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Inglehart-Welzel world cultural map 2023

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One if the most interesting maps that exists is the one from World Values Survey called Inglehart-Welzel world cultural map measuring 1) Traditional values versus Secular-rational values and 2) Survival values versus Self-expression values. (see map below - if you want to see the changes from 1981 to 2015, click this link ). World Values Survey (WVS) is an international research program devoted to the scientific and academic study of social, political, economic, religious and cultural values of people in the world. WVS is at the moment the largest non-commercial cross-national empirical time-series investigation of human beliefs and values ever executed. This cultural map has so many interesting implications in order to understand how integration in a western society can go wrong, for example within a country like Sweden. Sweden is extreme when it comes to Self-expression values and Secular-rational values. This means that in Sweden we believe that God and Religion is not th

The 7th Yoga Mela - 2024

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A week ago I attended the 7 th Yoga Mela International Yoga & Sacred Music Festival presented by Divinya outside Eslöv. I didn´t really know what to expect beforehand and now looking back to the event, I have to say that my expectations were exceeded by far. Such an amazing & awesome experience. From the festival program: At Yoga Mela we come together to celebrate the transformative essence of Yoga as a way of life. The days are filled with profound wisdom teachings, authentic yoga, devotional sacred music and a transformational togetherness.   At Yoga Mela we want to celebrate the life which is already enlightened, the life which is already beautiful and perfect - the Divine which dwells inside of everything and everyone, always. There were many artists that performed during the festival. I especially appreciated Deva Premal & Miten , Mirabai Ceiba and Carrie Tree. As Yoga teachers, we could enjoy classes by e.g Simon Park , Tommy Rosen and Kia Miller. We also had t