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A virtuous circle Challenging preconceptions

First of all, group exercise makes fitness fun. The challenge, of course, is perception: men in There are high levels of interaction, motivation particular tend to think of group exercise from the instructor, plus the workouts are studios as women’s territory – a place of varied and usually accompanied by great dancing, aerobics and stretching. music. It’s an interactive, entertaining experience. But things have moved on in the world of group exercise. Take a look down the long and Group exercise also builds a sense of varied list of classes at Aspria and you’ll find all community. You’ll see many of the same sorts of options that will appeal whatever your people at class each age, gender, interests week, to the point that it and level of fitness. becomes as much about “ YOU’LL HIT A seeing your workout High-intensity interval buddies as about the GOLF BALL training (HIIT), for exercise itself. If you example, gives plenty of aren’t there, you’ll be FURTHER, RUN scope to push yourself missed… and that and your fitness to the makes you far less likely limit. The same goes for to drop out. FASTER ” studio cycling, combat- based workouts, Finally, thanks to this fun and sense of circuits… Even the fittest athlete can challenge community, you’re more likely to attend him or herself in these classes. regularly, which in turn means you’re more CHAUSSÉE DE NIVELLES 18-20 likely to achieve results – and that’s absolutely Meanwhile, for those whose concerns are less key to staying motivated and keeping up your ‘group exercise won’t push me enough’ and 1420 BRAINE L’ALLEUD exercise routine. This is the virtuous circle of more ‘I don’t think I could manage a class’, group exercise. there are also plenty of options on the *DANS LA LIMITE DES STOCKS DISPONIBLES togethermag.eu I 25 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Health

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timetable. Aqua classes are a great, low- flexibility, balance and agility – all key to fluid, impact option for those with joint problems; easy movement, which in turn helps prevent core training and pilates can strengthen injury. muscles that help protect against bad backs; and functional training classes are on offer to Not convinced? Google ‘pilates and develop mobility, balance and co-ordination. professional athletes’ and you’ll get all the proof you need: elite athletes, from Premier Improved sporting performance League football teams to Olympic athletes, swear by pilates as a crucial part of their And if you think classes like yoga and pilates strength and conditioning training. are just for women, think again. Slower paced they may be, but these full-body workouts not Meanwhile, as the discipline of yoga continues only develop strength, musculature and to grow and evolve, more and more variants flexibility – they also bring a range of other are emerging to push you both physically and benefits that will absolutely resonate with a mentally. The likes of hot yoga, Ashtanga male audience. (power) yoga and Bikram yoga are very physical, intense forms of exercise that will give The flexibility, core strength, power and agility your body as good a workout as any gym- developed in these classes means pilates and based programme. yoga can help improve your athletic performance. You’ll hit a golf ball further, run Nowadays, there really is something for faster and with less pain, be able to safely lift everyone on the class timetable – and finding more weight in the gym thanks to a strong the right class is proven to help you stick to core… your exercise routine. Time to sign up for a class? You’ll also reduce your risk of getting injured, not only while you’re playing sport but also in Have a look at the Aspria class timetable on day-to-day life. That’s in part down to improved www.aspria.com core strength, but it’s also down to enhanced Photos : Andy Parant Andy Parant : - Photos aerocom.eu www.arc1950.com 26 I togethermag.eu PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Self-help Listen to your body Intuitive Healer Katarina Winslow explains that the body has its own intelligence

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edia is full of quick fixes on how to a separate person from yourself, you will obtain the body of your dreams. understand why. The body has its own logic, just like your friends might not think, feel and Unfortunately,M the reality is behave like you do. After all, often a bit disappointing, and it the body is there as a vehicle is more challenging than what “ THE BODY to ensure that you stay alive. the miracle cures promise. To maintain life, it has a survival Don’t be discouraged, HAS ITS mechanism installed in the because there are many genes to assure that it has the logical reasons why dieting OWN LOGIC ” vital essence to keep you often brings you to an endless breathing. What happens struggle of repeated failures. If you listen to when you starve your body is that you put it in your body and try to understand it as if it were a state of fear and want. Instead of the body

togethermag.eu I 29 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Self-help feeling confident and reassured that it has there to make sure that you keep feeding what it takes to make its organism function in a yourself so that you may live a happy and long peaceful and safe manner, your body life. Not only is your tongue designed for an withdraws itself and enters a zone of fear. exquisite experience of taste, but nature is also reassuring that you will survive by offering an We all know that things in life run smoother abundant source of infinite flavours. When you when we are in a state of love instead of in a look closer it is almost too good to be true. state of fear. What happens in a state of fear Raspberries and cacao beans, basil and are tension and stress.To compensate the cheese, chili and ginger, and all the other insecurity that the body feels - of when and marvellous things we find in nature are there to how it will make you function - it slows down be able to satisfy your sense of flavour. and tries to store as much energy as possible to assure your survival. This is one reason why Nature is designed for life, and your mouth is diets usually fail as your body is fighting for its designed for life. It is all arranged like that for a survival. reason. The one and only good reason is for you to appreciate, enjoy and welcome the In the fight for survival, it is no wonder that pleasure of eating. If you see food as when you succumb to temptation the body something cursed and bad, you are not in line gives off signals to binge. When more fuel with the creation of life. To bring your body finally is available to it, it is as if it says, go from a place of fear to a place of love you ahead eat as much as possible because I need to allow yourself to enjoy your food. To never know when I will have what it takes to enjoy food should be a pleasure in everyday get you going. On a psychological, emotional life, not only at parties and birthdays. and intellectual level, there is also you. What are you telling yourself in the moment of Of course, you should feed yourself to feel temptation and defeat? Your own feelings and physically and psychologically good. If you go reasoning are probably not that far from the against nature and feed yourself mainly artificial intelligence of the body in the moment of and processed food, certainly, you won’t feel compulsion. You certainly want to enjoy the good. As with everything else in life, fake won’t heightens your metabolism. Other things that instead of using yourself as a bin. A golden moment as you know that you will have to diet bring you to a beautiful place. The sacred truth heighten your metabolism is the cold, so don’t rule to have is, ‘In one bin or another.’ Never the next day again. is that the more you feed hesitate to go out for a walk when the weather use yourself as a bin. yourself with high fibre fruits is a bit chilly. A good So, you tell yourself, I’d “ I’D BETTER and vegetables, the more thing to do is also to “ YOU NEED TO I know a lot of people better eat the three bars of you may eat of everything. turn down the heating are starving in this chocolate now as Fibres heighten your in your bedroom at world, and even here in tomorrow I am not allowed TAKE THE metabolism and put your night. You sleep ALLOW YOURSELF Brussels, but you are to eat anything sweet and body in a place of love, as better and you are not saving humanity by forbidden. I’d better take CHANCE WHEN it has a lot of nutrients and helping to reduce TO ENJOY YOUR being bad to yourself. the chance when I have it. vitamins to make it feel global warming. On the contrary, the To resume, the metabolism I HAVE IT ” safe. Fill your plate with a FOOD ” better you feel about of the body not only slows lot of fibres and fill it less Spices also heighten yourself, the more good down by dieting, but there is also a double with the things that are more high-calorie your metabolism, and we all know that life is a you can bring into the world. Embrace the pressure to go for excess once you fail. The intake. bit more fun if we add some spice to it. Ginger, pleasure of taste and feed yourself well pressure from your body to stock up some black pepper, cinnamon, mustard seeds and because you are hungry, hungry for life. In the security and the pressure from yourself to take When you feed yourself healthy food, your chili are the top spices to heighten your end, life is supposed to be joyful. If you trust the chance to allow yourself to savour and metabolism creates an optimal state of metabolism so spice it up! Water is also part of the intelligence of nature and you move your satisfy your taste receptors. functioning. We are created to be able to enjoy our essence, so drink a lot of water to give body, you will reach that dream. a lot of food and stay slim once we live in your body what it needs to feel good and When you really think about it, your mouth is accordance with nature. To put it simply, we secure. Let yourself change the view you have Let us live the good life, with intelligence and full of them. Your tongue is designed for are not made for diets, and that is the simple of your body and stop feeding it from a place pleasure. flavours; bitter, sweet, sour and salt. The good reason why they don’t work. Instead, we are of fear, consolation or compulsion. When you news is they are there for a reason. They are made for laughing and enjoying, which actually eat for these reasons, throw it in the bin Together. 30 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 31 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Self-help Transforming the mind through the body Karen Northshield looks at a very underused facility

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t is a commonly held belief that we only we have a tendency to ignore the body’s use up to 10% of our brain’s capacity. intelligence. Our minds are powerful but the That leaves us with 90% of untapped body has an intelligence of its own too. What if Ipotential to explore. Our minds are incredible we were to delve into the layers and depths of machines and can be our greatest asset but our body’s intelligence? The body is constantly can also be our biggest barriers. The latter speaking to us in highly intuitive ways. Our happens when we engage in self-limiting body is like an ocean, rich with hidden thoughts or give impetus to negative emotions. treasures. Henry Ford once said: ‘‘Whether you think you can or can’t, either way you are right’’. Either We are told that meditation, relaxation and way, we are capable of more than we think. other classical self-healing therapies can Each one of us has potential far beyond our increase our mental awareness. When the limitations and capacities. So the question is, mind is at rest is when awareness takes place. how do we uncover the hidden 90% of our But how often do we give time for our minds to potential and bring it to use? rest? Unless we actually submit to the process of conscious self awareness, we can easily As we are often caught up in our minds, remain captive to our mind and cease our

