July Jade Circles

Join me:
This Friday 15th July
Jade Circle Level 1 with Shanti Bazaar & Full Moon in Capricorn Ritual, Celebration
All women are welcome!  
No Need to Book! just come on by, start @ 6.45 - 9.15pm @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre UK, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT

On Friday 22nd July
Jade Circle Level 2 (All women who have already come to a Jade Circle before and heard the Jade Egg explanation are welcome!) 
Activating, connecting with the fire within, with the Gypsy Kalbelian dance, all way from Rajasthan!

Please bring a long skirt (the more swirly, the better!)

No Need to Book! just come on by, start @ 6.45 - 9pm @ the same place

Looking forward to meet you, see you and dance, swirling with you! ;)

Anamarta

Segredos Ancestrais para Mulheres Modernas

Quais seriam os segredos ancestrais que proporcionavam às mulheres da Corte Imperial a sua incrível energia sexual, saúde, uma vida plena e cheia de prazer? 
Onde é que descobriram os segredos para a cura e rejuvenescimento? 
Como é que mantinham isto a nível físico: com seus órgãos sexuais revitalizados; ao nível emocional: com a harmonia interior; ao nível energético, com o poder de dirigir e reciclar sua energia? 
E como é que nós, Mulheres Modernas, podemos aprender estes segredos tão bem guardados durante quatro milénios? 
Nós, as mulheres de hoje, tão ocupadas em  gerir as carreiras, filhos, parceiros, estamos muito mais em sintonia com a nossa energia de "fazer", a nossa energia yang, que apesar de importante e necessária, muitas vezes sobrepomos em detrimento do ser, o aspecto yin, o espaço para reconhecermos emoções, o "estar" em silêncio e honrar o nosso caminho feminino.

A abordagem perante a vida naqueles tempos era: "Aproveita ao máximo!"

"Todos temos direito a 100 anos de saúde ou mais!", "Onde é que começa a Vida"?, "E onde acaba"?, estas eram algumas das questões que se colocavam na altura. Concepção, nascimento, morte tudo acontecia nos aposentos. 

A energia sexual tem o poder de criar a vida, mas nem sempre é este o propósito do acto sexual. Assim podemos usar essa mesma energia (sexual) para melhorar a nossa própria vida.

Adoptando estas práticas ancestrais, voltamos-nos para o nosso eu interior, equilibrando o "Fazer" (Yang) com o "Ser"(Yin).

O segredo mais profundo, apenas conhecido pela Imperatriz e suas concubinas, fortalecia os músculos internos, despertava pontos de prazer, aumentava a sensibilidade e intensificava o prazer:

O Ovo de Jade, considerado na tradição xamânica de Kuan Yin, o sémen cristalizado dos dragões, a forma mais pura do yang chi e ao ser colocado na parte mais yin do corpo, ficou coonhecido por criar uma perfeita harmonia do yin e yang, minimizando a TPM (tensão pré mestrual) e os síndromes da menopausa.

Artigo  para a revista do 'Salisbury Center' de Edinburgo - que recebeu o workshop do Jade Circle

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* Faeries & Trees *

Just arriving from Fairy Land for hosting our Jade Circle workshop in Dublin, what a magical time.
I was reassure that the fairies exist! And I even become 'officially a fairy'!...  I passed 'my test' apparently (thinking I was just going to facilitate a workshop ;) and was honoured with a ceremony and a warm welcome from the Fey realm.
On the right with the gifts from the fairies, the wings and wand...
Interestingly enough I read this a few years ago in Dancing Shadows and being there, I can confirm it:
"The Sidhe are the Faerie Folk of Ireland(...) The Sidhe apparently put up such a good fight that the Celts were suitably impressed and offered to give the Sidhe kings the right to live under the hills that are abundant in Ireland, although some of the Sidhe chose instead to dwell under the sea (sailed West). The Irish have a special feeling for the "Little People", or "Good Neighbors", and do not like anyone, especially outsiders, disturbing them."
From the same book, and coming back from India just a couple of weeks ago, how nice taking the Travelling Circles to India and Ireland... :"The worship costumes of India can be found duplicated in both Celtic religion and Celtic Faerie tradition. The offering of flowers, grain, and honey to the Goddess and God at hilltop sanctuaries is seen in both cultures. Shiva is worship with gifts of milk and flowers, and this custom relates
to the Celtic tradition of leaving milk for the Fairies."

