*** Fairlyland 2013 workshop! ***

This year the Ireland Tour started with a a full house Talk on Sharing the Taoist Practice, with my beloved partner Kris Deva North (who came along to facilitate a men's workshop which had the biggest attendance ever!), at the Buddha Bag, hosted and received with warm Irish hospitality.
Another brilliant workshop in Dublin!! The first Jade Circle workshop 2013, fully booked with 13 fairies, not just Irish ones, but also Polish, Ukrainian and Spanish; and in this wonderful Circle we had a mother and daughter and two sisters... SO inspiring!...
Fairyland I love you, with all the beautiful open heart people that cross my way while there, thank you lovely women, Jade Fairy Goddesses! 
And last but not least: I love you thank you, thank you I love you my dear organiser, sister and my first Jade Circle facilitator Máire!

 Thanks a million for your feedback!

*** "Beautiful, inspiring workshop. Was blissful, I'll continue the practice as is so practical as well as beneficial. Thank you so much for bringing this beautiful life-changing practice to Ireland and sharing it with us!" D.M
*** "...The whole weekend was a beginning and continuation of a journey. Thank you for holding a safe sacred space where I could truly experience myself as a woman. It was very special. I believe is more to come and hoping to see you in further training." L.R.

*** "Thank you for a beautiful nurturing workshop which has helped me on my wonderful journey as a woman. I look forward for what lies ahead." E.M.
*** "Beautifully held, rich teachings given with dignity + presence. Thank you for caring + passing on these ancient traditions." Y.L.

*** "A beautiful experience beautifully facilitated. Great to spend heartfelt time with a group of Goddesses. Thank you!!" R.M
*** "You are such a joy to be around. Really inspiring. Feminine, grounded, fun, smiley. I found the workshop so joyful, beautiful and informative. Can't wait to put the practice into my daily routine and experiment what works for me - what a wonderful message. The divine feminine." L.M.

*** "It was an absolute pleasure - spiritually, emotionally and physically! Connecting with your beautiful energy brought me back to myself. Powerful, direct and gentle teaching going where it's suppose to be going! Thank you for sharing your great gift of real teaching!Hope to see you again soon!" K.R.
*** "I found this workshop brilliant and so inspiring. How big benefits it can bring to my relationship with myself, my femininity and sexuality. Over all I love the teacher, group and this topic." I.B.

*** "You made these few days very special. Thank you for being a great teacher full of fun and acceptance for everybody. I love your ability to see the beauty in all people and their potential." A.B.

*** "...An angel sent from heaven, an inspiration for all women and the beauty of the practice, I am so empowered... Anamarta's teaching is so sensual, understanding, full of wisdom and beauty. Thank you for coming my path on my journey, a total pleasure." A.M.

*** "I really enjoyed the workshop. My womb and Jade Gate are very grateful and are celebrating. I look forward to practice and learning more." A.E.
*** "Thank you so much for your teaching, you are a very special woman, so youthful, and  such maturity, you are an inspiration to all women in the world." L.E.
 
*** "The depth of your work, the light of your work, the love of you work is a force in this world. A force that promotes healing and wholeness, exploration and discovery for each of us to access our greatest selves, and to celebrate and delight in being a woman. As always I felt inspired by the workshop, grateful for the opportunity to deepen the practice. And to be present for the blossoming of a beautiful group of women.Thank you." M.G

 (: And here the photo of the two groups and in it were 4 couples and in the men's group two brothers and an uncle and nephew, nice!... :) 

Anamarta

***~ Snake Year & 2013...! ~***

Happy Snake Year!! 

Yes, she is approaching with the Dark (New) Moon this Sunday 10th! Dragon sheds wings, claws, horns and beard to slither into Snake, signifying renewed hope for a better tomorrow ... a New Year for a New You - a Chinese New Year Evolution!

The Water Snake, a truly feminine year in all respects! Embracing the yin qualities, innate to us women, (and men have them too, in a different proportion, but they have as well their yin, feminine side as we have our yang, masculine side), the mysterious, the intuition, the sensual.  

The secretive, deep and powerful Snake, full of silent wisdom, which sometimes can be misinterpreted and feared. The Snake who feels and senses its way through life, in the mundane the planner, in the spiritual represents rebirth as it sheds its skin; as well the one who raises cosmic awareness, connects with the source of life, the unknown and the magician within, and magic is no more than a change of consciousness!

