Flow

Flow Movement, Meditation & Creation
Noordhoek, Cape Town Flow

In life there is a magic at work that defies explanation…

Sometimes things just FLOW. I welcome you.

Your body, mind and emotions are in harmony, there’s a sense of liveliness and possibility, creativity blossoms. But why do we just leave it up to chance, hoping that the heavenly Flow will catch us up in its tingly embrace, when truly it’s up to us to kindle that flame, to dance that dance, to sing that song? To live this life. I invite you to join me in a safe, nurturing space where you can brea

the, move and create. This, I believe with my whole heart, is why we live. Let’s share and enjoy our time together. Over an hour session or longer workshops we will engage all facets of our selves. Body: movement in the form of yoga, dance, qi gong, breathwork, etc

Mind: stimulating and informative discussion, writing exercises, visualization, meditation

Emotions: deep listening, relaxation techniques, tapping, art therapy, mindfulness

You bring whatever you need to sort out, celebrate or sit with. We are meeting here to allow our separate streams to flow together and refresh us

07/06/2026

Oh just another perfect day in RIO de Janeiro!!!

booked Christ the Redeemer first thing and we went first class via the railway.
It was magnificent - the views, the statue, the insane lengths peeps will go to to get their insta shots 😂😂😂
Lord we laughed

Then I finally got a pastel, one of Brazil’s favourite street foods…been eyeing them! Flaky pastry, very yummy, choice of fillings…and an acerola juice.

We caught an uber to Largo dos Guimarães at the top of Santa Teresa.
Looooooove this area!!!
Definitely my fave in Rio (thus far!)

What started as an elite hilltop district in the 19th century has evolved into a bohemian artists’ quarter
Beautiful art EVERYWHERE
Espousing beautiful ideas - like we need more black women in positions of power
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

Also commemorating the murder of Marielle Franco - a Black feminist, human-rights activist & city councillor. She grew up in a favela here & became one of the most prominent voices speaking against police violence & the influence of militias in Rio. She was assassinated in 2018 at just 39 💔

We really enjoyed wandering these streets and happened upon a kids-from-the-favelas (which are everywhere) brass band and then a festival for St John…or in Portuguese João in the Gloria Maria park/ Parque das Ruinas which has a super cool free museum/space.

Gloria was the first Black woman in Brazil to achieve major national prominence as a reporter. The steel-&-glass structure preserves the ruins of a mansion once owned by socialite, Laurinda Santos Lobo, whose home became a gathering place for artists & intellectuals in early 20th-century Rio.

The Museu da Chacara do Ceu around the corner is also free and houses a very cool art collection in beautiful surroundings. It was originally the home of art collector Raymundo Castro Maya.

We strolled downhill and enjoyed the Selarón Steps. It contains more than 2000 tiles from over 60 countries.
Chilean-born artist Jorge Selarón worked on it for over 20 years.
Though I think whoever wrote that “passarinho nao tem instagram/ the little birdies don’t have instagram” on a wall beneath a tree full of little birds deserves an award 🪺

We ended up at the Arcos / Aqueduct in Lapa - a Rio landmark.
Word to the wise - there’s a cool yellow tram that can take you up to Santa Teresa from here 🚃

Loved the vibey street market pulsing with music and fun 💃🏾

Then some peace & quiet in the impressive Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião inspired by Mayan pyramids

Before heading back to Zona Sul for Coco frio 🥥 on Copacabana and tapioca (of course)

We took in yet more spectacular views from the fort and then made our way to Ipanema and the big rock that separates Ipanema from Copacabana ~ Arpoador ~ where everyone gathers to applaud the sunset behind the Two Brothers every sunset 🥹

I mean
What’s not to love?!

Thanks Renato
You saved the day and made my time here so easy breezy

See you in Cape Town 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

05/06/2026

A very fulllll day of appreciating what Rio de Janeiro has to offer!

spoiled me rotten 🥰
We went to Parque Lage & enjoyed the fairytale forest, grottos, castle & aquarium

Followed by the Botanical Gardens and it’s epic palms 😮

We then soothed ourselves with some açai … which is just so damn good (+ good for you!)

Then it was Pão de Acucar on the world’s first cable cars 🚠
Got to see the sunset & the city lights 🏙️

Deeply moving 🥹
This is the spot where Africa & South America were joined at the hip 👯
Seemed appropriate

PS. A prize for spotting every view of Christ the Redeemer in this reel 😅

05/06/2026

Nineteen 🌞

What a year around the sun this has been for you our

This chapter began in 🇬🇧
Wandering cobbled streets,
laughing with beloved friends,
meeting a Highland coo (!)
& also Billie Eilish (!!)

