfulrunning
I caught myself judging her yoga pose while congratulating myself for having 'better alignment.'
That was my wake-up in Bali, I'd come to deepen practice, I deepened ego instead.
Have you ever caught your ego wearing spiritual clothes?
#spiritualego #yogaphilosophy
That was my wake-up in Bali, I'd come to deepen practice, I deepened ego instead.
Have you ever caught your ego wearing spiritual clothes?
#spiritualego #yogaphilosophy
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January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I caught myself judging her yoga pose while congratulating myself for having 'better alignment.'
That was my wake-up in Bali, I'd come to deepen practice, I deepened ego instead.
Have you ever caught your ego wearing spiritual clothes?
#spiritualego #yogaphilosophy
That was my wake-up in Bali, I'd come to deepen practice, I deepened ego instead.
Have you ever caught your ego wearing spiritual clothes?
#spiritualego #yogaphilosophy
Something changes around kilometer three.
My thoughts get tired before my legs do. The mental noise fades, and what's left is just breath and footfalls.
Do you have a practice that quiets your mind this way?
#mindfulrunning #runningmeditation #flowstate
My thoughts get tired before my legs do. The mental noise fades, and what's left is just breath and footfalls.
Do you have a practice that quiets your mind this way?
#mindfulrunning #runningmeditation #flowstate
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Something changes around kilometer three.
My thoughts get tired before my legs do. The mental noise fades, and what's left is just breath and footfalls.
Do you have a practice that quiets your mind this way?
#mindfulrunning #runningmeditation #flowstate
My thoughts get tired before my legs do. The mental noise fades, and what's left is just breath and footfalls.
Do you have a practice that quiets your mind this way?
#mindfulrunning #runningmeditation #flowstate
Ketut said "Help with harvest next week."
I spent a day in rice paddies, back aching, hands clumsy. More about discipline than yoga classes.
What has taught you about practice outside formal spiritual spaces?
#practice #discipline
I spent a day in rice paddies, back aching, hands clumsy. More about discipline than yoga classes.
What has taught you about practice outside formal spiritual spaces?
#practice #discipline
January 24, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Ketut said "Help with harvest next week."
I spent a day in rice paddies, back aching, hands clumsy. More about discipline than yoga classes.
What has taught you about practice outside formal spiritual spaces?
#practice #discipline
I spent a day in rice paddies, back aching, hands clumsy. More about discipline than yoga classes.
What has taught you about practice outside formal spiritual spaces?
#practice #discipline
Real transformation happens in the space between boredom and breakthrough.
It happens in that quiet territory where we stay with something long enough to actually understand it.
What have you discovered by staying instead of moving on?
#deepen ingpractice #patience #transformation
It happens in that quiet territory where we stay with something long enough to actually understand it.
What have you discovered by staying instead of moving on?
#deepen ingpractice #patience #transformation
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Real transformation happens in the space between boredom and breakthrough.
It happens in that quiet territory where we stay with something long enough to actually understand it.
What have you discovered by staying instead of moving on?
#deepen ingpractice #patience #transformation
It happens in that quiet territory where we stay with something long enough to actually understand it.
What have you discovered by staying instead of moving on?
#deepen ingpractice #patience #transformation
On that temple floor, I saw my spiritual tourism clearly.
I'd flown searching for meaning. Families weren't searching, they maintained community through daily work.
Have you recognized privilege in your own spiritual seeking?
#privilege #spirituality
I'd flown searching for meaning. Families weren't searching, they maintained community through daily work.
Have you recognized privilege in your own spiritual seeking?
#privilege #spirituality
January 23, 2026 at 11:03 PM
On that temple floor, I saw my spiritual tourism clearly.
I'd flown searching for meaning. Families weren't searching, they maintained community through daily work.
Have you recognized privilege in your own spiritual seeking?
#privilege #spirituality
I'd flown searching for meaning. Families weren't searching, they maintained community through daily work.
Have you recognized privilege in your own spiritual seeking?
#privilege #spirituality
I've practiced the same sun salutations in Rishikesh, Bali, and Gothenburg.
The sequence never changed. Everything around it did.
Where has your practice followed you?
#yogaeverywhere #embodiedpractice #travelandyoga
The sequence never changed. Everything around it did.
Where has your practice followed you?
#yogaeverywhere #embodiedpractice #travelandyoga
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January 23, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I've practiced the same sun salutations in Rishikesh, Bali, and Gothenburg.
The sequence never changed. Everything around it did.
Where has your practice followed you?
#yogaeverywhere #embodiedpractice #travelandyoga
The sequence never changed. Everything around it did.
