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green grass, sunshine, an apple tree and a few words ✨ Playing through wild sceneries Of twirling palettes and swirling shades Dizzy behind the eyelids and sore toes From dancing on the edge for eternity (at Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDCFNtHHE9m/?igshid=i49xrhxoilh4

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🌙 Yesterday was sad but the moon looked pretty. I blame my chaos and sadness on all the retrogades, it's more fun than blaming it on stagnancy. ✨ Feelings are mysterious but also what make u feel human. So there's nothing to complain about actually. ✨ Today was a happy day though, and flowing makes me feel good. So maybe I'll just stick to that until my head feels sane again. ✨ Also, I'm very happy about my new musical obsession with Billie Marten. "I'd be content with time well spent" is my new favourite sentence. ✨ Anyway, take care of yourselves, it's important 🌻 . . #flowartsfriday #hooplah #hoopersofinstagram #movement #flowarts #hulahoop #dance (at Rixensart) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB6N1lgHI5v/?igshid=1kauaw842oz3k

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"I'd be content with time well spent" is my new favourite sentence. Yesterday I was quite sad today I'm quite happy again. Funny how feelings work. Always a mystery. Always what makes u feel alive though. But the moon looked pretty and flowing always feels good so maybe I'll just stick to that until my head feels rather sane again. Plus, this song is pure heaven and I'm very happy that Billie Marten has become my new obsession. Anyway, take care of yourself, it's important 🌻 . . #flowartsfriday #hooplah #hoopersofinstagram #flowarts #dance #movement #hoop (at Rixensart) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB5yob6FrN9/?igshid=10wsyvuyo5mw2

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pro tip for not cutting yourself while shaving : don't shave :) . (Picture by @elineroost , back in those days when I defined myself as a traveler) . (at Utrecht, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWLFWUnmFX/?igshid=qyawfqr8byv2

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This week has confronted many of us with how confusing it is to be a little human being on this little planet. One week was enough for me to feel like I've been slammed to the floor, so I can't even begin to comprehend what BIPOC have been going through every single day during their entire life. Waking up from my naive slumbers to the harsh brutality of our world has been painful (like it should) and it showed me again how humanly imperfect I am at dealing with my own sensitivity and feelings. So from now on, I make the promise to myself to keep on doing the work to be a better human, and for that I also need to make the promise to myself to start taking better care of my little self my little life again. On the long run, one can't go without the other. Today I hit a peak of sadness and confusion, and what's the point of feeling sad if you can't transmute it into something positive, something that actually brings a change ? So I finally went for a walk, hugged some trees, prayed to the earth, asked the universe to carry me. I hooped until I danced until I couldn't anymore. I smiled. We need the stillness of nature and we need to feel our connection to the ground we are walking on in order to build the strength to keep on walking our walk. We need to feel deep into our hearts the unity that we are part of to work on bringing it into the collective. I haven't felt this deeply saddened in a long time, and I need to remind myself that if I want to work on healing the world, I need to work on staying sane myself. There's no going back and I want to be as supportive, educated and strong as I can be in the new chapter that awaits. ✨ . #hoop #hoopersofinstagram #nature #dance #movement #forest #trees #hooplah (at Rixensart) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBOjpa_nPyr/?igshid=1kwnusaqqto8w

#hoop #hoopersofinstagram #nature #dance #movement #forest #trees #hooplah

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☀️ Playing with shadows 👥 I noticed the other day as I woke up at my usual time of 6.40, that the light travels sweetly through the window onto the wall beside my bed. I started moving my hands in front of it and thought of how pretty it looks. I wondered how I hadn't noticed this light before, although I wake up nearly every morning at the same time and the sun shines from the same height every day. So much beauty to play with and I hadn't paid attention. This made me think: how many times do I forget to pay attention in a day? How many valuable things do I miss because my mind has slipped away from the present moment ? How often do I miss beauty because my eyes are focused on future or past imagery ? It's interesting how all we have is this present moment but we are so bad at staying within it. Getting creative is mainly about being present, about painting the world that surrounds us with the tools this moment is giving us. I know I'm not the best at keeping my mind on what is, but I want to make a pinky promise to myself that I will do my best at finding and cocreating art in the moment that is offered to me. I want to remember that beauty is everywhere right here right now and it is meant to be explored. It is all served in a silver plate for us to play with. Beauty is not to be obsessively seeked in expectations of future dreams and nostalgia of good old times. Beauty is meant to flow naturally to us and through us in the now that is offered to us. We all hold the paintbrush of creativity between our fingers and the spirit of the artist in our hearts. Let's use them ❤️ . . #art #thoughts #shadows #createeveryday #sun #writing #growth #presentmoment #consciousliving #body #creativity #flow #feel #beauty https://www.instagram.com/p/CA0rQqqHQDP/?igshid=11hhj4ow0sj9n

