Hilde

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Description

Hello, my name is Hilde, originally from Belgium, but I have lived in UK for the past 30 years. Now my daughter has grown up, I will use my new found freedom to travel and explore.

I love meeting new people, exploring different cultures and learning new things. Like many people, I am looking for a more sustainable way of living, where we communicate better, waste less, make more sense, accept each other and take responsibility for our behaviour.

At the moment I am working as a holistic therapist, practicing massage, meditation reiki, reflexology and myofascial release. I also recently qualified as a yoga teacher.

Before that I was a music teacher, teaching classical guitar. I am currently learning the violin and loving it.

I converted an old stable into a house and learned many things. Plumbing, tiling, brick laying,.... but my favourite building skill is woodwork. I love repurposing stuff people would throw away, making anything from chicken sheds to furniture to a whole massage studio out of old bits of wood. Some of my woodwork is on the pictures.

I like to grow my own food, did a permaculture design course and use permaculture principles in my daily life.

I have a keen interest in natural building, especially cob and adobe houses. My dream is to build an eco cob home somewhere idyllic, in a beautiful co-creative, eco-spiritual community on a hillside, with a spring for clean water.

I value a simple life, with time for creativity, music, conversation, swimming and walking bare foot.

I like good honest, simple vegetarian food, I have no interest in drugs or alcohol (apart from an occasional glass of wine).

Interests

Vegetarian or vegan

Politics / Social justice

Farming

Art & design

Beach

Music

Sustainability

Self development

Yoga / Wellness

Van life

Hiking

Mountain

Carpentry

Camping

DIY & crafts

Languages

Outdoor activities

Books

Animals

Culture

Nature

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: Beginner

More details about my language interests
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Animal Care

Being an elderly companion

General Maintenance

Languages

Art Projects

House sitting

More details about your skills

I have spent the past 15 years building my little home in York, UK. I acquired many practical skills. I can do basic plumbing, bricklaying and woodwork.
Most of my furniture is hand made and nothing makes me happier than making things out of old stuff that would go to waste. I recently made a shed for my massage studio, a garden shed, a sofa bed, a walk in wardrobe.

I love working on the land, have kept a vegetable garden and worked as a gardener. I have gained the Permaculture Design Certificate and like to apply permaculture principles to all aspects of my life.

I love playing music, I have taught classical guitar for 20 years, play piano and have recently started to play the violin.

I am qualified in holistic massage and myofascial release. I also practice reflexology and hot stone massage.

Since this year I am a qualified yoga teacher.

Age

50

What else ...

love swimming wild, walking up mountains, making clothes, playing music, interior design, and many more things

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  no

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  Special dietary requirements
  vegetarian