"The nature of the deeply feeling Snake year is  gradual and gathered strength, bringing a more moderate than radical year. During Snake years, our concerns turn toward inner-growth, spirituality and discovering the reasons behind things".

The Snake is naturally not just sensual but sexual, and in such a powerful way that can hypnotize, so definitely something to remember this year. Surprises, illusions, being aware that the biggest illusion is no more than what we want to believe and perceive.  Although I believe it also brings the opportunity to open up to beauty in all forms, in all places, the expression of our natural sensual and sexual selves in a pure and sacred way.

This Water Snake year brings the power to clear (shedding skin, letting go what no longer serves in all levels) and to create, new or rebirth of self; and thus paves the path to manifest your dreams! 

To reinforce this Feminine Chinese New Year 2013!!  Starting with the numerology, add 2+1+3=6 the number of love, perfect union, harmony, truth and justice, (and in the medicine cards the number of the Snake!).  "The 6 vibration is ruled by Venus and this year we are drawn to create harmony in the home, to nurture the good in ourselves and in our relationships, and to grow through our families, friendships and community. By living in right-relationship with the Earth in our everyday lives, our actions and caring will affect the whole planet in many unseen and yet profound ways." adapted by Glennie Kindred.
And the number 13, the Divine Feminine, the Goddess, us!!
2013 the return of the Goddess, and obviously that is in our hands!... "As the Maya and many indigenous elders say, it is a time to re-establish our connection with the Earth and to open our hearts to the wisdom of the feminine in order to restore a balance between the male and female energies."
13 is a special and magical number for us women as we associated with the 13 Full Moons we usually have in a year, link with 13 times we bleed (have our moontime, menstruation) during this period; as well associate with the sacred feminine, psyche power, magic, emotion in various traditions, from ancient times to modern ones.

I think for the reasons above this number has been seen as well as 'bad luck' for some, a myth that started essentially from dark ages of patriarchal in church and politics when they use to burn women for their medicinal and psychic powers. And you believe or not the the witch craft act was repealed in UK just in 1953!!...
A turtle, which represents the Earth Mother, the Goddess in Native American, for the Chinese symbol of wisdom, as actually 13 segments on her shell!...

Going back to the Snake, as it is powerful totem even deified in different ancient cultures across the world, and almost all agree that Snake is a symbol of rebirth and renewal. I can share what I learned with the Kalbelia people, the snake charmers, Sapera (known as 'Jogi'  nomad people) caste of Rajasthan, North India, where I spend some time and live with them while I'm learning their sensual and fiery Gypsy Kalbelia Dance, in which the dancer replicate the movements of a snake to the sound of various instruments, including the poongi (the snake, cobra flute), the black dress she wears represents the snake and kalbelia literally means friends of snake; for them Snake is God.  But interesting enough I came across this: "In Eastern Indian myth the Sanskrit word for snake is naga and these are associated with the element of water. Picking up water's symbolism of emotion, love and motion, nagas in this light are considered a feminine aspect and embody nurturing, benevolent, wise qualities."

In Native American tradition Snake is transmutation, the power of fire "The power of snake medicine is the power of creation, for it embodies sexuality, psychic energy, alchemy, reproduction, and ascension (or immortality). The transmutation of the life-death-rebirth cycle is exemplified by the shedding of Snake's skin." Jamie Sams in Medicine Cards.

The Kundalini, the awakening and rising of our sexual energy from the base of our spine to our crown is represent by the snake.

"Carrying this dual snake imagery a step further, we could look to the language of science. Observe the formation of DNA and how it forms a perfect, serpentine double helix. This prompts us to consider how the energetic mind is connected to the grander whole, and how it so effortlessly makes graceful connections between the basic building blocks of data with the manifestations of the natural world."

Thoth, the Atlantean who later returned as Hermes and was the father of alchemy, used the symbology of two snakes intertwining around a sword to represent healing.

Snake can indeed represent the symbolic bridge between lunar and solar systems associations as well as aspects between water and fire, of yin and yang.

Snake is a unifying force embodying infinite messages to those who are open to receive them!

I'm delighted to be so 'alightened' with all the above, sparkling with so much excitement already!  Looking forward to the Jade Circle gatherings and workshops of 2013 Snake Water Year!  And wish you: full enjoyment on your womanhood, to honour your intuition, let it to be your guide and to fulfil your wildest dreams and all relate to your beautiful feminine self (whatever this means to you, what is important is for you to feel good about it)!

