I am not an extremely savvy person and though I am only in my early thirties I still appreciate traditional things, like actual books, phone calls etc. Before the entire coronavirus outbreak I had never used the “story” feature in my IG account, and I was quite worried about the fact that human relationships have … More Virtual life
I’ve never really been a baker. I started cooking sometime during my late teens, mostly copying things my mom would make. I wasn’t very creative with it, but I was able to prepare rather tasty food. Later on I moved out of my parents’ house and cooking become a thing I did out of necessity, … More How I started baking gluten free
Lockdown inventory list: Baked 6 (vegan) cakes, 1 batch of (vegan) muffins and 1 batch of (vegan) cookies. Based my meals on 8 different grains and legumes (11 if starches are included). Took part (either teaching or taking class) in a live-streaming or a Zoom session 81 times. The most memorable session was when I … More 30 days of quarantine
Obviously quarantine has changed all of our lives, and if you aren’t an essential worker, you probably find yourself spending most of your time at home. Gyms and studios are closed, and if you live in an apartment in the middle of a city (like me), getting around and staying active is probably quite a … More How to stay fit during quarantine
My last two posts were a funny, slightly cynical depiction of my feelings about the whole COVID-19 lockdown, so today I decided to share my more serious thoughts on the matter. And I am gonna start by putting it out there, not without feeling guilty about it – I am actually liking lockdown quite a … More Coping with Lockdown
My mom comes from a lineage of intellectuals, her parents were both educated and educators, and while activities of sharpening the mind were very much encouraged in her house, physical activity was non-existent. This is how my mom discovered, for the first time in her life, at the tender age of 32, after earning her … More Why self-kindness is more important than a handstand press
I kept seeing posts about a place in Edinburgh called Beetroot Sauvage on social media, and all of it seemed to be these amazing totally vegan breakfasts or cakes. When I was headed towards Edinburgh, I did a little research and found out the place was a vegan cafe. On my first weekend in Edinburgh I … More Beetroot and well being
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the ketogenic diet, very simplistically, it’s a very low carb and very high fat diet, which aims to “force” the body burn fat for fuel instead of rely on carbs as a source of energy (that is a state of ketosis). Since you eat almost no carbs … More My affair with a vegan keto diet
When I had first told my friends in Israel I was going to Aruba most of them were truly surprised that such a country even exists, and obviously could not place it on a map. For Americans, and perhaps Dutch people (as Aruba is a constituent country of the kingdom of the Netherlands) this is … More Vegan Aruba
It’s pretty funny that the two main topics in this blog are food (often times sweets) and fitness, but this combination is actually very indicative of my lifestyle. As I told you previously, I am a dancer and a dance, Pilates and Aerial yoga teacher. I live a very active life, training approximately 15 hours … More Work hard, play hard
