Sophie Karlstad in Two-Piece Workout Gear "Needed This" Yoga

Sophie Karlstad knows the power of movement and mindfulness. The Instagram influencer has built a dedicated following by sharing her fitness journey, from adventurous outdoor workouts to restorative yoga sessions.

Last year, Karlstad gave fans a peek into her self-care routine, posting photos and videos from a yoga class at a luxury hotel. Dressed in a chic brown workout set and a cozy white wrap sweater, she captioned the post, "Needed this." While the moment looked serene, Karlstad's dedication to staying fit is anything but passive—she balances yoga with intense hikes, swimming, and a nourishing diet.

So how does she keep her body and mind in peak condition? Here's a look at her go-to wellness habits.

As you can see from her Instagram post, Karlstad likes to practice yoga to keep herself in shape. Yoga has a lot of health benefits. Harvard Health says, "Several small studies have found yoga to have a positive effect on cardiovascular risk factors: it helped lower blood pressure in people who have hypertension. It's likely that the yoga restores 'baroreceptor sensitivity.' This helps the body senses imbalances in blood pressure and maintain balance."

Karlstad likes to go for hikes to keep herself in shape. She shares a lot of hiking posts on her Instagram. Karlstad shared this set of photos and videos of herself in the Lofoten Islands in Norway. In them, she is seen going for hikes in the mountains. She captioned the post, "A little piece of Lofoten."df44d9eab23ea271ddde7545ae2c09ec

Another thing that Karlstad likes to do to keep herself in shape is going for swims. Karlstad shares a lot of posts on Instagram of herself in the water. She shared this post of herself at the beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania. In some of the photos and videos, she is seen in the water. Karlstad captioned it, "Dipping my iphone in the ocean as if they still 990$." She also included some photos of herself swimming in this post from Zanzibar.

Karlsbad makes sure to eat a healthy diet. One way she does so is by cooking. She even has an Instagram story highlight of herself cooking. Harvard Health says that cooking meals has a lot of health benefits. "We already know that the more people cook at home, the healthier their diet, the fewer calories they consume, and the less likely they are to be obese or develop type 2 diabetes. A growing body of scientific evidence supports teaching patients how to cook meals at home as an effective medical intervention for improving diet quality, weight loss, and diabetes prevention."

Karlstad loves eating sweet potatoes. She shared this Instagram story of herself making a dish with sweet potatoes. According to Reid Health, these are very beneficial. "High vitamin A content is another one of the numerous benefits of sweet potatoes. Vitamin A is crucial for healthy teeth skin mucus membranes skeletal tissue and vision. As SFGate notes getting too little vitamin A in your diet puts you at risk for vision problems especially in dim light. One large sweet potato provides about 1730 micrograms of vitamin A. The recommended dietary allowance of vitamin A is 700 micrograms per day for women and 900 micrograms per day for men."