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Using martial arts and education I will,
"...help create strong people with sharp minds and soft hearts."
Embedding parts of my learning journey creatively...
To my past, present and future self and hopefully to my kids one day.



Lessons from tea
Tea has been my recent microcosm of life. I pour tea and my life flashes in front of me, In the form of tea. Boiling water on fresh...
Mar 5, 20241 min read


Time and commitments
Poem about time and commitments through the extended metaphor of home grown plants. Background song: 'Leaves from the vine' "There are...
Feb 25, 20241 min read


True freedom
A short poem about true freedom being rare and fleeting; but ironically that's what makes it worth it. True freedom is as rare as...
Feb 20, 20241 min read


Storms, stars and solitude
A poem about choices, unexpectedness and the fragility of human existence and knowledge on a celestial Northern night. Narration video...
Feb 12, 20241 min read


The energy of a woman
My mother taught me only a fragment of femininity. As a young child in my formative years, I only saw her on weekends as per custody...
Jan 26, 20242 min read


The belly's ocean
From the peaks of the Alps, to the depths in embrace with loved ones, to surrendering unanimously underneath a starlit night sky with a...
Jan 26, 20241 min read


From clutching shame to yielding acceptance
"I like tigers, although I used to like lions the most. Tigers need a bit of maturity to appreciate maybe... Lions are the king of the...
Jan 22, 20242 min read


"No matter what we do, what we say or how we feel... we need not believe any of it"
The dirt of life soils the pure. As is the way. Like so, so many, I have been in hiding. In our well built homes, to the city scape, to...
Jan 10, 20241 min read


Harvesting potatoes
I can't help but surround myself with wise older people. They emanate this aura that immediately makes you trust them and open your ears....
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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