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mental expansion. However, there are other means of exploration. By reaching out to the If we assume that mind cultivation happens Given the mind's limited volume and size, what routes to explore that can lead to revealing our body, the mind extends itself. In other words when the mind is at rest, body awareness if we were to use our body and its physical potential. Our bodies. the body is an extension of the mind and we happens when we sense and feel in our capacity to exploit the remaining 90% of our can use our body to cultivate the mind and body. On a physiological level, by increasing human potential? Rather than try to work Take the following example which illustrates expand mental awareness. The question is body movement through spatial and physical everything out with the mind, which is the body’s natural instincts and intelligence: how? By increasing body movement through perception, each movement creates a physical constricted by its mental overload and our self if you were in a situation with a perceived respectively spatial and physical perception. sensation which sends new information to the limiting perception, why not work things out in threat to your life, your body would react Conceptually speaking the brain to body mass brain, resulting in higher mental awareness. the body? Allow the mind space and freedom instinctively to preserve itself. This is called ratio is of 1:50. The brain (which contains the In their interrelatedness, the body, through to breath and give the body a chance to use the fight-or-flight response which is a natural mind) is limited in size. However, the size of the movement, naturally and constantly sends its natural instincts and intelligence. physiological reaction. In such a case the body body is 50 times that of the brain. The brain by new perceptions to the brain to register. The Transformation, evolution and expansion reacts spontaneously itself cannot move under moment we stop moving in our happen at a level of not just without waiting around its own command and is physical realm and exploring mental but also physical freedom for instructions from “ LIKE AN limited to move in its own physical sensations, mental “ THE with each perception leading to an the mind. So how is spacial field. expansion ceases. even higher level of awareness. it that the intelligence OCEAN, RICH MIND Perception after perception, and speed at which the On the other hand how So like the infant, we have to through sensing and feeling in and body reacts can surpass extensively can the continuously look for new ways to with the body, we can transform the mind’s authority? WITH HIDDEN body move? Physically feel and perceive with our bodies. EXTENDS our mind and cultivate mental We often think the and geographically Rather than letting the mind control expansion. The Buddha didn’t body is submissive and TREASURES ” speaking the body can the body, the body on its own ITSELF ” become enlightened overnight. It subordinate to the mind move endlessly. We are is already speaking and acting took him many nights before he but the body’s intelligence is infinite in so many not strictly confined to the spacial field of our for itself. Just like the person caught up in a was awakened. Buddha, we often forget, was ways we ignore. bodies. Our body is a boundless medium of (perceived) life threatening situation, the body human. If he had the potential to realize exploration and movement. More concretely, naturally triggers the flight-or-fight response himself, surely we can do the same. Body and mind are inherently complementary physical perception is cultivated by exploring - a natural instinct and inherent physiological and interrelated. Each has their own and movement. How does an infant learn? reaction towards survival. Like an ambulance intelligence as they co-exist. The body without He learns essentially with his body. He’ll crawl with its siren, the body is constantly and the mind has no purpose. At the same time all over, get dirty, put objects in his mouth, continuously signaling to us. If we can capture the mind can be manifested by the body. The etc. The child develops awareness through these signals we can only increase our mind is not physical but it can be manifested body movement and discovering physical awareness. through the physical if it uses the body as a perception.

34 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 35 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Self-help about the attachment to the spouse or wants it. According to Anne Dufourmentelle, husband. Pamela Haag, historian, talks about each of us secretly wants to be taken by this “melancholic marriages”, where couples are mortal sin: ruin of the family, slow destruction, constantly half-satisfied or happy. As if toxic attachment. Yet passion is not The three- constancy killed the joy, joy killed security, and possession, it is a mere way of honouring the security killed desire. movement, de-possessing and revealing us at the same time. To avoid boredom, some will step out of monogamy and try polyamorous relationships. Some people believe that sex is a lesser letter word A very complex set of rules can help live this version of our humanity, that sex is linked to Sarbani Sen delves into the trio or poly relationship in a smoother way. But lower aspirations - whereas spirituality lifts us complex world of sexuality at the end of the road, someone is often lost in up from our animal instincts. this kind of relationship. This was explored a very long time go by Christiane Singer. Christine Ayoub, a very interesting guide in the Royal Museum of fine Arts in Brussels, has Let’s take a look at the average duration of a helped uncover the underlying dynamics of it monogamous life: statistics show that people all. Etymologically, passion comes from passio, still want to go for marriage but autonomy she says, which means “to bare, to accept to (mainly financial) does be left in the unknown, not help the project. to lose our identity”. Previously it was “ HAVING A We can choose our difficult for a woman to route but we can’t leave her husband order the wind. because of money. LIAISON BRINGS But today, with the She goes back to possibilities for women BACK THE POETIC Sigmund Freud with to work, it is less his book on “the drive certain that they will ATMOSPHERE ” as the motor of life stay no matter what. instinct itself”. Freud’s Moreover, today women can find other theory of the drive is a concept that exists relationships easier, giving them sexual between the somatic (the bodily) and the autonomy too. They don’t have to stick to one mental. It consists of a quantity of energy and person, they have the liberty (if they want to) to its psychical representative. Like a constant get another provider. Other sources of force of a biological nature, emanating from pleasure have started showing up too such as organic sources, it always has as its aim its tantric massage for women, varieties of dildos own satisfaction through the elimination of the and specialized websites for hungry women. state of tension that operates at the source of the drive itself. According to Freud there are hen we talk about sexuality, we Sex vs relationship On the other hand, some women choose to four characteristics of the drive: its pressure, its mean the physical, chemical, For Esther Perèle, French TedX speaker and no longer have love or sex. They simply feel aim, its object and its source. emotional and intellectual author of various innovative books on infidelity “full by themselves”. Financial and sexual propertiesW and processes, the cultural and and marriage, long-lasting relationships require autonomy have greatly changed the Sex, sexuality, sensuality social influences and experiences, how people ways of behaving and attitudes that are a turn perspectives for life as a couple today, making According to Access Consciousness guru’s experience and express themselves as sexual off for sexual arousal. For her, monogamous it a real choice to stick to one partner or stay Dain Heer and Gary Douglas, there are beings. life is more linked to the standards of an with one forever. As soon as the other different ways to approach physicality, and enterprise than a romantic companionship. significant other shows signs of weakness or words are narrowing the scope, working as Some aspects of all those things are very Having a liaison brings back the poetic unwanted behaviour he is possibly not going distractors to our real needs. For instance, if diverse and unique, others are very common atmosphere that is very much needed for a to last very long. you ask yourself at various moments of the and collective. In a more and more educated rich sex life. For her, partners looking outside of day: “What body would I like now? What would societal context, our vision of sex and their marriage for a liaison don’t actually try to Passion, addictions and perversions bring me pleasure right now?” You will be relationships has evolved too. leave their partners, but need to escape from However, according to some authors, passion surprised that sometimes you’ll get the most boredom and thus to be able to rejoice again is to be recommended and yet everybody awkward answers: for me it has been “hanging

36 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 37 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Self-help In Hindu tradition, the tantric school has developed a few protocols of bringing sex and sensuality to another level, thus allowing the enlightening and healing aspect to take over. As such, real tantra (not the name given to some branch of prostitution) is used to enhance creative manifestation of life and the divine on earth. It is very important to release blocked energy, through chakra healing. This can be done through Kundalini activation too. There are beautiful books on a real tantric education. I suggest books by French author Daniel Odier for example, who had the chance to be initiated to this branch

Indian tantric lovers tantric Indian of spirituality by a Tantrika in India, on the upsides of a sacred river.

