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England, close to my home, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I am fascinated with the invisible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After studing a Psychology BSc in 1996, I travelled the world for two decades. So many experiences! I sold chickens on the street in Argentina, floated down the Amazon in a self-made raft, rode on a camel safari in India, worked in an orphanage in Nepal, studied a Masters in Jungian Psychology and Psychoanalysis in Spain (2009), sat many Vipassana 10-day silent meditations, studied The Course in Miracles<\/em>, studied in an art school in Greece, lived in an intentional community in Catalonia, danced Contact Improvisation in Colorado, US and taught Montisorri in Latvia along with being a voice over artist and stand up comedian.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ten days in Siberut 1996, Indonesia living with people who, due to treacherous seas, were only recently discovered living pre-iron age..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Travelling on the outside is also a journey on the inside. As I have gotten older, I have become less interested in travelling the globe and more interested in the inner world. I have returned to my roots. In England, in my home town, I work as a psychotherapist, I thrive in holding Forest Sessions for Wellness <\/em>which I now facilitate in woods I grew up in and am deeply nourished by the deep dives of Active Imagination session<\/em> which I hold on line to an international group. I am a guest professor at Stradina University (Latvia) and facilitate Recreational Psychology<\/em> and Psychological Aspects of the Mind-Body connection<\/em> on-line. I held intense retreats in Latvia and am hoping to start them up again in England. I play in a big band, cycle, swim, play tennis and am working on a new book…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If I were to say what my goal is in life, it would be the Platonic messages above the door at the Temple of Delphi, ‘Know Thyself’. I have been fascinated with the exploration of what is it to relate to formless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trumpet and piano jazz duet 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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