Martine

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  • Description

    New workawayer !
    Audacious, involved, free thinker !
    It has aroused me for some time now… to take a sabbatical year and go to meet something new, something unknown…to shake up habits, to meet new people and communities, to share, to learn, to create, to contribute…
    What I love above all is : The meaning and the link
    Between August 2025 and June 2026 I will offer at my own Adventurer ample opportunity to exist ;-)
    My two main activities :
    • For more than 30 years I have taught at primary school, nowadays teacher FLS (French as a second language). I specifically teach to children of another mother tongue.
    • Graduated in 2015 at the medicinal plants and natural knowledges‘s school of Lyon and I practice with passion the art of gathering and transforming the wild medicinal plants of my area (the Pre-Alps of Fribourg) and preparing remedies and cares as natural as effective.
    At the nice season, at the weekly market of my city I have a stand where I give advices and remedies of my fabrication. I also lead outings and stages “medicinal plants and others wisdoms”, where I combine my skills as a teacher and as a herbalist, together with others of my aptitudes : support in eco rituals, shamanic (in it’s noblest meaning) practices, practice of Shibashi -a poetical meditation in movements-, the tarot, …
    Apart from these professional competences, I have been living now for three and a half year in a caravan, alone : make fire, fill the water tank, empty dry toilets… all these essential acts that we ignore in our so comfortable lives make my daily life and that makes me handle things and be responsible.
    I love cooking and I am good at it, I garden – with quite little success!, I paint and I sing.
    And above all, I love learning !

  • Interests

    Writing
    Yoga / Wellness
    Van life
    Plant care
    Hiking
    Politics / Social justice
    Beach
    Photography
    Nature
    Music
    Mountain
    Fashion or beauty
    Carpentry
    Books
    Languages
    Gardening
    Movies & TV
    Self development
    Sustainability
    Drawing & painting
    Dancing
    Culture
    Cooking & food
    Charity work
    DIY & crafts
    Performing arts
    Art & design
    Architecture
    Animals
    Outdoor activities
  • Languages

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

    More details about my language interests
    Enseigner le français, c'est ma spécialité ;-) Améliorer et parler l'anglais, l'italien, l'espagnol... j'aimerais!

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  • Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

    I'm interested in:  

    Gardening
    Charity Work
    DIY and building projects
    Life at a Farmstay
    Animal Care
    Hospitality/Tourism
    General Maintenance
    House & pet sitting

    Some knowledge of:  

    Eco Projects
    Art Projects

    Able to teach about:  

    Languages
    Teaching
  • More details about your skills

    My two main activities :
    • For more than 30 years I have taught at primary school, nowadays teacher FLS (French as a second language). I specifically teach to children of another mother tongue.
    • Graduated in 2015 at the medicinal plants and natural knowledges‘s school of Lyon and I practice with passion the art of gathering and transforming the wild medicinal plants of my area (the Pre-Alps of Fribourg) and preparing remedies and cares as natural as effective. At the nice season, at the weekly market of my city I have a stand where I give advices and remedies of my fabrication. I also lead outings and stages “medicinal plants and others wisdoms”, where I combine my skills as a teacher and as a herbalist, together with others of my aptitudes : support in eco rituals, shamanic (in it’s noblest meaning) practices, practice of Shibashi -a poetical meditation in movements-, the tarot, …
    Apart from these professional competences, I have been living now for three and a half year in a caravan, alone : make fire, fill the water tank, empty dry toilets… all these essential acts that we ignore in our so comfortable lives make my daily life and that makes me handle things and be responsible. I love cooking and I am good at it, I garden – with quite little success!, I paint and I sing. And above all, I love learning !

    Mes deux activités principales:
    - Depuis plus de 30 ans, l'enseignement à l'école primaire; aujourd'hui enseignante FLS (Français Langue Seconde), j'enseigne plus spécifiquement le français aux enfants de langue étrangère.
    - Diplômée en 2015 de l'école lyonnaise des plantes médicinales et savoirs naturels, je pratique avec passion l'art de cueillir et transformer les plantes médicinales sauvages de ma région (les Préalpes fribourgeoises), et de préparer des remèdes et des soins aussi naturels qu'efficaces. A la belle saison, je tiens un petit stand au marché hebdomadaire de ma ville, où je délivre conseils et remèdes de ma fabrication. J'anime également des sorties et des stages "plantes médicinales et autres sagesses", où j'allie mes compétences d'enseignante et d'herboriste à d'autres cordes de mon arc: accompagnement en écorituels, pratiques chamaniques au sens le plus noble du terme, pratique du shibashi -une méditation poétique en mouvements-, le tarot, ...
    Outre ces compétences professionnelles, j'habite depuis 3 ans et demi dans une roulotte, seule : faire mon feu, remplir le réservoir d'eau, vider les toilettes sèches,... tous ces gestes essentiels qu'on ignore dans nos vies si confortables, c'est mon quotidien, et ça me rend débrouille et responsable ;-)
    J'aime et je sais bien cuisiner, je jardine -avec relativement peu de succès!-, je peins et je chante!
    Et par dessus tout, j'adore apprendre!

  • Age

    58

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    L'expérience de la maturité, un plus!

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