My name is Marianne Eide.

I run Alva Yoga at The Yoga studio in Horten.

Basically I'm a dancer. Worked abroad. Been in London for 10 years, trained in Sweden, traveled the world with dance.

And then I got to a point where I got a little tired of the chase and became really hooked on yoga.

And then I gradually built on it and felt the need to have my own place. That's when Alva Yoga became in 2005.

I'm not originally from Horten. I'm an immigrant. And coming from a big city like London, Gothenburg or Stockholm. Coming to Horten gave me so much peace. I could just walk out the door and everything was within reach. You can walk down to the city. You can do things without standing in a lot of queues. Nature is right outside my door.

A lot of the driving force is that I want to share what I experience that yoga gives me. It's really that simple. It gives me an enormous calm and a greater ability to cope with everyday life. Coping with life. I don't always find that life is so very easy so it's nice to have a tool.