Anamarta

Aloha and Happy New Year!

With a big smile on my face I'm writing this post full of news!...

New Year with New Jade Circles and more newness that will unfold in coming months.

For now, what about the Circles?

Well I had to adjust the time of the Jade Circles sessions and their prices, so please have a look below.

This Friday 11th with the first New Moon of New Year Jade Circle Level 2, what a great start! With the empowerment of the yin peak of the moon and all the energy of new beginning it brings with her!

This New Moon is in Capricorn and here a thought for some of the things is relate to:

I'm dedicated, responsible and confident in everything I undertake; I achieve my ambitions and fulfil my destiny.

I look forward to see you and sharing the Divine inspiration, beauty and empowerment I got in this last month in Hawaii as I did a pilgrimage in name of the Jade Circle (as it started as the: Taoist Practice for Women in the path of Kuan Yin), to Goddess Kuan Yin, in a magical place, where I felt deeply touched with her compassion and light (literally as I approach her the rain stopped and the sun shone out of a cloud!)... and this Yin Power was completed when I received the Yang from the Hawaiian Goddess Pele, known as the Goddess of Fire.  I worshiped Her in Her home, Kilauae Volcano, for an empowering experience, truly blessings to add to our Circle.

And while I was there with my partner beloved Kris we did a video where you can find a bit more about us, about our sharing of the Taoist Practice. The video is up in our Universal Healing Tao FB, you can like it there and indeed the page! (It's another way to keep in touch with Jade Circle events.)

We still have a month of the Dragon year, and what a strong year!...So much transformation and awareness, sparkled with surprises bringing challenges and delights...

Last year highlights, (besides all the lovely and amazing women who I had the pleasure to meet and have in the Circles & workshops):

** Having my first student, as well dear friend, fairy sister Máire Ni Ghiobaláin qualify as a Taoist Practitioner status certified to teach Jade Circle, Kuan Yin Chi Kung and beginners Tai Chi. I'm so proud of her and happy to announce that her Jade Circle in Dublin has started already with great success!!   This year the Travelling Circle first stop will be in Dublin Jade Circle workshop back in fairyland! 

** Working, sharing the practice with pregnant women (and having a few of my dear students and friends becoming pregnant), so inspiring, I absolutely love it! And started the new year with a private session with one! 

Congratulations my dear friend, Portuguese sister Ines do Vale for giving birth to beautiful Eva yesterday, bringing so much joy and happiness to my and all the others aunties' heart! :)

More News:

*** Kris Deva North's new e-book - his first work of fiction (for adults!) a collection of rather colourful short stories before Harry slipped onto the spirit-path: Love to Die For - The Outrageous Affairs of Captain Harry West before he discovered Tantra.

For an overview of these stories and free samples, click here and to hear one, click here

New Year with New Jade Circles:

Jade Circle Level 2 will be now 1,5h, as we skip the Jade Egg Holistic practices explanation, we go straight into practice and still focusing on a theme. This will be follow by the Advanced Jade Circle (for the women who have done the Jade Circle workshop, click here to learn more)

Friday 11th January - Jade Circle Level 2 - (All women who have already come to a Jade Circle before and heard the Jade Egg Holistic Practice explanation are welcome!)

Welcoming and setting intentions to 2013, taking the most of the New Moon new beginning energies and the yin peak of the moon cycle...!
No Need to Book! just come on by, from 6.45 to 8.15pm @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre UK, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT
 

Jade Circle Level 1 will be still 2h, where I present the Jade Egg Holistic Practices, which means a talk thru' it, with the opportunity to clear questions, curiosities and sharing, this includes the explanation of the Jade Egg, and then the session is follow by some practice (meditation, chi kung and our specific women practices).

16th January ~ Jace Circle Level 1 - All women are welcome!

No Need to Book! just come on by, from 6.45 to 8.45pm @ the same place

© Anamarta

Join me tomorrow for a Full Moon Celebration!

What a magical last 2012 Jade Circle, Full Moon and dear Carolina farewell, but not for long...Colombia Circle goes!... Lovely Goddesses celebrating and enjoying the Divine beauty & power of the feminine energy!...Aloha***

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Dear Ladies,

I'm writing after one season with delight and excitement!

