HAPPY SPRING & FULL MOON! :)

Happy Spring and Full Moon!

I'm quite excited about our first full moon of Spring, the Storm Moon rains upon us, fertile and strong, launching on the moon day, today! The full moon in Libra is promoting the energies of balance and fairness.
Seeds awaken, pushing roots into dark earth. Shoots push up into the light, and sap rises as trees break into leaf.
Day and night are balanced now. Justice means balance- balancing one set of needs against another, balancing what we take with what we give.
Spring is in the air!
Can you hear the birds singing until late or really early morning?
The earth is prepared for planting. Is the self, yes yourself, ourselves, ready to change and grow?
Spring is great to nourish your dreams that may grow strong and healthy, creating and producing the magical life you have envisioned. I always have this waking dream of what I really want ... Try it:

• Imagine waking up to find that your most cherished dream, goal has been achieved, as if by magic. How might you recognize that this happened? How would your life and surroundings have changed? Looking into the future, even as a fantasy game, can help you to define your priorities and focus on your dreams. "The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams".

***A great crystal ally for this Spring: green aventurine or in India named Indian jade.
Green Aventurine’s essence is that of the spring bursting forth after a long, dark winter. It frequency stimulates renewal on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. It balances yin-yang energy and stimulates life force, increasing physical and vibrational vitality.
This 'fresh' stone of optimism and zest of life, helps one move forward with confidence into new life situations and assists in embracing challenging issues, finding hope, optimism, and joy in daily life.

We are now in the wood element season, with the energy of birth, rebirth and renewal, the unstoppability of life, the bursting of bud through bough. This vibrant and innovative energy gives inspiration! The organ is the liver, the virtues of kindness, generosity, forgiveness, self-acceptance and desire. The color is the green, the color of health! The direction is the east where things begin. The guardian totem is the Dragon and the correspondent planet Jupiter (which has such a powerful influence in our planet!).

• One good thing you can do for your liver in the springtime is a detox. I'm starting mine in a few days! And now is a excellent time for it, in the waning moon, between the full moon and dark moon, new moon (next is on 14th April), our body is naturally taking out, purifying, detoxing; usually people can feel less hungry! This is as well a good time for healing.

Enjoy the springtime and have a happy Easter! Ostara is the time of hope, joy and share good fortune. The tradition of decorating and offering eggs. Why not give a special attention to your Jade Egg? ;)

© Anamarta

HAPPY WOMENS'S DAY!!

Namaste from India and Happy Women's Day!

Today we celebrate the international women's day and Id like take the opportunity to express my love, joy, admiration and gratitude to all the women I know and even to the ones I don't know yet. Coming on Monday, the Moon day, the time of peace, healing, caring and psychic awareness. Celebrate the sacredness of being a beautiful woman this life with Grandmother Moon and her eternal support and inspiration, with Mother Earth and Her abundant and healing energy! Celebrate the Divine feminine within and its outer manifestations! Celebrate the mysterious feminine and your intuition - "the treasure of a woman's psyche"! Celebrate with all your relations, include your sisters, ancestors and descendants! Celebrate your womanhood in the fullest, today and everyday! As a woman, you are already an expression of the universal archetype, and you deserve to be honoured as such!

A Strong & Vibrant Woman:
Is one who feels deeply and loves fiercely.
Is both soft and powerful.
She is both practical and spiritual.
And her essence
is a gift to the world.
Adapted from a poem received from dear Rachel Bavin.

In celebration & sisterhood

© Anamarta

Self-Nurturing!

Here we are, end of the month, tomorrow is the last full moon of this Winter. A couple of weeks and we go into the new season, the Spring, when things begin.
Do you start to smell, feel change in the air?
We are in the transition from being, the Yin peak of the year to the time of doing, with the Wood element.
I'm looking upon this time as self-nurturing, looking after ourselves, our bodies, still delving into our yin, water energy and letting emerge the beginning of Spring, welcoming this alive and healthy energy within! I see the time and care invested in ourselves as the greatest investment! From here we can spread our vibrations, inspiration and support towards others.

From inspirational Jamie Sams in Sacred Path Cards:
~"The way we view life is dependent, to a certain extent, on how we feel and how we respect and care for our bodies."
~"All nurturing comes from the ability to pay attention to our needs and our feelings. If we don't know what we need, how can we nurture ourselves? If we don't know what others need or feel, how can we give comfort? If we are out of touch with our bodies, how can we keep them healthy and strong?"
~"If we are willing to nurture ourselves through connection to our Earth Mother, then we will learn how to nurture others."
Our body is a vehicle for processing energy, and the healthier we are, the more energy it will process at a faster rate.
~One thing to be aware of is the physical effect on our body of our thoughts and feelings. So as Dr.Christiana Northrup says in Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: "If our bodies are nothing but a field of ideas, lets make sure that those ideas represent our best interest."

