- Yoga outside on the platform. I was hesitant at first but then I loved reaching up in ardha chakrasana, looking up into a sunlit tree crown. Watching the birdies chirp with their whole bodies twitching. And then the wind made the chestnut trees snow - raining down white blossoms with a faint crescent moon in the background.
- Imagining coming back to Hridaya with C. one day. We're gonna sleep in my future van and maybe attend a tantra retreat.
- I keep finding beautiful large moths all around the castle. One was snow white with a furry neck and tiny black spots.
- The feeling of an empty stomach. So rare for me. But also: feeling full with no impulse to eat.
- Hearing the owls at night through my open window.
- Waking up without a blocked nose and a little more energy. No appetite despite an empty stomach. Flowy Pranayama. Lying down in bed after practice, listening to someone playing improvising on their hand pan through the open window.
- The white, cloud-like fog hanging low in the valley before sunrise.
- Bed. My safe space.
- There's a pound of strawberries on the table in my room. It's a small room, so I can smell them immediately whenever I enter.
- Listening to my body for once and taking a break. Leaving yoga class after only half an hour.
- Watching H. and A. admiring each other. Expressing themselves with passion and a strong voice. Seeing the guy with curly hair dance phenomenally. Dancing to a Kali mantra. Singing.
- A walk up to Clair Joie. Picking flower souvenirs.
- The moon had a rainbow halo on my last night in France.
- Helping out a Swiss guy in need. Booking his train ticket. Taking him to the supermarket.
- Laurel Halo's album Atlas provides the perfect, spheric background sound for blending out your surroundings with noise-cancelling headphones. It gives everything a surreal, cinematic tint.
- Stepping out of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon. Crossing the street. Finding myself in the most beautiful rose garden. I stopped and smelled the roses. I almost cried. So fragrant and full of life. Magical.
- "The Marina Abramović Method" cards, a hair pick and a 70s tapas bowl. Museum Shop finds.
- Spending money to avoid anxiety. Accepting it as a lesson.
- Making a playlist for my picnic party.
- Coming home. Appreciation for my apartment. My possessions. The familiarity of it all.
- Happily cleaning my face in the magnifying mirror. Trying on a Muji summer dress. Moving intuitively, listening to my body's stiff areas and cracking noises.
- Moonlight shadows and healing movement.
- The larger-than-life strawberry hits have reappeared. My favourite time of the year.
- Going through all my artworks with Manu. His enthusiastic but honest feedback.
- Sprucing up my balcony with a long wooden window sill and new plants.
- Crunchy paper-thin Nori seaweed. Baked and salted. Addictive.
- Handing in my portfolio at the art academy on the very last day. Knock on wood.
- Shopping at GoAsia.
- My beautiful birthday! I went to Phoenixbad with C. and we had Indian food for dinner. The next day, we built a magical cuddle tent with lots of lights and golden stars everywhere. So many of my friends were there and we had fun with the cats, my instant camera and shared the very elaborate (and very pink) strawberry Raffaello cake I made. Later I also made Banh Mi sandwiches.
- I got a wellness gift voucher from my friends! And an afternoon painting ceramics together. A pot of catmint. Tinted lip balm from Korres. And a jar of pistachio nougat.
- Everything went wrong when I flew to Gran Canaria despite a very strong gut feeling that I didn't want to go. Now I'm here and I'm allowing myself to stay in bed for as long as I want. Read books. Journal. Adventure will find me soon enough.
- Shopping at Parfois. It's happened to me for the second time now: I enter the store and immediately see "the perfect item". A thing that is just so me. Last time it was a watercolor-esque bag - this time a burnt orange linen scarf.
- A roadtrip through the mountains. Yellow and purple flowers everywhere. Having a picnic at the Mirador Astronómico de Pinos de Gáldar. Reading in the sunshine. Little white butterflies everywhere. Inolvidable.FM radio station (playing oldies but goodies). A few rays of evening sun coming through the clouds, making the waves sparkle in some areas.
- Hiding my boyfriend's two calendars from my Google Calendar. Suddenly everything looks very manageable.
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