And so I have become a cacao guardian. It feels more like a journey that has just started, rather than one I completed. Yet I want to celebrate this moment with you, because for me it means a lot to receive the honour of continuing an authentic Mayan tradition with Read more…
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala has definitely become one of the spiritual community hotspots of Central America. With all kinds of yoga, meditation, dance, kirtan and other activities, it’s easy to get in the workshop-retreat-festival swirl. These can be great to explore, but if you are not careful, you can miss the Read more…
What is the shamanic path and how does one go about exploring it? In my own journey in the last 10 years, I’ve found this to be not such a simple question to answer. And since it hasn’t been simple for me (and actually continues to be a question I Read more…
We are bouncing up and down in a local ‘collectivo’ bus, going down the mountain. I look out the window and get a glimpse of the incredible greenness and perspective of Sacred Valley. Wohooo another turn. And I start getting sick. I see the new friend I made this morning Read more…
As I leave Sofia and close yet another chapter of 2018 (whew!), I took some time to do another ‘goodbye ritual’ and reflect back on what that last phase of my life has gifted me. It’s one year since I left for South East Asia with the intention of finding Read more…
Have you ever faced the challenge of aligning your life vision with your partner? I could say that as someone who’s travelling a lot I’ve definitely experienced this in the last years. But that would be only half of the truth. The whole truth is that I’ve always had a Read more…
City-eating plants. Plant-eating humans. Human-eating cities. 🌳👩🌾🏢 Today I got a feeling that I need to go on a city quest. You know, like a vision quest, but in the concrete jungle 😆 Not sure where I got this idea – it just hit me that the city plants wanted to lead me Read more…
“Sacateca is a man of knowledge, he is not the same class with you fellows.” Don Juan said sternly. “He dances because that’s the bent of his nature…” Carlos Castaneda, ‘A Separate Reality’ You know how it is. Sometimes you read something and you spend the rest of the day Read more…