Where has your practice followed you?
#yogaeverywhere #embodiedpractice #travelandyoga
I'd been collecting spiritual experiences like everything else.
Perfect moments from travel, teachings to sound impressive, silence had no story.
What have you been collecting instead of actually experiencing?
#spiritualpractice #mindfulness #authenticity
Perfect moments from travel, teachings to sound impressive, silence had no story.
What have you been collecting instead of actually experiencing?
#spiritualpractice #mindfulness #authenticity
January 23, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I'd been collecting spiritual experiences like everything else.
Perfect moments from travel, teachings to sound impressive, silence had no story.
What have you been collecting instead of actually experiencing?
#spiritualpractice #mindfulness #authenticity
Perfect moments from travel, teachings to sound impressive, silence had no story.
What have you been collecting instead of actually experiencing?
#spiritualpractice #mindfulness #authenticity
Ketut said "Help with harvest next week."
I spent a day in rice paddies, back aching, hands clumsy. More about discipline than yoga classes.
What has taught you about practice outside formal spiritual spaces?
#practice #discipline
I spent a day in rice paddies, back aching, hands clumsy. More about discipline than yoga classes.
What has taught you about practice outside formal spiritual spaces?
#practice #discipline
January 23, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Ketut said "Help with harvest next week."
I spent a day in rice paddies, back aching, hands clumsy. More about discipline than yoga classes.
What has taught you about practice outside formal spiritual spaces?
#practice #discipline
I spent a day in rice paddies, back aching, hands clumsy. More about discipline than yoga classes.
What has taught you about practice outside formal spiritual spaces?
#practice #discipline
I know less about yoga now than five years ago, and that feels like progress.
Beginner's mind opens. Expert mind closes around what it knows.
Does your practice feel more like gathering knowledge or releasing it?
#beginner'smind #yogapractice #shoshin
Beginner's mind opens. Expert mind closes around what it knows.
Does your practice feel more like gathering knowledge or releasing it?
#beginner'smind #yogapractice #shoshin
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I know less about yoga now than five years ago, and that feels like progress.
Beginner's mind opens. Expert mind closes around what it knows.
Does your practice feel more like gathering knowledge or releasing it?
#beginner'smind #yogapractice #shoshin
Beginner's mind opens. Expert mind closes around what it knows.
Does your practice feel more like gathering knowledge or releasing it?
#beginner'smind #yogapractice #shoshin
In yoga, they teach breath shifts your nervous system from stress to ease.
I discovered it works while running. Two in, four out. That ratio changes everything.
Have you tried breath techniques during physical activity?
#breathwork #pranayama #mindfulrunning
I discovered it works while running. Two in, four out. That ratio changes everything.
Have you tried breath techniques during physical activity?
#breathwork #pranayama #mindfulrunning
January 22, 2026 at 8:19 PM
In yoga, they teach breath shifts your nervous system from stress to ease.
I discovered it works while running. Two in, four out. That ratio changes everything.
Have you tried breath techniques during physical activity?
#breathwork #pranayama #mindfulrunning
I discovered it works while running. Two in, four out. That ratio changes everything.
Have you tried breath techniques during physical activity?
#breathwork #pranayama #mindfulrunning
On day seven, silence broke and I heard my voice.
It sounded smaller, a woman was crying, a man protecting his silence.
Have you ever returned from an experience knowing something changed permanently, even if you couldn't name it?
#silence #meditation #transformation
It sounded smaller, a woman was crying, a man protecting his silence.
Have you ever returned from an experience knowing something changed permanently, even if you couldn't name it?
#silence #meditation #transformation
Read more
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medium.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 PM
On day seven, silence broke and I heard my voice.
It sounded smaller, a woman was crying, a man protecting his silence.
Have you ever returned from an experience knowing something changed permanently, even if you couldn't name it?
#silence #meditation #transformation
It sounded smaller, a woman was crying, a man protecting his silence.
Have you ever returned from an experience knowing something changed permanently, even if you couldn't name it?
#silence #meditation #transformation
What did three weeks in Bali actually teach about transformation?
I left with batik scarves. What I couldn't pack: humility, recognition transformation takes time.
What unexpected lesson has travel brought you?
#spiritualjourney #transformation #presence
I left with batik scarves. What I couldn't pack: humility, recognition transformation takes time.
What unexpected lesson has travel brought you?
#spiritualjourney #transformation #presence
January 22, 2026 at 1:38 PM
What did three weeks in Bali actually teach about transformation?
I left with batik scarves. What I couldn't pack: humility, recognition transformation takes time.