Annie Dieu-Le-Veut writes about the occult cause of the Madonne and the whore complex and explains that the Roman Catholic Church has spent a lot of time arguing over whether Mary Magdalene really was a prostitute. According to her, it has given rise to the Madonna/Whore complex, which some men suffer from when they are rooted in base consciousness, and cannot see both the Madonna (Virgin Mary) and Sacred Whore (Mary Magdalene) in the

Raising of the djed pillar, Jon Bodsworth Jon pillar, djed the of Raising same woman and therefore need different partners to serve those different needs. out at the pool in a sexy swimsuit” and that transmit their wisdom to the king or pharaoh these nectars, it fires up the crown chakra, made my day. I felt aroused but wasn’t sure In shaman work, the spirits that govern the through sacred sex practices on his coronation thus opening up a portal to a huge library of that my body wanted sex (intercourse, land of our ancestors are the spirits of night. These became known as Sovereignty wisdom akin to the Akashic Records, which penetration). Sometimes it simply wants to feel Sovereignty that, on the energetic level, are a rites because through them the king’s inner the king then has access to. This in turn gave the sensualness (as vibratory beings). Being in huge force that gushes forth from the Rivers of cosmic serpents were invoked to rise up and him the wisdom to rule – to bring order from nature is also very sensual when all our senses Blood or the DNA of the ancestors that are fire up his higher brain centres. chaos, just as the deluge hero of myth are open, we breath buried in the land. It conquers the sea serpent deeper and all our reaches the The serpents arise from to separate the land from cells feel more alive. “ CREATIVE emotional the genital region and then “ SOME WOMEN the watery chaos. Intercourse as such intelligence of the criss-cross the djed, or is just a very small MANIFESTATION people through the energetic spinal column, CHOOSE TO NO With growing inter cultural part of sexualness. portals of these until they reach the chalice mixes, we get to choose spiritual conduits, an of the cup-shaped how we want to handle our They also bring a OF LIFE AND THE Elder race whose hypothalamus. LONGER HAVE drive, and are potentially very interesting role it is to guide the prepared to live any and all theory on the five DIVINE ON EARTH ” spiritual evolution of The heads of the two LOVE OR SEX ” the parts of it. Amen. elements of intimacy (we’ve had a previous human beings. From serpents then rest in the article on that topic) where they preconize the evidence going back for thousands of rim of the hypothalamus and from their mouths healthy relationships built on: years, it is clear that there were specialized issue droplets of sweet elixir that stream down women shamans and high priestesses who the inside of the chalice until they reach the Trust, allowance, faith, sacred sex, Kundalini were known as Hierodules that were in touch pineal gland which is nestled like a pine cone and the divine connection… with the spirits of the land, and were able to at its base. Once the pineal gland is bathed in

38 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 39 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Be success Arnon Barnes: Giving back to society International Speaker, Peak Performance Trainer and Business Mentor Arnon Barnes defines hard work

hen I decided to focus on quickly so I could get back up again and do it developing my coaching and better. What I gained out of this approach are training skills, little did I know. Little many things, of which I’ll share a few with you Wdid I know that especially when starting out now. within this niche, I’d get to meet the ‘broke’ people. As any business owner may know, Without clarity on what the end goal is, when starting up a company it’s not always ALL work is hard work. roses, glitter and glamour. It takes a lot of hard There’s a clear difference between working work, dedication, action and focus to get to hard and hard work. I work hard (my A$$ off the level that makes you feel successful. even) when I have set a goal, have a clear vision and know what, but most importantly, It was no different for me. I started out offering WHY I do what I do. As soon as things are not coaching to whomever I met. I didn’t allow well defined, or rather, when I find myself myself to set clear boundaries or even define following other people’s vision (about me) my target group. All I wanted was to make instead of my own, I feel deflated and every mileage, take action, get practice and fail moment of work is hard work.

togethermag.eu I 41 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Be success Without a clear target audience, you Nobody can be the visionary and the positivist will, by default, attract the ‘broke’ and the critical thinker at the same time. That’s people. why it’s so important to build your team fast, In business there’s people that simply want get people in with the right attitudes and teach your product because it will serve them, as a them the skills if necessary. tool, to get to the next level, on the one side. On the other side there’s the people who will Without self-reflection, there is no true want your product because they expect it to leadership solve all their problems for them. These are Nowadays success is no longer only defined the broke people; people who are constantly by how much money you have in your bank looking for solutions outside themselves, to account. It’s about what you do for others – get ahead in life with as little effort as possible. it’s how you serve people and give back to They do not need a coach, they need an society that matters most. It’s easy to make awakening. money these days, there’s thousands, if not millions of ways, creative people can make Without the right team, you’re not money online and offline. You need creativity, building a business, you’re building a hard work and dedication, but money can be house of cards. (and it will come made. When the only focus is money, people tumbling down, eventually) lose track of what is the most important thing Positive energy is one of the most important in their life. In all of our lives there’s only one keys to achieving wealth. When you create a constant factor: ME. team around you that serves not only what your business I have to live with me needs in terms of the skills “ IT’S NOT whether I have money or not, they bring, but, even more whether I am healthy or not, so, the right attitude, your ALWAYS ROSES, whether I have people I love business will thrive. or not. A true leader realizes GLITTER AND the importance of nurturing Now, it’s important to oneself. Developing oneself differentiate between GLAMOUR ” is the only surefire way to get negative people and critical people. In my to whatever level is next. We, ourselves, hold business I work with people that are always the key to pushing our potential and living life super positive and reinforcing my ideas as well to the fullest. And as a leader, this is the way as people that will inevitably ask questions to inspire our team and the people around us and trigger my thought processes, before to go to new heights together. getting on board with a strategy, vision or new goal. With all my Elite coaching clients, one of the first things we evaluate is where they stand in I enjoy the game we play in our team meetings their business and life. Making money is one where one of us will pitch an idea and thing, enjoying being a business owner is someone else will ask the hard questions. another. We create clarity on all fronts of their This works because it gives us clarity on what life, because where there is clarity there is we set out to achieve; we know we’re all in it power. together. Meet and work with Arnon Barnes live? Join Negative people will do whatever it takes to his next upcoming 2-day event in Belgium. For bring you down; critical people will do more information on the event, or coaching, whatever it takes to help you widen your vision contact his office via [email protected] and become bigger and better in the process.

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t is time to look beyond the current advances in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. lingering international issues such as We are only at the start of this industrial or Brexit or the world trade war. Of course, service revolution. There is much more to Ithe trade war and Brexit need a good and come and many observers expect the pace future-proof solution, there is still more to life of innovation and change to accelerate even and business than those more. two problems. Technological but also social innovation is “ HOPE IS On the social side, we see looming around the corner developing countries getting to change parts of our way AROUND THE richer and their populations of working and our way of too. That is a good evolution. relating to, or socializing with, Still, quite a few of those one another. CORNER ” countries have to watch out for the already large Technological advances are well covered and increasing divide between the haves in the press. Medical breakthroughs, digital and the have-nots. The ‘Gini’ coefficient of advancement, social media, virtual reality, these countries is not good and worsening. service robots, self-driving cars, IOT... all led by That may become dangerous for social

togethermag.eu I 51 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Money stability. Strangely we need to be. the same seems to be happening in the I do not think that West, with lower pay wages today are as for large numbers of closely related to the the young generation, added value, the risk leading to unrest like or effort a person puts the ‘Yellow jersey’ into his or her job, as movement in parts of they should be. As far continental Europe. as financial income is concerned, capital We will have to revisit gains in particular, it is the relation between an overrated income what people do and from a human or what they are paid for social point of view. it. Should the CEO Shareholders are really earn 100 times of course important more than his lowest stakeholders in ranking employee? companies, but Should a top sports they seem to be player earn more in able to punch well a week than most above their weight, people in a year? Is almost unchecked. it normal that the 26 The employees, richest people in the clients, plus society world own as much as a whole, are not with the new green momentum building up, and start exporting more, alongside the EU. as the 50% poorest always served as they should eventually create extra business The likes of India, in fact all the non-China (according to Oxfam)? well as they should sectors, aiding worldwide economic growth BRICS countries, the BRIS countries or BRIIS Thus 26 people own be by companies, even more. countries, if you include Indonesia as the as much as the 3.8 particularly large second ’I’, should take their share too. billion poorest people companies and The same will be happen with the final on earth. All in favour? especially those active outcomes of Brexit and the world trade war. If the world economy and the global social in the new economy. relations evolve in those positive ways, Russia I know there is no Change is needed The UK and the EU will find a new way of will have less room to play on the current law against greed there. working together. divides between and there probably The EU should long-time friends should not be one. Luckily, there are other also refocus and “ THAT MAY BECOME like the EU and Still, maybe we should real green shoots find a new drive. the US, and consider greed to popping up too. The UK too, not DANGEROUS FOR should find a new be a legal drug and in the least by resolve to take The ever faster tax it. You cannot strengthening its its share of the “ WHAT PEOPLE DO moves and spend more than economic and SOCIAL STABILITY ” renewed world pressure towards you can eat, drink, other ties further economic growth, be it with its abundant a sustainable or a wear, live in, fly with, AND WHAT THEY with the Commonwealth countries. natural resources or with its technological circular economy, play with... can you? strengths. But money is power ARE PAID FOR IT ” is receiving After the trade war, China will keep on for the people who widespread attention reinventing itself and should grow its domestic All in all, hope is around the corner. We should have it, or at least it increases their status. amongst the population. Even youth is pulling market even further, becoming less and less just keep on going strong to get there and not Maybe we should consider power and status the cart. What are today still partly buzzwords, reliable on exports. In a sense, the Chinese let the current global fires evolve into more as legal drugs too and tax them. under the umbrella of the green economy, are economy should mirror the economic serious trouble. becoming evolutions or revolutions, already situation of the US today. The US should Agreed, taxation alone, will not get us where adding to the world economy today. However, find its industrial and economic vigour again

52 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 53 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Technology Out of Africa Our tech guy Colin Moors looks at how technology has improved the world’s second largest continent