I came across 'fairy trees' these last few days: they are usually on their own in a field, and worshipped by the people who approach these trees with respect and awareness, leaving offers to the fairies with oats (fairy food, as was given to me every day in Dublin!), milk, small strings of cloth or if nothing this handy, our hair, and just after this ask for blessings. My dear Irish sister Máire explained all this and took me to a fairy tree in a sacred site, for a lovely and sparkly experience!
I read this:
Hawthorn is a wild, fierce tree-not to be annoyed by cutting its branches.
Actually I didn't find it fierce at all, but very special, filled with the fairy energy, so obviously has to be approached with consideration. From Maira I learnt as well that the hawthorn berries are known by their love properties, and here we're in Summer time, the fire element of love, linked with the heart. And I found out that these berries have been used since the 19th century to support the heart and normalize cardiovascular functions helping reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Learn more about hawthorn berries healing properties
More fairies & trees associations:
** Rowan is a Fey/Fairy/Nature being or Spirit whose wood is prized for magical charms.
** The fragrance of the lilac tree aids passage between Fey and mortal worlds.
** Elm is a sacred tree to the elves and the Fey. The folk name for the elm is "Elven" because elms were often growing around burial mounds and faerie hills. An important tree in both Celtic and Scandinavian myths, the elm also has a connection to the dead, and to realms of the underworld and the realm of the Fey. Great tree to get in touch with nature spirits, and using her leaves into rituals or create a fairy wand out of a fallen elm branch. In the language of the flowers, this herbal tree signifies dignity.
Adapted from Ellen Dugan.

The transition from the wood element, Spring time, to the fire, Summer time. Summer is in the air, the Summer Solstice, Midsummer day is coming in less than two weeks.
Exciting time of the year, lots of exciting things are happening in our London Tao Center!

• Great time to be outdoors, enjoy the aliveness of the nature and of yourself!

• And next time you are in nature why not practice some chi kung, activating the meridians of your body, blending with the Earth energy beneath and the energies of the Heaven above, connecting yin and yang, allowing these energies to flow harmoniously within you. Here our latest chi kung video a reminder for the ones practicing already and an inspiration for the ones who would like to try. Even if you just hold the first position, embracing the tree for a while, starting with 9 breaths, you can feel a great benefit for your grounding, centering and self-empowering of mind, body and spirit.

• For the ones who learnt the microcosmic orbit, try to do it with a tree, together blending energies, getting fully charge with the tree energy. Just remember to present yourself first to the tree, they have energy field (aura) as we do, so after presentations and if things are flowing nice and smoothly between you, you can then approach the tree and ask to practice the microcosmic orbit with her, if you have a yes, go for it and enjoy it!

For the ones who would like to learn to activate their microcosmic orbit, chi kung and the Taoist foundation practices join us for the Step1 - Harmony of Yin & Yang, in the last weekend of this month.

© Anamarta

What a wonderful welcome back!!

Thank you dear women, Goddesses, sisters for your presence in this Special Jade Circle, which so much felt as a lovely welcome back to London!
Wonderful to have a full house with beauties from all over the world; coming just not from London, but Brighton and up north...
And thank you Vicky for bringing the cake, making our Circle gathering so complete and delicious! ;) We shared, learning from each other jade egg experiences, meditate, did chi kung, (including jade gate one), pampering and hang out with our tea circle. :) Embracing sisterhood and enjoying the Divine feminine within!

With much joy & delight

Anamarta

Back in London!! Special Jade Circle - Level 1 & 2 together

Hello!
Hope this finds well and taking the most of the Spring time, allowing its predominant green colour of health and life, and the fragrance of the the flowers to inspire to fulfil your dreams, to enjoy yourself. Allowing your body to receive this sensuous awakening of the nature and remembrance of how good its to be alive in our temples, our bodies, in our mind, in our spirits and their journey!
I'm back in London, after an amazing Indian Tour... 
I look forward to share this energy with you!

Join me tomorrow - Friday 20th May
Special Jade Circle
All women are welcome!
No Need to Book! just come on by, start 6.45 - 9.15pm @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre UK, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT

The Travelling Circle next stop is in Dublin, Ireland:

Jade Circle workshop - The Harmony of Yin & Yang

Friday 3rd June - Free Introductory Talk - 7 to 8.30pm (Open to All Women)
Saturday 4th thru’ Monday 6th June 2011 - 10am to 5.30pm
Click here to learn more
Just 2 more places available!
Sign Up Now!
€257 / £217
Questions? Contact:
Maira at: +353 863612102 or Email or Email me

Anamarta

Blossom with the Spring!

I'm quite excited writing to you and feeling these high energies in the air... Spring, the Equinox this Sunday, this energy of renewal and rebirth, and the Full Moon tomorrow will be really close to the Earth, such a powerful one, and biggest for two decades!
This Full Moon in Virgo occurs just before Ostara reinforcing this transformational energy.
How do you feel about that?
Do you noticed the changes in nature?
The trees start to sprout, the flowers blossoming, the animals getting more busy preparing their nest and making themselves heard.
Spring is coming with the wood element, plant life. The direction is the East where things begin.
** Why not start this new cycle of the year and maybe of your life with a celebration?