And then came the long threshold year:
the final school dances,
last performances,
matric exams,
goodbyes…

New beginnings at
One of only two girls in motor mechanics 👩🏾‍🔧

Learning & showing up with your spark ✨

maker 🧶
baker 🧑🏾‍🍳
crafter 🎨
cat whisperer 😻
hard worker 💪🏾
funny girl 😂
sunshine person😎

Watching you at , caring so tenderly & capably, makes me so proud of the goodness at the centre of you 🥰

The world needs people with capable hands and soft hearts 🫶🏾

Some of my favourite moments this year were returning to your Alma Mater for your brother’s events and having teachers come up to me to say how much they miss you 🥹

You leave warmth behind you wherever you go 🌈

Another new chapter waits…
work placement 🔧 🚘 🛞

This is the first birthday of yours I won’t spend beside you 🥲

Both of us stepping into new seasons at the same time 🪽

Thank you for your grace in letting me grow too 🌱

I hope this next circle around the sun brings you deep friendship, adventure, courage, delight, creativity, good music, flour on your hands, grease under your nails, tons of yarn and every opportunity your bright spirit deserves 💫

I love you beyond ♾️
Happy 19th birthday my baby🤍

03/06/2026

The menagerie of birds and animals I managed to see on today’s hike, but didn’t manage to photograph, in order of appearance:
🦋a hummingbird
🐈‍⬛a black panther (turned out to be a very large black house cat 🐈‍⬛ )
🙉 monkeys high up in the trees - not sure if they were the endemic capuchin or the invasive marmosets…
I heard the pitter patter of their tiny feet and then watched them dance above me.
🐗A coati - very strange & large beast, something you don’t expect to see high up in a tree! (I caught its tail scampering away on ground level)

Hiking Ilha grande has been one of the greatest joys and privileges of my life 🏝️ 🥰
I don’t know that I’ve ever been anywhere more ALIVE. It’s quite something.

By the way, hummingbirds really hum
One gave me the fright of my life - I thought there was a giant bumblebee buzzzing next to me 🐝

After the most spectacular jungle hike from Abrão, I came out on Praia De Palmas, which is truly lovely. I would say it’s a really good option if you don’t want to stay in busy little Villa Abrão - more peace and quiet but still a few options of eateries, it’s definitely a friendlier vibe

From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank those who had the foresight to set aside land for nature reserves away from greedy noisy humans and for those who blazed the trails through these pretty impenetrable jungles - hats off to you!
Also, thanks to the visitors - no litter! But maybe also cos no one seems to be hiking 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🤯

My plant daddies and twitchers, run don’t walk! Every step reveals something that makes your jaw drop. Never in my life have I seen such a plethora of magnificent foliage and feathered extravaganza 😍

Praia do Mangue is incredible, nothing save for one little beach restaurant, which was closed, and one fixer up that’s begging to be turned into a retreat centre.
Anybody got some cash they want to invest in a slice of paradise?
I would say this is a no brainer.

From Praia do Pouso there’s a pretty constant stream of peeps who arrive by taxi boat & head for Praia Lopes Mendez, which is famed to be one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil/the world and only accessible by trail. It’s giving Noordhoek …and I sat on it looking directly towards home where it will be a whole lot colder and instead of noon, sunset…also where my heart is 🌍 ❤️‍🔥 🥹

Walking back to Pouso, my dreams came true and I was mobbed by marmosets who obviously know that tourists = 🍌
It took all my self control not to kidnap them 🙈

First return taxi boats are at 3pm
(Like Alice “I’m always giving myself good advice but very seldom follow it”
Main reason I didn’t boat here and walk back is because I’m up long before anyone else 🤷🏻‍♀️ I mean daylight is short and I wanna make hay while the sun shines)
Word to the wise, taxi boat is R$50 from Praia do Pouso (vs a lot more if pre-booked in town)

There’s an incredible floating restaurant - Marola - where the 💶 💸 were flowing on what looked like amazing seafood (if I hear another tourist exclaim how cheap it is 😜 NOT …we’re talking ZAR1750 for a few prawns 🦐 Eish 😣). It was my first restaurant of the trip and such a treat 🥰 just to have a gorgeous spot to hang out while waiting for the taxi boat was lovely.

I sipped my suco natureis sem acucar
🍍 💛🥭 (the only affordable thing on the menu probably cos the fruits are growing/falling off the trees!) and felt pleased as punch to watch the tropical fishies in this Atlantic Ocean that seems not at all related to our frigid version o’er yonder 🐠

Is there anything more snobby than someone who works at a bougie spot? A lot of the beaches do have a place to stay on t...
02/06/2026

Is there anything more snobby than someone who works at a bougie spot?
A lot of the beaches do have a place to stay on them and I asked one chap at Praia de Iguacu‘s fancy pants abode whether there would be a boat to take me back to Abrão

Turns out I had to retrace my steps back to Praia de Feiticeira because apparently the beaches further along don’t have these little Taxi boats, but the first one that I popped out at …which had nothing on it, no place to stay, nada except a big pile of coconuts (so clearly thirsty tourists had been there), was it!