A great way for nourishment and self-nurturing is the inner smile, smile to your organs giving special attention still to your kidneys and give a special look to your liver. When doing your inner smile...notice if any of the organs feel different? Can be a message from your internal universe.
**Focus on the breath coming and going through your nose... With your minds eye, look in front of you and see the sun, warm and shining, lighting up all your being, all your organs, all your cells, all your bones... Smile at your organs... when you arrive at your kidneys:
*Keep smiling at your kidneys, breathe in the blue healing light of gentleness and wisdom; be gentle with yourself, be gentle in everything you do.

Fear being the emotion of the kidneys, it creates cold, associate negative emotions as phobias, trauma, nervousness, which are very deep emotions; fear contributes as well for the loss of the primordial and sexual energy, loss of life force, (the nervous system becomes stressed, the body becomes acidic). Do the kidneys healing sound to let go all your fears:
**Connect with your kidneys, feel or imagine the warmth from your palms going into your kidneys, you can be sitting on the chair or in floor, place your hands around your knees, your feet on the floor, round the back, and pull in the abdomen. Look inward, into your kidneys and breathe out WHHHOOOO releasing, letting go fear.
Breath in the fresh bright blue light of gentleness, calmness and wisdom.

Self-nurturing is essential to connect with the Divine Feminine within.
*What makes part of your self-nurturing routine?
Do you know is important to integrate one self-nurturing practice towards ourselves every day?
**You can make a list of everything that makes you feel good, nurtured and happy with yourself. Then add one of these to your daily life. May different days reflect different self-nurturing practices.

Enjoy the end of the Winter and the beginning of the Spring!

© Anamarta

Welcoming the New Tiger Year!!

The Chinese New Year is approaching with the New Moon! An excitement and great opportunity for making resolutions and goals, new plans, or just reinforce the ones we've done one month ago, and may didn't have the time to put them in practice!
While it is good to make lists or write a mission statement, having a mantra can help focus your energy and attention on your new goals for the year.
Taken from the original Sanskrit, the word mantra means "sacred counsel" and can represent a thought, a phrase or even a single word that embraces what you wish to bring into your life.
The power of your mantra is twofold: recitation and repetition. Saying it to yourself on a daily basis (or even several times each day!) can help you to focus on the power of the words and the meaning behind them.
Tiger New Year starts on 14th February, Valentine's day! Celebrate the New Year with love! With self-love (yes, you've many reasons to love and be in-love with yourself!), love with your beloved (we're celebrating at the Centre with a Tao Tantra Couples workshop), love with your family and friends! In ancient Chinese tradition the New Year's day is beneficial to celebrate, to be happy, to have smiling faces, and to refrain from quarreling, or criticizing anyone.
Leaving the Ox year behind - the reinforcement, "prosperity and fortitude through hard work" we come into the Tiger - the courage - "associated with good fortune, power and royalty, tigers are viewed with both respect and fear".
"The Tiger is one of the most beautiful creatures on the planet".
The Chinese (as other Asian cultures), see the tiger and not the lion, as the king animals.
"Tiger is lucky for some..."
Well, about luck, I believe we do our own! I heard in a movie a while ago something that reaffirms this: "Never give up and good luck will find you!"
In Taoism the Tiger symbolizes the female Yin energy and also represents Earth, as opposed to the Yang male energy of the Dragon, which represents Heaven.

Join me in the celebration & welcoming of the ))))) Tiger ((((( New Year!!
Wednesday 17th February Jade Circle Level 2 (All women who have come to a Jade Circle before and heard the Jade Egg explanation are welcome!)
We will focus on the Jade Egg secrets of the pelvic rock with Belly Dance! We continue to shake this cold away enjoying our tiger tales!...;) To learn more about the belly dance benefits in the "Lets Dance" post.

@ the same place @ the same time!

© Anamarta

Keeping Warm!

Hello!

How is your Winter?
This time of looking inwards, to focus and embrace the flow of your yin energy, the time of just being. And do you know each moment is a precious gift in BE-ing? Enjoy!

Are you keeping your kidneys warm? (check the Happy Winter Solstice post).
Another good thing to keep you warm, as you already know, is to have warm feet. And do you know why?
We've the KD1- Kidney 1 point in the sole of your foot, (where you keep your feet on the ground), named 'Bubbling Spring'.
**Do some tapping, massage in your KD1, awaken and stimulating this point; which can be very helpful in your connection with the Earth. Through it you can easily access the healing and abundant energy of Mother Earth and Water Element, imagine drinking from it. You can also use this point to discharge anything you want to let go from your body (physical, emotional and even energetic), you can do a meditation or just dance, dance with the rhythm of the Earth, surrender to Her pulse. Remember that Mother Earth is always open to recycle everything you send and the Water element to dissolve it.
A good way to stimulate your circulation:
**To rub, massage your ears. Yes, the ears are linked with your kidneys. Also helping you to keep warm!