Different traditions emphasise that the circle is a sacred space where those present gather to encounter the Divine. In the Circle everyone is equal, 'casting a circle' (even unconsciously) creates sacred space to work, meditate, heal, create and commune with your inner self and spiritual realms.
This is just what we did last weekend, the 3-days Jade Circle workshop, the circle symbolising the mysterious feminine and allowing space for its celebration and blossoming.
Check the post below to see the beautiful and glowing faces!

• I encourage you to cast your own circle, create and honour if you've already created your sacred space, a space just for you, and never shared except by invitation. Meditate upon the renewal and rebirth the Spring brings and the Full Moon energy in Virgo, review what you have achieved, separating the wheat from the chaff, having a sort-out of the things you want to finish and what you want to start, thinking in which area of your life you want to put your energy for it to blossom and give its fruits.

The wood element is linked with your liver and its virtues of kindness, generosity, forgiveness, self-acceptance, and in sexual terms - desire.
How do these virtues speak to you at this moment?

• Look inward into your liver and give it a smile; and with the smile on your face breathe in the green light of the ancient healing forest and claim these virtues, listen what they say to you...

"Constant kindness can accomplish much." Starting with kindness towards yourself.
"Remember that generosity is a talent and a virtue that comes from dropping the fear of scarcity and from trusting Great Mystery" Jamie Sams.
Forgiveness starts with self-forgiveness, and we forgive we're free...
By finding self-acceptance, acknowledge all aspects of your self, just not your personality, but also your body, accepting yourself as you are with all your perfection and imperfections, you can embrace your potential and inspire others to do it as well.
When fulfilling our deepest desire, we feed our heart and soul.
Daily we have opportunities to practice all these virtues!

Every little helps. Sending love & light to Japan.
With a click to make a donation, please feel free to spread the word, together with the love & light from our hearts.

My partner Kris gave an interesting interview on Paranormal Radio click here to hear, where he talks about Taoism, the shamanic and sexual practices, astral travels, from his new ebook Taoist Medicine Wheel - Tao of the Shaman.

© Anamarta

Amazing Jade Circle Workshop!!

What an amazing workshop!! My heart its still vibrating with much happiness from last weekend!
Again we had a cocktail of different cultures and backgrounds from all over the world, coming from all parts of UK, from Scotland, to Kent...
These lovely women who embrace this journey with such commitment towards their Divine Feminine, courage and grace! What a blessing to hold this space where the mysterious feminine can blossom to the full!
The same I felt from all present, what a pleasure to witness that! A powerful new group of Jade Goddesses who brought me so much inspiration and insight. Thank you all!
Was a three days journey with much depth, transformation, enjoyment and laughter. Wonderful!!

Here the beautiful and glowing faces:

:) Keep smiling & shining... and s... ;)

** Thank you for your feedback **

• "A beautiful, nurturing, powerful and gracious workshop. Anamarta led us safely through the foundations of a powerful process to awaken the divine feminine within. I give thanks for such a pleasurable experience. Thank you.x"M.F.
• "I loved the weekend, it was very helpful, great practice, great way to teach it. I really liked the way in which you approach the teachings in a simple but inspirational way, very open, leaving space to integrate and take what we need. I loved the music, the dancing ..."C.G.
• "A wonderful, inspiring workshop! I enjoyed every part of it, and it helped me to start my journey to find more about myself, my feminine side and my inner resources! Thank you so much! You are very enthusiastic inspiring teacher! fun and serious at the same time! I feel very inspired to carry on!"J.K.
• "Such a beautiful held space. I felt safe and respected, but also inspired, motivated and challenged. The pace was perfect, and I feel that we covered a lot but also had time to rest. Anamarta was a goddess!"T.L.
• "Dear Anamarta what to say? Thank you so much. My body and soul are very happy and grateful for this teaching, experience, energy and healing. Bless you."S.S.
• "A beautiful 3 days once again! Thank you Anamarta for holding such a bright and happy space! Loved working with all you beautiful ladies, it was a pleasure :) Feeling so much love energy, and enjoying to take it home :) Namaste and In lake'ech."M.S.
• "Anamarta- what can I say. You have given me such a wonderful gift. Thank you. Your energy is beautiful and you are a beautiful person. Keep doing/being who you are...xx:)"M.J.
• "I loved your workshop and the way you directed, it was really magical and special!!something has been opened in that circle and I´m feeling its power, it´s great!!...It has been really complete. Its deserved for me to come all this trip has been amazing!! Muito obrigado por teu amore, tua compasion e tua originalidade..."M.E.

Anamarta

HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!!

Today the international women's day celebrates one century!

