Slow Saturday
Slow morning of river and studying. Really tasty start of the weekend. Hopefully I'll keep flowing and will end up by the sea 🙏🏽
2024-10-19 12:23:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Rewilding. Wildswimming posts
Just before the rain
After a few hours on my laptop I could only hear 'river', and this is what happened 🙏🏽 Refreshing dip, in between a couple of rays of sun and drizzle, and many leaves flowing down. Autumn at its best.
The early bird catches the worm
I woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep. Two classes were cancelled. So I did what I felt I wanted to do and then decided to drive to the sea to swim and recharge.
I still feel like a zombie because at the end of the day, no matter how revitalising the sea is, if there's not enough sleep, it's what you get 🤓 It was worth it tough; pristine waters and some gentle sun
So happy
I feel really blessed right now, can you tell?
It's been a few weeks since I started looking after myself by going to a holistic therapist that cosmos put in front of me.
It's so good to feel how shifts happen once we put the intention and find someone with the ability to support us by doing what they love and live. And it's just the beginning of a big change 🙏🏽
For those of us who support others in their healing journeys it's is so important to constantly look af...
Exhilarating
I went for a swim during a window of strong, warm winds (it's was all of the sudden very warm!). I was exhilarating to be inmersed in that whirlwind, with short spells of sunshine. I couldn't stop singing the song of the river (it's always different), and I felt so connected and alive.
As soon as I got dressed heavy rain arrived and I got drenched 😅 it was also lovely as the wind was still warm, and my home is just around the corner ✨
Sunday treat
Sunday was a real treat. Forecast was light rain and clouds... So the stunning sunny day came as a surprise! I started my day walking up and going for a delicious sea. And then walk for miles along the coast, swimming in different beaches and just being. I felt so blessed 💙 Really needed time to relax, process (or give space to) all the emotions of the week, and recharge.
2024-10-08 18:44:21 +0000 UTC View PostCrystal clear
Yummy crystal clear water 💦 Today the light was delightful. Do you experience orgasmic sensations observing the landscape and how light enhances them? This morning was like this. Impossible to capture through the camera of a phone. There's something about the density of air too; an embracing feeling that holds everything, enabling us beings to surrender to the beauty of the world. Sublime
2024-10-08 18:42:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe sea after the mountain
Today I went for a hike in one of my favourite areas in the region, not just because of its beauty but also because of its proximity to the sea. Perfect combination 🙏🏽
Mist stated to arrive at the end of the hike and accompanied me to the sea. It was a gorgeous, atmospheric swim
Friday!
Today I managed to go for a dip after two days without having the opportunity to go, a very rare thing!
After heavy rain, level is up again and current is strong!
Hoping to visit some new places tomorrow for a swim, will see, this week feels particularly like a patchwork. Apparently sun will be out so I really hope I can enjoy it and swim 💙
May you have a great weekend!
River update
Clear waters again and perfect current to swim down and up the river again! Beautiful day too, and lots of birdsong too. In the last couple of days I'm noticing the song of robins, which I had stops noticing for a while! Love them!
2024-09-30 13:12:10 +0000 UTC View PostBeaches!
It seems that the previous posts I thought I had published were not published! Maybe bad signal!
This weekend I spent two half days and a night at the seaside 🙏🏽 I was missing her! I saw the sunny forecast and it was a no brainer. Delicious 3 beaches, including my favourite thing: a swim straight out of my van bed into the sea, when the day is starting and there's no sign of other humans.
Today it was like summer; even reaching 24 degrees or so! Sunbathing and swimming an...
Big sudden current
It rained a lot last night. I thought the river would be carrying more water but I wasn't expecting such a big change. Grateful that I could dip next to the shore where there's a safe space, protected from the current. It was great to hang out there looking at the current carrying logs, branches, leaves... While still being inmersed in the river
2024-09-26 15:18:54 +0000 UTC View PostFrom autumn equinox!
Just realised that the post on the autumn equinox hadn't been posted! These are the pictures that go with it!
Autumn equinox
Equinox blessings!
May you have a nourishing and balanced entry into this darker side of the year (in the north) and lighter side in the south!
I swam at sunset yesterday, very moody atmosphere, very inviting to get the house ready to get cosy in the months ahead. In fact, this morning my work was cancelled and that's what I did, started a deep clean in the kitchen and reorganised the space for my herbs and powders 😅🤗
So I waited until sun was noticeable to swim today....
Before the storm
It's difficult to imagine that the weather is going to change tonight. From this soft, mild, sensuous sunshine to storm and rain.
Relishing the present moment.
Leaves are turning colour. And today new sunflowers have blossomed 😀 everyone has its pace 🤗
New faerie pool
Yesterday I had a meeting near one of my favourite walks. So when I finish I did a little hike there through the gorge until the place that has access to the steam.
