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I found a waterfall🙃 (see stories😍☘️) An I found a waterfall🙃 (see stories😍☘️) And this water fall creates a pool of fresh water on the beach with low tide. It’s like a natural infinity pool. In the wild. For free. On the desert island. What an experience 🌱🙃🙏 Especially for my hair 💫☺️💃 It’s these little discoveries that put a big smile on my face 🌱 I often receive the question with what I wash my hair, do the dishes, and clean. In most cases I don’t use any ‘thing.’ I don’t see a need. I made a spray bottle of fresh water and a bit of vinegar to rinse my hair after swim, surf, and mermaid time. Salt water is not the best for the hair and balancing the PH like this seems to help. If the situation becomes critical I use a shampoo bar. I have the same one for over a year now. They last🙏 and come without plastic fantastic. Sometimes I create a hair mask with coconut oil, olive oil, or almond oil. The dishes I clean in the sea with sand. I also have a little jug of dish washing liquid I refilled in an eco shop in Portugal last year for when there’s a need. I use it pretty much never. Water and vinegar for cleaning the tiny housy on wheels. Baking soda for absorbing smells and more hardcore cleaning. And for deodorant and tooth brushing. And I have a big block of ‘jabon de Marseille’ for my hands and clothes. I think all together we ‘clean’ wayyy too much. And way too chemical. Why? Out of habit? Because the ad says so? Chemical cleaning is not healthy for you, the environment, your wallet and often doesn’t even work. It may smell clean but you can achieve that in a natural way too. Try it. I wrote a blog about eco friendly shampoo and soap considerations. You can find it on Oceanpreneur.co (link in bio) What do all you salty souls do to keep your hair healthy 💫 ?
💙Treasurehunting in the wild🐒🕵️ I’ve 💙Treasurehunting in the wild🐒🕵️ I’ve been treasure hunting on the wildest beach of the Canary Islands. The views, the waves, the vastness, wildness and no signal are the treasures I found🙃🏄‍♀️🙏 And a seaweed snacky 😋 And a few local characters🕺🏼But that’s another story. I also found bottles, bags, shoes, a few dead birds, fishing lines, and kilometers of microplastic disco ‘sand’, and 🧤 gloves, and 😷 masks. Pretty much every day I find a mask or glove in the sea or along the shore. I lost count. My wish for all living beings is that we approach a new normal by simply breathing the wild and considering the wild. 💙Your breath🌬Your most valuable asset (see previous post). 💙The ocean🌊No one’s asset but everyone’s responsibility. And dependency. The ocean and any living being on this planet should not suffer the consequences of human short term responsiveness against nature. Nature is to be left alone. And to be explored.🐒🏄‍♀️⛵️🧜‍♀️Afterall, the pursuit of a healthy ocean and lifestyle are one and the same🌱💙 🤔What stuff have you found in nature? And how does it make you concerned? Some good news too! Efforts of local clean up organizations don’t go unnoticed. Big shout out to @cleanoceanproject @limpiaventura 💯 Locals and tourists are talking about it, seeing the difference, on the beach and analysing the trash collections points, and contributing to it. Seeds are planted. Conversations are going on. Keep going. 🌱Read more about the plastic challenge and solutions considerations in my book Ocean Nomad and on my blog www.oceanpreneur.co 🌱Join the @oceannomads.community to accelerate the conversation and ocean exploration ⛵️💙⛵️🌱⛵️ Last DAY to join as Founding Member for just 2 coconuts / month! 4 spots left) www.oceannomads.co Links in Bio Photo4 by @karym_ahmed_photography 🙏
🧜‍♀️The power of a breath🌱 How often d 🧜‍♀️The power of a breath🌱 How often do you pay attention to your breath? In general we just breath automatically and unconsciously, roughly 25.000 times per day. But we have so much more capacity and energy to get out of a breath if we only consider it. It may be THE greatest gift of nature. Conscious breathing allows for a calm state of mind, healthy cells, AND a beautiful dive into the blue 🙃🧜‍♀️ Yesterday I finally got deep again. For me freediving is one of the purest forms of connection to self and to nature. And to other mermaids. Because rule #1 Never dive alone. Thanks to @marianna_patane for buddying up! And for the photo 🧜‍♀️😎 Have you tried freediving? What realisations has it given you? 🌱 Or Curious to learn freediving? Here are some starting points to get you into dolphin mode: 🌱Courses - I can recommend these two super dedicated dolphins. Both brilliant teachers. @oceanminded_immersion is your go to Merman in Lanzarote @marianna_patane is your go to Mermaid in Fuerteventura. When join me on an @oceannomads.community sailing expedition, I’m also happy teaching you what I’ve learned. I’m an AIDA freedive instructor. 📖 Content - You can find a few freedive blogs, destination, school, and book recommendations on my blog: Oceanpreneur.co 🧜‍♀️🧜🏾‍♂️⛵️Community - Join the Ocean Nomads community to connect with fellow mermaid and mermaid. We have a dedicated sub-group on freediving, and a couple of freedive instructors in there happy to direct you into the sea. Ambassadored by @oceanminded_immersion Sea youuuu! #freediving #mermaids #girlswhofreedive #oceanica #oceannomad #powerofbreath #fuerteventuraisland