Yes, tomorrow we've a Full Moon with a Lunar Eclipse, the yin energies going to be in high!!... But as well an alchemical explosion of energy, as the Full Moon represents the yang peak of the moon and a lunar eclipse a yin one, so how appropriate for our Jade Circle to happen, for us to gather to do some Taoist & Yin Practices, of course can not loose this opportunity for us to do a Full Moon Ritual together and then celebrate this magical special moment with some Kalbelian Gypsy Dance!  

Cant wait for tomorrow, to see you all, as this will be a farewell for this intense & exciting 2012, the Jade Circle will be returning in January 2013.

And where I have been?

The Travelling Circle took me again to India, but in this journey part of the time was for me to be a student (niice!) of my Kalbelia gypsy dance and Rajasthani folk dance, as I was living in a gypsy village close to the desert, embracing my dance deeper than ever, and is with great joy I'll be sharing it with you tomorrow.  Then came straight to teach an Advance Jade Circle Practices Retreat in Scotland countryside, magicwically land in her full power, an amazing group of women with such intense, but truly beautiful days!  The welcome back to London was last week at the Jade Circles, thank you sweet Jade Goddesses! :)

Tomorrow 28th November ~ Special Jade Circle - All women are welcome!

Full Moon Ritual & Celebration with the Gypsy Kalbelian Dance! Presentation of the Winter Shanti Bazaar with beautiful new things! 

No need to Book! just come on by, from 6.45 to 9.15pm @ The Universal Healing To Centre UK, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT - To learn more call Anamarta 07722566010 or email

£11 (£5.50 Zen Shiatsu practitioners/ students & Jade Goddesses Assistants)

Anamarta

Advance Practice Retreat in Scotland

The first Advance Practice Jade Circle Retreat took place in a magical lovely place in the heart of Scotland. Jade Goddesses from different parts of the world, based in Edinburgh and London gathered at the Lendrick Lodge. You can see 'our house' in the left, with cosy sweet rooms, a great and bright training room and beauuutiful surroundings, with a forest and a river, breathtaking views, which luckily enough, besides being November, we were able to do outdoor practices! (An album is coming soon in our FB page)

We all agreed that was an intense, but indeed transformative and unforgettable weekend!! I take the opportunity to deeply appreciate to my dearest organiser and hermana Elena for the idea and putting it together and all the Jade Goddesses for their truly inspiring and beautiful presence!! Wow, simply amazing and powerful time we shared!... Definitely a highlight of my Jade Circle year!

Here we are, glowing and smiling:

*** Thank you for your feedback ***

• "Muito obrigado, it was a perfect follow up to the first Jade Circle wshop. I think this experience really helped me to integrate more fully the practices, and mind set, into my life. It was so good to be able to share in such a lovely presence. I do love the Fusion and the benefits it brings. Also loved the journeys into the Jade Gate... Thank you so much for facilitating all this. It is a beautiful thing you do in life and you're spreading love through so many women all over the world." C.B. 

• "Powerful, Awakening, intense, tapping into DEEP knowledge within. Thank you for holding the space and enabling my trust. Love from my " S.L.

• "Thank you... you are very special and beautiful... It was healing!..." C.G. 

• "It has been my first retreat, I found it so interesting, a bit intense but I've GOT A LOT FROM IT! ... it has been a great experience to organise it. Thank you for your patience, your love and compassion, a good example to follow." E.C.

• "I feel again a very strong power in all things you teach us, and now I am feeling very grounded and with more tools to keep me carrying on. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge..." E.P.

• "Loved the retreat. Great balance of different activities. Feel really rejuvenated and uplifted from all the exercises. Thank you so much for a magical experience!" S.E

Anamarta

Advanced Jade Circle Workshop...Wow!!!

Wow, starting with the Autumn Equinox ritual and finishing with my New Advanced Practices creation, (Advance Jade Circle Part 2 for the Jade Goddesses who have learned Fusion)... So empowering, filled with compassion and sisterhood... Amazing to witness the fully blossoming of these women from all over the world!... And literally flying from Ireland (The Fairy Jade Goddesses who joined us) and Barbados!!

With the Part 2 we went further than every with the Jade Egg Holistic Practice and is with so much delightful joy and gratitude I've these sisters walking this path along with me: living the mysterious feminine and celebrating the sacred sensual feminine self! 

