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Downdog, Walter Scottstraat 16, Antwerp (2025)

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22/05/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁: 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵.

I am a yoga teacher.

I’ve spent years studying the human body, memorizing ancient scripture, and exploring the space we often accuse of creating division—when in truth, it’s really what keeps us from falling apart.

I was trained to prompt big questions without giving away the end.
Part of my mindful mission is to keep stories unfolding—and that includes keeping track of my own.

The parts I struggle with are mine to disentangle. I am a glorious mess, worthy of that effort—and 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 is precisely what makes me a teacher. My job isn’t to reveal the big picture, but to revel in the fact that I am part of the frame.

⭕️

17/02/2025

I just heard the most amazing definition of the word ‘resilience’:

‘𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕟𝕠𝕥-𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘’.

If you have fashioned yourself to be someone academically talented, you’ll know that this space can feel profoundly uncomfortable—frustrating, even.
But here’s the thing: feeling frustrated means you’re on the learning curve—and that’s a gazillion times better than being nowhere at all.

So here I am, practicing my Arabic once again. Progress is painstakingly slow, and the frustration is real. But if this is what learning feels like, then bring it on.
Surely, a language that has 19 different words for ‘love’ is worth every effort.

Right? 🥴

🤍

27/01/2025

Every now and again, I am in complete awe of what humans are capable of.

I left the movie theatre yesterday feeling extremely proud of the remarkable feat and his brother Monir put together.

𝗕𝗫𝗟 is heart-wrenchingly candid. It’s real, raw and quite literally rough at the edges. It simultaneously exposes a malignance in our society we would much rather keep concealed, and the reason why we can no longer afford to be oblivious to it. 𝗕𝗫𝗟 also reminds us of how love and loss burden us equally, regardless of our backstory.

Seriously, go watch this movie. Bring all your friends. In a world gone cynically mad, 𝗕𝗫𝗟 will reinstate your faith in humanity. Because perhaps the antidote to all the bitterness lies in adopting the perspective of two brothers who invite us to rethink the cards we are dealt with. I can’t wait to see and learn more from them.

أشكرك جزيل الشكر
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26/10/2024

𝙸 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗. 🐾

06/07/2024

50 participants were selected to join this program, and I am one of the lucky ones. 🍄💥

Tomorrow, I’ll be heading to the prestigious to learn about how psychedelics could play a role in the future of medicine.

I initially developed an interest in the latest developments in the rapidly expanding field of psychedelic research as a philosophy student. Addressing the question of whether or not there is ‘more’ out there is an intrinsic part of our human nature, and this sense of curiosity has yielded art, hope and beauty. Our existential thirst for holy nectars was however thwarted, and gradually associated with the more marginal realms of our society. But perhaps it’s time to revive our pursuit of ‘higher’ purpose, and examine how it could enhance our sense of well-being.

I’ll let you know in a week! Meanwhile, feel free to comment and/or share your experience with psychedelics - for the sake of academic research. 😜

Adres

Walter Scottstraat 16
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