🍀 The luxuries of life 🙃 Today I had a show 🍀 The luxuries of life 🙃 Today I had a shower 🥳 I washed my hair and everything. With warm running water. And I did a laundry in the machine. Not by hand. Laundry is drying in all corners of the camper now. And me, I’m enjoying this moment of cleanness for as long as it last 🤣💃. I don’t miss showers. I jump in the sea everyday and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. But when this opportunity presents itself I don’t say no. Im feeling the cleanest, richest, happiest kid in the world right now. Simple acts of kindness go a long way 🙌 Pay them forward 🌱 What’s a little but big something that made your day? Or what you did to make someone else day? Thank you mermaid 🧜‍♀️ @marianna_patane 🙏🌱🥳 for the hospitality and presence #partyday #happykiddo #simplelife #resourcefulness #vanlifediaries #vanlifespain
“I have no special talents, I’m only passionat “I have no special talents, I’m only passionately curious” - Albert Einstein Never ever loose that sense of curiousity 🗺🌱🕵️‍♀️ I think that’s a talent in itself 🐒 Note to self 🙏 And to you!🤗 Have you looked what’s around the corner today? 😁 📸: at the highest peak of #fuerteventura. By Astrid fellow #solofemalevanlife
💙What can we still ethically eat from the sea?🤪 Overfishing and challenges that come with it has got on a bigger stage since Netflix docu @seaspiracy 🌱🙏 And it may have changed your view on eating fish? But don’t we need to eat fish for the omegas 3? Good news! Seaweed and algea got us covered here! It’s where the fish get their omegas from in the first place 🥳 Over the years I’ve been exploring, harvesting, and testing plants of the sea as food. Driven by curiosity. I came across so much of it during freediving, beach walks, and even during sailing passages. I was wondering which seaweed you can eat, how to eat seaweed, how healthy eating seaweed actually is, and if it can replace fish with the nutritional content.🕵️🤔 The benefits of seaweed are nothing new. It’s an ancient wisdom that we in the western world have forgotten a bit about. Especially in eastern cultures like Japan, Korea, and China seaweed has been harvested for thousands of years for food or medicine. I’m nowhere near an expert on seaweed. But I explore, try, experience, question, read, research, study, and repeat. I’m currently studying nutrition and natural medicine, and ever more interested in exploring more about the superpowers that nature has to offer. In abundance. With what I’ve learned so far, I hope to make you as excited about seaweed as a source of food. Check my latest blog on Seaweed and why is such a great source and ethical choice of nutrition, and a great replacement for fish and krill. 👉 Oceanpreneur.co (link in bio) Have you seen Seaspiracy? What was a big eye-opener for you? Curious to learn! You can also join the discussion about Seaspiracy and many more environmental, nomad and sailing related topics on the @_oceannomads community HUB. 🌱🌱🌱 Questions about seaweed? Leave a comment here or on the blog. It’ll help me to create more valuable content for you 🌱😊
🌱Self Sufficient Nomad life 💦 I consider m 🌱Self Sufficient Nomad life 💦 I consider myself living pretty resourceful and independent. I don’t have a fridge and don’t want one either. Less noise. Less power. I just eat what needs to be eaten first. I tap all my electricity needs from a little solar panel and I filter my drinking water (with lifesaver www.theOceanpreneur.com/maunawai 💯🙏) from whatever water source or tap I can find. The ocean is the shower. Food, water and once a month some diesel is what I need to source elsewhere. Fairly simple. Not fully self sufficient but I’m on my way 🌱 I’ve put myself to the test this week and explore how long I last in the remote paradise I find myself. I’m down to beans and rice pimped by an excitement of spices and 🥥. A complete nurturing meal as I learned in nutrition school 🤓 It was more tasty than it looks ☺️ Sprouts and seaweed gave me some fresh superpowers the last couple of days but that was about it in the alive food department. It’s time to go back to civilization and hit the market for some 🍊 🥭 🥦 🤤 The conclusion of this little experiment is that I have tons more to learn to improve my survival and food conservation skills. I could still last for a while if I’d really have to but I can also drive two