Africa. These cables skirt Africa from Portugal Senegal's history of wars, conflict and in the west to Saudi, Egypt and the UAE in the disputes, land records have become east, providing what's known in the industry as somewhat blurred and there are numerous 'last-mile' points - the point at which the accounts of the same land being 'sold' several connections are made to the main backbone times to unsuspecting buyers. Sigeste, which from which the business of retailing the data relies heavily on mobile technology, can pull up can begin. This investment saw the uptake of the deeds for any particular plot of land - or tell mobiles jump to around 300 million by the end the user if it isn't yet registered. This is proving of 2016 with an expected rise to around 700 invaluable in resolving disputes and bringing a million by 2020. To put it in perspective, that's long-awaited level of security to buying land. just short of the number of mobiles Projects such as this in Europe. “ HOW ARE PEOPLE are helped by a sea y columns for this esteemed ease the woes of a continent beset with change in cultural publication tend to be about what's problems both man-made and natural, or will it So how are people USING THIS NEW- expectations in new and hip in the world of merely amplify them, as it has been seen to do using this new- Senegal and by the technology.M It's natural, I suppose - I live in a in Europe and the US? Let's take a look at found digital liberty? FOUND DIGITAL government actively First-World country with exceptional access to what's going on in the continent that begins a Aside from the usual encouraging projects computers, mobile tech and fast internet. In short plane trip from here. suspects; LIBERTY? ” submitted by this bubble of ours, it's easy to forget what's Facebook, Google women. Bitilokho going on elsewhere in the world. Africa in all its In the beginning there was… pretty much Microsoft and Amazon, there is a raft of ideas Ndiaye, the adviser on technology to the forms and flavours has taken to technology, nothing, as it goes. Mobile and fixed from small to enormous. The future is Senegalese government said: "Infrastructure- and in particular mobile technology, in a big broadband connectivity in Africa was pretty promising, particularly with developers like wise, there’s no obstacle in Senegal. What the way and many countries are using the two in much non-existent as few as 15 years ago. Nellya Maylis and Aida Mansour Lo, the obstacle is, is all of the socio-cultural new and exciting ways. Some are touting the The old copper-based infrastructure was creators of a land registration app called stereotypes and judgments around the issue huge uptake in mobile technology as Africa's patchy and relied on undersea cables dozens Sigeste. The two young women code and of women in technology. And we’re trying to new industrial revolution while some are wary of years old. Between 2009 and 20012, some develop the app, which is used by local deconstruct that stereotype." With the of pie-in-the-sky schemes and the ever- 65,000 km of fibre-optic cable were laid by authorities to ascertain who owns a particular government being so forward-thinking, things present hype. Could better communication various consortia connecting India, Europe and piece of land in Senegal. It would be easy to are looking good on the tech front in Senegal. think that this was no big deal but with

54 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 55 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Technology USSD used to work like this: Send a message via text, network reads the request, treats the code, sends a result to your phone. The new way is very similar, except that the network SIGESTE operator now funnels the request via their internet layer, allowing them to treat these codes in a secure fashion, either performing transactions on their network or a Fall asleep in Europe... third party's, then returning the results via the GSM network again. The huge advantage is Wake up in Mauritius that the number of apps is virtually limitless because they are all hosted with the phone service provider, so even the most basic of phone can use them, provided they support the GSM standard. This opens up even the most basic brick-style phone to a whole world of new possibilities.

REFUNITE Mlouma, for example, uses the USSD portal to put farmers and growers in touch with buyers and live market prices. Localization allows them to negotiate the best price for their crops at any given time. Eneza Education uses USSD to deliver educational content, lessons and courses to around 5 million Africans, mainly in and around Kenya and Refunite (my favourite) is a million-strong user base that uses the technology to reunite refugees with their families in conflict-torn iCow countries. Surprisingly, this has only really come about in the past couple of years, since As is customary in these columns, I will now a few enlightened individuals started to re- blather on about something and try to make it purpose the older technology. It seems it has a readable by humans. Stick with this one bright future. though, it's pretty cool. Remember, oh, about a thousand years ago now, when you used to Finally, a useful app with a silly name - iCow. Fly NON-STOP have a phone with no pretty pictures on which Yes, it's about cows. Cattle prices and milk you'd dial *121*reload#88888# to add credit prices are one thing but iCow is an app that to your phone? Well, right now in 2018, this registers the beasts, then sends the farmer system is being given a new lease of life. For details of best feeding times, milking schedules with Air Mauritius the majority of Africans, smartphones are a and immunization dates via SMS, meaning the luxury and very basic (often bulk-produced farmer can maximize the potential of their herd Chinese) handsets are the norm. Of course, and potentially spend less on production. This no real apps can be produced for such sort of application is literally changing the way devices, as they lack the technology or even agriculture works in Africa. No bull. the network connectivity. Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (UUSD) works over the standard phone network, which some airmauritius.com of you may know as GSM.

56 I togethermag.eu PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Housing Cashflow is king... not cash Our real estate expert Yannick Callens suggests you keep your Living nearby Sterrebeek’s golf money on the move 10 minutes from Brussels

e have always been taught that it cruising speed. This is called ‘passive income’. is important to have cash, be And it's closer to you than you think. cautious with it and save money. However,W the distinction to make is to have One of the safest ways is real estate. You take enough reserves money that does in case of glitches, not earn much Exclusive villas with excellent golf view & swimingpool. in case of “ HOW TO GET THERE? from your emergencies. But accounts, you put saving to save HOW TO DO IT? it into a good real and leaving it in a estate investment. good family WHY HIM AND NOT ME? ” The money stays account is no longer relevant, especially in in your heritage in another form, you give it the 2019, and it has been this way for several desired speed by ‘leverage’. years now. Exclusive penthouses nearby the golf. "Nothing is lost, nothing is created: everything Instead of favouring cash, you have to think is transformed" is a well-known quote from about cashflow, making money that sleeps Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. This phrase has with energy, money moving in the right never been as current as today in a world direction and reaching a constant and desired where we have to reinvent ourselves every

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For example, you want to buy a one-bedroom apartment for €150,0000. You ask for a loan from the bank for 80%, this is a leverage effect of €120,000 for your purchase that you can of course then rent out. And I'm not talking to you about the effect it will have on the day of your pension. Parc Seny. We all want to be free and happy. We all ask ourselves the same Where your investment can grow. questions: How to get there? How to do it? Why him and not me?

If you have a family and/or wish not “ A WORLD THAT to take (too much) increased risk, such as the stock market where CHANGES VERY QUICKLY ” your capital is not guaranteed, or its results, I suggest that you invest in bricks and mortar - that’s real-estate investing.

1.Dormant money in cashflow is under your control. 2.You can leverage the purchase of your property. 3.You can rent your property. 4.You can benefit from passive income and feel freer and happier.

In addition, there is no law that prohibits you from doing this several times, to the best of your ability. notes and coins, will disappear. It's a desired Multiply what works choice. And what will remain visible and Did you know that 90% of millionaires have tangible? Real estate, of course! And we will become so by... real estate! Interesting, is it always need a roof over our heads, a place to not? sleep, to live, to be free to do what we want to do and to be happy. Invest in one of Brussels’ greenest districts I hear more and more that in 2019 it is no longer necessary to become an owner. I do Cashflow is a matter of time, speed and • Apartments finished to a high standard in a coveted neighbourhood not agree with that. Saving is worthless with money. Real estate is a matter of cashflow and lower rates of return, a smaller pension and a leverage. It's time for you to build your • Exceptional location near embassies and international companies world that changes very quickly. destiny... by putting your cashflow into real • Smooth rental thanks to rental service specialising in expats

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Google, on the other hand, which has lobbied lens: that of big media companies, with their intensively against both features and even waning control over distribution channels," she suggested that it may pull Google News from argued in an editorial in the wake of the vote. Europe, said it would study the text before "The greatest public space we've ever deciding on its next steps. "Copyright reform invented mustn't become a casualty of needs to benefit everyone - including attempts to use copyright law to solve European creators and consumers, small problems not caused by it in the first place. publishers and platforms... The details will Our freedom of expression online is too matter," the company said in a tweet. precious to be wasted as ammo in a corporate battle." Spain and Germany in recent years tried to force Google to pay publishers for taking Online platforms in existence for less than snippets of their news articles, but that three years and with less than €10m in backfired after Google News pulled out from revenue and fewer than five million monthly Spain and traffic of German publisher Axel users are exempted from installing upload Springer plunged after it sought to block the filters. Non-profit bodies, online search engine. EU encyclopaedias such lawmaker Axel Voss as Wikipedia, and said it was time internet “ THE DIRECTIVE open source software giants pay their dues to platforms such as rights holders. He said: DOES NOT GitHub may be able to "This deal is an use data for research important step towards STRIKE THE and educational correcting a situation purposes without which has allowed a being subjected to the few companies to earn RIGHT BALANCE ” copyright rules. huge sums of money without properly remunerating the thousands of creatives and The directive received its approval in the journalists whose work they depend on." European Council and the European Parliament will also need to back the directive OUVERT 7/7 midi et soir | SERVICE VOITURIER Leading the opposition within the European in a vote in late March or early April where the Parliament is Julia Reda, MEP for the Pirate outcome is not a formality. COMMANDES EN LIGNE | SERVICE TRAITEUR (emporter & livraison) Party Germany. "Lawmakers looked at SALLE PRIVATIVE pour toutes vos réceptions privées & professionnelles copyright primarily through one very particular TOUCAN BRASSERIE +32 2 345 30 17 | Avenue Louis Lepoutre 1, 1050 Bruxelles www.toucanbrasserie.com | Facebook.com/restaurantstoucan 64 I togethermag.eu LIFESTYLE

