No. 01
A living archive
Writing from the path as it unfolded —
honest fragments of darkness,
discovery, and awakening.
Author • Musician • Poet • Entrepreneur
A journey inward.
A world beyond.
Words and music born from an inner journey — through suffering and transformation, towards freedom, peace, and creative expression.
About
Creating at the meeting point of earth and sky.
After a 12-year career in financial services, working with strategy and M&A, Gabriel turned inward. To the root of being.
An intense, 24/7, year-and-a-half inner journey culminated in a profound shift into abiding silent presence and peace. From this place, life continued to unfold and new projects emerged: managing an organic health café, co-managing a retreat centre for six years, and, for the past four and a half years, spreading physical and inner wellbeing in Stockholm through Alvanda Yoga Studio, in the heart of Vasastan.
“There is an aspect of reality that is untouched by any impression — quiet, vast, and free.”
— Gabriel
The book
AWAKENING
To our natural state of freedom
An invitation to look beyond the mind’s old stories and rediscover the clarity, aliveness, and peace of our true nature.
AWAKENING is a companion for the inner journey — a meeting place between lived experience, timeless wisdom, and the mystery at the heart of being.
The book was written in a creative surge at the beginning of 2018, almost as if it were channelled. It arrived word by word — from the first words on the opening page, onwards through to the end of the final chapter.
FormatPaperback & ebook
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-91-7785-541-5
Purchase at Bokus ↗
Also available at Alvanda Yoga Studio for 150 kr.
Simple pointers
Questions at the
heart of the journey.
- What is awakening?
- The recognition of yourself as consciousness.
- Why is it called awakening?
- It can feel like waking up when the tension of identification with the separate person dissolves. Suddenly, it becomes obvious what was always here.
- What is meditation?
- Being aware of being aware.
- What are the qualities of the awakened mind?
- Silent and at peace. Always aware.
- How do I quiet the mind?
- By staying as awareness, ego structures and internal dialogue dissolve, and your essence is revealed.
- How do I stay as awareness?
- You keep bringing yourself back to being aware, until you collapse into your being.
- Does awakening diminish me or make me lose my life?
- No. Everything that is good continues, but with a silent mind and freedom from many structures of fear.
- Is this something special or difficult to attain?
- No. It is not a state; it is here right now, one with your experience. It may be overlooked, and habits keep you identified with thoughts as you feed the thought structures with attention and belief.
Music
Sound as a creative outlet.
Vibration as play.
A space for curiosity, expression, and experimentation — exploring sound and vibration simply for the joy of creating.
The music is being prepared…
In person · Stockholm
Next classes at
Alvanda Yoga Studio.
Join me for breathwork, meditation, movement, and deeply restorative sound journeys at Sankt Eriksgatan 104, 113 31 Stockholm.
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Poetry
A journey from
self-destruction to awakening.
A chronological record of suffering, searching, transformation, and the discovery of freedom and peace.