What unexpected lesson has travel brought you?
#spiritualjourney #transformation #presence
I left with batik scarves. What I couldn't pack: humility, recognition transformation takes time.
What unexpected lesson has travel brought you?
#spiritualjourney #transformation #presence
I can't recreate the Himalayas, but I carry something.
Once a week I practice silence mornings, harder in the city, but that's the practice.
How do you find stillness in your ordinary life, not waiting for perfect conditions?
#dailypractice #mindfulness #ordinarylife
Once a week I practice silence mornings, harder in the city, but that's the practice.
How do you find stillness in your ordinary life, not waiting for perfect conditions?
#dailypractice #mindfulness #ordinarylife
January 22, 2026 at 6:57 AM
I can't recreate the Himalayas, but I carry something.
Once a week I practice silence mornings, harder in the city, but that's the practice.
How do you find stillness in your ordinary life, not waiting for perfect conditions?
#dailypractice #mindfulness #ordinarylife
Once a week I practice silence mornings, harder in the city, but that's the practice.
How do you find stillness in your ordinary life, not waiting for perfect conditions?
#dailypractice #mindfulness #ordinarylife
Certainty creates rigidity, uncertainty allows flexibility—I'm free because I don't know.
When I'm certain, I defend. Uncertainty lets me respond.
Where in your life could uncertainty actually create more freedom?
#spiritualwisdom #freedom #uncertainty
When I'm certain, I defend. Uncertainty lets me respond.
Where in your life could uncertainty actually create more freedom?
#spiritualwisdom #freedom #uncertainty
January 22, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Certainty creates rigidity, uncertainty allows flexibility—I'm free because I don't know.
When I'm certain, I defend. Uncertainty lets me respond.
Where in your life could uncertainty actually create more freedom?
#spiritualwisdom #freedom #uncertainty
When I'm certain, I defend. Uncertainty lets me respond.
Where in your life could uncertainty actually create more freedom?
#spiritualwisdom #freedom #uncertainty
On day three in Rishikesh, I asked my teacher when we'd learn something new.
He smiled. "You'll learn something new every time if you're paying attention."
Have you ever stayed with something long enough to discover its depth?
#yogapractice #consistency #embodiedwisdom
He smiled. "You'll learn something new every time if you're paying attention."
Have you ever stayed with something long enough to discover its depth?
#yogapractice #consistency #embodiedwisdom
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January 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
On day three in Rishikesh, I asked my teacher when we'd learn something new.
He smiled. "You'll learn something new every time if you're paying attention."
Have you ever stayed with something long enough to discover its depth?
#yogapractice #consistency #embodiedwisdom
He smiled. "You'll learn something new every time if you're paying attention."
Have you ever stayed with something long enough to discover its depth?
#yogapractice #consistency #embodiedwisdom
Silence didn't teach me peace, it showed me what I carried.
The need to be productive, fear that quiet meant worthlessness, terror I was wasting my life.
What would you discover if you stopped being productive for a week?
#productivity #silence #lettinggo
The need to be productive, fear that quiet meant worthlessness, terror I was wasting my life.
What would you discover if you stopped being productive for a week?
#productivity #silence #lettinggo
January 21, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Silence didn't teach me peace, it showed me what I carried.
The need to be productive, fear that quiet meant worthlessness, terror I was wasting my life.
What would you discover if you stopped being productive for a week?
#productivity #silence #lettinggo
The need to be productive, fear that quiet meant worthlessness, terror I was wasting my life.
What would you discover if you stopped being productive for a week?
#productivity #silence #lettinggo
The most profound moments happened where I was the only tourist.
Families arrived with offering towers. Children ran, elders gossiped. No one performed devotion.
Have you witnessed authentic ceremony that shifted your understanding?
#ceremony #authenticity #bali
Families arrived with offering towers. Children ran, elders gossiped. No one performed devotion.
Have you witnessed authentic ceremony that shifted your understanding?
#ceremony #authenticity #bali
January 21, 2026 at 10:54 AM
The most profound moments happened where I was the only tourist.
Families arrived with offering towers. Children ran, elders gossiped. No one performed devotion.
Have you witnessed authentic ceremony that shifted your understanding?
#ceremony #authenticity #bali
Families arrived with offering towers. Children ran, elders gossiped. No one performed devotion.
Have you witnessed authentic ceremony that shifted your understanding?
#ceremony #authenticity #bali
Wellness culture taught me every problem has a solution, and that nearly broke me.
Five steps to enlightenment. I tried to solve myself.
Have you felt this exhaustion from trying to 'fix' yourself spiritually?