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✨ Early rise and the sound of our little orange coffee maker Slow car drives on cobble roads that wind through summer tainted meadows Stacking fruit shelves to melodies of Coldplay and colleagues to enjoy the hectic yet peaceful morning with, the shop fully belonging to us for a few moments. The deep sense of contentment felt in that present moment, unburied from some place between the sad piano melodies, the vibrant rainbow of vegetables, and the pull to do things right Lunch on the parking lot ground, shoes kicked off, arms kissed by the sun, legs slightly itchy from the half-dry grass My hand sticking out from my car window, gently carried by the singing of the wind and the music playing on the radio Chocolate and tea, the moon on a blue sky, honest compliments Here are a few things that my today was puzzled up with . Bits and pieces of ordinary lives That made me feel like the world was spinning right, like the other side of the planet is meant to be lived here I’ve been searching for mysteries in many beautiful corners Looking for pieces I thought I couldn’t find inside But for the first time in a very long time, I feel like my familiarity is home to Thousands of mysteries I’ll find pleasure in resolving A million of adventures that will meet my satisfaction An endless cycle of breaths that will shelter my peace For now, adventure is not about moving anymore, It’s about staying still It’s not about seeking new impressions It’s about finding peace among the quiet Excitement in the daily gems New perceptions in familiar landscapes It’s about building a foundation in one physical space So that I can travel and expand within it, Allow stability to settle in, yet keep far away its closely related monotony . Right now, I feel like the exploration of places, experiences, and connections Is to be done without the help of new countries and unseen sceneries Today, my adventure is to be lived in what seems like the most familiar place The place that was home before any other place was For once, my heart whispers "Stay" And once more, I listen. . #poetry #writing #writersofinstagram #thoughts #poem #growth #spirituality #stillness https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvomtuHBGc/?igshid=1y190srhl1jjr

#poetry #writing #writersofinstagram #thoughts #poem #growth #spirituality #stillness

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We often pay more attention to the hectic sounds around us, than than to the soft gentle whisper rooted in the depths of our hearts. Why, if the latter is so much more pleasing to be carried by? 🍃 . "you cover your mouth with the memories of people who told you to be quiet they slide from your mind down to your lips and seal them tight down to your hands and keep them shut down to your feet and kill their rhythm your body left paralyzed from vivid images that only exist in your own internal world but you're not meant to cover your light because some people weren't shining as bright and couldn't handle it so let the memories slide from your mind but only to your eyes this time turn them into tears and wipe them off your cheeks make them disappear with all the pictures they held within." . . #poetry #writersofinstagram #writing #write #poem #thoughts #growth #spirituality https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlGdUHH0XV/?igshid=1ga1s7gbbaquu

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Some flow from today 🔆 . I feel like I'm leveling up and accessing new ways of moving that were locked before behind a sealed door that I didn't have the key to (guess I found it) and it's extremely satisfying. . Still many many more locked doors in front of me, but it's thrilling and exciting, especially because the doors aren't transparent, so I can't see what's behind them. So many mysteries to uncover!!! . All my faerie love to the sun and the heat and to wearing shorts and to my sunburn in my neck because it's not used to being unprotected 🌻 And all my faerie love to you🧚‍♀️ (+move your body/create if you haven't yet today) . #hoopersofinstagram #flow #nature #yoga #hooplah #flow #movement #dance #flowarts #sun. (at Rixensart) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAVuwG1nH73/?igshid=18m968fhp3834

