Al Thuraya Red Sea

The Sea Gave Me My Voice Back

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:00:38 -0700

Swimming with dolphins has opened up many things in my life. Over the years, I have seen how people who come to the lagoon begin to change. They laugh more freely, cry, sing, dance, and express parts of themselves they might have held back for years. Something about the dolphins seems to unlock our hearts, our creativity, and the courage to be who we really are. For me, that gift was very personal. They gave me my voice back.

But it wasn’t only the dolphins. It was also the time in my life. I had already started reconnecting with myself. Yoga had helped me so much to find a connection back to my soul. I had begun to feel confident again, and it slowly brought me back to my guitar and to music. But my throat was still blocked. I was playing and humming, but I still didn’t really sing.

And when I came to the dolphins, something unblocked in me. Suddenly, I felt how my voice came back. A friend in Egypt asked me to record myself singing after we had a long conversation about my life story. It was scary to open up again, but I had decided that I didn’t want to live my life in fear anymore. So I learned a song, and with a lot of support and cheering from my friends, I found the courage to record it. And I posted it on Facebook. Maybe it was one of the scariest things I have ever done in my life. But when I shared it, people were so supportive. What surprised me the most was that my voice felt almost the same as when I had left it all those years before. It felt like it had been waiting there, almost exactly as it was when I was eighteen or nineteen. It was very young. It has changed a lot during these seven years.

2019, my first time singing in front of people in 20 years.

Many things started happening with my...Read More

There was only a few centimeters between us

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:58:58 -0800

I have spent the last seven years of my life trying to understand the mystical aspects of the lagoon. I have witnessed so many unexplainable events since I arrived. Even my own story. What happened to me the first time I met the dolphins has happened to so many people. They arrive, their hearts crack open, they look into the eyes of the dolphins and something shifts inside. People go home and change their whole lives.

I know that many retreats around the world can have this effect on us. Being together so intimately for a week, while also doing inner work, is fertile ground for contemplation and reflection. When you move away from everyday life and routines, when you remove the constant input and demands from people around you and from social media, you begin to truly listen to that voice inside you.

But I have to say, there is another layer added when you come close to dolphins.

I have had many powerful experiences over the years, but the most powerful one was very recent,. One dolphin specifically came to me, and I recognized a mark on him. He had approached me before. During that week, he returned to me repeatedly. And one moment was especially intense when he and another dolphin came closer than ever before.

There were only a few centimeters between his eye and mine. Not even an inch. We looked so deeply into each other’s eyes that I felt I could drown in his. It was like looking into another universe. Time slowed down. We swam slower and slower, as if everything around us had disappeared.

At the same time, one of the other participants was on the other side of the two dolphins. The second dolphin was approaching him just as closely. It felt as if we were being drawn into something together. Like a doorway opening between us. The colors shimmered. The sea shifted. And suddenly, it felt as if we were no longer in Sataya. As if we had...Read More

I had to slow down

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:07:00 -0800

It has been a very quiet start to the year for me. I have been taking a long-deserved rest after pushing nonstop for almost seven years.

In many ways, taking a break was not easy. I felt guilty that I didn’t show up. With new dates. With content. I was scared of losing the connection.

But 2025 was a very turbulent year for me.

I had to go through a scary operation in a foreign country. I had to move from my beautiful house into a small temporary apartment, and then finally found a new home. At the same time, I had twelve retreats to organise, both my own and those of other retreat leaders. Some retreats were cancelled, and I had to fill them myself. Some of my organisers were hosting their first dolphin retreats and needed my full support and coaching to advertise and fill their weeks.

And when the last retreat in October ended, I followed a calling and added one more journey in December. I was exhausted. I couldn’t find motivation and, honestly, became a bit scared that I had crashed. So I took time out.

I have been decorating my new home, spending time with friends, and trying to enjoy the very warm winter we have had here in Egypt.

But I am back. Filled with new inspiration and energy. And this is what I wanted to share with you. 🤍

A lot is happening.

I am writing a book. I have started this blog. And I have decided to focus more on my music and sound healing this...Read More

A DOLPHIN MEDITATION

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:00:40 -0800

Transition to Dolphins

When I feel lost or overwhelmed, I return to the sea.

