Starting my Life Dream /\

sofian sanini Start Date: Jul 12, 2023 - End Date: Apr 11, 2024
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Volunteer Trip
  • Chine
  • Taiwan
  • Japon
  • Tibet, Chine
  • Nepal
  • Inde

My Travel Story

by: sofian sanini Start Date: Jul 12, 2023 - End Date: Apr 11, 2024
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Volunteer Trip
Greetings /\

I oo this campaign wishing to start my dream which is to travel in Asia to develop myself and the world with different goals.
Honestly, the thing that make the most sense to me in this world is meditation. And I have a hard time trying to find a coherent way to 'live' in a way that harmonize my perception with the way the world operate. Difficult to find a way to earn money doing what I feel passionate about (Meditation, learning to master one self).
I may have find the perfect way to express myself and share with the world who I am in a most pleasant and serene way through the discovery of Tea ceremony which I was lucky to learn when I was volunteering in a retreat center in spain, where a Zen master is doing a 10 day retreat every year about Zen & Tea. It really felt like the perfect platform that harmonize my core feeling/passion with the external world.! 
At the same time I was discovering Tai Chi doing volunteering at the Shaolin Temple Europe in Germany, helping with cooking. Tai chi spoke to me for a long time too, my heart being close to the taoist teachings.. But I always felt like it only make sense to learn with a master that can guide you. 

Which lead to my goals for this campaign :
There are 3 differents goals which can actually get realized together somehow.

* The first one is to go visit/volunteer in some tea farm, to visit tea places and deepen my knowledge and experience with Tea for my future Tea ceremony. Getting closer to the local and life around Tea directly at the source.

*The second goal would be to find a teacher to learn tai chi. I'd really love to spend at least 3-6 or even a year learning it, so I can learn to share it too for the good of people. But I know it cost a lot for the schools.. and I really don't know how much I can expect from such a campaign here. But I trust that I can also find a place to volunteer where with people doing Taichi.

*The third goal would be to use this time in Asia to visit temple, sacred site, to meditate there and eventually serve tea to people. I really wish to be able to walk in these different sacred places and create a serene moment of peace where I drink some tea in silence with people..   

I realized deeply the interconnectedness of everything, and so through tea I wish to share and create space of harmonious silence where natural peace can emerge and influence the surrounding.     Through Tai chi I wish to help people take back their health through simple mindful movement.
To bring more harmony in the community..

So this campaign is meaningful to me because it is a way to truly be able to live the life I dream of and that make sense to me without feeling limited by any means..

I didn't know exactly how to express the cost as it is kind of abstract right now. But for sure there is the cost of flight and travel expenses once there, with food and bed. Of course the idea would be to find volunteering in places that include Tea and tai chi. I choose 1.000e as program fee and 400e as study materials thinking about a Tai Chi school.  
The best would be to have like 5.000euros and I'm sure I can book a tai chi school for a year.. but It feels a lot to ask somehow. So I guess we'll see, and I'll adapt with whatever come!  Thank you :)

Thank you for reading and considering my request..
Feel free to ask me anything if needed,

hopefully we'll share a bowl of tea someday... :)

Amituofu  /\

  • Chine
  • Taiwan
  • Japon
  • Tibet, Chine
  • Nepal
  • Inde