#wellnessculture #spirituality #authenticity
Five steps to enlightenment. I tried to solve myself.
Have you felt this exhaustion from trying to 'fix' yourself spiritually?
#wellnessculture #spirituality #authenticity
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Wellness culture taught me every problem has a solution, and that nearly broke me.
Five steps to enlightenment. I tried to solve myself.
Have you felt this exhaustion from trying to 'fix' yourself spiritually?
#wellnessculture #spirituality #authenticity
Five steps to enlightenment. I tried to solve myself.
Have you felt this exhaustion from trying to 'fix' yourself spiritually?
#wellnessculture #spirituality #authenticity
What if unanswered questions aren't problems, but companions on the path?
I write them in my journal and leave them unanswered. That feels more honest.
What question has been sitting with you lately?
#livingquestions #spiritualpractice #inquiry
I write them in my journal and leave them unanswered. That feels more honest.
What question has been sitting with you lately?
#livingquestions #spiritualpractice #inquiry
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
What if unanswered questions aren't problems, but companions on the path?
I write them in my journal and leave them unanswered. That feels more honest.
What question has been sitting with you lately?
#livingquestions #spiritualpractice #inquiry
I write them in my journal and leave them unanswered. That feels more honest.
What question has been sitting with you lately?
#livingquestions #spiritualpractice #inquiry
My teacher asked what I learned. I'd been missing seven-eighths.
I practice all eight limbs. Badly but wholly. Ethics before poses. Contentment with effort. Messier, deeper.
Which of the eight limbs calls to you most?
#eightlimbs #completeyoga #yogaintegration
I practice all eight limbs. Badly but wholly. Ethics before poses. Contentment with effort. Messier, deeper.
Which of the eight limbs calls to you most?
#eightlimbs #completeyoga #yogaintegration
Read on
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January 20, 2026 at 7:37 PM
My teacher asked what I learned. I'd been missing seven-eighths.
I practice all eight limbs. Badly but wholly. Ethics before poses. Contentment with effort. Messier, deeper.
Which of the eight limbs calls to you most?
#eightlimbs #completeyoga #yogaintegration
I practice all eight limbs. Badly but wholly. Ethics before poses. Contentment with effort. Messier, deeper.
Which of the eight limbs calls to you most?
#eightlimbs #completeyoga #yogaintegration
There was a bleached tree beneath the Himalayas, stripped by wind, still standing.
Looking at it, I understood, impermanence isn't sad, it's beautiful.
What in nature has taught you something words couldn't explain?
#impermanence #nature #buddhism
Looking at it, I understood, impermanence isn't sad, it's beautiful.
What in nature has taught you something words couldn't explain?
#impermanence #nature #buddhism
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
There was a bleached tree beneath the Himalayas, stripped by wind, still standing.
Looking at it, I understood, impermanence isn't sad, it's beautiful.
What in nature has taught you something words couldn't explain?
#impermanence #nature #buddhism
Looking at it, I understood, impermanence isn't sad, it's beautiful.
What in nature has taught you something words couldn't explain?
#impermanence #nature #buddhism
The deepest stillness I've felt didn't come from a meditation cushion.
It came after running, lying by the river. Rest earned through effort feels different.
What helps you find stillness after movement?
#savasana #yogapractice #restasresistance
It came after running, lying by the river. Rest earned through effort feels different.
What helps you find stillness after movement?
#savasana #yogapractice #restasresistance
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 AM
The deepest stillness I've felt didn't come from a meditation cushion.
It came after running, lying by the river. Rest earned through effort feels different.
What helps you find stillness after movement?
#savasana #yogapractice #restasresistance
It came after running, lying by the river. Rest earned through effort feels different.
What helps you find stillness after movement?
#savasana #yogapractice #restasresistance
Something changes around kilometer three.
My thoughts get tired before my legs do. The mental noise fades, and what's left is just breath and footfalls.
Do you have a practice that quiets your mind this way?
#mindfulrunning #runningmeditation #flowstate
My thoughts get tired before my legs do. The mental noise fades, and what's left is just breath and footfalls.
Do you have a practice that quiets your mind this way?
#mindfulrunning #runningmeditation #flowstate
January 20, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Something changes around kilometer three.
My thoughts get tired before my legs do. The mental noise fades, and what's left is just breath and footfalls.
Do you have a practice that quiets your mind this way?
#mindfulrunning #runningmeditation #flowstate
My thoughts get tired before my legs do. The mental noise fades, and what's left is just breath and footfalls.
Do you have a practice that quiets your mind this way?
#mindfulrunning #runningmeditation #flowstate