I came to Brighton to stay for 3 month, but almost three years have passed since then. I fell in love here, both with the lanes and the sea and with people. A lot of really good things happened in Brighton – I´ve finished my first degree, I travelled to Italy to become a yoga teacher, I started my MA, my dog Orlando came into my life, I became part of the yoga community as a teacher, I meet people who deeply inspired me, I lived with a beautiful family out in the woods and I certainly expanded my queerness in more ways than one.
I love Brighton and the city will always be one of my light houses, yet I crave change and experiences that I will never find here. I want a warm winter, living under palm trees and taking my yoga studies much much further. I want to learn more about permaculture and to be honest – I want to get away from austerity britain for a while. There is so much uncertainty about what the future will hold for us, both globally and in our communities. Finding a way to live more sustainably, learning to exist off grid and creating work that has an authentic purpose has a real urgency for me. The time is now. My twenties are not forever and the planet will not wait to me to wake up either. It feels a bit like cheating, because a part of me feels like I should stay and be the change I want to see, but instead I will go to India for a couple of month in September and after that Orlando and I have been offered a job as a part time yoga teacher in an eco retreat centre in the south of Portugal (Orlando will kind of be the co-teacher/cuddle therapist). As per usual all these things might change, but this is the vision I am holding at the moment and I love it. I will split July and August between Germany and Brighton and make the most of one more gloriously queer summer here.
Leap and the net will appear
Am I running again? Maybe a little, but it`s different this time. I am much more grounded in my work, my friendships and my beliefs. In my early twenties moving from city to city was about escaping myself, now seeing more of the world is about expanding and becoming the best I can be, hopefully a better yoga teacher, a better activist, a better writer, a more supportive friend. This is really important to me – staying in touch with all the people I love, those who have given me their endless support, those who listened to me banging on about my heartbreak, those who came to my yoga classes, those who kissed me in dark alleyways, those who helped me into my first handstand and those who challenged me to the core. For you I vow to blog more, to always find time on Skype when you need me, to be back in December for a visit and to have a space for you both in my heart and on my couch when you want to come and visit.
