being with animals is to create a relationship beyond words ββ a connection that takes place in energy, gaze, breaths ββ beyond words, we feel ββ beyond words, we allow our mind to understand guided by our instinct, our truth ββ being with animals allows me to be seen, to be exactly who i am ββ as they smell the deepest layer of my skin and spirit ββ how easy they are to love ββ how easy you are to love if only you shed all your layers until your skin is bare ββ
ibiza, january 2025 ββ captured by @rollsbyrune at a soft spot in my heart @ibizahorsevalley ββ a horse rescue on the isla by @myathieme_ and monique π mother daughter who give rescue horses the opportunity to find their primitive herd instinct again by being free π€
i had a dream my mother was a tobala ββ the dream was so surreal it slipped into reality ββ el agave es mi madre maestra ββ my first true romance with a plant ββ the one who made me cross many oceans to spend years diving into her depths ββ carrying me in her womb until I understood the subtleties of the world of plants ββ teaching me how to dance with fire, darkness, openness and light ββ creating alongside her, making space for her mystery, tasting her with an open heart and finding her again and again, always in a different shape, photographing her again and again, always in a different form ββ my wise and wild mother, to our journey of many moons π³
#quioteseries
born to rewild π³ ββ my 22 page interview in the new @vogueliving_nl ββ from my childhood under the snow, my rebirth in my beloved oaxaca, why i left and why i love @deella.mezcal , the sacredness of plants and indigenous wisdom, to rising collective consciousness through community and exploring new yet ancient ways of living close to the soil and the soul βΎοΈ ββ to walking closer and closer to my heart and the one of mama tierra every day π€
photos by @annamariejanssen
words by @aljabakker
big thank you @charissa_hogerheijde@vogueliving_nl@deella.casa
is a rock a lover? πͺ¨
1. apachetas, andes
2. local house, tinajani
3. aguas dulces, oaxaca
4. what grounds me, oaxaca
5. under a rock is tenderness, apoala
6. cocina de helen, taquile, elevation 4 000m
7. water is life, mini wiconi, oaxaca
8. cueva de siesta, ibiza
9. outer space πͺ
10. chakra de flores
11. my pocket
12. lisel mueller, 1924
cycle of 4 π ββ april 2022 ββ these photos were taken 4 years ago this week ββ they say if you truly want to observe change within yourself ββ go to the same place, at the same dates, every year for 4 years ββ as the days pass, notice who you are, have your footprints change?ββ the soil grounds you for reflection and allows you to remember ββ have you grown closer to your heart? π€ ββ
it feels different this time as the cycle has finished her yearsββ the land hasnβt changed but her manifestations have ββ observing close friends transform, some have passed to eternity, some have given birth to more life ββ the soil changing her layers, degraded by capitalism, regenerated by true humanity ββ life is a sweet mystery π§ββ yet looking back at my photos, i realize i am still very much the same ββ i still go to the same places, love the same things that made my heart first melt ββ am i not running fast enough to grasp time? ββ or have i simply found a truth that i can live coherently with ββ
π³
do the tears that fall before my moon time belong to me? ββ a question i wondered many times ββ they feel unknown, me not being the source ββ π the tears that fall before my moon is medicine from earth ββ an intelligent design to release what is needed to heal within myself ββ to release the rocks from my river so it continues flowing ββ i do not need to know what nor why ββ faith is my prayer ββ let the great spirit work for you, let the intelligence of nature heal you ββ you are nature π³
do your gifts belong to you? are your talents yours? ββ you are only a vessel of creation ββ nothing belongs to you ββ but passes through you so you can express and manifest for the beyond ββ once you let go of the frame, it will be much easier ββ your creativity is your tool, your life is your art ββ bless us with your offering πͺΆ
de tonantzin tlalli a kauyumari ββ
caminemos ββ
de la tierra al fuego ββ
/ from last weekβs pilgrimage from the temple of tonantzin tlalli to the desert of wirikuta ββ
viva πͺΆπ¦β€οΈβπ₯
back where i feel most alive π€ ββ where i feel most comfortable ββ small indigenous villages where materials are harvested from nature with love ββ where craft is made by hands, colours by minerals and plants, ancestral techniques passed down through stories and rituals ββ where time is given so generously and not in exchange ββ
i canβt wait to share all my years of indigenous travel and writings and reflections on ancestral craft, indigenous spirituality, earth and spirit as core and the importance of collective intelligence on @callofcaracol π³
/ soon soon πͺΆ
itβs not simply about beauty as adornment ββ but carrying stories of the untold ββ i wear what calls me, represents me, pieces that tell stories my spirit aligns to ββ pieces from artisans whom i share values with ββ where i have traveled to, where i have learned from ββ accessories and clothing have always been a representation of identity ββ of what you believe in, of the values you carry ββ never simply about looking good ββ never simply about comfort ββ but an honoring of the path youβve walked π΅
a visual story across time for @theworldofzazi and @artijaan.co by @jeannedekroon and @belindaidriss ββ amazing women who collaborate ethically with women artisans across the earth from aghanistan to the himalayas ββ to make sure their handcrafts are honored, preserved and shared in the right way π
my no travel february πͺ· ββ there is something particular when you decide to stay alone and still ββ at first, the joy of routine and grounding, then very soon, boredom, the desire of doing something reckless and out of the blue, then challenging yourself to get back to discipline again, to return to routine ββ to experience life every second, all of it, to integrate it and to choose to sit in front of the mirror again and again ββ
time feels like a self giving gift in adulthood π΅ ββ to bloom and rot, only to remember to bloom again ββ like a lotus cleansing her petals every night amidst mud and rain ββ every sunrise, she rebirths new again πͺ·
moon tides are the visible breath of the moon on the earthβs waterπ§ ββ on the full moon rises the highest tide ββ she pulls oceans, blood, and dreams alike ββ reminding all fluid things to rise, retreat, and rebirth in a new rhythm.
a reminder that nothing is ever still ββ even the vastest ocean obeys to the rhythm of nature ππππ
campaign for @obakkiskincare by @twothirdshoney
ζ°εΉ΄εΏ«ζ¨ β₯οΈπ ββ year of the fire horse η«ι¦¬ ββ in western culture, they tell you this is the year you gallop to success, this is the year you run to liberation ββ but in my culture, liberation and success does not come to you through manifestation nor running ββ but through embodiment and work ββ understanding what fire horse means πββ you need to embody the story in your body ββ a horse carrying the element of fire η« means it will receive many ideas, the urge to race, the desire to escape, it will run before it thinks ββ this year, i wish you to think twice, when wanting to run, ground yourself to earth π³ ββ the steady ones will always be the one who win the path to true liberation π