In this last two years I've so much enjoyed to take this opportunity to honour all of you, women I know and even the women I don't know yet, with much delight, joy and admiration.
As you probably know already you are an expression of the universal archetype and you deserve to be honoured as such!
This special day, when from the last 100 years women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate their Day.
I wish you a lovely day to be celebrated in a lovely way, even just inside your heart! Share your gifts and yourself with the world, spread your special feminine essence with joy and delight!
Something that may inspire you:
"...balanced female energy is not envy or catty; it is sisterhood, content to enjoy and share the goodness with others, express joy for others. Woman energy without games or control is a beautiful experience, it is a freedom of love without jealousy. You might look at the joyfulness of the receptive side of your nature. Have you given yourself a gift recently? Have you received any messages in your dreams, thoughts, meditations? Flow with the water of the Universe...this is the way of balanced female-receptive energy. Honour it! In doing so, you will discover the power of woman."  Otter - Woman Medicine, Medicine Cards by Jamie Sams & David Carson.

In celebration & sisterhood

© Anamarta

March Jade Circles

Join me:

This Wednesday 2nd March
Jade Circle Level 1
All women are welcome!
No Need to Book! just come on by, start @ 6.45 - 8.45pm @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre UK, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT

On Wednesday 23rd March
Jade Circle Level 2 (All women who have already come to a Jade Circle before and heard the Jade Egg explanation are welcome!)
Welcoming the Spring within-renewal and rebirth. Focus on the 'green' Jade Egg healthy and powerful exercises!
@ the same time @ the same place

Look forward to see you & meet you!

Anamarta

Celebrating the sacred feminine and unveiling its mystery!

Magic definitely happen when women get together...
What a special and powerful day celebrating the sacred feminine and unveiling its mystery!
Thank you for the inspiring and amazing present who sparkled their wisdom and Inner Goddess with so much grace!
Such a bless to hold the space for Divine Feminine to be honour and manifest. Unfolding gentleness, inner knowing, sisterhood, receptivity and all the best of the yin qualities.
Our shining and lovely photo say it all:

Thank you for your feedback:

• "An excellent, nurturing and feminine environment. Thanks Anamarta for creating a sacred space. ...such a powerful workshop...and lovely people too!" M.F.
• "Thank you for an amazing experience and new discoveries! I really enjoyed this beautiful way to myself, divine sensations and looking forward to being here again!" G.D.
• "This workshop is a real treat for any woman and Anamarta is inspirational and amazing teacher who shares her beauty, wisdom and experience in the most natural and sensual way. Thank you for sharing your magic and helping women to connect with their deepest essence." D.V.
• "A beautiful day with beautiful people. Very creative and full of fun and inspiration. Thank you!" K.T.
• "Thank you Anamarta. I feel: ***"E.B.
• "What a fun day! I leave feeling energised once again! I see light in everybody's eyes :) Thank you! Namaste and Lak'ech." M.S.
• "I found the workshop nice to strengthen my energy and chi just what I needed I benefited most from the Meditation which was very deep and I feel opening and transforming for my spirit."D.L.
• "Thank you for being a beautiful person inside and out - its been a real honor and pleasure getting to know you. The day has been I fell the continuance of a journey for me, I am so glad I finally come!" A.R.
• "Just totally what was meant to happen just now. Lovely goddesses. My deer came back!' S.W.
• "Thank you - so rejuvenated. I have lots fun and loved sharing it all with beautiful Goddesses. Bless you...x" S.S.
• "Inspiring and fab workshop. I did enjoyed a lots and learn new practices with Anamarta*. Thank you. Hope carry on practice this ancient knowledge here." S.C.

Anamarta

!! CeLebRaTing 2 !!

I'm back from India, after two months of inspiration and renewal and looking forward 2 see you and meet you! :)
We started this 2nd month, with the New Moon on 2nd, and yesterday the New Year of the Rabbit, female energies are in high!
February is a special month for us! I'm celebrating 2 years of writing newsletters to you, 2 years of Jade Circle Blog.
As a celebration month I'd love to see you all, the ones I saw two months ago and the ones I saw last year, or two years ago!
As February is itself NR 2, the lunar number, believed to be very feminine and receptive.
Let's start the Rabbit New Year in the greatest way!... Unveiling the mysterious feminine! Celebrating ourselves!
"Rabbit brings a year in which you can catch your breath and calm your nerves. To gain the greatest benefits from this time, focus on home, family, security, diplomacy, and your relationships with women and children."
Here we go!
The rabbit is said to be gracious, peaceful, gentle, virtuous and financially lucky. It's a symbol for mercy, elegance, amiability and worship of beauty.
According to the Chinese tradition, it's a welcome move into a more placid time after the ferocious year of the Tiger!

The highlight of this month of celebration will be on Sunday 27th, with the Awakening Your Inner Goddess Workshop...Follow Your Inner Wisdom! A special workshop to celebrate and embrace the Yin Peak of the year!
We're celebrating the love of Valentine's with the couples workshop, Tao Tantra 1.
Celebrate love with more love!... Following in love with your beautiful self! Loving yourself unconditionally, no matter what!
The news of the year!... An Advanced Jade Circle workshop to deepen your Jade Egg & Taoist Yin practices is coming in September, I'll let you know more about it: keep posted!

