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Anaïs Pierquet

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🌀Surfing saved my life
💙 Helping you reconnect with yourself through surfing
📘 My book: Find the way back to yourself 👇🏼

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😱 We're ON for November 1-8

Time to pack your swims and come surf some of the best waves of INDONESIA with us! This will be our last retreat for the year.

Reset and focus on what truly matters: Fun, sun and messy hair and we really don't care 🤪 We also love party waves and a good wipe out!

Ciara has been with us 2 times in a year, and she is coming back in October again 😍

Our surf retreat is for all surf levels and CO-ED

Comment "SURF" and i'll send you the infos to book
Spots are flying out like 🥐 don't miss out

📅 November 1-8 | Longboard All inclusive Surf experience
🏝️ All Surf Levels
📍Right next to BALI, INDONESIA taken in Bali, Indonesia. Island of Gods by @facingblankpages

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😮‍💨 Surfing got so much more fun when i started:

🌊 Focusing on FEELING the wave instead of overthinking every move. It's a think less - feel more kinda vibe.

🌊 Moving with the ocean instead of resisting it. Surfing is a relationship between the masculine and feminine energy; strentgh and flow.

🌊 Trusting myself and committing to waves – no more doubts. The more you trust yourself, the more you flow with intuition. The more you flow, the more you take the right decision out there.

🌊 Taking deep breaths on the side and connecting with the Ocean when i feel nervous or overwhelmed – no need to rush, take a moment to calm the body and clear the mind.

🌊 Embracing wipeouts as a fun and silly part of learning – every fall is an opportunity to let go.

🤪 OK just 1 more cos this is importand: NOT Taking myself so seriously. Surfing (or life) is meant to be fun, free, happy. It's the idea of performing good that is making you have bad sessions. When you shift this pressure to having fun, you can make the best out of anything.

🦹🏼‍♀️ The moment I shifted my mindset, everything truly changed. Sure it took time, lots of commitment and hours understanding why i was feeling this way and where the frustration was coming from.

✅ Now when i get triggered in the surf, i can shift back to feeling good in less that 5 min and fully enjoy the rest of my session.

Can you relate to these ? 🙋🏼‍♀️🌻💙

Caltured by @lastwavelombok
Cover @valiagontard taken in Bali, Indonesia. Island of Gods by @facingblankpages

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2 years ago

💔 On Sept. 27th, 2006, I lost my dad to suicide.

✴️ Comment "LET GO" to watch the full video

Surfing is my greatest therapy, it healed my soul forever and the ocean teaches me to ride the waves of grief. It's where i feel closest to my Dad and where i transform pain into compassion.

Grief is not about loss, it's about LOVE.

❤️‍🩹 If you are struggling with loss or mental health, remember that healing is possible, keep moving forward, seek for help, allow yourself to feel, you are not alone.

✴️ How surfing helped me heal my grief ✴️
WATCH FULL VIDEO ON YOUTUBE taken in Bali, Indonesia. Island of Gods by @facingblankpages

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a year ago

🤪🥹 I used to be such an angry surfer when I was learning how to surf. I was so serious in the water, so tough on myself.

Looking back, I realize I was constantly trying to prove myself.

But to whom? Only to myself. Nobody cared if I could do it or not. Nobody was telling me I wasn’t good enough.

😒 The only person judging me was me.
The only person watching so closely was me.

Isn’t that kind of insane?

So it’s time to upgrade your inner self-talk and start hyping yourself up. What if, for a little while, you let all those mean thoughts go?

Have more fun. Be silly. Fall and laugh about it. Let things be messy. Stop worrying about being judged. Because aurfing is your hobby, not your job.

Next time you surf, practice being your own hype person instead of your own biggest critic.

Tell yourself: “That was sick!”
Laugh when you fall.
Celebrate the little wins.
Stop taking yourself so seriously.

I’m pretty sure it will make your day so much better, and your surfing so much more fun.

✴️ Because the moment you loosen your grip on all that criticism, pressure and resistance in your mind, you create space for freedom, fun and joy.

And little by little, you start feeling more like yourself again ❤️‍🔥
Try it during your next surf session and let me know how it goes.

Captured by @oceandrift_ taken in Bali, Indonesia. Island of Gods by @facingblankpages

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13 days ago

The wave of my dreams 💎
Captured by @oceandrift_ by @facingblankpages

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14 days ago

Colors to heal my soul 🩵🐚
Captured by @valiagontard taken in Bali, Indonesia. Island of Gods by @facingblankpages

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15 days ago

TRUST YOURSELF ❤️‍🔥
Captured by @alena_everafter taken in Bali, Indonesia. Island of Gods by @facingblankpages

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16 days ago

Allow yourself to feel 🩵

We took these shots with @liaturiano in the Mentawais after a long surf. A storm was coming and the rain started falling. Everyone was tired, but we had to sit in the rain and shoot. The moment, the mood was just too perfect. Now this moment is gone and I miss it.

Be in the present moment, feel deeply, dance in the rain, slow down, live a little to embrace what is here now. taken in Botik Resort Mentawais by @facingblankpages

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a month ago

🔥😮‍💨 This board flies like a kite

Forever riding my fav TOWN BIKE 9'4 @thomas_surfboards_indonesia taken in Botik Resort Mentawais by @facingblankpages

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a month ago

🏄🏼‍♀️ ALL LEVELS SURF RETREAT ➡️ Comment SURF to get the last spot for November 1•8

Surf stoke and a heart full of laughters is what you bring home from our retreats. For anyone in search of adventures, a deep reset and some fun times.

📆 November 1•8
📍Right Next to Bali - JAVA ISLAND
🌊 All Inclusive surf experience taken in Bali, Indonesia. Island of Gods by @facingblankpages

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a month ago

❤️🔒 Love this wave so much

Captured by @oceandrift_ by @facingblankpages

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a month ago

⚡️💆🏼‍♀️ Shampoo lounge
Captured by @oceandrift_ by @facingblankpages

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