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Just because it’s beautiful

Just because it’s beautiful

Taking a small break from boat life in Fiji for va

Taking a small break from boat life in Fiji for van life in Ireland. We are based on an island in the west coast called Achill. There are more sheep than people here and they are all spray painted like punks. The van is smaller than Juniper and the bed, kitchen, & toilet all collide together in one corner, so all elements of life are lived on top of each other. Some mornings I wake up in the van feeling like a hermit crab that got to big for it’s shell, but then the sea breeze hits my face and nothing else matters. We spend our days in flight; paragliding off a cliff, or kiteboarding in a bronze colored lake, or piloting a big manta ray kite for a local circus made of Irish witches. Most of the activities involve me wearing a helmet and praying that I don’t break a leg. Thank you for these new adventures with the wind @diarmuid_higgins ❤️

#vanlife #boatlife #ireland #irelandtravel #kites #puremagic

For me sailing solo is a religious experience, all

For me sailing solo is a religious experience, all of it. My lessons: Don’t rush this. Don’t rush anything. Don’t force anything. Don’t chase the wind. Don’t try to change the wind. You can’t change the wind, but you can change your direction to the wind until you are able to enjoy the wind for what it is. Be more like the wind and the water; be still, be wild, be you, breathe, howl, float, love, reflect the sunlight each time you wave, flow with the phases of the moon. Your tide will fall, but after it falls it will rise again, just like all heavenly bodies do.

#sailing #sailingsouls #lessonsoflife #ocean #voyage #sailinginstagram #flowoflife #tinyhome

Except from my 11th day alone on the Pacific Ocean

Except from my 11th day alone on the Pacific Ocean (California to Hawaii) 🌈

“By Monday the wind and the waves will ripen into the same cacophony that greeted me my first few nights at sea. I am not ready for the return of giants, so I don’t mind sailing slowly towards them.

At night I stare at the moon and Venus and try to shake the shadows of next week from my head. I am already in the fishes belly and I must either succumb or transform. ‘Cause I’m way past the point of no return.

Jospeh Campbell says that the story of Jonah and the whale is metaphorically a battle between the unconscious (heart) and the conscious (mind). The water and the creatures of it represent the unconscious. In Jonah’s story he had to be swallowed by the darkness of the unconscious in order to transcend. Renewal with the powers of nature (or God), “which are the powers of our life, and from which our minds remove us,” is the reward of such a journey into the dark.

I see it as a journey towards harmony, a rekindling between the heart and the mind. A spiritual ascension, if you will.

And I suppose it is in search of such harmony, that I have found myself alone out here at sea.”

*check out my WoW blog or podcast (links in bio) to read or hear more about my journeys

#sailing #blog #fish #connectwithnature #heartandmind #podcast #sailinginstagram

Peace, love, & Pineapples. Just wanted to say than

Peace, love, & Pineapples. Just wanted to say thanks to the nice human who left fruit on the deck of Juniper the other day in Port Denarau. I don’t know who you are or why you did it, but your act of kind nourishment came in a moment when I needed it most. I LOVE YOU! THANK YOU! I often feel like I don’t know what I’m doing out here or why and sometimes I regret that I chose to do this all on my own. The loneliness of that decision is most palpable in a place like Port Denarau where I am surrounded by so many other humans. Thank you for reminding me that I am not alone on this journey.

#solotravel #sailing #boatinterior #sailboat #sailboatlife #circumnavigation #sailingaroundtheworld #fruit #pineapple #thankyou

I spent a week anchored in a swimming pool. Almost

I spent a week anchored in a swimming pool. Almost every time the tide changed, I’d be side on to the wind because of Juniper’s full keel and it was a total sea-saw and everything onboard was moaning and from afar it looked I was out to sea battling a heavy swell, but the view was worth it. Also this is Joffrey, my glitter-filled blow-up pink flamingo. I bought him after I decided to stay in Fiji for one more cyclone season. I figured if anything happens to Juniper, at least I’ll have one thing that still floats. Joffrey is available for birthday parties and weddings and Sunday BBQs. Don’t be shy, just holler.

#fiji #fijiislands #fijiliving #atanchor #sailing #cruising #adventure #flamingo #blowupflamingo #pooltoy

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