Greetings from Mucacabana
Those first warm rays of sunshine on your skin. Did you miss them, too?
The river suddenly comes alive again. People are sitting in the grass. Music fills the air. Someone is laughing. Bicycles whiz by.
My boyfriend and I jokingly call the Isar beach the "Mucacabana"—MUC meets Copacabana. Because all of a sudden, there's so much activity there again. So much life.
It reminds me of Brazil. Of the time when I began to follow my inner sense of vastness —without knowing exactly where it would lead me.
Inner Expansiveness For me, this is the feeling that there’s even more life waiting for you. Not as a clear plan, but more like an inner pull.
By the way, with the first warm days, some old habits are creeping back in. I lost weight while traveling and dancing in Brazil. I gained some of it back over the winter.
In the past, that would have put me under pressure. Today, I see things differently.
My body worked. It carried. It digested. It felt. It built a foundation. And it wouldn't settle for half measures. So I gave it what it needed: more rest. More food. More warmth. More slowness.
Today, I no longer work against my body. I trust it. Because it is guiding me through this transformation.
My mind often looks to the past. My body senses the direction. It translates that into small steps. A quiet voice says, “And now this.”
Sometimes that means being active. Sometimes it means taking a break. Sometimes it means feeling the sun on your skin.
And often, the quietest steps are the boldest. For example, acknowledging what’s really there right now—without immediately wanting to become someone else.
That is exactly why I create these spaces —as places where we can reconnect. With our bodies. With our own rhythms. With life.
Maybe something here speaks to you. If so, just start right where you are.
With love and sunshine on your skin,
Jeannette