I'd to take the opportunity to thank you for being part of the Jade Circle with your physical or virtual presence! This beautiful sisterhood we've been cultivating, exploring the mysterious feminine, reaping the fruits of wisdom, wellbeing, pleasure and enjoyment of being a women, and honour the Divine feminine within and its outer manifestations! I feel truly blessed for you to be part of my life and to hold this sacred circle which provides the space to grow, explore and make the most of the beauty of our feminine essence and harmony of our yin & yang energies!

"The Jade Circle gives the chance to really tune in to how I'm feeling in a way that's unique...While being surrounded by other women in such a respectful place it totally opens up a new way of being. It has amazed me just how much energy and insight can be gained by tuning into the yin energy and after all my years of 'doing'- I feel I'm receiving a profound wisdom of how to not so much 'do' and more how to 'be'. This comes from your support, wisdom and sweetness. You give us absolute permission to leave all the hard edges of the outside world at the door- and to be nourished by the space you so generously hold for us. I also feel like I'm not in London for the time we're with you...it's a great feeling!"
Thank you for sharing Christine!

• Regarding your personal practice, have you been smiling to your kidneys (Happy New Year post) and keeping them warm (Happy Winter Solstice post)?

A great way to keep them rejuvenated, (they regulate our life force and carry our ancestor chi, they play such an important rule in your sexual energy!) is to practice the kidney breathing. For the ones who learnt it, here's a reminder: keep on doing it! The ones who would like to learn or review it, together with Chi Kung exercises to keep your kidneys radiant, join me in the coming workshops!
Here a nice way to keep your kidneys clear and happy with the healing sound:

• Find yourself in a quiet place. If its not freezing outside, its lovely to do it in nature. You can be sit on the floor or in a chair, take your time to connect with your kidneys; in your mind's eye delve into the waters of your kidneys, acknowledging any fear, any nervousness, breathe in through your kidneys and let all these emotions go with the sound WHHHOOOOOO. The movement is placing your hands on your knees, round the back in a C shape and pull in the abdomen. Imagining, feeling the sound vibrating inside your kidneys; and now breathe in the blue silk filled with gentleness and wisdom and wrapped around your kidneys; visualize, imagine, feel your bright blue healthy kidneys. Give them a smile!

With all these energies of new beginning launching the month, its time to concentrate on what you wish to manifest in the coming year, or reinforce your last month's wishes!
******* Do you need to stir a bit of magic in your life? Well, magic is no more than a change of consciousness. Become the magician: embrace the feminine mystery, honor your inner Goddess and inner wisdom, trust them to illuminate your sacred path of beauty and infinite being you are!

© Anamarta

:)) Join me in in the first Jade Circles of 2011 & In 2 Celebration !! :))

Wednesday 9th February - Jade Circle Level 1
All women are welcome!
No Need to Book! just come on by, start 6.45 - 8.45 @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre UK, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT

Wednesday 16th February - Jade Circle Level 2
(All women who have already come to the Jade Circle before and heard the Jade Egg explanation are welcome!)
Embracing the Winter! And focus on keeping our kidneys nurture and strong.
@ the same place @ the same time

Look forward to see you and meet you!

Anamarta

!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

Namaste & Happy New Year!!

And Happy New Moon; yes, yesterday in Capricorn, such a good kick for the new year! This moon connects with personal ambitions, dedication, a good time to develop strong structures, set boundaries and rules.
Well, have you set your intentions for this new year?... I'm really excited about it!! And you?
As we're in the new season as well, started two weeks ago with a full moon and a total lunar eclipse!
What a start to embrace this Yin peak of the year, the Winter!
We'll have our own celebration next month with the workshop Awakening Your Inner Goddess...Follow Your Inner Wisdom!
And for the end of the season we close in grace with the Jade Circle workshop!
You can find more in the posts above.

Look upon the water element, its just amazing what water can do! The element which best describes our yin, feminine, nature.
Water is nature's shape-shifter, freezing, solid as ice, boiling to steam, flowing as teardrop or tidal wave. As plain water it adapts to any shape, fits in any container and left to its own devices always flows down to find the lowest level, a good thing to remember when "going with the flow".
Rivers flow into the ocean which evaporates into clouds which rain on the earth and refill rivers.
The water element is represent in our kidneys and genitals.
** Take a moment for yourself, time to stillness, time to just being, cultivating your yin energy.
Be aware of your kidneys, and smile at your kidneys, you can place the palm of your hands in your back, you may feel a warm feeling raising, keep smiling and breath in the blue light of wisdom and gentleness, connect with your inner wisdom. Smile at your kidneys, let your gentleness act and your inner wisdom talk.
** If you want to continue, or you can do it in another meditation, move your hands or place your hands in your womb, cover your ovaries, your uterus, your Jade Gate. Smile, feel, visualize or imagine the warm of your hands blending with the cooler water, alchemy is trigger. Smile and appreciate your Jade Gate everything it does to sustain your life, appreciate your ancestors and your descendants, appreciate one of the sacred parts of your beautiful female body, thank it for its power of creation and the pleasure it can give, and understand pleasure as opening the door of bliss in path of ecstasy.