I have walked there many times and I found a new pool I hadn't seen before!!!! Perfection! 💙
This place is totally faerie tale like, and it's named after the regional mythological water nymphs, the xanas (that Yiu can see in my hashtags)
Blessed 💙
Tuesday
A few snippets from today, in-between jobs. Delicious pause 🙏🏽 so much gratitude!
Did you see full moon?
Sunday river walk
I took a slow, super relaxing Sunday morning before a Qigong session I offered this afternoon.
I felt super grounded and really in tune with water. I was for ages in the river, noticing how the leaves sounded differently in the breeze, and feeling at one with cold water. Really enjoying the cold; as if I had stepped into a different realm. Air temperature was around 20 degrees so it was easy to warm up afterwards, laying on the grass 🙏🏽💙💚❤️
How was your day toda...
Sunday swim
Delightful morning, really tunning in with coldwater. I lost track of time!
How is your wildswimming looking like these days?
Mushrooms!
Today on my walk in the woods I noticed quite a lot of mushrooms 🙏🏽 I'd love to be able to identify some of them at some point. I decided to include that picture to have a sense of what else is around, how the season is manifest.
Which one is your favourite picture?
As you can see, the current changed since yesterday's clear water. It's stronger but not crazy. Fresh, not freezing. Really lovely ❤️
Angles and shapes
Exploration of angles and shapes in the river before diving into deep topics this afternoon. Feeling gravity, gravitas, the heaviness in the air in my bones.
2024-09-12 13:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostMidweek
Intense week so far, of usual things and new encounters and activities. I joined a class to learn folkloric Asturian percussion and dance, really excited about that. After so many years living abroad I'm really deepening my roots through different lenses. As I child in never learnt these dances but they were part of my upbringing. It's lovely to embody the cultural heritage 💚
My cold water dip this morning was what I needed to finally wake up!
May you have a great midweek ❤...
Yay!
Today I managed to swim down and up the river again; a combination of water not feeling as freezing as these last days, and current being calm again. Lovely feeling. I take these days really as they come (well, that's generally so, so even more now!), really tunning in to the elements and the body; being kind to self amongst the changes, getting surprised with warm spells and swimmable currents, melting with this little paradise.
2024-09-09 14:51:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe sea at last
I spent quite a few hours at the beach; oooohhhh my goodness I was missing this! Over the summer this has not happened this year... The area is getting very popular with tourists and I've lost the will to face masses or to face this new reality.
No crowds, no traffic, no crazy heat, just that soft embrace of a warm autumn day 🙏🏽 I walked and swam and walked and swam, in and out endlessly, and sunbathed; being caressed by water, sand, breeze and sun. It was just perfect. I even h...
Medicine
Yesterday I was feeling quite rough; really exhausted, headachy, kind of feeling to be coming down with something... I believe I overdid again.
My mental activity is being quite full on, planning new nature based sessions, reaching to new places etc. and I don't really feel that I have stopped, even though my working pattern is very flexible in comparison with 'the norm'.
I get really exited with possibilities, with new sessions and it's not easy to disconnect (when outdoors o...
What a sudden change!!!
The water temperature has dropped incredibly from one day to the other. It was a real shock to get into the river today. I couldn't even do my usual swim!
Yesterday was a cold day and this morning when I went to the river must have been around 9 degrees Celsius. It was lovely to feel the warmth of the morning sun on my way back home. I sat at the neighbours' façade like a lizard; I was really grateful for that comfort after the shock 😊
Even though I love changes and seasons...
In motion
Rain is here. 15 degres. Embracing the changes of the season moving with river 🙏🏽💙
2024-09-05 13:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostBlessed day
I had an amazing day yesterday. A very connecting one, with lovely humans and the natural world.
I resumed my Qigong sessions in the park after a stop in August, and we all loved it; the potency of sharing the practice with a group outdoors is divine. Being in circle, with the same people regularly adds beautiful layers of connectivity, care, and intimacy. There are many funny moments too. Really blessed 🙏🏽
I also went on a walk in the evening and ended up in the river f...
More contrasts
Last evening after my walk I went to the river for a cooling dip. It was incredibly atmospheric. Two of the pictures are from that moment, but they don't do justice. There was a veil of mist just above the water. A corridor of air in-between two bodies of water. I felt even more being part of the mythos of the place. Grateful to be present at that moment of beauty and mystery. The veil between worlds felt really thing.
Today a different scene. Bright light and sun. No room for mystery,...
Damselflies
Just noticing another stage in damselflies' life-death cycles... Can you spot isolated wings floating amongst the aquatic plants? Like the new fallen leaves... I also feel like that, letting myself drop in the water, feeling her holding me. It's incredibly humid, the air is heavy, and I pray for a storm; a vigorous one. Will see...