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DAVIDTS_TOGETHER_230x330.indd 92-1 1/11/17 17:41 LIFE OF LEISURE Interview Anne Hathaway: In a happy place This month Together sat down with an actress who has had to battle some demons

nne Hathaway is down to earth and cheery media façade to endear people to charming and witty. The Oscar-winner her… which had the exact opposite effect. is engaging and open and relatable, makingA the trolling she has received in the past But as time has progressed, the Oscar- all the more unfathomable. So where did all the winning actress has undergone a profound Hatha-hate come from? One slightly stunted self-re-examination, confessing, “I didn't think I Oscars ceremony? was good enough… so I pretended to be someone I wasn't.” These days, that honesty LIFE OF LEISURE The reality, probably, is that the New York-born stretches right through into her movie-making beauty had probably just been trying a little too too. “I have learned a huge lesson from every I was looking to experience true Balinese authenticity hard. Having long suffered from a chronic job I’ve worked on but of course, not all of in the heart of the jungle need to please others, she took to putting on a them are my own personal taste. I’d be first in togethermag.eu I 99 LIFE OF LEISURE Interview line for some more than others, but I’d still see them all.”

Her new movie, Serenity, comes from the creative mind of Oscar nominee Steven Knight. It is a daringly original, sexy, stylized thriller which positions Baker Dill (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey) as a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island.

His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen (Hathaway) tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to What’s your process for choosing and choosing stuff that, in whatever way, pushes save her – and their assessing a script? the boundaries of filmmaking… so trippy, totally young son – from her left of centre – the sort of thing that will make new, violent husband There is no set process, per se, but I think the me fall back in the love with why I do this, (Jason Clarke) by best scripts are those that I read and really something that taking him out to sea can’t work out. It teleports me to on a fishing was a bit like when I “ WITH MATTHEW, another, visceral excursion… first read Colossal experience. – I sat back and Proud of what is said to myself, I’VE ALWAYS FOUND Do you find it already an impressive of course, an actor of incredible stature, but ‘what the f*ck did I easy to portray body of work, she chats about her desire for he’s one of those people who expresses that just read’. It was so HIM TOTALLY dark, challenging risk and danger in her career and why she was stature in the roles he plays and the removed and fresh characters, as looking for something different. performances he turns in, not in his day-to-day and bracing, it BELIEVABLE, well as the funny, demeanour. made me sit up. It light ones? The star lives in LA with husband, Adam was exactly what I Schulman and their two-year-old son, What I also admire about Matthew is that ability am after – that kind TOTALLY Certainly, because Jonathan. They produced Song One together. to reinvent. I know a lot of actors talk about of thing represents we’ve all been to stepping outside of genres and playing about for me the movies I dark places as Together: What’s it like working opposite with different characters and different styles, ABSORBED ” wanted to make people. That’s Matthew McConaughey? but you watch some movies and you know the when I first got into acting. Just entirely inevitable – it just is. We all get down, despair, actor is really someone else much different to directionless, in a good way and really wonder will it get better, and it inevitably does. Anne Hathaway: I’ve said it before, but the person they are playing. With Matthew, I’ve unpredictable. These are the kinds of movie I’m making it sound much worse that it has Matthew's just a very easy guy to be around. always found him totally believable, totally where I would have been first in line at the been in the past, but we’re all the same, life’s a It’s so easy when you’re working with people absorbed, in whoever he is playing. who don’t take themselves too seriously. He is, theatre, whether I was in it or not! It’s about rollercoaster. 100 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 101 LIFE OF LEISURE Interview You seem happier and content, in yourself now?

I'm very happy with how my life is evolving. I've figured out that I don't have to stress myself as much and can just enjoy everything more by being true to who I am.

Your honesty is very heart warming

It’s just I’ve realized over the years that you don’t ever want to look like you’re trying too hard, and I know I do sometimes, or at least, I did. But then I figured out that I don’t have to put on an act and I can still be appreciated just Coming back after having your son – is it No, god no. I am not [laughs]. Before I went to for who I am in my a tough juggling act? college, maybe, but then I went to Vasser, I let own awkward, loose, maybe went a little further than I should I was so fearful that I wouldn’t be able to get contradictory, have sometimes. It was never out of control messed-up self. I pregnant, it wasn’t the easiest journey and it’s but yeah. I think most people are shocked to something I wanted for a long time but it don’t try to hide learn I’m not teetotal, far from it. behind some façade happened and he’s In general, though, a relationship becomes real that isn’t me. here and I’m so happy Emily Blunt said once the initial glow wears off and you each that he is, everything “ ENTIRELY she used to un- Does being settled make you look back start to reveal yourself and become much after is a gift. At the focus her eyes to on past relationships and experiences? more open. That's when you're going to find start I was making it DIRECTIONLESS, play drunk. What out if it's going to last. Ultimately, I am very up as went along, so was your trick? I do like to reflect because it proves to you lucky with who I fell in love with… a keeper, so far so good. So far so how far you have come. I guess every I kept him. He was smart enough to know I still amazing. When we IN A GOOD WAY I don’t know if she did relationship is different. Sometimes you fall in had a lot of demons to battle and gave me my got him to his first the same but what I love very hard and sometimes it takes time to own time and space. birthday that felt like a AND REALLY found very helpful in develop. I remember many years ago when I big achievement those scenes where was at a low point in my life and a stranger What’s next? A return to music? [laughs]. Everything I’m playing drunk, entered my life and we had this fairly intense UNPREDICTABLE ” Music is a big part of my life and always has since then, with the who’s trying to be time together even though it didn't last very been. As a young girl I sang in choirs and relief and confidence that grows every day, has sober [laughs], before they’d say action, I’d long. Unfortunately we wound up going our trained as a soprano. I also sang in an acapella become easier. spin around in a circle as many times as I separate ways and we no longer have any group in college. My mother also toured the could and when they’d say action, I’d be in this contact but he had this incredibly positive country with Les Mis and music and musical Someone told me the other day you were very disorientated, wobbly space and I’d impact on my life and it was one of those theatre was a huge part of my upbringing. I teetotal… that must help! attempt to walk in a straight line. Which is relationships that changes you for the better. impossible. It worked [laughs]. would often listen to Evita in my room and

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imagine myself as Eva Peron singing on Shulman again? always have and I’m sure always will. For as Broadway. But I always associate music with long as people want to watch me then I will performing and acting and I realised a lifelong It was a great thing to do. Adam is so carry on performing, because it is such a dream when I played Fantine (in Les organized and sure about what he's doing that pleasure and the most exhilarating thing I think “ I'M VERY Misérables, for which she won an Oscar). we never had any problems working on this I could possibly do. together, so I don’t see why not. I actually HAPPY WITH And you can play the guitar, right? respect my husband even more after having What I will say is variety is important to me in made that film with him and he's a very good how I move from one role to another, but to I know a few songs like Sea of Love that I can producer. have the role in the first place is the ultimate HOW MY LIFE play on the guitar and feel pretty comfortable at thing for me, and despite the things I have it, but I don't see I didn't realize how been through I do always consider myself very IS EVOLVING ” myself ever becoming hard it is to produce a fortunate. some sort of folk “ WHO I AM IN MY film. There are so singer! (Laughs) Also, many details and so songwriting is not one OWN AWKWARD, many issues to deal of my skills. with on a constant CONTRADICTORY, basis and I have a lot What about more respect for the comedy? MESSED-UP SELF ” producers who work very hard to finance Sure, I do love and will always love doing and get moves made. comedy. I'm a big fan of stories that explore relationships and try to understand what brings Is acting still as much fun now as in your people together as lovers or friends. Humour is teens when you were starting out? a great way of presenting those… of finding a way in. I don’t think it will ever not be fun – it’s a constant journey, as much about yourself as it Will you work with your husband Adam is the character you embody. I love that thrill,