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Magical Celebration of the Divine Feminine!

I once heard that when women gather together, magic happens! Absolutely!... Our last workshop was proof, with the celebration of the Divine feminine within and its outer manifestation. This gathering of amazing women all contributed to our pool of feminine knowledge! We had a special day connecting with our yin energy, enjoying it to the full, sharing and supporting each other's journey, as true sisterhood! Each Goddess shone her power in a different way, working as a mirror for all present. I'm still vibrating from the weekend, and so deeply appreciate this blessing of working with such magnificent women along my path, sharing my teachings, learning from others' experiences and inspiring presence!
Thank you magical Goddesses!

Here's our sparkling picture:
Thank you for your feedback!

• "A truly inspiring and worthwhile workshop, presented in a creative and practical way. Thank you!"V.C.
• "I think that is a beautifully natural, imaginative, compassionate and light touch about Anamarta teachings. I also feel reassured that the teacher lives the life! I loved the use of stones, cards and other symbolic things to enable us to open up and discover...Thank you."L.R.

• "It was lovely to be in a space filled with so much sweetness, calmness and joy. This was possible because of the presence of all women and you Anamarta -big inspiration."J.Z.
• "After the amazing summer workshop with Anamarta I knew I have to come to the Yin Peak to continue the "magical" transformation and the journey as a woman. I feel deeply connected with the Infinite Inner Wisdom and that I take so many blessings with me. Thank you Anamarta for being such an amazing teacher and an inspirational woman." D.V.

• "This workshop is very important in women's lives. It supports shedding of shadows and blossoming into full potential. It is a gentle practice that helps with confidence. Its lovely!..."M.G.
• "...everything felt very supportive...I think Anamarta hold a very relaxed space - I certainly felt very comfortable with in it... Lovely to do healing sounds & inner smile...what a wonderful group of Goddesses...Thanks so much to them & to Anamarta for making the space (physical e energetically)..." J.N.

• "I really enjoyed the workshop... I felt the benefit of acknowledging the Goddess within each one of us, and found the mirror very powerful and beneficial. The group size worked well, was not too crowded for space, yet there was enough of us to share and reflect." R.B.
• "Thank you so so much for such a wonderful day. Just very inspiring." A.M.

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Living Fully in the Present!

Here we are in the middle of the Autumn, greeted by the dance of leaves, shorter days, and longer nights approaching.

:-) Smile to your lungs breathing in the white light of courage and self-confidence, qualities of a woman living fully in the present. The past is where it belongs, behind us; and the future is ahead, yet not in form!... We can plan, wish, dream, but we can't see for sure what's ahead, (until those who can see, know things can change...).

A little anxiety is good for us, some experts say. It gives us the edge we need to handle uncertainty. "So throw open the windows and see what flies in." Interesting things happen when you don't have an agenda. Embrace the unexpected, gather your courage, let your adventurous side call the shots.

Trusting the flow of the Universe, which provides everything we need.

**Let go what no longer serves you...

By undoing yourself from what is no longer needed the new can grow. An ancient Taoist proverb suggests that simplicity comes with seeing every day what has become dispensable. Then one can walk and move more lightly, both in mind and body. 

I had this thought a few years ago: 

The lighter you feel, the higher you fly!... 

**Practice staying in the moment...

You can visualize, imagine, your life as a red carpet unrolling in front of you. Imagine, feel, visualize that you're the star, walking it a step at a time. Stride confidently; trust that something exciting is waiting for you just around the bend.

What would you do if was the last day of your life?
Enjoy your life, yourself, and live it to the full. 

Each minute is unique because it doesn't repeat!
One of the first things I wrote, around my 12 or 13 years old, but definitely continues to be part of my philosophy:

Happiness is not to be wished, but to be taken!
Carpe Diem...

It's such bliss when one can be mindful and totally engage in whatever you are doing, whether pleasure, work, or meditation. For some, it comes naturally, for others with practice and persistence, but it's possible for everyone: to put your mind, heart, spirit, and soul in what you're doing in that present moment (not what you did or what you have to do), like this, focusing all your energy in what you really want to achieve, with your clear intention and whole self into it, great success will be the result!

 © Anamarta

WARRIOR WOMAN

Hello Warrior Woman!

Yes, we all have this warrior within ourselves, who gives us the courage and the strength to go for it no matter what, to stand up for ourselves when we need to...

