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New found waterfall!
Yesterday our agenda took us to a different area... I checked the map just in case there was a water body to cool down and relax at the end of the day. Not just success, it was paradise! Wonderful waterfall with a like pool in the middle of a fairy tale forest. 45 minute walk to get there, following...
Quick visit to sea!
Early in the morning, before bringing my van to be inspected for the Spanish MOT we went to the sea. I had chosen that MOT station so at least we could immerse in the sea and feel grounded for the test... It was not a normal one, it's part of a tedious process to legally convert my British van i...
Tree dressed
What else to wear after a summer's evening swim?
Wild Indigenous
Let your wild indigenous one do what they love to do. In water, sun, breeze, stillness, movement... Whatever and however it is. Where is your wild indigenous part most at home?
Clay Sunday II
More pics of today's delicious clay treatment by and in the river
Clay Sunday
This lush river is rich in red clay and today I had a fantastic clay time. I picked a chunk and made a ball and rubbed it against every corner of my body, really sensing the exfoliation. I dried in the sun, did Qiging feeling how it dried, it cracked... And went back again, letting the red water run...
Swimming in grass
May you have a great weekend ✨
Sensual sensuous wander
A sensual, sensuous wander in the river this afternoon. Complete different feeling and energy in comparison with my morning swim. Now water was very alluring. The atmosphere was saturated in colours, thick almost heavy to breathe, with patches of hot air and glimpses of freshness. A wander around in...
Sun filtering through
My morning swim was really joyful. After swimming up and down the stream I found a small patch where the rays of sunshine were touching water. And so I stayed there, soaking in the delicate glimmers.
Sun filtering through II
A few more pics of this morning glorious time catching the hidden sun. Playing with light and water is simply sublime.May you have a sublime day too
Clarity
Clear water and clarity of mind. In flow. Gratitude for this day so far. Plenty of dips ahead in-between taks! May you have a great day ahead
Playing with current
We found an entrance to the local river in between a day of paperwork, offices, chores in order to recalibrate ourselves again. The strong current was great to be playful, be immersed by hanging onto the underwater roots and stones, letting oneself be carried a few meters downstream... Sweet playful...
Like on a desert island
Yesterday we went to the sea and mmmmA beach we had never been before. A recommendation to avoid crowds, avoid people in general... And so it was! Understandable given the fact the the walk down involved a few places using ropes! This was a test for me as quite a few years ago on a crazy hike I ende...
In the otherworld
Today I properly caught up with sleep, so much that sun was fierce when we met. I went to the river, in the shade of alders, ash, elder, popplar, figs... dark, exhuberant, fresh atmosphere accompanying the cold water of my beloved. Faery island alive with frogs, king fisher flying upstream while swi...
River wander
Delicious verticality sensing the bottom of the river with the soles of my feet yet one more day.. Being familiar with each texture, step, rock... Feet as eyes who see in the depths of the water.
On becoming frog
Mimicking story of frog.Frogspawn.Months of incubation underwater.Wiggling in drawn spots,feeling into rock.Choosing faery island. Living between worlds.
Early dip II
I love to see how being in water moves me, wakes me up, and reveals different facets. Water expressivity in motion somatically
Early dip
I haven't been able to get many hours of sleep in the last few day/week in comparison with my normal rhythm. Active mind. But first things first: early dip in the river, breathing amongst the trees, seeing and hearing king fisher and crow... in order to ground and start the day with a different,...
Paradoxes
Reality is more complex than it looks like... I went for a dip this morning with my friend, to her beloved beach, knowing that companies had been discharging sewage in the area in the last few days. The map is covered in alerts of this outrageous practice, and it seems that the tendency is in the ri...
Dipping in sand
Attempt to swim with low tide in a new place. I couldn't reach the water as walking became increasingly difficult. Sinking in. Jellyfish mosaic. Pleasurable and unsettling textures under the feet at the same time. Incredible colours rising from underneath the surface. Sometimes one needs to sur...
Swimming in the atmosphere of the forest
Being far away from water, I immersed into the atmosphere of the forest. Staying in these woodland is like diving in the ocean. Forest bathing taken more literally, more bare, skin to bark, skin to leaf, close contact with this more than human world who is always here. Delightful wild(dry)swim.
Throwback
Missing the sea today, hours of concrete and fumes. Looking at pictures from just a couple of days ago cools me down (a bit!).
With the sisters II
I just love swimming and bathing with seaweed, sea lettuce in particular because of the texture and the vibrancy of the colour, the way sun light gets through... It awakens my senses and my aliveness gets fully charged. Such a wonderful time!