Well, my second time at that very lovely little beach and things had changed. A beach bar offering açai (of course) and tapioca had magically appeared.
Best of all - Two little wild kittens, one of which is muito picante & managed to slice me wide open 3 times 🙀😼

The Taxi boats only run from 12 and they want a minimum of four people aboard, in which case it cost R$50 a person but if there’s only one person, then it’s 200 🤑
That would be good to know before setting off 😅

Luckily some peeps did turn up to share the fare!

My suggestion would be to take the boat from Abrão to where you wanna go and then hike back, but that implies knowing where you wanna go and it was reallllly lekker to just walk and figure it out as I went 👣

The boat ride was an absolute Joy 💓💓💓
But when we pulled into Abrão, these guys on boats surrounded us and started yelling and honking 🏴‍☠️
I’m guessing it’s part of the protest which kept me from getting on a flexiboat yesterday… & saved me a lot of money…but nearly cost me this incredible Ilha grande experience 😅

The trails on Ilha Grande are exquisite and free. You’ve just gotta get to the Island, which costs the princely sum of R...
02/06/2026

The trails on Ilha Grande are exquisite and free. You’ve just gotta get to the Island, which costs the princely sum of R$20 ZAR60 so very doable and I found a lovely little spot - Jane‘s place…she is so lovely.

Give yourself some time here, even if the weather is not looking great
The forecast for my time was just rain rain rain but actually it rained all night and was clear all day & lovely for hiking… by afternoon the sun & sunbathers were out in full force and Abrão was transformed. There’s basically just this one little town- Villa Abrão

It’s warm, very humid & this magnificent Atlantic rainforest is absolutely mind blowingly beautiful 💓

So definitely one of my goals for the morrow is to see marmosets in the wild. I saw one on a lady’s head once in Dullstroom, true story, I thought she was wearing a really cool hairpiece until it started drinking Liquifruit out of a little cup and wiping it’s little face on a serviette.

All morning I saw nary a soul save some spectacular birds (the ones I managed to film nearly flew straight into my face 🤣 called Tangara or swallow-tailed manakin) and one small man with one very large panga

02/06/2026

I’ve been hiking all day & left speechless

Just listen to her… 🥹🥹🥹

My favourite hiking duo rate the circumnambulation of Ilha Grande as one of the top two hikes in the world (& gosh they’ve done their homework).

It’s the first place I’ve been on this trip where I wish I was staying longer. It would take about a week to hike around the Island and my whole heart wants to do it

I woke up to the sounds of the jungle and… not gonna lie…pretty creepy… possibly howler monkeys!

So I set up for a little walk (…6 hours later),
I walked to Praia Preto/ Black beach & then checked out the ruins of Lazaro which was a cholera colony and then a penal colony
A sad history but there’s worse places to either die of cholera or be interred

I found the most incredible aqueduct and then I just continued up quite a mountain. On the island there’s gonna be some steep ascents and then steep descents and because it’s an actual rainforest, it’s slippery… & I’m missing my trusty hiking poles
Fortunately I found the perfect piece of bamboo.

Having been lucky enough to visit a few paradise Islands in my time - Andaman Islands (vibes were off but my God exquisite), the Maldives & Thai islands of course- I would have to rank this one right up there.

02/06/2026

A better night thank god

Then hopped a local bus from Paraty to Angra dos Reis for 2h30 R$20 …which you pay cash directly to the driver
Almost everything else has been tap & go.
I could not be more impressed with the buses here 🚍
Clean, timely, affordable and they can get you literally anywhere 🪽
I wouldn’t hesitate if you’re considering exploring on a budget 💸
Plus, it’s lovely to sit down for a bit when you’ve been walking all day every day 😮‍💨

Stunnnnning drive through tropical jungle overlooking one gorgeous beach after the next, ocean peppered with tufted islands that fill me with Robinson Crusoe dreams. One could happily spend a good long while exploring this coastline. Let alone the rest of Brazil! Such a huge country. Did you know that the north of Brazil is further away from the South of Brazil than it is from Canada?! 🤯

I think part of the charm of travelling here is that everyone assumes I’m one of them. Even with my South Africa emblazoned cap (pic of old boy on my bus wearing a sequined 🇧🇷 cap…& disgruntled lady who wondered why I was photographing her as *she* photo bombed 🫣)

I suppose it’s because Brazilians are SO diverse. It’s interesting to see the different ways colonization and slavery have played out here. In every single museum I’ve been to they have foregrounded atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples and the horrors of slavery.
Yet the society itself seems truly integrated.
(Please, those properly in the know, correct me if I’m wrong…)
Definitely lovers rather than fighters (soooo much smooching…more than Italy!)
I don’t feel any of the aggressive energy that’s so much a part of the texture of our lives in South Africa (love you, but there’s no denying violence is a big part of the picture).