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Soooo this happened the other day !! 💇 Funny to think that I had hair on my head a few days ago. I've put my hair through quite a few phases: purple, red, extremely blonde, white, brown, as long as it can get, shorter, short, a few dreadlocks and a fringe. Nothing too drastic, just some playing around. Maybe I'm a forever unsatisfied human. Or maybe I'm just curious. . A lot of women (I still see myself as a kid but let's use the word woman) go for the buzzcut to free themselves from traditional beauty standards, from the image they had constructed of themselves or from the way they were perceived by others. . I would love to say that I had a strong and brave argument for asking my best friend to shave all my hair off, but I don't. I'm a feeler more than a thinker/learner. I have very little knowledge and very little drive to pursue it. I work more on sense perception, which is why I deeply feel connected to moving, dancing, writing and creating. That's why my yoga classes are always about diving into how you feel, rather than telling you which upper back muscles you're stretching in downward facing dog. Sorry, I don't know them. My drive for action is the activation of my senses and that's probably why I change my hair and why I changed it this time too. How does it feel to lie on the floor without a ponytail bump behind my head? How does it feel to not have my ears covered ? How does it feel to move my head around ? How does it feel to look at myself in the mirror: do I still feel the same? How does it feel to wear my favourite black dress: does it still feel the same? How does it feel to see people's reactions: do they still see me the same? . It's also about searching identity through physical changes. Maybe I'm a forever seeker. But I also know that who I am is always here, without any searching having to be done. This is all just make-up and dress-up for this crazy show we call our lives. And I like to think of these disguises as our little creative projects that try to depict as accurately as possible the part of our Selves we want to show to others. A representation of what we want to show to the world✨ . #buzzcut #hair #growth #change https://www.instagram.com/p/CAPfdVXgMQB/?igshid=1g1nv6pj29csh

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Full poem below!! ✨ I wrote this piece last year during a period of massive inspiration. I wrote so much stuff back then that I'm still proud of today. That level of inspiration has been so absent that I'm surprised that all these words came out of this head of mine. Was I a different human back then ? It's a comforting feeling though, to know that the spark is always within me, that if I was capable someday of pouring my heart into words in a way that made me feel special, I still am capable of it today. That part is always inside me. She's the fairy part of me🧚‍♀️ 🔅 you saw the flames in my eyes when I was burning to the ground the tornado in my chest when I couldn't hold on tight the flowers in my heart when I was giving them away and the emotional flow in my limbs when rivers poured out of my eyes . you saw in me the divine forces I saw them too but you saw their beauty when I only felt their pain until you told me that what I see is only the necessary shadow following my strengths you said . we feel and it is painful but why did you ever think that there wasn't beauty in pain too? 🔅 . . #poetry #poem #write #writersofinstagram #createeveryday #inspiration #spirituality #growth #creativity #intuitivewriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CAI39s5nPwI/?igshid=pth6iuig2t7o

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The reason I practice yoga is the peace it brings to my contradictions. The calm it brings to my agitation. The flow it brings to my stagnancy. The gentle grace it brings to my strength. The order it brings to my chaos. The focus it brings to my scattered thoughts. My practice doesn't cancel one feature to give space in my body and mind to the other, it connects them. It's not about being either calm or agitated, dynamic or stagnant, graceful or strong, focused or scattered. It's about letting all of those things live in my heart, head, belly, fingertips and all the rest without suffocating any of it. I never find perfection or complete peace or silence when I'm on the mat. But I always find something. Maybe a poem, maybe a happy thought, maybe a physical or mental release, maybe a new way of moving or a new hidden strength. Maybe my mind stays grumpy, maybe it never gets into it. But the practice accepts it all. Movement takes it all in. It's because we allow all the oppositions to fully be that little treasures are found. Because I believe that beauty is found in complex contradictions, not in (unattainable) perfection. So on the mat, I allow the contradictions to settle. I cherish them and turn them into gold. Sometimes my gold is as small as one breath that felt a bit more deep than the others, but it's always something worth thanking. How do you find your treasures? . . #yoga #yogisofinstagram #movement #flow #nature #downwarddog #intuitivemovement (at Rixensart) https://www.instagram.com/p/CADxJQogugh/?igshid=2iqx3481ctob

#yoga #yogisofinstagram #movement #flow #nature #downwarddog #intuitivemovement

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This is the first time ever my head reaches my toes. I never thought Dancer's pose was something I could even dream of doing, but here I am, able to get into a messy, halfway there and far from perfect sirsapada natarajasana (the name sounds rather messy too). The strap is definitely helping me here, and working on stretching my quad muscles too. And lots of progress is still on the way 🌻 But I'm very proud anyway, and working on that strength, balance and flexibility makes me feel like I'm more in control of this physical vessel I'm inhabiting. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE CAN DO WITH THESE BODIES and it's so much fun !!!!!! Anyway, move this amazing structure you're living in any way you can, and test its limits. We're here to feel and explore, so might as well start with doing that with our bodies. . . #yoga #dancerspose #movement #growth #yogisofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B_XtXrtlGCx/?igshid=13tj6hjujm3qa

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