CLAUDIA BRALL

It all began in the Covid ~ pandemic season 2021. As the outer world came to a standstill so did my inner world. Nothing seemed to make sense anymore, and I knew my perspectives on my life had to change. Desperation led me to question my existence and purpose, “who am I” and “what is this thing called life?” The answers were simple…I am energy, and energy communicates with all that is…boom!

I was sensing an inner urge to spend the new year out of Italy. Following my intuition I chose to fly to Egypt to visit a friend of mine. One morning, as we prepared breakfast she told me that she has been living in Egypt for 14 years and has never been to the White Desert.This was like a huge ignition inside of me, as I had not realised that Egypt is a desert country. So we arranged with one of her acquaintances a trip for the following day, starting from Safaga into the oasis of Farafra. The beauty of the landscape already began to unfold as soon as we left Luxor behind. Ruggedy cliffs of reddish sandstone embedded in oceans of golden coloured sand. We passed through small villages where life was still moving on like a 100 years ago, donkey drawn carts full of animal food, old men sitting on front door steps talking and women ushering the children to school. It was like entering into a dream time. In the late afternoon we arrived in the White Desert of Farafra and set up camp pretty quickly as the sun began setting. No words begin to describe the serenity and stillness of these moments when the magic of the change from light to darkness occurs.

Every time I go into the desert the same sensations of peace and tranquility envelopes me like a soft cloak.

We spent 4 days exploring the vastness and indescribable beauty of iridescent white limestone set against the desert ground. This experience touched me profoundly and changed my perspectives on my own life. I had to set myself free from conventional thinking and conducting life in a socially acceptable way. Returning to Italy left me with huge hole in my heart and I couldn’t return to my former way of living. So I chose to fly to Egypt once more in the beginning of 2022 to find this something that had captured my beingness. I went to the oasis of Dakhla this time to start another adventure from there. To my surprise the journey was cancelled and I was offered accommodation in a small Beduin village. Little did I know at that time that this would change my whole life. I spent my mornings walking in the countryside amongst cattle grazing in open fields and all surrounded by the rolling sand dunes and steep mountain chains. One morning I came across a battered sign post saying Beduin camp and curiosity guided me and I took the small path leading up to it. I followed my intuition and ended up in a small restaurant where I found a guy working on his laptop. We started a conversation about this enchanted Beduin camp which seemed totally deserted. A young guy called Khaled offered us tea to please us. Overlooking the whole camp from the restaurant I became aware that it was asking to be revived to its former beauty and life. Despite some hesitations I made an appointment with the camp manager to offer my services, and after some discussions he agreed. I returned to Italy, gave up my apartment, placed my belongings in storage and entered into a new life in Egypt Bedouins are a very close knit community , nevertheless I was received with utmost respect and curiosity.

Being a white woman amongst a male community was certainly challenging, and here I learned to be still and observe. Especially the young generation were curious to join western points of view of life and living.

My tasks included cleaning and bringing the room up to standard, guest relations and arranging safaris. I loved every moment.

After one year I chose to move Cairo to reassemble all my experiences and reassess what my inner compass asked from my human expression. It didn’t take long and Khaled contacted me and inquired if I wanted to create tours with him. I knew that this creation would have to be fresh and vibrant, and we needed new standards. Slow travel was the answer to gift the adventurers a new perspective of how to navigate not only through the desert but life too!

Within a few months we established DesertSoul ~ time adventures and began to organise safaris. Travelling with the Bedouins is like flying through time and space into the beyond to return to one Self. They orientate themselves in this vastness by stone formations, the old Beduin caravan routes and the stars. Staying present and observing… The scent of the desert is enchanting, and the forever changing nature and its light reconnects one with one’s true essence in pure simplicity. Observing and flowing. Breathing and sensing Be -ing alive, not just having a life.

I would have never imagined to create a life in Egypt and less being in a co ~ creationship with a tribe of Beduins.

Nevertheless my soul, my own energy knew more than my human mind. Once I let go of my imagined identities and role plays I could enter into my full passion of expression and joy of being alive. Connecting lives, sharing experiences and awaken awareness has become my expression and passion This is where true love for oneself begins and which is then sensed and felt by everyone around.

Nature doesn’t marvel itself, it knows it exists and lets itself be perceived by the observer.

ABOUT CLAUDIA BRALL

Claudia is a Visionary, Adventurist and Mystic of the new energy in these unprecedented times of change.

She has continuously sought to explore beyond the known reality that she exists in and expand into new spaces of clear awareness / consciousness of who she truly is.

Realising that consciousness is the source of the soul; the energy and the human embodiment follows consciousness.

Her playground is the entire universe with the song that resembles her in all that is, energy in continuous motion, space for creation and creativity.

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