I heard about her for the first time last year and I was in awe of her.
I immediately joined the OBR in Berlin and meanwhile told all my friends. I was so happy that I could do something to raise the voice of women, especially for my grandmothers, my mum and myself.
Eve came to Berlin and the night before I could not even sleep - I was so excited to meet her in person, that powerful woman who can go deep inside your soul. Through her story, she has this ability to go to the deepest wound inside your body and heal it!
During the day, together with the other OBR activists from Germany, we shared our OBR experiences and stories - that room, just as Eve said it, was flooded with emotions! I felt as if I knew all those women from before. That feeling came from knowing and feeling that we all had something in common: Strike, Dance and Rise!
In the evening we where at the Soho House, where Eve presented her life-changing book "In the Body of the World".
My feelings were a roller coaster… All those wounds that have been there for many years, the wounds that made me feel so helpless, so inferior and terrified, all those feelings became alive…Eve's story touched me so deeply, and I started hurting so much! But, that enormous hurt was also a moment in which I felt my body for the first time! For the first time ever, I realized that my mind and my body are connected! I could not understand what was going on with me, my heart was beating wildly and I felt confused by hearing and feeling my body for the first time. It felt as if a balloon full of love exploded inside my body, and the explosion caused so much pain. My body hurt from so much love! It was a love-body hurt!
And somehow, in the midst of my inner turmoil, I found myself in Eve's arms. She looked me deep in the eyes and I started crying like a child. She hugged me and told me: "You are not alone. Let it all out, cry." Her presence, her look, her touch, her voice, her everything took me up from the black hole I was living in for years, out into the light! My life at that moment was changed! While I was in Eve's arms, Ivana came over, and she hugged me as well. We stood there just like that, hugging. I was in the arms of the powerful women who changed my life - yes, they indeed changed my life! That moment, the three of us embraced in a hug, that moment was so powerful and magical, so full of energy. An energy that can change lives, just like it changed mine.
I wish that all the women out there could feel this hug and this blessing. I feel as if I am the luckiest and happiest person in the world now! Oh yes I am! I do not have the words to describe how thankful and grateful I am! Every morning when I wake up, I am thankful for who I am, and I am at peace with who and what I am! I became a flower in bloom and now I keep on blossoming! Thank you Eve and Ivana for changing my life: "I am swimming in my body and I am loving it!"
Sincerely,
Arta Quni
I immediately joined the OBR in Berlin and meanwhile told all my friends. I was so happy that I could do something to raise the voice of women, especially for my grandmothers, my mum and myself.
Eve came to Berlin and the night before I could not even sleep - I was so excited to meet her in person, that powerful woman who can go deep inside your soul. Through her story, she has this ability to go to the deepest wound inside your body and heal it!
During the day, together with the other OBR activists from Germany, we shared our OBR experiences and stories - that room, just as Eve said it, was flooded with emotions! I felt as if I knew all those women from before. That feeling came from knowing and feeling that we all had something in common: Strike, Dance and Rise!
In the evening we where at the Soho House, where Eve presented her life-changing book "In the Body of the World".
My feelings were a roller coaster… All those wounds that have been there for many years, the wounds that made me feel so helpless, so inferior and terrified, all those feelings became alive…Eve's story touched me so deeply, and I started hurting so much! But, that enormous hurt was also a moment in which I felt my body for the first time! For the first time ever, I realized that my mind and my body are connected! I could not understand what was going on with me, my heart was beating wildly and I felt confused by hearing and feeling my body for the first time. It felt as if a balloon full of love exploded inside my body, and the explosion caused so much pain. My body hurt from so much love! It was a love-body hurt!
And somehow, in the midst of my inner turmoil, I found myself in Eve's arms. She looked me deep in the eyes and I started crying like a child. She hugged me and told me: "You are not alone. Let it all out, cry." Her presence, her look, her touch, her voice, her everything took me up from the black hole I was living in for years, out into the light! My life at that moment was changed! While I was in Eve's arms, Ivana came over, and she hugged me as well. We stood there just like that, hugging. I was in the arms of the powerful women who changed my life - yes, they indeed changed my life! That moment, the three of us embraced in a hug, that moment was so powerful and magical, so full of energy. An energy that can change lives, just like it changed mine.
I wish that all the women out there could feel this hug and this blessing. I feel as if I am the luckiest and happiest person in the world now! Oh yes I am! I do not have the words to describe how thankful and grateful I am! Every morning when I wake up, I am thankful for who I am, and I am at peace with who and what I am! I became a flower in bloom and now I keep on blossoming! Thank you Eve and Ivana for changing my life: "I am swimming in my body and I am loving it!"
Sincerely,
Arta Quni
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