
Author: Armita Kalantari
My name is Armita Lor Kalantari. I started InstaBeing as a collection of life lessons to bring these ideas to a wider audience. Thirteen years prior to this, I was living in Iran where I was a professional inline figure skater. However, I was not allowed to compete worldwide, because I was a woman.
With the love and support of my coach, Sepideh, who was like a surrogate mother to me, I moved to the United States to pursue my dream of being the best skater in the world. I wrote to her for a year; every day after my practice in the United States. It was the only time of day which I had so much enthusiasm to write about my accomplishments of the day in the areas of school, learning a new language, a new culture and new tricks on skates. In 2006, I found out that Sepideh had Leukemia, my world was crushed and all my motivation to skate stopped right then and there.
When Sepideh passed away, I grieved for two years. But, one day I woke up and decided to not let unexpected events control me and my life. This is when I fully took responsibility and started painting a canvas to a new life.
In 2009, I began studying architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, and it was here that I started to find a greater meaning in my life again. As I pursued my career as an Architect, I strived to be able to build a better environment for our next generation. Now, after having practiced Architecture for the past 5 years, I’ve discovered my passion has grown beyond designing and building our physical environment, that in fact, I have developed a profound interest in humanity and its nature. Through many years of self-education, I’ve shifted my thinking to the spiritual aspect of the human experience and the need for self-discovery and personal growth. Today, I strive to share that with you weekly with InstaBeing.


My World at Night

Calm Your Roots

What Remains of Us

Four Techniques of Persuasion

The Cliff

My Tale

Patient with Time
