This is a (handmade, modern version of a) Puukko.  A small traditional Finnish general purpose belt knife. A thing of beauty, and practicality. It was created – forged – by Muspell Forge In Finland, receiving a puukko as a gift is considered an honour, the idea being that the presenter is giving the recipient a tool… Read More A Puukko for your Thoughts

Jin Xuan (also called ‘Milky Oolong’) is a Taiwanese tea discovery. I first tried it this winter at Dharma City – a gorgeous Tibetan tea house, adjacent to the Tibetan Convention Centre & BnB in Florennes, in the heart of the Belgian Ardennes. It felt like a moment of quiet, comfort and calmness in a cup. I love… Read More Taiwanese Tea

Do you know that feeling.. a physical sense that you might be on to something.. something important, even.. when something energises and inspires you, but you‘re not sure yet where it will lead you? Follow it. Follow your gut, tune in to your ‘body mind’, be sure to add some heart to whatever you do,… Read More On the right Track

Going all the way back to how I came to start writing this daily blog. The inspiration was.. movement. And inspiration itself. When I started taking Martial Arts classes a few years ago, the movement discoveries there inspired me to go deeper in ballet, which in turn motivated me to renew my bellydance practise, as… Read More Inspiration

Last summer I have invested in tools to help me up my instructional video game – or in other words transitioning from camcorder recordings to mobile video. It was a bit of an adventure, but very much worth the effort and time spent researching, testing and investigating. The result has been inspiration and motivation for… Read More Capturing Motion

As promised in yesterday’s post on hayfever, this is the meditation routine I am working with right now to relax my body before dance practise, as well as to lessen my seasonal spring sniffles. Note: I prefer to do this routine right before starting my movement/dance practise. You could however also try it at a… Read More Meditation vs Hayfever

Last spring my love for being outside was slightly impaired by a record-year of hayfeverish symptoms. I never had hayfever as a kid, but I do remember always reacting sneezily to dust, and feeling a bit itchy after playing in straw. A few days ago I started noticing familiar sniffly symptoms: itchy eyes, a runny… Read More Spring in my Nose

This week has been immersed in the theme of Love, and inspired by that, I would like to share the following ‘Oreo chocolate bonbon’ recipe. It was given to me by the sister of a dancer (thank you Ingrid!) that was part of the Boženka LOVE dance weekend in Germany. A warning though. They are,… Read More Recipe for Love

An un-renewable resource, the greatest gift one can give, is time. Time for a breather, for self-care, for caring, for feeling, for expressing, for creating, for connecting with loved ones, for being in nature, or simply.. time. Recharging yourself with time means you will have more to give to others, as well. This also counts… Read More (Giving and Taking) Time