My Journey

My name is Hannah – though many call me Hansie now, because this version of me is softer, more playful, freer and closer to the heart of who I’ve always been.

My life has never been a straight line.
It has been a long, winding Camino – a journey from living in my head to living in my body, from pleasing the world to listening inward, from surviving to gently arriving.

For years I pushed, achieved, performed, trying to be the “good one”, the strong one, the girl who could hold it all.
But beneath it lived a quiet ache.
A soft voice asking for space, for truth, for breath.

The real turning point came when life finally persuaded me to stop.
Through burnout, solitude, meditation, silent retreats, long walks, and more surrender than I thought I had in me, a different doorway opened.

And then… the Camino, the “real one”.
My first walk from Porto to Santiago planted a seed.
But the Camino Francés… that one opened everything.

It fully opened the Camino inside me.
It taught me to trust the Unknown, to let life lead, to listen to what moves through me instead of forcing anything to happen.

Since then, my life has become less of a plan and more of a conversation between me and something larger.

Songs began to arrive.
Words.
Soft guidance.
Moments of presence that wanted to be shared.

I don’t see myself as a teacher.
I’m simply someone walking her path with an open heart, offering whatever grows naturally along the way.

If my journey meets yours here, I’m glad.
May something you find in this space walk with you for a little while. <3