***Harvest Powerful Moon***

Today is a very special Full Moon, the Harvest Moon, the one which occurs closest to Autumn (Fall) Equinox, sometimes a few days after or before, depends on the year. It's usually the biggest full moon in the year and more 'pumpkin colour'. Perfect time for an abundance ritual!
The Moon will be in Pisces and comes with a Lunar Eclipse, presenting us the Alchemy of light and dark, yin and yang - Full Power Time!!
"Eclipses are the most powerful transits that you can experience." Kelly Rossano

This Pisces Moon relate with sensitivity, intuition, mysticism and dream power, spiritual evolution, expansion of consciousness and subconscious seeking inner truths.

With your Moon Magic (even if just lighting up any candle: what is important is your intention and focus) you can ask the Grandmother Moon to support you in all the above and anything related with this energy, specially to your dreams come true!...

And what is Moon Magic? Magic is no more than a change of consciousness, and the Moon representing psychic energy, or the unconscious that holds the secrets of wisdom, can be a great ally or supporter in this.
Here a my suggestion:
Light a turquoise (or violet) candle and burn oil or incense of ylang-ylang, or eucalyptus, or sage. Repeat an affirmation three times, facing the moon (if possible) even when indoors. Let the candle burn until the end. 

You can create your own affirmation based on the Pisces virtues, here an idea:
"Moon in Pisces, bright your beam, Bring to me my sweetest dream".

Why not put you Pisces Moon magic with a ritual of Abundance to make the most of this energy in the air!
'Magically speaking' this is indeed a great time to focus on abundance.

You can create your own ritual to connect with your inner self and let this golden moon illuminate and inspire you; be clear and assertive in your requests and be aware of the same (be careful that what you ask the Universe is what you really want...).
Ideas of things you may use in a ritual for abundance:

• Gold (or/and green, orange) candles, oranges, rice, milk, corn, cinnamon, money (big notes and coins), gold. Some crystals relate with abundance: citrine, carnelian, jade; and totems: buffalo (or/and cow) and sardine.

Remember follow your intuition you can never go wrong, and for something to happen, the belief must come, not just from the mind but from the heart and soul.
My Last year Harvest Aries Moon (is why the red candles) Abundance Ritual.

© Anamarta

Sexuality & Spirituality in the Taoist Tradition in Modern Lives

How are sexuality and spirituality bound together in the Taoist tradition, in a way that's relevant to modern women?

In the Taoist Tradition sexuality and spirituality are bound together, as the Taoists focus on harmonising mind, body and spirit.  Spiritual development requires a balance of physical health and mental clarity, and our sexuality plays an important role in that.
Sex is natural and we are sexual beings – women, born with hundreds of eggs, they have the capacity to generate hundreds of lives! (And man with a single ejaculation could repopulate North America!).   The Taoist believes that if we were not to use this energy to create life itself, we can use it to enhance our own life. This happens by internalising the intense sexual energy, all the hormones and nutrients; the ancient secrets of the Art of Bedchamber that can be applied to benefit our modern lives.

In this light sexuality is beyond sex, being the most powerful energy of creation, the expression of our creativity, that can be used for pleasure, healing, to cultivate health, rejuvenation, longevity; to attain goals, to realise dreams, and ultimately, to connect with the Divine, the universal source or ‘Re-Union with the Tao.’ In other words, by using the sexual energy for spiritual development, we come by ‘the short path to enlightenment’.

When we consciously tap into the energy of creation, we have in our hands the power to heal, transform, and create what we want!  Creativity is present throughout our day, from the moment we get out of bed and choose what to wear, what to eat…  And the fact is that when we get up our sexual organs don’t stay in bed: they are always with us! 

Why and how is this energy important for having sex that is spiritual. Is this energy a fusion of body & spirit?

