How do you feel about cross training for dancers? I think it is essential. I strongly feel that studying different movement arts, no natter how diverse, can be incredibly beneficial for dancers of any style, especially if you are lucky enough to be able to study with a truly good teacher. It helps you to… Read More Why I love Crosstraining
Tillandsia – Sky Plants. I enjoy the name. They live on air, light, and mist. I had never heard of – or seen – them before. I discovered my sister cultivates them to make pieces of living art. This one she made for mom: And these now live at home. Shall we give them names?… Read More Sky Plants
Today’s views. Summer colours at moms garden near the Meuse. Family visits and holiday feeling. Enjoy!
Up above, or down below. Sometimes changing our point of view is all it takes to change our mind. I’m taking in the world – outer and inner – with softer eyes today. Get outside, move a bit. Take care of you.
Below you’ll find my favorite tips to prepare yourself mentally and physically for a studio photo shoot. For 4,5 hours of Tips & Tricks on my Photo Shhoot Preparations and Posing, check out my Posing 4 Pictures Online Workshop Package here! 1. Early Preparations Things you can do in the week(s) before the shoot: Mentally… Read More Tips for Photo Shoots
When dance gives you wings ✨ Picture by Die Elster – www.elster-netz.net How do we know what we are? This is something I briefly talked about at the end one of my recent (online) classes. The past few years I’ve noticed my focus has been shifting. In the ‘learning department’ I’ve been spending more time… Read More What are we?
How does this picture make you feel? The beauty of Nature. Always in motion. Earlier that same day: It reminds me of one of my favorite poems: Percy Bysshe Shelley’s the Cloud. Bonus Geekery: The Invention of Clouds Cloud Poetry The Sky and the Sea
Encountered on my way home today – after a downpour had swept clear the streets. I quite enjoy walking in the rain. The sights, the sounds, the smells. Everything feels more clear. More connected. And you? Bonus geekery A list of the Gods of rain A beautiful Sioux legend on The Rainmakers (aka they who… Read More After the Rain
Speaking of focus: Something I like to do to focus my energy and practice is, I make it visual. I choose the one thing to focus on that will make all the rest I want to do easier. A single vision. My ‘focus plan’ is actually a very simple sticky note. For June my focus… Read More Focus paves the Way
One of the things that helps me to focus and replenish, is to go near places and people where I can simply ‘be’. It makes a world of difference. Where (and who?) is this for you? PS: Speaking of focus 🙂 How I focus my practice and energy is the topic of this week’s… Read More Just to Be – Eschweiler Wald with Mr E