The dolphins have always been my teachers. They remind me not to take life so seriously. They move with the currents instead of fighting them. They rest when they need to. They play when they can.

I don’t know where I would be today without their calm presence. They probably saved me more than once.

And so I created something for you.

Below you will find a free dolphin meditation with sounds from the dolphins.

It is an invitation to slow down. To close your eyes. To imagine yourself in the water. To see if the dolphins have a message for you. You don’t need to believe anything special. Just be open.

Take a journey. See what comes.

Where My Fear Ended and My Life Began

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:07:00 -0800

It is now almost seven years since my journey started, and I came eye-to-eye with a dolphin for the first time. And how it changed my life, I still feel it's all a big mystery. I have told this story many times on the yacht over the years, and every time I realize how magical it is.
But it is not only me; I have seen countless souls overcome their biggest fear in life, and they went home with so much confidence. Statements like feeling reborn, transformed, awakened, finding their soul purpose, connected to their heart, getting imagination back are repeated among my guests. And now, after hundreds and hundreds of testimonials, there is no doubt left in me that there is definitely something very powerful going on in this lagoon.

As revield in my first post, I am collecting stories from my dolphin friends all over the world, and it made me reflect on my own story.

So what was it for me that changed so much?

For years, I lived in a comfortable, predictable life, yet fear was always present. Fear of failure, fear of change, fear of stepping outside the box. I told myself I was safe, but deep down, I knew I was stuck.

I had been very fearless as a young woman, and why I started becoming scared of everything is another story for another time. But the biggest loss for me was my fear of the sea, something I had loved so much as a child.

I was a mermaid. I learned how to swim underwater before I started swimming above. I went to the local swimming hall alone when I was five, and every time it was family day at the beach I didn’t want to come up from the water, even if my lips were blue.

I could say that my fear started during a traumatic event when an angry old man nearly drowned me in a swimming pool. Or during a scuba dive that turned out very badly when a divemaster...Read More

To the Never Ever land

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:21:00 -0800

I wrote this six years ago after my first retreat in Sataya. And it has been unpublished until now. When I found this text, I immediately felt that I needed to share it with you. Because I felt so taken by it. As if I was back in that first experience once again.

You are stepping out of the bus that has transported you and 14 other travelers from the airport through the desert, and you feel very excited about what’s to come. It’s getting dark. The stars are shining bright in the sky. The air is warm and comforting, and while your luggage is being taken care of, you are walking down to the shore. There are two small rubber boats waiting to escort you to the ship that is going to take you to Sataya.

A man with a very funny mustache is standing on the shore with a box next to him, asking you to put your shoes in it. “You don’t need them,” he says. “You’ll get them when we come back,” and he gives you the biggest smile you’ve ever seen.

You take his hand, get into the boat, and sit down next to a woman with the same anticipative expression as yourself, with no knowledge yet about the life-changing connection the two of you will share during this week. The man starts the engine. The boat leaves the shore and you are looking at the beautifully lit ship anchored further out. It appears bigger and bigger and even more magnificent as you approach. You see the crew waving at you on the jetty as you get closer, and it feels like you’re entering a fairytale.

You receive your cozy little cabin, your little nest, and when you rest your head on the pillow, you know that the adventure you are about to be swept away into exceeds any story you ever could have...Read More

Welcome to my space

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:15:01 -0800

Welcome,
If you are here, something has probably already touched you. Maybe it was a dolphin, the sea, a story?
This space is something new for me. For many years, I have shared retreats, photos, practical information, and moments from Sataya on social media, but I have never really had a place that is fully mine. A place where I can tell the story from my own point of view. Not only dolphin pictures, clichés, and beautiful sunsets. But what it actually feels like to live this life.

This will be my and my community's personal story. A place where I share what is happening in Sataya through my eyes. The behind-the-scenes moments. The doubts. The magic. The ordinary days. The extraordinary ones. The team. The preparation...

I am also working on a YouTube vlog where I will bring you even closer to the sea and the dolphins. This page will be connected to that. Here I can write more deeply. Reflect more slowly. Share what does not always fit into a short video.

At the same time, I am collecting stories for a book. Stories from people all over the world who have experienced something unexplainable, healing, or life-changing with dolphins. I am interviewing, listening, gathering these moments. This space will also be where I share little sneak peeks from that journey.

If...Read More