French the natural way: la fête du citron

Coucou les French learners,

le mois de février touche à sa fin, the mont of February comes to an end. C’est déjà le printemps ici en Europe, it is already spring here in Europe !

Enjoy it,

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French the natural way: honor where you’re at

Coucou les French learners,

The title of today’s newsletter does not come from me. It comes from my favourite online yoga teacher, Adriene Mishler. Two weeks ago, I started the 31 days Yoga Revolution to get ready for Christmas and the 3rd day practice was Honor:

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French the natural way: the Din in the head

Coucou les French learners,

Est-ce que tu as un vacarme dans ta tête ? Do you have a din your head?

There is nothing worse than silence, it precedes the din.
Involuntary Mental Rehearsal

Last week I read this interesting article published by Jeff McQuillan about the “Din in the Head”.

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French the natural way: one story a day

Coucou les French learners,

Comment allez-vous ? How are you doing?

The weather is getting much colder where I live and I feel like staying at home, doing yoga and listening to stories!

It is freezing, it’s not wrong.

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French the natural way: the more you read…

Coucou les French learners,

I am writing to you from lovely Portugal right now enjoying the sun and the heat.

A Braga, au nord du Portugal.

Have a look at my Instagram account to see more pictures of mon séjour,

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