104 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 105 LIFE OF LEISURE Travel feet high. Intricate Then there was the maze-like stone view. Wow. We were carvings adorned every positioned up at the Bali: The Royal surface and provided a top of the resort, so sensational welcome. we could look down Craftsmanship into the gorge below throughout the whole and watch the river Pita Maha Resort resort is so rush past, whilst being Melanie De Lacy Staunton unbelievably detailed, surrounded by an heads for the jungle… and a few there is no place I have endless sea of trees, luxury spas experienced quite like flowers and wildlife. It it. was a sanctuary of total seclusion, perfect When we arrived at our for relaxation. room, a stunning, meticulously engraved The Royal Pita Maha door greeted us. I’ve offers lots of great genuinely never seen a activities from wood more ornate entrance carving to authentic to a hotel room; it felt Balinese cooking. We like a piece of art decided to avail of the beckoning you into complimentary your villa. We stayed in morning yoga. Having a deluxe pool villa and arrived the evening considering this is the before in the dark, in standard room the light of day I felt category, I couldn’t like I had been quite get over the size; transported to another it was bigger than my time, as we snaked flat back in Hong Kong! our way through the The opulent four-poster myriad of resort bed is the centerpiece pathways resembling of the room and faces a scene from Indiana floor to ceiling windows Jones. The yoga that look out over your pavilion was own private pool. The positioned down at the pool faces towards the bottom of the valley astonishing valley hugging the river. This n the heart of Bali lies a place of pure As this was my first trip to Ubud, I was looking below. On the left side yoga spot was tranquility. Picture a soundtrack of rushing to experience true Balinese authenticity in the of the villa there is a “ A SOUNDTRACK particularly stunning rivers and birdsong. Views filled with a heart of the jungle and this is exactly what The small living room and, because the roof of the millionI shades of green, punctuated with bright Royal Pita Maha delivered. Everything about on the right, a gigantic OF RUSHING gazebo was so high, floral colours. A haven, where worries simply The Royal Pita Maha resort makes you feel like bathroom, with a heart which allowed for can’t resist melting away. This is Ubud. you are living and breathing history and shaped bathtub that uninterrupted views of tradition. Perched seamlessly along the bank I’m convinced could fit RIVERS AND the mighty river. It was If you are craving peace and feel the need to of the magnificent Ayung River, the location is a 10 people. certainly one of the truly extract yourself from life’s pressures, then key ingredient for rejuvenating the body and most picturesque Ubud needs to be next on your travel list! A BIRDSONG ” mind. The terrace was truly places I’ve ever location historically popular for yogis and the most remarkable part of the room. Firstly, attempted chair pose. wellness enthusiasts, it also has many Entering the lobby, it was hard not to trip over the pool was not a plunge pool, but a sizable adrenaline-prickling activities for those seeking my own feet, as I stared in awe at the kidney shaped emerald green oasis, with the Yoga was followed by breakfast at the Ayung a little more adventure. countless sculptures, some towering over 40 jungle acting as your personal privacy screen. Garden restaurant also located by the river and

106 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 107 LIFE OF LEISURE Travel it is simply you to enjoy impossible to post-massage if get used to the you wished. A fact that you are detail that I having a relished was delicious that there was organic meal, no electronic while looking spa music. out over Instead they gushing rapids had a pond, and the soaring which provided mountains naturally beyond. If you soothing prefer an open sounds. The view over the Royal Kirana gorge, then I “ AN ENDLESS SEA OF Spa & Wellness would incorporated recommend nature to trying both of TREES, FLOWERS effortlessly the other two compliment the restaurants The AND WILDLIFE ” spa journey and Royal Pita Maha to me it truly has on site, the Dewata Lounge, or the Ayung encapsulated what a trip to the spa is all Valley Restaurant located at the top of the about. resort near the lobby. The final element that made The Royal Pita One of the most unique features of The Royal Maha so wonderful was the overwhelming Pita Maha is their holy spring water pool. It is feeling of warmth and genuine care from the the only holy pool located inside a resort in staff. Every person we encountered made a Ubud. The water comes from a spring in the conscientious effort to get to know us, and gorge. It is an all-naturally sourced pool, which learn our preferences so they could make our is supposed to help purify the mind. There is stay not just more enjoyable but bespoke to also a shrine for blessings or prayers. I us. We left feeling like part of the family. thoroughly enjoyed this element of the hotel and thought it was a very special experience, One of the employees at The Royal Pita Maha which complimented the whole spirit of the said to me that their idea of a holiday is where resort. you “escape your reality and go back with an experience”. I loved that sentiment and thought If you are a spa lover, then the Royal Kirana it so perfectly captured our time at the resort. If Spa & Wellness cannot be missed. I repeat. It you are looking for jungle luxury, beauty that is cannot be missed! Encompassing 18,000 simply spellbinding and respite from the hectic square metres, this spa is without a doubt a landscape of every day life, then The Royal mecca for wellness. It almost feels like a mini Pita Maha awaits you with warm hearts and resort inside The Royal Pita Maha - there are open arms. two big swimming pools, steam rooms, www.royalpitamaha-bali.com saunas and jacuzzis, along with a spa food menu if you decide to indulge in a little lunch. The treatment villa had its own changing area and shower for you to use downstairs.

Then as you walked upstairs, the room was completely open with its own outdoor pool for sur www.corsicatravel.be 108 I togethermag.eu LIFE OF LEISURE Travel can find one of the most ‘family friendly’ foosball table and snooker for those who are venues available. Indeed, the Radisson RED allergic to pixels. Organized in partnership with Radisson RED Brussels: Brussels hotel stands in the building just Pop Up Yoga Concepts – Kids and Family adjacent to the European Parliament, almost Yoga classes and workshops are regularly Family friendly and stylish allowing guests to watch the plenary sessions announced on the hotel’s Facebook page. through their room’s window. It might be the Something to celebrate? During the week- Together visits Radisson’s trendy least location you’d think about for an ends, the hotel’s Events & Games Studios are hotel in the European quarter afternoon break with the kids, family yoga available to rent for kids birthdays with plenty workshop or child’s of fun activities you can birthday. And yet, the choose from to animate ‘RED’ – as we call it – the party. And just five meets the double minutes away from the challenge of appealing to hotel is the Museum of both the EU quarter’s Natural Sciences – perfect busy business crowd and for a fun and cultural visit local tribes. with your children.

A family-friendly café The very first Family and restaurant Suites With its large bench seats Last but not the least, the and all-day dining options, RED has created the OUIBar + KTCHN dedicated ‘Family Suites’ proves to be a super – a specific room category comfy and convenient that can host up to five spot to refuel any time - a people in perfect comfort. kids corner at breakfast These suites have 2 time and a waffle bar, with interconnecting rooms a kids menu available for – one for adults, one for the rest of the day. youngsters – where It’s open every day of the everybody can relax and week from breakfast to live in harmony while dinner so you can drop by taking advantage of family- anytime for breakfast, snacks friendly amenities such as the ust 12 kilometres from the airport, the hotel staff. The decor is modern, hip, and fun, or more sophisticated dishes. “ EVERYBODY TV’s wireless streaming tech’, Radisson Red Brussels is situated in with friendly spaces and a relaxed and The fuss-free but well- Kids channels and welcome the European quarter just a hop, skip, informal atmosphere. balanced menu offers CAN RELAX gifts. Each room is a single andJ a jump away from the European enough options for suite with two key areas: an Parliament. Not far from Organized with self check-in everyone’s liking at a fair AND LIVE IN adult room and a living room many of the city’s main “ ONE OF THE desks, pool and table tennis price. Plus, the kids will love with sofa bed to attractions, it’s an ideal place tables, and a bunch of flat the large illustrations HARMONY ” accommodate the children. to base yourself if you’re in screens showing photos of decorating the walls. As a There is also a large Brussels for work or a short MOST FAMILY past guests in comical matter of fact, the hotel’s designers bathroom with shower and bath, convenient city break. poses, you know collaborated with Belgian cartoonists Wauter for all ages! FRIENDLY immediately that you’re not in Mannaert and Max de Radigues – so it almost From the moment you walk traditional hotel. Employees, feels like visiting a Comic Strip museum. Visit the Radisson RED Brussels and not only through the hotel’s revolving VENUES ” or Creatives, as they are you will wish to stay, but very probably your red doors and take in the called, were found through Games, family yoga workshops and kids will not let you leave. bold signature red and white style of the an innovative social media campaign. All staff kids’ parties Radisson’s brand aimed at target families, you are international and polyglot. The Radisson RED Brussels also offers a full www.radissonred.com/brussels can’t help but be delighted by the fun and range of in-house activities, going from the www.facebook.com/RadissonRedBrussels youthful vibe of the lobby itself and cheerful Located in the heart of bustling Brussels, you PlayStation 4 for the lazy ones, up to a www.instagram.com/radissonredbrussels 110 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 111 LIFE OF LEISURE Travel accommodate up to 22 people have been combining the experience at a weekend in a covered with salt from the Dead Sea. Indoors, holiday home in the Anlier region. the ambient temperature is 20 to 23°C and Visit a region that the humidity is 40 to 60%. As a result, these A relaxing stay in wellness conditions make it possible to recharge in this accommodation ‘salt cave’ marine microclimate, charged with Want to escape the stress and whirl of has it all with negative ions and rich in trace elements. With everyday life? We have not yet found better soft light and relaxing music, lying on a deck than taking a weekend in the Ardennes. But chair, for 40 to 60 minutes you will be able to not just anywhere. There is an establishment Ardennes-Etape relax deeply while enjoying the benefits of this that has made wellbeing its main leitmotiv, with We headed to the beautiful south to saline atmosphere, ideal for relieving many a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam offer just a few suggestions in the ailments, including bronchitis, asthma, skin room... Sounds mouth-watering? Take a look Belgian Ardennes problems, stress, fatigue... (Ref: 106172-01) at this luxurious 5-star Spanish villa, at this The river Ourthe, Belgian Ardennes splendid stone and wood house in Trois-Ponts A cosmetics manufacturing workshop (Ref: 102027-12) or this wonderful holiday No doubt about it: Do It Yourself (DIY) is cottage in Paliseul, which sleeps up to 12 trendy. Many workshops are blooming across (Ref:106488-01). And what about this holiday the Ardennes encouraging you to create, house with a large wellness area for 10/12 realize and manufacture. And the field of people to rent in Malmedy (Ref: 105572-02), beauty and wellbeing? At Chapeau Vert which offers am exhilarating, high-quality stay workshops in Habay-la-Neuve, for example, thanks to its exceptional facilities. you can learn how to make natural cosmetics In short, say goodbye to (cream, lip balm, body “ HAPPINESS worries, forget your scrubs) or solid frustrations and just shampoos and relax! deodorants (out go the AND plastic bottles, long live Find your holiday home zero waste). Ideal for a WELLBEING in the Ardennes on en. stay with friends in the ardennes-etape.be Ardennes! Another ARE ASSURED! ” proposal is the non- profit association Nature Attitude which organizes a plants distillation workshop to create floral waters.