" If she advances confidently in the direction of her dreams, and endeavors to live the life she has imagined, she will meet with success unexpected in common hours."

We're in the Autumn, the season of the lungs, with the virtues of courage, self-confidence and uprightness; the element is Metal, that reflects and inspires, cuts and contains!
When I think about metal I imagine a sword. The sword stands for decisive, clear thought.

To awake the warrior within:

** Sit quietly, focusing on the breath coming and going through your nose. When totally relaxed, inhale deeply... Smile at your lungs, appreciating all they do to to sustain your life...keep breathing deeply... And now imagine a white sword of light which carries all the courage and self-confidence for you to be who you are, to be yourself; the courage for you to do all you need to do!...

Support from the mineral kingdom, "the stone people":

** Aquamarine the stone of courage and feminine empowerment. It helps one realize that not all power comes from force- there is also tremendous power in aligning oneself with the yielding, resilient vitality of life. It is a doorway to connect with the Goddess, both within the self and in Her outer manifestations.

Our history and mythology has been marked with Warrior-Women and Goddesses who showed their courage and uprightness. They have been admired and worshipped for centuries:

Boudicca The Celtic Warrior Queen, who shook the Roman Empire. Wife of a king, mother of two daughters, the Queen of the Iceni, led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire. She has since remained an important cultural symbol in the United Kingdom.

Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint, who led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, claiming divine guidance. She was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English, tried by an ecclesiastical court, and burned at the stake when she was nineteen years old.

Pocahontas a native Indian from America, daughter of a chief of the Powhatan, saved the colonist John Smith's life when he was captured by the Indians. He was about to be executed but Pocahontas placing her head close to his saved him. They then got married and he brought her to England where she impressed everyone one with her gentleness and kindness, making the English change their opinion about the 'indian savages'.

Durga The Hindu Goddess, "The Invincible" ; "One who can redeem in situations of utmost distress"- is a form of Shakti (the Divine feminine force), her warrior aspect.
Anamarta at Sri Durgiana, The Silver Temple, Amristar



Athena Greek Goddess of Wisdom, as Goddess of war, was a superb warrior; her presence on your side assured a win. (The goddess Minerva was her counterpart in Roman mythology.)

Neith was the predynastic Goddess of war and weaving, the Goddess of the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and patron Goddess of Zau in the Delta. The Egyptians believed her to be an ancient and wise Goddess, to whom the other Gods came if they could not resolve their own disputes.

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AUTUMN MAGIC!!

Sweet Hello in this time of Sweetness! 
The Autumn/Fall Equinox arrived this week, bringing the harvest home festival, the gathering time, when we prepare for the cold and shorter days... Now day and night are equal, and we turn our thoughts again to balance.
I'm writing and looking at this tree outside my window, sunbeams lighting up her first yellow and red leaves on one side, while the other still shows green ...
... Autumn magic! The transition of seasons, the changing of colours, from Earth to Sky, the start of a new cycle; a new cycle in Nature, a new cycle for ourselves; time of changes and evaluations. Did we plant enough of the right things? Have we nurtured what will truly feed us?
Above all, this is a time to give thanks, to offer gratitude for what we have, and to remember the balance of all elements that sustain our lives. Gratitude to Mother Earth, the living soil that grows food, to the air we breath, to the sun's warm rays, to the life-giving rain and the flowing, cleansing waters. Gratitude toward our community, to our family and loved ones, and to all families and beings that are linked in the web of life.
Gratitude is the counter to greed. If we neglect to say thanks for what we have, we feel eternally dissatisfied, and need more and more. When we are thankful for all we have been given, then we need very little in order to feel surrounded by abundance.

Harvest time is the Spleen season as I shared in the post below (Harvest Moon). Spleen direction is the center, our lower abdomen is named as our hara, in Taoist terms as your "lower tan tien." The spleen is related with two meridians, the spleen itself and the stomach, and have you heard: "you have your brain in your stomach?" Just think about the times you feel nervous, happy, anxious, "butterflies in the belly"- everything that happens to us resonates in our center! Keep it strong, thus your mind will be calm and your body will move with ease and power:
 ***Place your hands on your centre, sit up straight and inhale deeply; hold the breath for a moment, focusing on your centre; exhale slowly, and imagine any tension leaving your body.
 **For a more powerful practice do the spleen/stomach healing sound:
Breathe out HOOOOOOOO (like a guttural sound) as you release worry, anxiety, stress, guilt and pity back to the Earth. Then breath in the golden light of serenity, centering, openness, fairness and grounding. If you want to add the movement, press the fingers into your left abdomen/ribcage and lean slightly forward.

