My stay in Portugal didn’t only lead to wisdom from INAC’s handbalance teacher, Mauricio Jara (check his interview here). It also lead to meeting his students, a whole bunch of likeminded people with very interesting stories. One of them, named Neven Gerenčir, I had been following for quite a while. I was really looking forward to meeting him, because I had seen how he flipped his life around through handbalancing, running away joining the circus.

In this interview Neven tells us all about how handbalance changed his life and himself as a person. For me, he is a perfect example of how handbalance can be so much more than just an activity or a skill. For many of us (me included, obviously) it can be a means to connect with people, who appreciate you the way you are and understand you. It can be a means to get in touch with yourself and literally help you stay mentally and physically sane through it’s meditative and focused, body and mind connecting characteristics.

Before we shot the interview I wasn’t really aware of the background of Nevens decision to join circus school, so I was even more touched and inspired, as I learned about it while talking in front of the camera. I believe there are many people out there with similar stories, not fitting into the “normal” world, wondering what’s wrong with them, being stuck in a small world of limited thinking. If you are one of those people, I really do hope that Nevens story gives you a grasp of how awesome the world can be. How everything can change, only because of the people and the environment around you. In a way, I can very much relate to Nevens Story, since I had a similar experience, leaving my home with Ivo and heading out into the world in a search for likeminded people who simply loved being upsidedown, across the globe. Before leaving Vienna, both of us felt the same. We couldn’t fit in and somehow we knew there was something out there. Something much better and worth exploring. And eventhough we’re back in Vienna now and decided to build our new homebase here close to our family, the world has completely changed for us. It feels like we’re living in a different place than we were before.

After hearing about Nevens story and having gone through my own I’m now really curious: what’s your story? Can you relate to this interview? Let us know in the comments below!

If you want to know more about Neven, go follow him on Instagram (@neve_ger):

https://www.instagram.com/neve_ger/

I am so happy about meeting Neven, Mau and his other students at INAC. It was such a warm place that totally felt like family. If you are in a similar place like Neven was, longing for this environment of likeminded people, maybe you should check out INAC! They’re now open for applications until May 2019 for the next term starting in the fall of 2019.

This is their website: https://www.institutonacionaldeartesdocirco.com/

As always, thank you so much for watching and supporting our content!

The world is your playground, so just go ahead and do whatever you love!

-Soundschi

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First time I saw a post of Mau Jara on Instagram (@maujara) just a few months back, I was amazed. This guy was staying on his hands forever, was jumping onto his hands on tables and playing around. And it looked as if all the strength moves were just another random thing for him. At that point I thought: where has this guy been all this time I’ve been connecting with people about handbalance??

Mau is so humble. So I connected with him on Instagram and I knew I had to meet him. We flew out to Porto, where he teaches handbalance at the circus school INAC to be and study with him for a few days. He was so nice and welcoming. He even let us stay with him and his wife in his apartment. Maus devotion as a teacher and his understanding of individual needs is outstanding. And just as he gets creative in his own practice and performances, he also gets creative in searching new ways to make handbalancing understandable to his students. I learned so many new things being around him and studying with him and his specialisation students at the circus school.

The whole environment of the circus school felt so much like home. It felt so good to hang out with people who love the same things I do and have the chance to explore that world. INAC is a farely new school that opened it’s doors just a few years ago. And they’ve been growing and expanding. Right now they have a new huge training space with lots of space to work on skills, acts and artistic development. The people there are like a family and it’s easy to connect and make friends. It’s definitely a place I can see myself visit more often.

As always we decided to capture some of the insights in an interview. And here you have it!

In this one I included questions I got from several people on Instagram who knew I was going to do this interview with him.

Links for more information:

If you want to know more about Mau, go follow him on Instagram and Facebook:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maujara/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mau.jara.7

If you’re interested in joining the circus school, here’s the link below with all the info about them:

website INAC: https://www.institutonacionaldeartesdocirco.com/

A big big THANK YOU to Mau, Amanda and everybody else at INAC, for making our stay so wonderful!

The world is your playground, so just go ahead and do whatever you love!

-Soundschi

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