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About Bente >>

I am Bente Marcussen, a free bird, who loves to live, sing, dance and celebrate all the beautiful moments of life.I call myself a free bird because my soul has always looked for freedom, never happy with the conformity of life. I like the symbol of the free bird, the one flying into new adentures, and getting the overview of everything. The free bird goes for the wholistic way of life, rather than the restricted, dualistic one. The free bird flies above all borders and limitations, seeing further and more. I use the term, free bird, not because I am totally free, not because I feel better than anyone, but because I believe that we are born to be free. Freedom is our deepest core.

In order to learn to fly, all small birds have to jump out of their nests, It is exciting, but also scary to leave the old, safe world, and to jump into something new and unpredictable. Nothing is easy the first time we do it, especially jumping

There have been many jumps in my life, some small and easy, others big and frightening. A couple of times I have had bad crash landings, where it took me some time to crawl out of the ditch and to fly again. .

I have studied gestalt therapy and bodywork. I discovered that the roles I had been playing to protect my own vulnerability as a child and teenager did not serve me aymore, and that I had a choice. I chose to jump out many old thought and belief systems. Accordingly, some of my patterns of behavior changed. More joy and love grew in me, from my inner Being.

I like to fly to warm countries in the winter. In November I go to Sinai (Egypt) I have been visiting my «nest» in Sinai, a bamboo hut at the beach by the Red Sea, almost every autumn for ten years. I serve as a tour guide, yoga teacher, and body worker, when groups from Norway visit me. I invite you, as well, to join me in Novermber! (click Workshops / Sinai)

For many years I was a High School teacher, and did Bodywork part time. I got less and less happy with teaching school subjects. Now I am happy to share what my heart is full of, my own wisdom of life based upon personal experiences, as well as upon what I have learned from great teachers. My focus is on awakening to the wisdom of the heart. My tools are love and bodywork. I do hatha yoga, liberating breathing, massage, free dancing, drumming, and whatever comes intuitively to me in the moment.

Today I like Sharing more than the teaching / learning, because the roles of teacher / student create a sense of separation. I believe in sharing our truth in an atmosphere of love and compassion. I have experienced that healing always comes from our inner healer, and not from teachers or therapists. The only way OUT is IN, and then to go through it. I hope to give an opeing to let that happen from the deep source of everything, called Love

For me, Self Realization is about AWARENESS, about the journey from the Head to the Heart, about finding our way back to our natural state of harmony, truth, joy, and love (also called the Source, Self, God...). And I love to play and dance, to be like a child.

I live in the south of Norway, in Gjeving, a small place by Tvedestand, in a big house on the top of a big rock, with a big view of the ocean: close to forest, beaches, lakes, cliffs, and islands. I love to be in this wonderful nature. The sound of silence, the sound of the wind, waves, and birds bring me to meditation, peace, love, and joy.

You are welcome to my beautiful home, either just to visit, or to join a workshop. The Free Bird Home is also availabe for others to come and hold their workshops.