This is a great time of the year to go inwards, connect with yourself in a deep and profound level. Allow this time to be, let go of the doing now, and just be, allow the yin energy to emerge from the depth of your inner-self, allowing your inner-wisdom to be your guide, awakening, stimulating, enhancing the Goddess within.
Is good for us to have time to retreat, "Retreat is not an act of weakness; its an act of strength. In order to access your gifts of inspiring and renewal, you must be at peace with yourself and rested enough to recognize blessings being offered." (Jamie Sams).
All the answers are inside us, we just need the time to receive the information, digest it and then apply it to our lives. Find your self-healing and self-mastery, and is what the Taoist practices are about.

Good news! The inspirational and long-awaited book Taoist Shaman - Practices from the Wheel of Life by Mantak Chia & Kris Deva North is going to be released soon! click here for the special offer! If you are into e-books you can get it here!
If you want to learn more, we're running a Taoist Shamanic Healing workshop at the end of the month.

© Anamarta

November Jade Circles!

Join me:
This Wednesday 3rd November
Jade Circle Level 1
All women are welcome!
No Need to Book! just come on by, start @ 6.45 - 8.45pm @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre UK, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT

On Friday 19th November
Jade Circle Level 2 (All women who have already come to a Jade Circle before and heard the Jade Egg explanation are welcome!)
Jade Gate breathing & Jade Egg specific exercises.
@ the same time @ the same place

Look forward to see you & meet you!

Anamarta

Embracing & Celebrating the Mysterious Feminine!

Our last night Jade Circle was magical!!
We let the full moon shine her light on us and inspire us.
Was a special evening where with all the beautiful presents we embrace and celebrated the mysterious feminine!...
...Honor the sacred waters and the Divine Feminine within and outer manifestations.

With much delight & inspiration

© Anamarta

HAPPY AUTUMN!!

I hope you're enjoying the new season and taking the most it brings!
The Autumn can be challenging, this time of change, the drop of the temperature...
A few years ago I used to say "I don't like this time of the year. It's difficult for me..." Then I realized with this kind of affirmation, I was the one creating all the 'difficulty'. So I decided: let's embrace it! I started by looking around, watch the nature, and by doing this I was amazed with the beauty that surrounds us. I even remembered how I liked to walk in the dry leaves when I was a child. (And nowadays I'm enjoying it again!) I reconnected with my inner child and I started to absorb the beauty of the leaves turning their colors, green getting yellow, orange, brown, red - its magical! I'm sharing my experience and invite you to let the beauty of surroundings inspire you too and give you encouragement to embrace this season, if you didn't do it already.
The days are getting shorter, we're going into the void, turning within, and like this embracing the yin, our female energy of stillness and receptiveness.
I like the idea, as the leaves turn their colors, we turn our thoughts within... good time to go through them and you may have some realizations or find some inspiration to do something you want to do! I'm being in this stage lately. And you?

In Taoist terms, we're now in Lung season, the guardian totem is the white tiger, the sense is the smell, the element is metal, associated with the virtues of courage, uprightness, self-confidence. Quite appropriate, don't you think?
We definitely need courage for times of change, and indeed to be ourselves. We need the courage and self-confidence to do whatever we want to do.
Last year around this time I was writing about the 'Warrior Woman' and shared a meditation you can do and develop, 'to awaken the warrior within'.
 ***To give special care to your lungs this season, as you may know already, smile at them; but why not have special attention to your breath? Be aware of it!
 We all agree that to breathe is essential to keep us alive, and the interesting thing is, we all have to stop breathing in order to breathe again! Such a nice example how yin and yang flow into each other in order to exist.
Different traditions, from Taoists to Yogis, from hypnosis to massage, they all use different techniques which involves the breath to relax or to energize.
Try this:
 *~* Slow down your breathing. When slowing down, you may find yourself deepening the breath, and this may result in a deep relaxation state.
 "Many of our modern conditions are due to the stress of modern life. Stress leads to tension, tension leads to stress, but when we relax the tension goes, and often the conditions go too." (Kris Deva North)