 *** Here the Radiant Advanced Jade Goddesses ***

 

Thank you for your feedback

 *** "Amazing workshop, I loved learning lots more Kuan Yin practices. I feel really inspired to create + explore all the Taoist tools + techniques. I feel much more connected to the shamanic aspect of the practices. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, knowledge and compassion. It was beautiful to be surrounded by other Jade Goddesses so that we can share + support each other on this enlightening inspiring journey." M.G. Dublin, Ireland" 

 *** "This month with all the workshops, as been an amazing journey for me that I cannot thank you enough was so great to repeat the workshops. Thank you." S.S. Croatia 

*** "I didn't expect so much healing...! beautiful + liberating to let go so much stuck energy + allow myself to receive. Your teaching is always so clear, instructions easy to follow and integrate. Thank you for your patience and integrity to answering questions. I really enjoyed the opportunity for us all to share and offer support. The experience of the Jade Circle workshops is unique and I treasure what I have learned from you. Thank you again" C.P. Brighton, England. 

*** "The workshop for me was again a beautiful and safe cocoon full of amazing Goddesses. The meditations took me to very deep and beautiful places even if some where unexpected! I feel my Divine Feminine strengthening and becoming more empowered, yet at the same time becoming softer and I love this! "Compassion" has now become one of my favorite words. Also I have become aware that my journey as a Jade Goddess has only really just begun and can't wait to see what comes next. Exciting times ahead...Gracias hermana!" M.A. Northern Ireland (Mexico)

 *** "Inspiring ladies comfortable to share with. Especially enjoyed dancing mix with the meditation. well paced, felt able to integrate and assimilate ever thought, this was good... Enjoyed to deepen practice and sharing with lovely ladies." R.C, Essex, England (India)

 *** "I'm so  grateful for the wonderful gift of the Jade Circle as you share your deep wisdom and shinning light .The sacred awakening of my sexuality has been beautiful since the 1st jade circle wshop and this weekend again I found so profoundly healing at a deep cellular level ...  feeling so much joy and love in my body today .I feel more connected to my essence of  love and empowerment as a juicy feminine sensual woman..." G.G. Dublin, Ireland

 

Anamarta

Edinburgh Jade Goddesses 2012***

Flying back  to London in the riding broom, after another magicwiccaly time in Harry Potter town and around!...Muchas gracias, thank you my dear organiser and hermana Elena! And what a lOvELY and powerful workshop, an amazing group of women, such a nice blended of different cultures, and coming along together, sisters and friends, not just from Edinburgh, but from London too. Thank you for your beautiful presence, really admire how all of you went so deep into your Divine Feminine selves and took with it with such light heart and humour, truly inspiring! At the end we were blessed with the Universal love, as a big smile in the sky, a rainbow, celebrating this special wshop and Jade Goddesses!

(: Here they are ;)

Thank you for your feedback

• "Love it! Practical, informative but also a lot of fun. Feel more awareness of my body in a different way from before. Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge." S.E. England/China

• "I so enjoyed the workshop. Anamarta was wonderful, intimate, professional, intelligent, and she has a real gift for teaching and creating space for such work. Someone who truly walks the path she teaches. This is what I will learn from and practical tips to my clients too. I loved every moment and will definitely come back for more. This couldn't come a better time in my life." S.L. Scotland/Italy

• "Thank you with love and compassion from my heart for this beautiful workshop. You brought your smile, laughter, love, wisdom, to teach such a sensitive subject. I feel awaken, liberated and very very happy. See you in London!" S.L. England/China

• "Thank you for this wonderful gift of these practices and the space of presence. I feel that I have given myself back my power and respect, and it feels very healing. I am very grateful that I met Anamarta and Elena." A.D. Italy/Scotland

• "Thank you very much for sharing with us your wisdom and mastery. I am very happy to have been part of this course. I think you are a very good teacher and woman, brave enough to live and share this kind of knowledge. Thanks a lot, I hope the life let us meet again. It's not easy to find a good teacher!!" E.P. Spain

• "Muitisimo obrigada, Anamarta! Foram dias de libertacao e de re-inicio para mim, facilitado pelo teu workshop. Agradeco-te do fundo do coracao todo o conhecimento e amor que partilhaste." A.B. Portugal

• "The Jade Circle workshop has been a great celebration for my rebirth, I really feel the grounding, the compassion and the great healing that this practice offers. I Love It!! Muito Obrigado!! Lets organise many more!!" E.A. Spain

 Anamarta

Jade Circle tomorrow 12th September! 12.09.12

Dear Ladies,

Here we are in the transition of the seasons, being now in the late Harvest time, or Indian Summer, the Earth Element in the Taoist calendar, great opportunity to welcome abundance in all levels in your life, to reflect on what you got from the previous season and what you would like to get from this.  As the New Moon is approaching on Sunday, here's something to relate with this time and Element that may inspire you: Enjoying the late Harvest time!