This time of harvest and beginning of Autumn is the best for you to eat the rich natural sweets of the season like the pumpkin, squash, corn, oranges...
And do you know!...Oranges attract prosperity and luck; and you know already that its good for vitamin C reinforcement to prepare us for the cold! And Corn grants protection and attracts luck as well!

Now with the Autumn, we come into in the season of the lungs, the metal element of mystery, of swords and shields, coins, boxes and silver-backed mirrors. Ancient Alchemist sought to transform metal into gold, a metaphor for transmutation of lust to love. 
***Be aware of your lungs, smile at them, breathing in the crystalline white light of courage.
We need courage for times of change...

Like the fruits of the vine, our lives too can change and ferment. Celebrate the ever changing nature of life, dreams, and goals as you toast the sacred ingredients- friends, family, and familiars- the loving relationships that mellow and ferment you.

We had a radiant Summer full of successful workshops, where i had the opportunity to meet beautiful women who I hope to continue to see in this new season. And let me share the changes in the Universal Healing Tao Centre UK:

• We had a great Tai Chi Camp with a Yin predominance for the first time! Watch (with sound!) the fantastic Video
• Congratulations to new Taoist Trainers, after their completion of Step 8 Tao of High Degree Retreat at Monchique in Algarve, Portugal. The first ones who completed so far: Matt Lewis, Tanya McCormack, Annie Hooley and myself!
• The NEW Jade Circle Level 2 - All women who have already come to a Jade Circle before and heard the Jade Egg explanation are welcome! After a few requests, I decided to start this level 2 with the aim to give more practical time, skipping the explanation part of the Jade Egg.

Join me on Wednesday 30h September - Jade Circle Level 2
We're going to focus on the Jade Egg secrets and practice the powerful Jade Egg exercises! Such a great start for this new circle of the new season!
No Need to Book! just come on by, from 6.30 to about 8.30pm @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT

Next Jade Circle Level 1 Join me on Friday 9th October
No Need to Book! Just come on by, from 6.30 to about 8.30pm @ The Universal Healing Tao Centre, 68 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT

© Anamarta

:-)SMILE And...SMILE!!:-)

Hello! I'm with a big smile writing to you, the corners of my lips really lifted up! And I can imagine a smile on your face now!...this is the magic of smiling! 
When we smile we make ourselves feel good and everyone around us.

All Jade Circles we indeed practiced the art of smiling, exercising 600 muscles in our face!... Yes, great for your natural beauty!
Smile is the start of all the practices of the Universal Healing Tao, from the basics to the most advanced. The meditation of the 'Inner Smile' is the key to relaxation, to refresh, create, transform, attract and blend energies; it serves to soften our body and its elements, knots and blockages start to dissolve so that free flow of energy is restored. 
Try this:
Smile to a part in your body where you feel some pain or need some healing (in this moments of discomfort, will be the last think you would think of, but give it a try!) and your truly felt smile can help alleviate or melt it away.
If you notice the portraits of the great Oriental sages and masters of self-transformation like the Taoist Immortals, Buddha, etc, there's always a inward-oriented smile in their faces, to signify the spark of inner freedom and balance the unity of yin and yang, the balance of the female and male energies within, as they are both important.
And you know what is the most important sexual secret? That's right, Smile!! As it helps keep the sexual energy in the body- allowing you to cultivate more and more energy without loss (this because we slightly contract our perineum ("gate of life and death") when we smile). 
Is why we keep smiling when you do the Jade Egg practices and exercises, and of course almost through out of this holistic practice!
And smile is just not important in a sexual level but in a mental and emotional ones as well! 
Smile increases the blood flow to the brain, allowing it to operate more efficiently and it reminds us of being happy, which can (sometimes!) trick the mind into thinking we're happy even when we're feeling a little low. This can boost our self-confidence, make it easier for us to believe in and develop our own abilities.

Go ahead: SMILE...and SMILE!!:-)

© Anamarta

:-)SORRIA E… SORRIA!!(-:

Olá! Estou a escrever com um sorriso bem rasgado, os cantos da minha boca estão totalmente levantados!! E  posso imaginar um sorriso no seu rosto agora!... é esta a magia de sorrir! 
Quando sorrimos fazemos bem a nós próprios e aos que nos rodeiam. 
Em todos os Jade Circles praticamos a arte de sorrir, exercitando 600 músculos na nossa cara! Sim, é fantástico para a nossa beleza natural!
O Sorriso é a base de todas as práticas do Tao de Cura Universal "Universal Healing Tao", desde o básico ao mais avançado. 
A meditação do 'Sorriso Interior' é a chave para o relaxamento, para revigorar, criar, transformar, atrair e misturar energias; ela serve para suavizar o nosso corpo e os seus elementos, tensões e bloqueios começam a dissolver-se restabelecendo-se o livre fluxo de energia. 
Tente isto:
Sorria para uma parte do seu corpo onde você sente alguma dor ou precisa de alguma cura (neste momentos de desconforto, será a última coisa que você iria pensar, mas experimente!) e começará a sentir que o sorriso ajuda a aliviar, ou mesmo a dissolver esse desconforto.
Se observarmos os retratos dos grandes sábios e mestres Orientais da auto-transformação, como os Imortais Taoístas, Buddha, etc, há sempre este pequeno sorriso nos seus rostos, para expressar o brilho da liberdade interior e a harmonia representada pela união do yin e yang, o equilibrio entre estas energias femininas e masculinas, pois são ambas importantes.
E sabe qual é o segredo sexual mais importante? 
É isso mesmo: o Sorriso! Pois ele ajuda a manter a energia sexual no corpo, permitindo que cultivemos mais e mais energia sem qualquer perda (isto porque quando sorrimos, contraímos ligeiramente o períneo, também conhecido como “o portal da vida e da morte”). É por isso que é importante sorrir durante as práticas e exercícios do Ovo de Jade, e claro ao longo de toda esta prática holística!
O sorriso não é importante apenas a nível sexual  mas também ao nível mental e emocional! 
O sorriso aumenta o fluxo sanguíneo para o cérebro, permitindo que este funcione de forma mais eficaz e isso faz-nos lembrar de sermos felizes, o que pode (às vezes) enganar a mente a pensar que está feliz, mesmo quando nos sentimos um pouco baixo. Isto pode aumentar a nossa auto-confiança, tornar mais fácil o acreditar e desenvolver das nossas próprias habilidades.
Vá em frente e continue a: SORRIR….e a SORRIR!!:-)

© Anamarta

Let your Inner Beauty Out!

The beauty didn't just shine out, but all around the Healing Tao Centre, the City of London, and surely around the world and universe too!

We lit up the fire within ourselves and allowed the warm feelings to grow and expand, celebrating beauty, love, joy and laughter of our hearts in the fullest!

We had a lovely and delightful day with a group of such beautiful and sparkling women!
It was a such a pleasure to facilitate this special workshop with such inspiring presences, a day with the best of the feminine qualities: beauty, wisdom, gentleness and fun! Brilliant!!
Here we are:
Thank you for your feedback.

• "Thank you for the warm lovely teaching. really enjoyed the nice balance of yin-yang (exercises vs. stillness). Thank you with all my heart."S.C.

• "Every Jade Circle with Anamarta is wonderful, and every new one exceeds the expectation. I felt delighted, beautiful and allowed new parts of me to shine out... Anamarta is a great teacher and never ceases to surprise with new beautiful ideas. She makes a woman feel truly beautiful as she is beautiful herself and a mirror for us..."M.G.

• "I am so grateful to discover you and your lovely and generous presence; the Tao teachings were known to me before, but i didn't have time or wasn't ready, you make it so easy. I now appreciate myself as a woman, its a lovely long time life journey and finally looking forward to. Hope to learn more with you in the future."D.V.

• "The workshop was insightful, beautifully held and well presented. I enjoyed the exercises, the energy, + dance... I enjoyed the day and the coming together of women. Thank you very much." A.F.

• "I very much enjoyed the gentleness, openness, fun... All good as an introduction to deepen practice." S.H.

• "Today was filled with wonderful new experiences, presented in a warm and caring way. I would definitely recommend the day to all women who seek a deeper meaning in today's often shallow way." V.C.

• "...another wonderful workshop. Its good to see you doing workshops like this... Well done!..."S.R.

• "Thank you for the lovely day. Everything about it was good." M.O.

• The guided meditations were lovely. The sound elements were very useful..."S.B.

• "I had a wonderful day" M.

• "...another great workshop, your love for the women in the group was tangible. Your grace and kindness give me hope..."E.B.

• Thank you for a beautiful workshop... Really enjoyed the belly dancing! Thank you for your joyful and generous spirit." S.K.

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BEAUTY

Do you know that beauty, body fit, mind and spirit too can get a work-out with the Taoist practices!
"Beauty, the radiance of the eternal" - the source of compassion, serenity and hope.
We feel most alive in the presence of beauty, whether we find it in a person, place or work of art, in nature or a spiritual moment.
Our society often confuses beauty with glamour. But which do you think endures? True beauty is a light that cant be extinguished.
"Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward woman be at one."
As I shared in the 'Happy Summer' post, one can attune to natural beauty by awakening the heart chakra.

Look for beauty in everything even the flowers in a clump of weeds or the reflection of the sky in a muddy puddle, recognize beauty in others and in yourself. By doing so, you feed your own spirit and also add to the positive uplifting energy in the world.
Our conscious perception of beauty, unique to our species, can be kind of creation in itself.

