Earlier this month, the Bathing & Beyond project launched with a remarkable gathering at Havet Arena in Trondheim. This inaugural event delved into the cultural, ecological, and artistic dimensions of public bathing spaces. Merging Nordic bathing traditions with performance art, it invited participants to reflect on our shared connection to water and the urgent need to care for aquatic ecosystems. Through holistic sauna rituals, presentations , workshops, water ceremonies, and…
This week I had so much fun gathering wool, spinning , weaving and singing with these beautiful women @dansefestival_barents . Deep gratitude to @maritaisobelsolberg @ekaterinanikitina1983 @mayamiproduksjoner for the warmth and care shared in the process . Deep thanks to @artist_marita_isobel_solberg for creating this magic for dreams to birth new possible worlds. And of course so much appreciation for all the team @dansefestival_barents, the help , warmth and welcoming. “Are we…
“Cualquier pueblo que no conozca su historia está condenado a repetirla”. Ruiz de Santayana Listening to waters, whispers on the loss of the eastern mountains, the powerful legacy of the spirits here, agitated, intertwined in human relationships. The exodus of Jews, moors, Iberians and Celts, centuries of horrific displacement, killing, land stealing, and ethnic cleasing. The rape of Florinda La Cava by a sinister visigothic king, the cause for Islamic…
The Weighing of the Heart in the court of Osiris In the relentless pursuit of peace, an ancient lament echoes from within the marrow of my bones, the oldest and deepest wound humanity has ever faced—the land of Canaan. This collective cry transcends time, and may have originated from the religious reforms of Akhenaton in ancient Egypt to the brutal occupation and suffering in present-day Palestine. The tragedy of religion…
In deep gratitude and blessed for the last two weeks @liquid.cosmos Marina Sans, at Water Temple @liquidzome completing Module 4-5. Water codes for peace and healing. Sacred Water in Sintra carries emergence for care, empathy, Love and Cosmic-body connection. The power of the healing waters is in us all, we are all one in service to cosmic waters, to peace and balance within our body and communities. Grateful for this…
Magical ending to the Assembly of traditional bathing @laumiupirtis Feeling very lucky gratitude to the organizers Rimas Kavaliauskas and Birutė Lenktytė-Masiliauskienė, and everyone who was part of this lovely sweaty gathering @whisking_and_steam International Bath Academy The design of the smoke sauna and stove in the picture are original by Rimas Kavaliauskas. There are just 4 of that kind in the world. And they are the best in the world. They…
Earlier this month, the Bathing & Beyond project launched with a remarkable gathering at Havet Arena in Trondheim. This inaugural event delved into the cultural, ecological, and artistic dimensions of public bathing spaces. Merging Nordic bathing traditions with performance art, it invited participants to reflect on our shared connection to water and the urgent need to care for aquatic ecosystems. Through holistic sauna rituals, presentations , workshops, water ceremonies, and…
This week I had so much fun gathering wool, spinning , weaving and singing with these beautiful women @dansefestival_barents . Deep gratitude to @maritaisobelsolberg @ekaterinanikitina1983 @mayamiproduksjoner for the warmth and care shared in the process . Deep thanks to @artist_marita_isobel_solberg for creating this magic for dreams to birth new possible worlds. And of course so much appreciation for all the team @dansefestival_barents, the help , warmth and welcoming. “Are we…
“Cualquier pueblo que no conozca su historia está condenado a repetirla”. Ruiz de Santayana Listening to waters, whispers on the loss of the eastern mountains, the powerful legacy of the spirits here, agitated, intertwined in human relationships. The exodus of Jews, moors, Iberians and Celts, centuries of horrific displacement, killing, land stealing, and ethnic cleasing. The rape of Florinda La Cava by a sinister visigothic king, the cause for Islamic…
The Weighing of the Heart in the court of Osiris In the relentless pursuit of peace, an ancient lament echoes from within the marrow of my bones, the oldest and deepest wound humanity has ever faced—the land of Canaan. This collective cry transcends time, and may have originated from the religious reforms of Akhenaton in ancient Egypt to the brutal occupation and suffering in present-day Palestine. The tragedy of religion…
In deep gratitude and blessed for the last two weeks @liquid.cosmos Marina Sans, at Water Temple @liquidzome completing Module 4-5. Water codes for peace and healing. Sacred Water in Sintra carries emergence for care, empathy, Love and Cosmic-body connection. The power of the healing waters is in us all, we are all one in service to cosmic waters, to peace and balance within our body and communities. Grateful for this…
Magical ending to the Assembly of traditional bathing @laumiupirtis Feeling very lucky gratitude to the organizers Rimas Kavaliauskas and Birutė Lenktytė-Masiliauskienė, and everyone who was part of this lovely sweaty gathering @whisking_and_steam International Bath Academy The design of the smoke sauna and stove in the picture are original by Rimas Kavaliauskas. There are just 4 of that kind in the world. And they are the best in the world. They…