Indigenous tribes such as the Yawanawa in Brazil can be described by having a relational culture, autonomy and soft anarchy (based on my research in 2023) Hello, world! Today, I will share my vision of relational cultures and their relationship with what I call "soft" anarchy. Relational cultures are one of the pillars of my book on communities, but the concept can be applied to a much larger—or smaller—scope than just communities. The Role of Autonomy Relational cultures, fo

Communities have always been important to me. I enjoy sharing my life with groups of people. For example, I enjoyed spending two days with my class during my biodynamic agriculture studies, eating and sleeping at the school. I also enjoyed it when my two stepchildren brought all their friends to our place for pancakes. You could call it an extended family. Since 2009, I have been either visiting or living in communities. From 2021 to 2025, I visited various communities, ecovi

Welcome to my renewed website! The last four weeks I have been evaluating the first year of project Beija Flor. What began as 'just' an evaluation, grew into a process of clarification. Clarification of who I am, how I am wired, to clarification why I like to play so many fields: counseling, garden design, workshop facilitation and community work. From clarification of an overall perspective of life, including work, that I have, to the clarification of very concrete new texts