I was in a talk by Dr. Usha and one student asked her: "I never meditate, what do I have to do for this to become part of my everyday life?" Dr. Usha answered: "Just sit quietly and start by focusing on your breath for 5 minutes. The more you get used to it, the longer you can be in this inward state."
Here we go, just focus on your breathing to connect with yourself can be a great daily practice.
To make it more profound:
 *~* Place one hand in your heart and the other hand on your womb (in your sexual centre), close your eyes and focus on the breath coming and going through your nose. Smile and feel the connection between your sexual, creative center, and your heart, love center; the connection between water and fire, earth and heaven, yin and yang. With your breath and mind's eye allow these powerful energies to blend, and feel this internal harmony spread through all your being. Take your time to open your eyes, be fully present and be aware the mundane world will be now a reflection of your internal one!
***Take in fresh air! Walk in the park, in the forest, be in nature as often as you can, (when not possible just contemplate that tree or beautiful plant on your way to work or lunch time), I know for the ones living in the city, is not always easy, but your lungs will really appreciate!

 In the post 'Enjoying the latest Harvest time!', I wrote about the crystal Tiger Eye. This month I'm writing about the Tiger Iron, this

cousin and special crystal which is a combination of iron, Tiger Eye, Red Jasper and Hematite, the result of this is a powerful vibration of each of these minerals in their own right, amplifying and blending their effects.
 It can be a great ally for this time of the year, or anytime you need it! I tell you why: Tiger Iron is a stone of strength, stamina and courage. This strength is not only physical, but it is also of an emotional level, allowing one to feel more confident and capable of creating one's reality.
Affirmation: I am strong, confident, energetic, grounded, healthy and whole.

An inspiring and practical book related to times of changes, telling uplifting stories of individuals who have learned to face adversity and overcome challenges: "Bouncing Back - Thriving in Changing Times" - my partner Kris Deva North is a featured author with Wayne Dyer, John Assaraf, Gavin Keilly, David Riklan and others.

© Anamarta

Enjoying the late Harvest time!

Hope this finds you well and enjoying the late Harvest time!
...This time of abundance, sweetness and gratitude; this time of reaping things, the things you've been cultivating in the different areas of your life. Have you?
Well, no worries, here's something to help you with that, or just positively reinforce it:
We're in the yin peak of the moon, the new moon. Such a great time of rest and planning for new beginnings! And from here until the full moon, take the most of this energy of new beginnings and new undertakings, new growth, bringing things in, regeneration, give thanks.
Time to set new goals and review old ones for both the long and short term. Put ideas in motion, become engaged, make long term relationship plans. It can be a starting point for kicking that bad habit, or simply beginning a project.
The new moon is in Virgo, good time for: look into your health **(Do I live a happy and healthier life?); getting organised, having a sort-out, tidying, cleaning, catching up with small jobs and matters to do with your daily routine **(How do I become and stay more organised at home and at work?); study **(It is the time to start what I really want to do!); employment matters **(Can I initiate a greater sense of cooperation between my colleagues and/or employees and myself?) **(I find and get that job which encompasses my talents and expertise; or if I've one already just give it a nice fresh update!)

So this Harvest time of yellow and gold is related with the earth element. When you think about earth?...
Yes, the Great Mother, a wonderful ally, it doesn't matter what situation you have created, ask Mother Earth for assistance, and abundance will follow! Yes, it's still... Her energy of expansiveness, centering, openness, always happy to receive anything you send to her, can be a fantastic channel to discharge anything you don't want from your body - physical, mental, emotional or spiritual - and to charge your whole body with her healing, nourishing and sensuous energy! Honoring and cultivating the Divine Feminine within!
***You can use this special time of the year to cultivate as well the grounding and openness of your mind, body and spirit, centering yourself in your own power, and like this use your own power to create your own destiny."In learning to ground, you are placing focus on your thoughts and actions and slowing to a place that assures completion." Jamie Sams.
The associated organs are the stomach, and do you know this meridian runs through your nipples and ovaries? Important connection with your sensuality and sexuality. And the spleen which has the energy of nurturing and caring, following the nature of the earth element.
A easy way to keep your spleen radiant, with virtues that shine out to the mundane dimension, is by doing the healing sound and simply smiling!:)

• Sit quietly and connect with your spleen, place your hands on your lower-left ribcage, delve into your internal universe: the spleen is the center. Follow this, bring up any worries, stress, anxiety which are bothering at the moment and breathe them out with the healing sound Hooooooooo (a guttural sound), while pressing the fingers under your left ribs and leaning slightly forward, breathing all these emotions out to Mother Earth. Then, allowing the sound to vibrate in your spleen, breathe in this golden silk and wrap all around your spleen, visualize it, imagine this gold radiant and healthy spleen filled with the virtues of serenity, centering, openness, fairness, grounding. And smile at your spleen and be serene!

