Collaborators
They opened any door for this project
and are brilliant at something
Safia, who was responsible for creating ISF's children's books, now heads her own non-profit Kashfi’s Children and is President of US-based Hoopoe Books. She named her non-profit after her mother Kashfi, who was incapable of passing by a child in need. She has launched a website (hoopoeshare.org) which provides Shah’s children’s books in read online form in over 27 languages and has commissioned animations of the artwork. Safia published her first book, Afghan Caravan, when she was in her early twenties and went on to work with Afghan refugees in Pakistan and as a TV news producer in London. She lives in Somerset with her family.
“Bio-linist” is how this Madrid-born artist, deeply in love with the natural world and music, likes to define herself. Although she began her musical studies at a young age, she is now experiencing an artistic blossoming, exploring new sounds with her violin beyond classical music—from meditative music to Spanish and Celtic folk. Her curiosity and admiration for the beauty of the natural world led her to earn a degree in Biology, and she has a particular interest in botany and photography. Her aspiration is to bring these two passions together through her own artistic-scientific creations, and she is currently putting her energy into making this vision a reality.
My work explores inner transformation and the ways we perceive and relate to the world. Drawing from Buddhist and process psychology, I create spaces for reconnecting with the natural potential often hidden beneath fear, separation, and learned beliefs.
I am a philosopher by education (UJ), a graduate of the Wildnisschule Wildniswissen and the Meritum School of Personal Development Trainers. Alongside this practice, I work professionally with photography and am a GOPR mountain rescuer and PZN ski instructor.
Meditation, wilderness, and silence are central to my life and practice. I find meaning beyond well-trodden paths—in listening to wolves, following the traces of bears, and learning from the natural world. My work is rooted in respect for the Earth and in the intention to contribute to the well-being of all beings.
Formerly - hatha yoga instructor, physiotherapist, dance theater dancer.
Currently - a trainer-alumnus of the 'Meritum' Coach School, mother, teacher and student of the meadow, forest and human mind.
When I can, I'm away – away from the city, the hustle and bustle, the excess of words and tasks. I'm looking for harmony in movement and stillness. In yoga and meditation. I prefer to break the silence with a song, stillness with a dance. I am soothed by the fire in the dormant forest, meadows full of herbs and the freedom of the forest. Every day I learn to live in mindfulness to another person, draw strength from the mountains, fluidity of movement from the river, openness from boundless spaces - for life to the full.
Currently - a trainer-alumnus of the 'Meritum' Coach School, mother, teacher and student of the meadow, forest and human mind.
When I can, I'm away – away from the city, the hustle and bustle, the excess of words and tasks. I'm looking for harmony in movement and stillness. In yoga and meditation. I prefer to break the silence with a song, stillness with a dance. I am soothed by the fire in the dormant forest, meadows full of herbs and the freedom of the forest. Every day I learn to live in mindfulness to another person, draw strength from the mountains, fluidity of movement from the river, openness from boundless spaces - for life to the full.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.