hours and find a market. ⛵️Something that’s not possible when sailing an ocean! What you bring is what you got. And provision planning is an essential part of preparing for a voyage. This little roadtrip though happened rather spontaneous without planning whatsover. But better to be prepared, always wouldn’t it? ON the case. What are your ambitions with self-sufficient living? In which part of the journey are you? And how do you source food, water, power whether your sailing, vanlifing or living on the land? I asked this question on the @_oceannomads community membership HUB this week. The input so far: 50% is somewhat self sufficient, 40 % is curious to learn more, 8 % is living self sufficient on land and 4% is living self sufficient nomadically. Read the elaborated responses in the ON hub. Super valuable to read how fellow nomads are creating their self sufficient lives! 🌱You can learn more & join the community 💦⛵️🌱👉Oceannomads.co
🌱Reflections on the road taken🧘‍♀️🍀 🌱Reflections on the road taken🧘‍♀️🍀 The 20 km offroad zig zag driving I found a bit daunting. Could the machine handle it? Could I handle it? One way to find out😁 They say when something scares you and excites you at the same time you should probably do it. So finally I went to the south of the south to escape the eastern crowds and to follow my curiousity to what’s around the corner of the corner of the corner. 🚚🐌 Two hours of slooow travel but we handled it! I made a fuss about nothing. One year ago I was terrified of driving this machine. It’s my first car. And first house. Now I’m not the limit, but the machine is. 💫 Some of you asked if I don’t get bored here on the desert island. After 3 months here I only just scratched the surface. I would never get bored here. I’m only getting more excited. I park the car, take my bike, or go for a snorkel, surf or hike. And see what I see. And meet who I meet. There’s is so much beauty to experience when you give it all a closer look and simply go slow. Try the same in your area 🌱 I’m pretty remote now and I’m curious to see how long I last with the food I have and may find in nature. The nearest shop is two hours away and I’m definetely not done exploring here. I only just started. Over the years my ocean nomads lifestyle and the sailing in particular has tought me to provision well and to be resourceful with what I’ve got. Lots to learn still so I keep putting myself to the test 🌱 Now with remote campervanlife and this summer and autumn with some sailing again! 🥳⛵️⛵️⛵️ I’m planning some exciting expeditions with @oceannomads.community Join as as member to be the first to know and apply already this month! In the membership hub you can also find some mini-courses on provisioning and remote waste management 🌱 (community link in bio to learn more) What limiting belief did you conquer lately? 📷1: Sunrise this morning 🙃 📷2: feeling in control 💪💃 📷3,4,5 The landscape in the south 📷:6 I call it a day 🍀🧘‍♀️ #fuerteventura #nomadlife #sunrisesky #oceansky #vanlifespain
Living on the edge 🐒🌱 What’s the worse th Living on the edge 🐒🌱 What’s the worse that can happen? Above all, what’s the best that can happen? “Don’t let the dreams be dreams💫 “ #fuerteventura #rewilding #vanlifeeurope #mercedescamper #homeiswhereyouparkit #starsky #oceannomads #vanlifestyle #retrovan #retrocamper #fuerteventuraisland #solofemaletraveller #nomadiccreators #nomadiclifestyle #mermaidsoul #alternativeliving #livewithnature #vanlifespain
🌱🍓Back to school 🤓 Food as the medicine🥳👩🏼‍🍳 Since years I’ve been wizarding 🧙🏻‍♀️ around with herbs, spices, teas and food trying to figure out the superpowers within them and exploring the healthiest way to go forward. I see too many people around me dis-eased and I can’t accept this as the status quo. Time to take my curiosities on herbs, spices, and food to the next level 💪🌱 and to learn more about the fundamentals of our bodies and nutrition. Not just for me but to help those around me. Since lockdown happenings started one year ago, I’ve been studying books, plants I come across🧐, listened to dozens of podcasts and have been taken some courses in Ayurveda and herbal medicine 🌿I’m now enrolled in the study nutrition and nutritional coaching. At some point I’d looove to go to east and learn from some wisdom masters. It’s super interesting taking in a combination of eastern and western knowledge and to figure out the way to go. Which I haven’t figured out yet. And I probably never will. It’s going to be a life long journey. The more I learn the more curious I get and more questions I have 🙈🌱🙋‍♀️🧐 But by living close to nature, being aware of the world around me, the cycles of nature 🌒 , I feel the best knowledge comes from experiencing, exploring, learning and listening about the nature around me and my own internal nature. What an exciting journey! I don’t remember the last time I had a cold so I believe Im doing something right. I’m super excited to see where this curiosity takes me in the years to come. I keep an holistic approach to it all with nature at the center of it. Food is just one part of health, but a big one I believe. 🌱 Nothing new this all. Just a reminder to stay close to nature, in every form 😘 Who else here is endlessly curious about nutrition and what are you currently studying / exploring / coaching / ambbasadoring / wondering about? In the resources section on my website Ive listed some of the books I read and recommend and courses I’ve taken. (Oceanpreneur.co / link in bio)