The Jade Circle Summer was fantastic!! Wonderful, special and memorable Circles and workshops, meeting new and re-meeting lovely women. (You can scroll down and see them)

We had a great Tai Chi Camp with Yin predominance, and this extended to Step 4, for the first time the Highest Taoist practice! (You can see the photos which will be updated soon in the Universal Healing Tao page in facebook - and 'Like' us there! Another way to keep in touch, as the germination of the Jade Circle Community is in a gentle deep process).

While in Wales for the Tai Chi Camp I held a Jade Circle for the local women, hosted by Taoist friend Sam, in her cosy bell tent... a real celebration of such a group of lovely and interesting women coming together, and of course, a pleasure for me to introduce to them the Jade Egg Holistic Practice. Then as they left in the night, one of the cars just dropped the exhaust-pipe, and what was my surprise when I saw these women going down to the floor (in their dresses), and in team work in 'double quick time' just fixed the situation and as they did that, applying their new learning 'smiling & squeezing"!...hehehe... Unforgettable Wales Goddesses, Wales Jade Circle!

As I got back to London had another great pleasure of facilitating for the first time a truly special and Yin Step 3 - amazing!... Check the post below, what an experience with two pregnant ladies, and witness the immediate benefits of the Chi Kung & Tai Chi for pregnancy.

Blue Moon gathering with a few Jade Circle friends and little friend (Genesi, Jacq's daughter) in the 13 trees Druid Circle in Green Park, welcoming and celebrating this special time - was sooo niiice!

Now just get ready to return to magicawiccaly Scotland, the Jade Circle workshop is happening in the Edinburgh this weekend, then follows a launch of the Jade Circle gathering for last year and future Edinburgh Jade Goddesses!  And in November for the first time an Advanced Jade Circle Retreat is going to happen in Harry Potter land!

But before that tomorrow I look forward to see you and meet you for the Jade Circle in London!!

TOMORROW 12th September ~ Jade Circle Level 1  (All women are welcome!)

No Need to Book! just come on by, from 6.45 to 8.45pm @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre UK, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT

© Anamarta

The Private Special Yin Step 3 Workshop!!!

For the first time in the 20 years history of the London Tao Centre the annual course of Fusion of the 5Elements was facilitated twice in the same year! And just for women!!  This Special Yin Step 3 was a private workshop born from a request for private teaching; then on top of this I had two dear students who asked me if I could do a Step 3, as they didn't want to wait one year to do it. So I thought, if I'm doing it for one I can do it for 3!  Two Jade Goddesses Assistants join us, repeating the workshop and supporting the other Goddesses and this resulted in a SO SPECIAL 4 days, so powerfully amazing and memorable experience with an international group of truly inspiring and lovely women and two babies in two bellies (yes we were 7!!).  Such a pleasure to share the Power of Fusion in such Divine Feminine space that was created and lived in this wonderful Circle!  Warm Thank to you all, and to Marisa who brought the idea in the first place!
And here were are...

 *** Thank you for your feedback ***

• "Thank you very much... It was a very amazing, powerful and full of fun and joyful experience! The little citizen of my Universe and I enjoyed so much the new knowledge we received, so empowering, we both going home in a nice peaceful state of our souls and bodies, which is very important in my pregnancy condition. I managed to cope with some side effects of pregnancy as swelling and restlessness in my legs." Galina & Aura (Russia) 
• "Thanks to the Universe to give me the opportunity to learn and to be here for this wonderful and powerfully beautiful workshop. Thanks Anamarta for you to came in my way... To be aware, in peace, in harmony with ourselves and the Universe, is what I'm living for, and this is what I can find here with all these beautiful human beings. Thank you sooo MUCH." Stéfani (France)
• "Thank you so much, you are my angel. This was exactly what I need in time of stress. I loved the energy and your teaching, was great to do it all over again. I feel refreshed and will be able to cope with life better..." Sanja (Croatia) 
• "The group was very present and focused. Learning was very easy, what could be a complicated step to learn just become simple and easy to digest. Good pace. Tai Chi now feels like it as improved. I feel that my meditation/exercises have progressed. Thank you." Rabinder (England/India)
• "This is a very special worksop as I wanted to continue this very inspiring practice. The first miracle that it actually happened! The second miracle I found out I was pregnant! I am sure that all the things I have learned with you this year have deeply contributed to this new beginning in my life. I have really cherish your teachings, they have truly nourishing my mind, body and soul. The Taoist way is becoming a way of life, the way home for this beauty and wisdom we carry within. Thank you for being such a beautiful inspiration!" Joanna (Holland/England)

