Sasha van Aalst (1987) is a bread maker, daydreamer, slow storyteller, lover of flowers, a good cook, gift giver (who cannot keep surprises), host, goofball, friendly farmers market salesperson (smiling), a wannabe cowboy, a breather, walker, reader and a quicksilver girl with golden hair. She likes to remind people (and herself) to feel their feet (in tricky or exciting situations). She lives in Amsterdam.
Sasha studied art history at the University of Amsterdam and taught yoga classes and programs there until 2020. She has a way of gathering all the elements of a space and binding them together, a host of sorts. At the moment she is doing this at a bakery that she runs with her father, brother and others. She loves taking care of the garden behind the bakery too.
She is interested in creating communal spaces and helping things run smoothly in a practical and intuitive sense. She likes to process experiences, conversations and relations in her vicinity through photographs and writing.
Some of her favourite words are: liminal, threshold, taciturn, whence, gentleness, residue, reverberation.