A mindfulness session outdoors In this frenzied and hyper connected life that the modern world imposes on us, taking a o, what is the appeal of the Ardennes? Take care of yourself, close to home... little break in nature is often beneficial, to relax It’s safe to say that it’s near universal in the Ardennes! your five senses, to oxygenate your mind, to – it’s a region of extensive forests, You do not need a trip to the Seychelles or a reduce your stress. Take advantage of the Srough terrain, rolling hills and ridges formed by thalassotherapy cure in Saint-Malo to relax, choice of activities offered in the Ardennes. the geological features of the Ardennes pamper yourself or recharge your batteries - Guide Vincent Louwette is organizing a mountain range and, what’s more, it is one of to feel good just a few (dozen) kilometres from ‘Nature and Return To Your Roots Day’ on 6 the most relaxing and friendly parts of sunny home, take the direction for the Belgian April. On the programme: an initiation in the Belgium. Ardennes with these four wellness techniques of relaxation and mindfulness, a suggestions. Tibetan bowls concert, meditation, outdoor Truly, it’s just one of those places that, when contemplative discoveries... In short, you arrive, you can breathe deeply, admire the A relaxing dip in a salt cave happiness and wellbeing are assured! Share it magnificent panoramas and, most important, It’s an unprecedented experience in Durbuy. as a couple, as a family or with a friend by relax. The basement walls of a house that can 112 I togethermag.eu togethermag.eu I 113 LIFE OF LEISURE Dining Dining Otomat Everybody loves a pizza! But it’s refreshing to walk into a restaurant that has added some extra touches to their service. The first is clearly the base which has an unusual – very Belgian – ingredient added to its mix. Duvel. Yes, there’s devil in the detail. Duvel is fermented three times and the folks at Otomat explain that it gives the base a consistent, unusual flavour. The pizzas come in the traditional tomato sauce variety and also in a white sauce with pepper running throughout.

The other novelty is that they are big fans of sharing these pizzas so they all come in a smaller size so that friends and families can discover the various topping, which change regularly to keep customers coming back for more. The service is excellent and the system is explained to diners in a cheery manner. Location is everything for me – a terrace looking across at the front façade of the church of St Catherine in the centre of town will do me any day of the week. Ciao and buon appetito! PM - www.otomat.be/en/

Lou Ferri was at the controls of the kitchen in their 17th Nestled in the heart of the town of Uccle for a century country house in a small village near Uzès. little over a year now, this Provencal restaurant We particularly liked the olives and olive oils of really turned our heads! Chef Karin Burton and Raymond Gonfond (Maussane les Alpilles), the rice her husband Claude are true ambassadors of and ducks of the Canards des Rizières and of the South. Here the products come directly course the truffles from Uzès. DAYS from the small producers and craftsmen with OUR GOURMET whom Karin has already worked when she An evening rich in taste, surprising taste buds that feasted on colourful and tasty dishes. We were guided by a menu ‘surprise’ that we did not regret. We enjoyed among other things a Carpaccio of BE PART OF THIS UNMISSABLE TASTING EXPERIENCE! truffles and raw foie gras, olive oil from Hugo de l'Oliveraie Jeanjean, an egg ‘Mamette’ stuffed with truffle and foie gras (a delight!), a fabulous crispy IN-STORE TASTINGS ON 29 AND 30 MARCH 2019 FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM confit of duck with nougat on a cream of white wine and dried tomatoes, mashed roe, a pair of This spring 2019 edition of our gourmet days will be Seize the opportunity to meet our small producers, passionate cheeses: picodon (goat - Drôme-Ardèche) and U Pecurinu (ewe - Corsican), with Grossane olive dedicated to 100% Belgian products as well as to Rob’s artisans who enjoy sharing their love for good products. confit and a succulent spicy chocolate soup to know-how and artisanal creations. Make sure to attend this extraordinary event ! finish. The wines of the South of France helped harmonize this particular culinary journey. A highly recommended address! CD Find our detailed programme on www.rob-brussels.be as from 11/03. www.louferri.be

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Brussels can also be found here. The Taverne We chose the Belon oysters, alive and is not solely for passing tourist trade – like minerally, as our entree. For our main course Our Chef will take care of a variety of meals and will others in the environs, it is full of local Belgians we couldn’t resist the Entrecote Angus – from prepare fresh and tasty food every morning. enjoying traditional Belgo-French cuisine. It is cattle raised on their ‘terroir’ and meat therefore probably best to make a reservation, matured for a minimum of six weeks – we if you want to be sure of a table. We deliver every morning accompanied this with a generous Margaux. from Monday to Friday. The brasserie’s Art Deco credentials are Finally, we chose a crème brûlée for dessert. impeccable - one could easily imagine that The Brasserie recently changed management, most famous of Belgians, Hercules Poirot, the new team have resisted the temptation to sitting quietly in the corner enjoying his dinner guild the lily. Taverne du Passage marries while assessing the various diners and their tradition with warm and competent service. quirks. Proximity to cinemas, concert halls and We were served a delicious and crisp glass of theatres makes this a particularly good venue www.eat2five.eu champagne while we browsed through what for a pre-performance meal. is a very traditional menu. It is so refreshing to www.taverne-du-passage.be [email protected] read a menu that does not list every ingredient that is to be found in the kitchen. Even more +32 2 675 88 42 so, not to be told how the ingredients were procured from bio-organic artisanal farmers. eat2five

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122 I togethermag.eu Théâtre Royal des Galeries LIFE OF Directeur : David Michels LEISURE What's on u 1 mars au aril 019 What's on Belgium ILS SE SONT Frankenstein In their twenty-first century opera, Mark Grey and Àlex Ollé return to the source, which they AIMÉS see as highly topical. At a time of atom bombs, de Muriel Robin genetic engineering, artificial bioselection and social media, the gap between our ability to et Pierre Palmade invent and our inability to understand could be even greater than in Shelley’s time. The need is greater than ever to experience a moral and emotional awareness in parallel with what we have just created.

Grey and Ollé asked librettist Júlia Canosa i Serra to turn the novel into a stage play and to back to life in a bold experiment. Encouraged update Shelley’s poetic English. The opera by their success, the scientists go a step further. Gradually the ‘Creature’ returns to Maria del Rio Frankenstein is set in an unspecified future. & Several scientists discover a creature frozen consciousness… Until 20 March. La into the ice fields of the North Pole. One of Monnaie. Tickets: From €10 to €159 Pierre Pigeolet them, Dr Walton, takes the lead in bringing him www.lamonnaie.be

Mise en scène : David Michels Heliopolis The City of the Sun century. Now a part of the vast Egyptian The Boghossian Foundation highlights capital, Heliopolis was born of a dream, one Décor et costumes : Heliopolis, the birthplace of a new city built which has always brought to mind the city of Dimitri Shumelinsky entirely from scratch by the Belgian industrialist the same name in Ancient Egypt. Nearly a Edouard Empain at the dawn of the twentieth hundred Egyptian antiquities, ancient works and 20th century objects have been selected by the curators Marie- Cécile Bruwier and Florence Doyen. The exhibition invites the visitor to rediscover the influence of the ancient city as well as the the famous Baron’s founding company. A visionary and patron of the arts,  www.trg.be Baron Empain was also Louis Empain’s father, who built the Villa 02 512 04 07 Empain. 28 March - 18 August. Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels www.villaempain.com