The benefits of the Chi Kung for pregnancy felt from the first day!...Legs felt lighter, restful deep sleep and even the water retention felt improvement!

 I'm so proud of their Tai Chi!

© Anamarta

Special Jade Circles in July!

Just before our Summer break:

Special Jade Circle Level 1 & 2 Together

This Wednesday 11th July

All women are welcome!

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

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Special Jade Circle indeed! An auspicious one, we were 13, anticipating the coming lucky Friday 13th (for us women)!:)***
Blending so many new faces with the familiar 'habitué' ones! Always nice to have friends coming together and SO nice to have a niece and auntie!... The beauty and essence of the womanhood, the aliveness of the feminine tapestry!
And we had Chloe coming all way from Gloucestershire!       
In delight & sisterhood,                                  
            celebrating our nourishing and wonderfully rich Jade Circle!
LOOKING FORWARD TO:

Special Jade Circle - Gypsy Kalbellian Dance

Next Wednesday 18th July

All women are welcome! 

After various requests, I'm doing other Circle with Gypsy Kalbellian Dance, all way from Rajasthan! As well open the Shanti Bazaar for all one last time this Summer!

@ the same time @ the same place.

Looking forward to see you an meet you!

PS - The Jade Circle is back in September.

Anamarta

Amazingly bEAUtiful Jade Circle!!

I woke up this morning still vibrating with the love from last night so special and amazingly beautiful Circle!!
Welcoming the Summer within, embracing the Fire element and to make the most of it in such a small session, but so powerful!! Love creates beauty! Was so moving to feel the opening of all hearts, coming from various places (even from France, with  Stéfani coming all way!...), our unconditional love meditation was the high moment!... is no words to express what was felt in the room, maybe quoting Joanna "I felt like a rose full of beauty, full of love...".
I feel truly blessed to hold the space for such genuine feelings and experiences being shared and to witness the best of the yin, women qualities always manifesting!
Thank you to all present from the depth of my heart!  Aloha Mahalo Mahalo Aloha (in Hawaii: Thank you I Love You, I love You Thank You).
What a warm up to teach Step 2, Healing Love, this weekend! :)

© Anamarta

Jade Circle this Friday 29th June!

Dear Ladies,
Hope this finds well and enjoying the Summer time!
Well for the ones in UK and Ireland, its really the case to say the sun shines in our heart giving us warmth and light, as in the sky is just coming time to time to say hello! Although even when we don't see it, feel it in the sky, even behind the cloud is there smiling at us! :-)
Jade Circle this Friday 29th June - All Women are welcome!
After a few requests this Circle is going to be open to all women (supposed to be a level 2 for the ones who heard the Jade Egg explanation already, but like this if you're coming for the first time you can catch up with the Jade Egg Holistic Practice explanation on the Jade Circle in July).
And more requests came! After all the Circle is for you, and like this in July, just before our Summer break we'll have a special Gypsy Kalbellian Dance.

Looking forward to see you and meet you!

Anamarta

**Venus & Love**

I'm writing to you still filled with inspiration and excitement after the special events from last week! We had our Let Your Inner Beaut OuT! wshop before the Transit of Venus, a really rare and special occasion when Venus moved in front of the Sun, like a dance of the Goddess of beauty in front of her God!  The planet Venus association is more than beauty - love, special self-love, sexuality, eroticism, desire, enjoyment, fun, attraction, human unity and oness. "Venus correlates to our core being-ness, to our inner feminine or responsive consciousness, our yin energy charge, to needs and desires. The yin momentum is that of draw-in or attraction."
So this special time and rising of yin & yang energies, as the Venus symbolising the Divine Feminine and the energy of love, and the Sun the Divine Masculine and the energy of light, as these energies blend we can experience this profound harmony out in the Cosmos, in the external Universe, and we experience this in the harmony of our internal Universe and the Divine inspiration that is pouring on us!  