In many respects it feels like the inverse of us. The abundance of water alone is enough to make me 😭 There is only one ferry a day to Ilha Grande at 3:30pm for R$20 ⛴️
But I had decided to fork out more for a speedboat 🚤
Joke’s on me 🤡
I was informed that NO tourists are allowed on the island - there’s a strike to protest tourism tax?
Simultaneously my host went dark and I was hangry and feeling too old for this s**t 😠😤

But managed to find the rather hidden away ferry and alllll is welllll (flexi boats lied 🤥)
Befriended an old boy selling tiny cups of muito forte cafe ☕️
Well, he sold one, to an aged lady who is obviously a good pal and who chased hers with a ciggie 🚬
He and I joked about the tourists
(Yes I’m finally seeing some foreigners)
Only the old and young have patience with my broken Portuguese
And I love them for it

The ferry was fab.
I sat on the front deck and lapped it up.
After not managing to find my spot and convincing myself it was all a ruse.
I’m comfortably settled.

Did you know…
In Brazil hot water comes from these electric shower heads?!
Seems dodge to me ⚡️
But works!

Looking forward to exploring the jungles and beaches of Ilha Grande… in the rain 😅

31/05/2026

Folks at the poussada returned from the Jazz Fest verrrrry merry at 10:30pm and partied loudly till 1:30am …at which point
I remembered I had ear plugs and tearfully bit the bullet and plugged my ear holes 🫩

Woke feeling super fragile 🫥
Enjoyed my brekkie and set off to keep my promise to myself 🫰🏽

Praia do Jabaquara 🏝️ + 📕 = restorative morning 🥰

The afternoon was spent exploring yet more gorgeous cobbled roads as the tide came in to wash them clean and hopping from sound stage to sound stage 🎷 🎶 🎸
Enjoying the music but mostly the people watching 👀
One thing is for certain - Brasileiros love to paaaaarty 💃🏾

I’m heading to Ilha Grande tomorrow for 3 nights and had hoped to do quite a lot of hiking on that paradise island sans roads & vehicles (save for boats).

But the forecast is looking rather ominous 🌧️
So there may be more restorative reclining with book 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
Might be just what the doctor ordered pre-Rio
Hopefully the place I’m staying there is nicer than this one, which is *quite* grim 🫣
Not the kinda place you wanna hang out.
You win some, you lose some 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hot travel tips:
🚽 TP goes in the bin not the loo 🧻
🚘 Look the other way when crossing the street (they drive on the right here…some near misses in the early days) 🫪
💸 Don’t choose ZAR when tapping…charges more 💳

Happy Fire Moon my fellow lunatics🌝
The only blue moon of 2026
Once in a blue moon you find yourself across the Atlantic on Brazil’s Costa Verde
Where it’s supposedly also winter…but lekker tropical. And there are sommer parrots flying around and you look up and see the most remarkable fruits just dangling there.

Love from me in the laundromat 🧺 .paraty
Fully automated
Open 24hrs
Even spoke English to me 😬

30/05/2026

Paraty is so lovely 🌴 🌊 🚣🏾 🎣 ⛪️ 🥥
I wasn’t expecting it to be quite so charming

As has been the case everywhere else thus far…I find myself the loan foreigner (as far as I can tell) 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’ve only spotted two girls with backpacks at the bus station in São Paulo and then today two young hikers when I went up to the museum Forte Defensor Perpetuo (loved!)

What a change from, say, Nepal - where you are hassled and preyed upon ceaselessly as one of an endless glut of foreign tourists laying waste to…everything 😓

There’s a Jazz festival which has brought tons of people to town, but they’re Brazilian.
There are six big sound stages all over town for the festival and I got to see an incredible classical guitarist in one of the churches 🎶

I’ve got a blister from walking all day over the really picturesque cobbled streets that get flooded at high tide to clean them out …after I couldn’t resist putting my feet in the ocean (sand between toes = trouble)

There are beach bars all along this magic coast and tons of these craaaazy booze cruise things 😬

But despite that, the nature is incredible, the flowers and the trees are just mind blowing and I have befriended many cool birds whose names and songs are new to me 🪶
Plus Pandora the resident doggie at my poussada (no caixa for her) 🐶 📦
Also got some kitty lovin that I was sorely missing 😻 (obvi the highlight)

I’m dying to try the local seafood dishes bobó de camarão & moqueca 🦐

Basically lived off the very delicious brekkie they feed me at my guesthouse - so much truly excellent fruit and the obligatory orange / corn cake (yum!) plus they made me some eggs with a look like “crazy foreigners who need more than cake to start the day” 🤪

I’m hoping to find a palm tree where my book & I can chillax on the morrow
🏝️ 📕 👙

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