124 I togethermag.eu En coproduction avec La Coop asbl Avec le soutien de SMART et du tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge LIFE OF LEISURE What's on My Secret Garden Sculptures: Lupines ENJOY FOREST NATIONAL AS A VIP My Secret Garden Sculptures: Lupines Treat yourself and your partner to a worry-free and entertaining night; celebrate an is a new series of occasion with friends; invite your business partners to network in an informal setting; or medium-sized motivate your staff with an original reward. It’s all possible at Forest National. sculptures that embodies Arne Our VIP area offers plenty of possibilities and can be customized to your needs. Whether Quinze’s research on you want to roll out the red carpet or keep it more low key, our VIP experience fits all! the diversity of nature. With the Check out our range of VIP offers and turn your next visit into an unforgettable experience. works The Chatelain, Lobelia, Lupine, Persicaria and African Iris the artist focuses on different questions in the evolution of anthropology through series is the artists attempt to capture the botany. power of nature and to shift our focus back to The unbridled evolutionary force of plants to the importance of our relationship with nature. develop into a broad spectrum of diverse 4 April 2019. Maruani Mercier Gallery, forms, structures and colours are the basis for Brussels. Arne Quinze’s visual storytelling. The Lupines www.maruanimercier.com

incisive and moving portrait work of artists, musicians, writers, political 22/04 Harlem Globetrotters 14, 15 & 16/05 Patrick Bruel 25/05 Angèle 30/05 Jamiroquai activists and politicians. A passion for social justice and striving for human rights inform Moro’s personal projects. She 01/06 Roberto Carlos 08/06 Youssou Ndour 10/06 Florence Foresti 14/06 Bryan Adams collaborates with multiple NGOs like Amnesty International, Doctors without borders, Red Acoge, Fundación Vicente Ferrer, ARMH, Médicos del Mundo... 25/06 ZZ Top 21/09 Alice Cooper 29/11 Pascal Obispo 07/12 Era

Who deserves to die? is an in-depth, ongoing research project developed by photojournalist Moro over the past ten years on the application of the death Sofía Moro: Who deserves to die? penalty in the world today, combining Sofía Moro is a freelance photographer based photography and journalism. The author takes in Madrid, Spain. Since 1996, she has worked viewers on a journey of moving testimonies with the Spanish daily El País, where she has conveyed through compelling images and published several articles about the death portraits that speak louder than words, leading penalty in collaboration with the Spanish to the only possible conclusion: death penalty journalist Álvaro Corcuera, and collaborates is inherently inhumane and cruel and should with many Spanish and international be abolished worldwide once and for all. Until magazines. Moro is known especially for her 7 April. BOZAR. Free entrance www.bozar.be 126 I togethermag.eu WWW.FORESTNATIONAL.BE/VIP

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Rencontres intergalactiques: Serge every week. He adds texts and captions to his Delaunay and André Robillard drawings. The initials GTX, often under his As part of the exhibition entitled Intergalactic signature, refer to the automotive industry too. Encounters, like a spacecraft, the Art et Marges Musée, takes you through the cosmic Born in 1931, the son of a forest ranger, André labyrinths of Serge Delaunay and André Robillard was hospitalized for mental Robillard – two artists brought together by the disturbance while still a teenager. After several wonder they share for “heavenly subjects.” unsuccessful attempts to live outside the Stops are also planned on the planets of hospital, Robillard was hired as an assistant some of their other areas of interest. for the hospital’s water-treatment plant. This “Mechanical speedwells” drawn in clear line, job provided him with social status and a and “guns to kill misery” made of discarded degree of independence. The same year, at objects are among the encounters awaiting the age of thirty-three, Robillard created his you… first rifle, which was sent to Jean Dubuffet by an enlightened connoisseur. Serge Delaunay was born in 1956 in Charleroi. Located in the heart of Brussels, the Art et Delaunay uses black felt pen on large sheets marges museum, museum of outsider art, of paper. Colour is rare. Cars and spaceships questions art and its borders. Until 19 June. are his favourite subjects. He is fascinated by Art et Marges Musée, Brussels. science, especially astronomy and www.artetmarges.be/en www.kanal.brussels mechanics, and buys science magazines Quai des Péniches, Akenkaai - 1000 Brussels togethermag.eu I 129

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Antwerp à la carte Follow the trail of food in the city and discover RSA BRA AE A The exhibition Antwerp à la carte presents the how our food also influences the map of e rote ost ostene ursaal ostene history of the City of Antwerp through culinary Antwerp. Saunter through markets and glasses. It does not focus on political events, supermarkets, look inside inns, cafés and BE ER RASE economic theories or artistic trends. Instead it restaurants, be surprised by scent and art ursaal ostene ing auouinSD Staium U russels focuses on the vital challenge of how cities installations. Your mouth will water when you feed an ever-growing group of city-dwellers see 16th-century recipes given a new look. E BAASSA E RD AS ER throughout the Today, more than half of the Peek inside old kitchens full of rare cooking orest ational russels Sportpaleis nterp ERA S world's population lives in cities. More than utensils and discover how food has been 500,000 people live in Antwerp. That is half a influencing the street scene in Antwerp for E RA E A REDDS DR million mouths that have to be fed every day. centuries via paintings by Antwerp's greatest irque oyal russels 3 alais lub russels po How does Antwerp do this? What will we do painters and contemporary photography. A in the future? And is that so very different from vigorous exhibition that will stimulate all your a few centuries ago? senses. Tickets: €5. www.visitantwerpen.be/en

Baroque Burez The Antwerp photographer Athos Burez (b. 1.0 01.0.01 .0.01 1987) reveals his most Baroque side in the RES AA BRUSSES RES AA BRUSSES MAS’s walking boulevard. The exhibition highlights the beauty, the fantasy and “unheimlichkeit” or weirdness of his colourful visual language. Antwerp’s tallest museum will become a Baroque beacon for the city for one year, thanks to Burez’s works, which are .0.01 0 10.0.01 0.05.01 displayed on the large light walls of the MAS. A ADEEE BRUSSES AEE BEGUE BRUSSES . ESABEAA AER Until 21 April. MAS, Antwerp. www.mas.be 130 I togethermag.eu TICKETS: GREENHOUSETALENT.BE

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InternationalAsia Contemporary Art Show popular sector series and Artist Dialogues, On show will be more than 2,000 pieces of dedicated to solo and joint artist the most compelling presentations. contemporary art being produced today. Presented Intersections: China across 85 art living spaces, presents a series of the show includes original dynamic and diverse works paintings, limited editions, by selected galleries, artists, sculpture, and photography and artist collectives that from some of the world's use concepts, techniques, most interesting and materials or subject matter promising artists - from drawn from the past and emerging and mid-career re-envision them to reflect artists to those who have the present… Artist already achieved recognition Dialogues invites artists from in private and public around the world to exhibit collections and at auction. in a solo or joint Bringing a world of art to presentation. 29 March - 1 Hong Kong, the 14th edition of the show will April. Conrad Hong Kong. feature Intersections: China, the fourth in the www.asiacontemporaryart.com

Contagious Cities: Far Away, Too Close Contagious Cities: Far Away, Too Close, co-produced by the art and heritage teams of Tai Kwun, explores the psychological and emotional dimensions of disease and contagion, particularly in relation to people and their ways of life. The exhibition Firenze Lai, Angela Su and Wang Sishun. The encompasses both an art exhibition—curated research-led exhibition also includes works by by Ying Kwok and featuring local, regional, eight artists that were specially commissioned and international artists - as well as a heritage for this exhibition, including Angela Su’s video- exhibition that addresses the historical context and performance-based work that explore the of the Plague, revealing how this relates to the complicated implications of the project’s title. past and present of Hong Kong. The www.taikwun.hk/en exhibition features new works by ten emerging 7:30-22:00 OPEN 7/7 and established artists: Oscar Chan Yik Long, Eastman Cheng, Enoch Cheng, Cheuk Wing Nam, Gayle Chong Kwan, Chou Yu-cheng, 132 I togethermag.eu www.delitraiteur.com LIFE OF LEISURE Cinema

Cinema: All the latest movies playing in Belgium

Brussels’ leading film critic James Drew looks ahead to films that will adorn the cinema screens in Belgium

Stan and Ollie Us One of those films that ponders the question, This threatens to be a truly creepy ‘Why on earth didn’t they make this before’, doppleganger psychological horror – Jordan but no matter – you can just be glad they have Peele, the director of the wonderful Get Out made it now. Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly (2017), brings us a tale of husband and wife, are simply matchless as the world’s greatest Gabe (Winston Duke) and Adelaide Wilson ever double act, Laurel and Hardy, in this (Lupita Nyong'o) who take their children to their singularly amusing, insightful and moving take beach house, hoping to spend time with on the pair’s final years, from director John S. friends. But things soon turn bad and much, Baird (Filth (2013)). much worse when a group of ‘strangers’ arrive 97 mins. – and they are not friends the family haven’t met yet… The Aftermath 120 mins. Kiera Knightley, who is fast developing a reputation for herself as one of Blighty’s finest Serenity actors, stars in this powerful drama set in the Neo-noir goes box office, with a big cast; ruins of Hamburg post World War II. Rachael Stephen Knight, director of Locke (2014) and, Morgan (Knightley) arrives in Hamburg during curiously enough, one of the three creators of the bitter winter of 1946, to be reunited with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, brings a tale her husband Lewis (Jason Clarke), and of telepathy and murder to life, starring Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, made an unexpected decision – they will be Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou sharing their grand home with its previous and Jeremy Strong. It has not received the owners, a German widower (Alexander easiest of rides from critics thus far, but what Skarsgård) and his troubled daughter. Enmity, would they know? passion and betrayal are in store, and James 106 mins. Kent (Testament of Youth (2014)) directs with aplomb. Running time TBC.

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