Condescension as a symptom of identity crisis

I often felt trapped, playing a role, hiding behind the social mask. After losing myself in others, I challenged it during 3 years of travel, unleashing a raw self investigator. It didn’t spare any dark zone, pointing out a constant need of definition of my identity under a whole bunch of protection mechanisms. From the…

Be strong.

My mother having been studying psychology for a while now, I got some basics to put words on phenomenons. Not only is it helpful to understand abstract concepts, but it’s also great to keep evolving ourselves. Especially when words are your work and you’re seeking after Truth each and every day of your life. One…

The monkeys in my mind

Last month, as I left my room at Trimurti yoga, I took a 10 days retreat at Tushita monastery, in Dharamkot. No Wi-Fi, no electronic devices, no contact with the outer world during the whole course, focusing only on the Buddhist teachings that we received. If it hasn’t been the life changing experience that my…

Tadaaaa(asana) or the time I did a yoga teacher training in India

Trimurti, Dharamkot, India. Feet together, knee caps up, engaging the thighs, tuck the tailbone in, spine straight, opening the chest, shoulders back and down, chin parallel to the floor. June has been another opportunity to learn from wiser ones, challenging my physical body and reminding to be humble each time I failed. Cause I did,…

Cadeaux, cartes, souvenirs

  Acheter des souvenirs. Boutique de souvenirs. Comme si on pouvait tromper son cerveau, son âme, se donner l’illusion que ce que l’on a vécu repose sur ces babioles de plastique commun, ces objets importés de l’étranger pour porter la cause locale, représenter des lieux, des rencontres, des impressions. Comme si on pouvait acheter des petits…

Dépaysage

C’est ce changement perméable, cette variation en non-stop qui permet de laisser les limons de notre vase mentale se déposer au fond de notre âme et qui nous permet de nous retrouver et de chercher qui nous sommes réellement. En imposant nos valises chaque soir dans un endroit différent, les seuls points de repère sont…