In the coming weeks following this Transit of Venus, you can take the opportunity to ask yourself:

** What do you find more beautiful: about your body, in your mind and in your spirit?
** What do you find beautiful in others? and where do you find beauty in general?
** What do you enjoy in yourself and in your life?
** What do value most?

Take the time to answers these questions by being still in your meditation and allow the answers to come, or write them down,

or even answer as you read them, whatever works best for you.
*** Now be aware of the clothes you choose, the music you listen to, the environments and people you choose to be surrounded with in your life – do they match with the answers to your questions?

The Transit of Venus is related as well with the Mayan calendar and of course with this uniqueness of our present 2012, the 'creative transformation' is called.  Just coming to reinforce that we're entering in a new era, the feminine qualities are rising for a balance and unity consciousness.

Can you feel it?  Can you notice the signs?

In the beginning of this year I wrote in the new year newsletter about 2012 being a feminine year - voilá!

Another aspect of these 'Venusian times', as Venus is connected with the heart chakra ("our centre of intuitive knowing, harmony, magnetic attraction, that which we value, love, romance and sexual rapture. It is where we find our capacity for compassion and appreciation of beauty"), reminding us of the importance of the heart qualities in our evolution.

Our evolution? Starts in our heart!

Yes, the energy of our thoughts and feelings affect other living beings and the Earth herself.

Open our heart to receive and give love; open our heart to the Divine Love from the Cosmos above and the Unconditional Love from Mother Earth below, letting fill our heart, open ourselves to perceive the world through the windows of our heart - and there is not greater power in the world than love!

The Taoist approach of taking responsibility for ourselves, our beliefs, our emotions, transform them , change them when necessary to create and live in harmony with oneself, and like this we can live in harmony with others and and everything else; and I believe this is the way of helping others and contributing for a better world!

This current “doorway of Venus” is especially significant because it remains open until 2012 AD, the completion our current cycle of human evolution… or as the end of a period of human consciousness conditioned by separation and duality.

I'll add to this:

In Lak'esh! (Mayan saying "I am another yourself")
Or, as Walt Whitman said:
"I Celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you" (this is just not poetic, has been scientifically proved - Deepak Chopra at LA Lecture 1995

Here we're in Summer, the season of the heart!
So many reasons to enjoy this time even more, give special attention to your heart and take the time to honor your sacred and beautiful feminine self, to deeply listen to your heart, follow it, do what feels right and your heart smile! =)
And congratulations to Gosia and welcome Milena, a testimony of the Jade Egg benefits and proprieties! As this beautiful baby girl was conceived soon after Gosia's Jade Egg initiation last year! What a delight!

© Anamarta

Inner Beauty OuT!...:)***

Our Let Your Inner Beaut OuT! workshop just happened in such perfect timing: after the fire Full Moon in Sagittarius & lunar eclipse and before the Transit of Venus, so this embrace of inner beauty for outer radiance was deeply felt and the Divine inspiration kept on pouring on us throughout the day! And what a day with the inner fire lit up the London Tao Centre, fireworks of joy, rainbows of laughter, clouds of love and happiness with a lovely group coming from the different parts of the world and uniting in sisterhood for the best of the fire qualities within each woman. Thank you for your sparkly presence!

So much power, love & beauty we celebrated!***

 * * Thank you for your feedback **

** "Empowering!! Truly beautiful day, really helped heal & empower me from within. Revitalising my mind, body & spirit. A BIG HUGE THANK YOU. " T.O.

** "Beautiful, heart-opening day. It also felt very self-nurturing and healing. Thank you Anamarta!" T.L.
** "Thank you for being such a graceful reflection of the Divine feminine. I have found today has been a very sacred experience I will always cherish. I will welcome Venus in tomorrow with your wisdom in my heart and soul. May you continue to shine bright!" J.T.
** "I liked the workshop and think that really managed to connect more with myself and my heart. Thanks for a wonderful day." A.O
** "All good! Feel very feminine, loved and nurtured in good company. I need to connect with others in this level." AM
** "Thank you with all of my heart for a wonder-full day. What a joyful & fiery exploration. Feel I have something really precious to take away. Truly inspiring & motivating. Looking forward to more - soul sisters searching & finding love, joy & peace." L.C

Anamarta