Some beauty tips:
***Smile! When you smile you exercise more then 600 muscles in your face, when you frown you just exercise 400!
***A few minutes of facial exercises, chi self massage each day can help to relax tension and release your natural beauty. You can watch the Video Kuan Yin Chi Kung Warm Up - ending up with a chi self massage.
***Try a simple stretch to tone muscles around the mouth, cheeks, jaw, chin: with your mouth open as wide as possible sound out the vowels A, E, I, O, U slowly, exaggerating your facial movements as you speak. Repeat 9 times. Have fun with it!
***Breast massage as we teach in the Jade Circle to keep your breasts healthy, shining and firm, but just not that, when you do the nipples massage you stimulate your endocrine system feeding all your master glands, which will give a rejuvenate side affect.
***Radiant beauty ritual bath to enhance your inner and outer radiance. Light vanilla-scented or three rose pink and three white candles around the bathtub, (the bathroom should be warm), drop some rose oil and sprinkle rose petals onto the surface of the bath water. Close your eyes and imagine that your body is absorbing radiant beauty from the surrounding water. Just feel yourself glow! As you bath, focus on your best qualities and recite this affirmation: "I let my inner beauty shine." If you need a special boost for an important date, do this when the moon is just approaching full. And to become a beauty moon bath, have your six candles (three rose pink and white) in silver holders around your bath, burn a rose-scented joss-stick, or place rose oil in an oil burner. When you ready to get out, wrap yourself a huge, soft rose-coloured towel and get ready in a leisure way, knowing that delights are to come!

© Anamarta

KUAN YIN & IRON SHIRT CHI KUNG

Friday 24th July the Special Jade Circle presents a great opportunity to learn or improve your Kuan Yin & Iron Shirt Chi Kung with Anamarta
With these ancient and powerful self healing exercises and postures you can:
*Improve your grounding
*Feel more centered
*Develop your rooting power and Earth-connection
*Empower yourself on the physical, emotional & spiritual level

Taoist philosophy recommends the same amount of chi kung as meditation, and its always good to start with what you know better, your physical body.

Iron Shirt Chi Kung Stage Demonstration at the Mind Body & Spirit Festival 2009 by Anamarta & Kris Deva North

"Its incredible how much inner strengh these postures bring, which reflect in various aspects of life! I can take not just a physical push, but emotional and spiritual too...amazing how rooted and grounded you can get! You become like a tree...nobody can move you and you feel in perfect harmony between Heaven and Earth!" Anamarta

Look forward to see you on Friday!

HAPPY SUMMER!!

Hello and Happy Summer!

Each year when the richness of Summer moves across the Earth Mother and Old Man Winter was just a memory, the seeds already sown, the flowers opened... We come into a time of warmth, which brings us energy and good feelings; a time of light, which illuminates and inspires to create; a time to enjoy the fruits of love and success; a time to celebrate joy, passion, enthusiasm and pleasure.

Enjoy the summertime!
The sultry air is an invitation to savour life. Let your inner playmate out of hiding; laughter is a great way to shake up your routine, hang out and giggle with people! And lets not forget romance, that's one thing the weather's never too hot to enjoy. Then again, some of the greatest pleasures are the simplest: walking in the nature; smell the flowers; napping in a hammock; licking an ice cream very, very slowly.

And don't forget that the sun always shines inside of our heart!
We are in the heart season, associate with the fire element. Fire dances, fire warms, fire burns, fire creates and fire destroys.

• SMILE at your heart breathing in the red light of love, starting for love yourself unconditionally; breathing in the red light of joy, joie de vivre, celebrating your everyday life's gifts.

Without an open and loving heart, you can never taste the nectar and pure bliss of life.

It has been suggested that our heart generates its own energy field, which interacts with the energy fields of other people.

• Consciously radiated love, caring feelings from your heart to everyone around you, and they’ll transmit these same energies to you in return.

One way to attune yourself to beauty is by awakening the heart chakra. And do you know our heart centre is the strongest generator of light energy in the body, even stronger than the brain?

• Sit quietly, take a few deep breaths and focus on your heart, imagine breathing in the sunlight and smile at your heart, call to someone you love. Let your heart fill with warmth and appreciation for them. The nourishment such a feelings give to body, mind and spirit enhance your own beauty.

Summon restful energy to care for yourself, strengthen your health and be your best to celebrate this Summer in the fullest and to reward yourself with a sip of life's joy and sweetness.

© Anamarta

Lets dance!

