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

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. – Aristotle I am mostly writing this here as a reminder to myself. How did we learn how to walk? By taking a step, struggling, adapting, and then trying again. And again and again. Bit by bit. Learning… Read More Learning by Doing

Relaxing during the evening with a cup of tea – either alone or together – has long been a tradition in House Bech. This year I wanted to take it a step deeper, and delve into the world of tea ceremony. The picture below shows a very simple matcha tea (ie finely ground green tea, often… Read More Taking a Moment

Believe it or not, I have reduced my number of journals for 2019.. to 5. 🙂 Less(ish) is more. Right? I do like having different places for recording/finding different kinds of ideas, so I still use a few. These are the ones currently in rotation: Dancers Day Planner – By Cera Byer. I use the quarter-year… Read More All the Journals

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. – Bruce Lee I came across this Bruce Lee quote today, on a blog about learning to play guitar. I don’t play guitar myself (the one in the picture is Mr E’s), but I love this quote, and… Read More Guitars, Bruce Lee, and Snow

One of the hardest things to do in practise for me, still, be it for dance or martial arts, is to work on the things I do not feel I am very ‘good’ at yet. I know those are precisely the areas where there is the most potential for growth, for positive development. And yet.… Read More The Great Unknown

An inspiration for this week‘s posts, and very much fitting the apparent theme, has been Mr. Russell Brand‘s  fantastic ‘Under the Skin’ podcast. I deeply enjoyed listening to episode nr 42(!) with Prof. Barry Smith. It touches on the multitudes of human senses (ie many more than the 5 that get all the attention), and their fascinating… Read More Under the Skin