🌱 My humble little garden 🌱 Funny little fa 🌱 My humble little garden 🌱 Funny little fact. These 3 little plants have original roots with my grand grand mother. I have a ‘stekje’ of a stekje of a stekje of a stekje. Despite an occasional sauna and sun in my housy on wheels, they keep growing 🥰🍀 And so am I 🌱 Sometimes I dream of having my own little garden and create a permaculture and flower garden. But I remain to curious to the world to settle. There is sooo much to explore. What can possibly beat this view? And with learning more and more about the world of wild edibles, why would I bound to one place? Because of special people and community. Especially when living wild, remotely and in nature it’s not always easy to meet your people. But working on that 💪 That’s where Ocean Nomads comes in 🌱👨‍👩‍👦‍👦⛵️🧜‍♀️🏄‍♀️🚚 One element of the network are ON basecamps 🏕⚓️ With @oceannomads.community we’re figuring out a middle way, with basecamps all over the world for pitstops, meet-ups and team-ups. Portugal (@co_sagres), New Zealand’s, Galicia, Germany, Netherlands and the Canary Islands are ON the map. Have you settled somewhere and would you love to welcome the world at your little paradise? Check out Ocean Nomads and let’s explore team ups. 1000 bonus points for ocean views, an anchorage in front and a flat space for the overlanding nomads. Then there’s the ON vessels and nomads to explore more ⛵️💫 check out OceanNomads.co to join the network. So far we are +170 founding members, 35 vessels⛵️ and 5 basecamps. Check them all out on the ON map. Have you settled after years of nomadding? Or are your nomadding after years of being settled? I settle for being a nomad 🌱🙏🍀 And the world as the garden. So grateful! #oceannomads #vanlifestyle #vanlifeexplorers #vanlifeeurope #fuerteventura #fuerteventuraisland #solofemaletraveller #nomadlife #nomadiccreators #nomadiclifestyle #mermaidsoul #alternativeliving #livewithnature #oceansoul #vanlifespain
🌱•Passing the captain ⛵️👩‍✈️ tes 🌱•Passing the captain ⛵️👩‍✈️ test•🥳🙊 On this day 3 years ago... Exhausted, bruised but happy ☺️ Wow, 3 years already when I received that little paper saying Captain Suzanna Yachtmaster Offshore. Not growing up sailing, and learning the ropes by simply hitchhiking on boats a few years, who am I to captain a boat? Well, after a full-on weekend of being examined of my capabilities, I passed the test. It wasn't about the paper. It was about increasing my confidence that I can do this! No matter what the surroundings are telling me or limiting beliefs I tell myself. Ok, and this little paper also allowed me to rent boats so I can facilitate deeper ocean experiences. 💙🌱⛵️🐒 I've been organizing and captaining some pretty cool sailing trips since and treasure those experiences and connections deeply. I learned so much by stepping up my game, made such beautiful connections, and there's so much more to come and learn! How exciting! We are all way more capable than we think ourselves capable of. I believe the main limit that prevents us from making things happen is our thinking, our focus, and our surrounding. You are what you think. What you focus on expands. And "you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with", goes the saying. Stay focused on the dreams you all! And surround yourself with loving souls that bring the best out in you. ⛵️So when is the next sailing adventure? Exciting expeditions are being planned with @_oceannomads And not planned. More and more spontaneous ocean adventures are happening amongst members. We're currently 170 souls from 37 countries and have 35 vessels in the fleet excited to share experiences! Join the family to explore, connect, and make impact. We keep each other sharp on not settling for anything less than we're capable of living. Learn more and become a founding member 👉🌱 www.oceannomads.co 💪⛵💙 Have you been sailing with me? I'd love to hear what it brought you or taught you. Comment, write me or call me. Your feedback helps me to adjust the sails, be better, and do better. #womenwhosail #sheofthesea #shecaptain #oceannomads #dreamitdoit #sailboatlife #sailinglife #offshoresailing #yachtmasteroffshore
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