Unsettled. Returning to nature will always be my canvas of exploration and healing
Itâs almost midnight. Iâm covered in my favorite white cotton sheets, just a few yawns away from a…
#15 LAUREL Monthly Soundlust – Backpack. Weâre a continuum of stories, still in the writing, still in the living
âBackpackâ, the 15th edition of LAUREL Monthly Soundlust, steps into our innate wilder nature, invoking the stories that we are made of and how we carry them along with us, throughout our life journey. Compiled of indie-folk tunes you might listen to by the campfire or play in your mind as you explore the outdoors, this newly curated playlist hopefully inspires you to take your own backpack and get out there in the wild.
#14 LAUREL Monthly Soundlust: Wind
The 14th LAUREL Monthly Soundlust - Wind - invites you to release all the pressure you've been feeling and the overthinking you've been doing, and be carried away for a moment or two, be one with the wind.
#13 LAUREL Monthly Soundlust: Roots. âWe might find inspiration in nature, but nature is found in each one of usâ
Discover âRootsâ, the one-year anniversary edition of the LAUREL Monthly Soundlust, invoking the very essence of this journalâs inspiration - nature, through the life of trees.
Natural escape from the urban scene
How to slow down and connect with nature, without traveling too far from the city.
#12 LAUREL Monthly Soundlust: Crossroads. âThe uncomfortable, the becoming, the building of a life worth livingâ
This May edition of LAUREL Monthly Soundlust taps into the meaning of Crossroads, when we have to choose between the safe and the unknown, facing the ever changing state of life and honoring our perpetual quest for a purposeful living.
Learning to balance our bodies, minds, spirits and social well-being through Ayurveda teachings
Tapping into the fundamental ideas of Ayurveda and finding inspiration in its traditional teachings for seeking balance and leading a better and healthier life.
The magical life of “Sânziene”
Sânziene, in Romanian, means Lady's Bedstraw. Discover the legend beyond the celebration of Sânziene and the curative power of these wild flowers.
Sunday Poem | “The Wind”, by Vasile Alecsandri
In this Sunday Poem second edition, weâre celebrating a great Romanian poet, Vasile Alecsandri (1821 - 1890), well-known for being a pioneer in writing pastels. A pastel, from a literary point of view, is a lyrical poem, that describes scenery from nature, landscapes or natural phenomena.
Tales and pastels from the countryside
A recent weekend spent in my grandmotherâs village inspired me into writing a mixture of tales and descriptive fragments, which would take me to a place of different times, from now and before.