Art by me Artistic exploration is a means by which I access another part of myself that otherwise is kept hidden. The fact that when I create anything artistic I never have a plan, is a big deal for me. In my normal life I am that kind of person, who always thinks has a…
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Being a Student, Becoming a Teacher
I wrote this as my philosophy presentation for the end of my first 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training with the great Jim Harrington at Reunion Yoga, in Cape Town. After 10 years of Meditation and Yoga practice I feel blessed to have had this amazing opportunity of learning and growing. I honour with these writings…
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“The underworld has gone into the unconscious: even become the unconscious. Depth psychology is where today we find the initiatory mysteries, the long journey of psychic learning, ancestor worship, the encounters with demons and shadows, and the sufferings of hell.” James Hillman. Darkness. I have fallen into a well of darkness. Dense. Obscure. Black. I…
Read More7 Months, 8 Lessons
I have been working and living on an island in the middle of nowhere for the past seven months. As the space to reach out is limited, the only place to really go to is within. I think that’s why I love islands, they make you learn and grow at a very fast rate. Each…
Read MorePermanent Impermanence
“Death said: ‘God made sense turn outward, man therefore looks outward, not onto himself. Now and again a daring soul, desiring immortality, has looked back and found himself. The ignorant man runs after pleasure, sinks into the entanglements of death; but the wise man, seeking the undying, does not run among things that die.’” Katha-Upanishad…
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