A great crystal to support during this time, or whenever you need to awake or stimulate these aspects in your life, is the Tiger Eye, with its gold harvest color. And remember we're in the year of the tiger! Tiger Eye grounds the energy of the Solar Ray into the Earth. This is an excellent stone to keep centered and grounded, assisting in accomplishing goals, recognizing inner resources and bringing clarity of intention. It energizes the body to accomplish the imperatives of the will. Can be carried as a protective stone. Balances yin-yang, teaches the balance between extremes and the underlying unity behind apparent opposites. It enhances your connection with your personal power, fosters self-confidence and supports general vitality.
Affirmation: I act with confidence, clarity, balance, fairness, enthusiasm and strength.

I'd like to congratulate Sarah and my brother Nuno for the new little tiger in this world: Sol Rafael Banks da Silva Antunes born on 27th July at 3.59, just when the day was starting, with 3,584 kg. I'd like as well to express our delighted joy and gratitude for making Kris and me such a happy auntie and uncle! :))

© Anamarta

Special Jade Circle in August!

Was with no doubt was a Special Jade Circle!! Such a lovely night we had!
The extra time allows us to more sharing, practice and 'hanging out' a little bit more with our tea circle. ;)
Such inspiring women which make the feminine pool of knowledge so interesting and rich! Thank you all!
A special appreciation for the ones who did the effort of coming from Manchester and the ones who drove across the city.

Look forward to see you again!

With delight & much joy

Anamarta

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Level 1 & 2 together - All women are welcome!

Join me on Wednesday 4th August
No need to Book! just come by, from 6.45 to 9.15pm @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre UK, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT

Look forward to see you and meet you! =)

Anamarta

Inner Beauty OuTer Radiance!!

The fire, yang energy is out there! Time of doing, what have you been doing for yourself this Summer?...  
Yes, its important when doing a lot, to have yourself on the top of the list 'To Do'. And of course you are always worth it for a treat or pampering time. Every time I have an opportunity I do it so! This includes cultivating your beauty, which starts by cultivating love, joy and happiness!
The secret of true love is to be lovable. LOVE Yourself, let the energy of love flow within you and be expressed in your outer world.
Joy!=) Every day do something that gives you pure joy, which happens when our heart smiles! And your face follows your heart, contributing to your natural beauty!...  
For a few beauty tips click here and benefits of smiling click here.
Happy people shine!...Notice in yourself when you're happy! Be happy! Get happy! Positive emotions have been linked to a lower risk of coronary heart disease. Also boosts your immune system, enabling it to handle stressful situations better.
Definitely true beauty comes from inside, but we are also allowed to be beautiful on the outside too, after all our body is the temple of our spirit!
"The body is fundamental and necessary for the realization of the Divine intention" (Rumi )
One of the things that really applied to me with the Taoist practices is the care and importance of the body as the soul, the important balance of physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual.
You already know you've to give special attention to your heart this season.
**Keep smiling to you heart... :)

***To let go the heart (negative) emotions, to cool down your heart heat do the healing sound.
Focus on you heart, delve into it and acknowledge any feelings of impatience, apathy, cruelty and hatred, breathe in from your heart and breathe out all these feelings with the heart sound HAWWWWWW. As the sound vibrates in your heart inhale now in the fresh red light of love, joy, happiness, laughter, honor, radiance and enthusiasm. To add the movement, when you breath out raise your arms and clasp above the head, then lean to the right.

***Do you know grapes are the heart's best friend?  
Being rich in vitamins A, B and C, besides proteins, carbohydrates, iodine, phosphorus and flavoides, grapes protect the heart against stroke, help clear clogged arteries and regulate the levels of cholesterol in the blood. Also improve the functioning of the kidneys and liver! But just be aware the green or white grapes do not have the same effect of the black or red grapes, because it does not contain flavoides - substances that act as anti-inflammatory and help in the protection of every organism against free radicals that cause aging.
*Grapes promote fertility and mental power and...
...you can use to clean your skin!
**Cut two large grapes in half horizontally and remove the seeds, rub the grapes all over your face in circular motions. Rinse and dry with a towel.

***Good news: chocolate protects the heart! Of course chocolate is just good only when consumed in moderation, the ideal is 30g to 50g per day of dark or milk chocolate. But experts say that one piece of dark chocolate a day can benefit the heart, as its high in antioxidants called polyphenols, that prevents the fats in the blood vessel walls, (is good for men's libido too!). And the chocolate is often associated with feelings of joy, happiness and well-being!

***If you don't like chocolate or grapes, maybe green tea is the best option for your heart! It is known that green tea has medicinal features that lower the levels of cholesterol, improves blood circulation and reduce the risk of stroke.

Ah! What was my treat and pampering this Summer? 
Well a few, contra-balanced with lots of doing... But the best one was the Lomi Lomi Nui massage, this lovely Hawaiian massage I received from Goddess Jusytna! Amazing! Such a delicious, relaxed and nurturing time I had. I recommend it. 

© Anamarta