Well preserved: Faore Islands

Oh no no, we swim even if it is snowing!

A group of women, who call themselves the ‘Morning Swimmers of Sandagerði’, brave the icy waters of the North Atlantic, along the coastline of the Faroe Islands, for their morning dip in the ocean.

They go in every day of the year—sunshine or snow—unless a storm means the water is far too rough. For them, it is as much about connection and friendship as it is about exercise and invigoration.

Secret to Life

When you look at zero you see nothing. When you look through it you see everything.

Antoinette Pienaar lives in the Great Karoo – a barren landscape in the center of South Africa. 

Many people question how she survives in this desolate space but, for Antoinette, it is a place to thrive.  She has come to learn that by sitting quietly and paying attention, a world of beauty is revealed. 

Antoinette has found her secret to life.

A forgotten craft

I want to tell people that it’s my healing place in the hope that they might find a garden that is their healing place.

At the age of 39, Catherine’s world changed.  She discovered the world of the ancient craft of basketry weaving.  She chose to listen to the voice inside.  She chose to follow her passion.

When I walk among the willow and it’s flowing all around me and it dances in the wind you build up this intimate relationship with the material.