I'm delighted to present this Friday, 29th May our Special Jade Circle- Lets dance! @ 6.30-8.30pm in The Universal Healing Tao Centre.
We're going to have an evening divided into wisdom & action and good fun!
People often ask me about a daily practice. I always say Smile! And of course i can say the inner smile is such a nice way to start the day, the healing sounds to finish it, and...
...Dance five minutes a day!
Is great for yourself and your body! And is so important to celebrate your body, your Temple, the fertile vessel that you inhabit. The woman's body is a sacred extension of the Great Mother Earth; all acts of pleasure, abundance and fertility are part of the female nature.
Dancing is so good for de-stressing and allowing space for new energies and experiences to flow within!
Dancing is so good for grounding, to celebrate the Earth in which your seeds flourish; assisting their growth and flowers, and blessing the youthful fruits of your knowledge and wisdom in action.
Dancing is such a beautiful way to express yourself through the movements you create in your beautiful body. And dancing can be such great fun!
The human body is meant to move. Dance is simply movement to music so anyone can do it.


We're going to do some belly-dancing this Friday, dancing with joy, anticipating the coming warmth!
Belly-dancing is great to open up our energy: in ancient times known to be the dance of fertility, preparing for childbirth.
Its a great exercise for your pelvic area, working all your internal muscles, really connecting with our Jade Egg practices!
And belly-dance is fun! The movements draw you into an intimate relationship with your body and may help to overcome blockages and a less positive self image. When i started it opened the door to love and appreciate my hips and round curves, bum, which are the landmarks of the female body, but in society nowadays is quite forgotten...
Do you know that belly-dance and dance in general, is a weight bearing exercise, the kind of exercise critical in helping prevent Osteoporosis?
Belly-dance works on so many levels providing a holistic approach towards well being. Here a few more benefits of it: back and joints (relief of pain), overall body toning, boosts self-esteem, can help relieve PMS, helps in losing weight!

Looking forward to dance with you on Friday!

© Anamarta

Travelling Circle in India

The Travelling Circle in India, hosted by the the Indian spiritual teacher and healer Usha-ji in BuddhaHall, was absolutely fantastic!
I'd like to appreciate Usha-ji for this opportunity to celebrate the mysterious feminine in incredible and magical India! I'm deeply grateful to all the lovely women I had the pleasure and blessing to meet and work with! As well to my dear friend Carla who came all the way from Portugal to do this workshop, thank you for such a big help with the administrative work and the sharing of the impressive bio-gymnastic (a fusion of Kung Fu, Yoga and gymnastics), was good fun!
We had a group of beautiful women from all over the world, who made this workshop even more special, for their full and bright presence every moment of this journey we embraced together.
We had three days with all the weather conditions...from sun, blue sky, hot, rain, storm, cold, the Divine representation of the feminine tapestry!
Was amazing to observe the changes, enhancements and improvements in each of the present Goddesses along the three days.

Keep smiling & shining!

Thank you, muchas gracias, obrigado, dhanyabad for your feedback!

• “Many thanks…for sharing something that I believe will become intrinsic to my being – my woman-ness.” J.G. India/UK

• “…all of this was very new to me to me but your wonderful and loving energy and the amazing and kind energy of the group made this an amazing experience.” Y.R. Israel

• “Your imagination, energy and sense of what is sacred is a blessing to behold…” M.M. South Africa

• “…thank you for the beautiful course…for bringing your wisdom and sharing it with us…inspiring us…” R.M. England

• “You rock!! You held the energy in the group beautifully…” M.N. Sweden

• “…an interesting, new and exhilarating experience…All in all, the course was great. Exceeded expectations!” K.W. S.Africa

• “Your guidance and instruction was informed + inspiring and positive…I will take the pointers with me on the rest of my journey…” T.M. Scotland

• “Thank you for…this opportunity to work with this energy in a safe, contained space.” J.N. England

• “…You made what can be dry technique more juicy!…thank you for helping keep the spirit of the Goddess alive and radiant.” M. India/USA

• “Thank you for an inspiring workshop.” V. UK

• “Muchas gracias a ti por abrir esta puerta a una nueva sabiduria…” P.A. Chile

• “…ADOREI o workshop, veio ensinar-me muita coisa, a descobrir uma parte feminina que estava um pouco esquecida, obrigada por tudo!…” C.L. Portugal

• “...I really want to say thanks to you for sharing your divine knowledge and beauty of real feminine self, I was so impressed by your beautiful teaching and secret knowledge, I really feel that all woman should learn or experience this divine jade practice for their highest creativity, beauty and discover the power of their true feminine self and I see you as a beautiful person and a teacher to help all those woman’s who need to experience this secret energy... So Thanks a lot once again for everything and special thanks for bringing up your knowledge to India in my School Buddha Hall, I hope will be continue in this path to share our love and knowledge with each other and who ever needed…….”
  Dr.Usha India

Anamarta