By Silvana Ivandic-MäättäFor the To the Oceans Goes Balkan seriesnana@totheoceans.com Why Is the Sea Salty? And What Are the Benefits of Sea Salt? In my previous blog, “How the Sea Holds My Scars,” I wrote about the positive effects the sea has on the human body and how deeply it supported my healing process after…
“Grandpa…why is the sea blue?”. As I was driving along the Adriatic Sea, south of Dubrovnik a few days ago, an old memory surfaced in my mind’s eye. Before continuing on toward Montenegro, I decided to stop for a moment and take in the beautiful view of the open sea. Thoughts blended seamlessly with the…
The Balkan myths, legends and worshipping of water. A personal story – with a cultural approach. I grew up in a mixed Catholic and Orthodox family in the former Yugoslavia. My life was between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo and Dubrovnik, Croatia areas, a mix of local cultures. In-between the Croats, the Serbs and the Muslims…
It all started from art. An online art teacher by the Arctic Circle met in Zoom two girls in California to show painting every three weeks. Their father, Noel, wanted his daughters to have an openess towards global cultures. The Chiu family had immigrated from Taiwan with values of high education and successful life goals….
Written by one of the founders of Mystics Council – the team of Merlins for your Inner King Author as an invited guest blogger for the Oceans & Spirituality program (totheoceans.com).Images by Leonardo AI. https://mysticscouncil.com/ I. The Invitation It all began with a sound. Not the kind of sound you hear in the usual sense—not…
The writers are invited young guest blogger sisters Kerttu (12 years) and Martta (11 years) sailing across the vast oceans and guided by father Tuomo in SY Panacea with the Sail for Good- project. Climate and Our Ocean Experiences We have sailed over 50.000 kilometers in the world’s oceans since 2016 and seen all kinds…
By Writer and Artist Hannamari Mäkelä Water – a Spiritual Element Covering roughly 70% of the earth’s surface and making up a similar proportion of the human body, water is essential to life in all its forms. The element of water is a sacred being that holds life on earth; a seed in the soil…
https://www.bird-man.com/jari-mh-kuosma Jari Kuosma has been invited to be a regular guest for To the Oceans Project online hours. He tells of his experiences as a professional skydiver and free fall jumps with interesting points regarding life. To join the next Zoom- shows and to get their links, please see the event pages at this site….