There is no ‘sacred’ focus, all human sex being sacred in the union of Yang, the force of Heaven, with Yin, the power of Earth.
The idea is that by keeping the body – the vehicle to generate, transform and project energy – healthy, we keep mind, soul and spirit healthy too. And to keep the body (also seen as the ‘temple of spirit’) healthy we learn how to avoid losing energy, which women lose through menstruation and childbirth (and men through ejaculation). We also learn to take the most of our energy circulating it through all our being, which includes redirecting the orgasmic energy through the whole body, instead of just staying in the genitals.
These Taoist Healing Love practices are internal alchemical methods to harmonise both right and left sides of the brain, balancing the intuitive and the rational, when to do and when to be. Besides the enhancing of sensation, transcendental pleasure and becoming a more effective lover, the practices bring the benefits of hormonal balance and vitality, empowerment and fulfillment in all levels (physical, emotional and energetical).   Being holistic, merging qigong and meditation, the specific yin (feminine) and shamanic practices, also bring the benefits of grounding, being centred in one’s own power, and unconditional self-love and self-acceptance.
The Taoist holistic practice brings awareness of our infinite inner resources and opens the path of self-healing and self-mastery to live life to the full!

If you want to learn more about these you are welcome to the:

Coming Annual Jade Egg Initiation Workshop: Tao of Feminine Empowerment. 

Questions answered to Angela Kennedy from UK Soul&Spirit magazine I was featured in the beginning of the year. 

© Anamarta

Image of the Taoist Eight Immortals by Shen Quan

LOVE or LUST?...

Both!...

***Love or Lust - How can you tell the difference and does it matter from a spiritual point of view?

Love is the warm feeling that starts in our heart and can spread through our whole being, with the power to heal and transform.  Love and the way it is felt is unique to each individual, transcending mere words.
Lust triggers desire, which can also spread through our whole being, releasing sexual hormones, bringing a sense of vitality, stimulating all our senses, like the Spring when everything bursts into life!

Love and lust, both have the power to energise, and are equally important: as in the Taoist philosophy of Yin & Yang. The aim is to find harmony within which will spread into our outer world - to tune into the feminine and masculine, the emotional and the sexual, and to bring this balance into our life. 

We have meridians (energy lines) in our body.  As blood flows in the veins, energy flows in the meridians.  The ‘Conception Vessel’, running from the perineum (the point between the anus and genitals) up the front of the body to the lower lip, connects our heart center (in the middle of our chest) with the energy of love, with our sexual center (our womb, genitals) and the energy of lust.

You are welcome to learn more about the Jade Egg Initiation Workshop: Tao of Feminine Empowerment.

***Question answered to Angela Kennedy from UK Soul&Spirit magazine I was featured in the beginning of the year. 

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Happy Chinese Monkey New Year: Follow Your Heart Desires!

Today with the New Moon we enter in another cycle, a New Year in the milleneum Chinese (Taoist) calendar.

The Wood Yin Sheep trots out, the Yang Fire Monkey swings in!!

"This cheeky animal bursts with exuberance, bringing a lightning pace and fantastic motivation. The Monkey increases communication, humour and wit, helping us get through stressful times with grace and ease. The Monkey’s gift is the ability to find unconventional solutions to old problems. Daring to be different can lead to success"

The Monkey is a trickster, playful, funny, intelligent, inventive (great problems solvers), strong minded, adaptable, curious, creative and last but not least youthful! 
Fire Element: "Fire dances, fire warms, fire burns, fire creates and fire destroys" Kris Deva North in Finding Spirit in Zen Shiatsu

A year  that anything can happen, the way to respond to the unexpected is to be flexible and grounded - sounds contradictory? Well it's the principle we use in Tai Chi, as the flexibility strengths our ability to respond to any situation without letting the situation itself take over, and the grounding gives the necessary stability to be in the here and now: this makes us centered in our power, open to wide vision and harmoniously living.

 

And you heard the expression "monkey mind"? The mind jumping around, being faster than the body, so practice breathing in and out, and focus on the moment rather than yesterday, or tomorrow, or later.  The scientific world is already agreeing with the benefits of ancient methods of meditation and body movement as Tai Chi, Qigong, Martial Arts, dance, yoga, etc...

The creative mind may also be bubbling with ideas - great!! Channel them, put them in practice, even if involves taking risks... Monkey energy supports success and innovation!!

But be aware if you find yourself spending too much time in mind, remember your body, the grounding helps: even if this just being barefoot, especially in nature. Our body needs more activity: exercise more, move more, whatever works for you and in an enjoyable way. Otherwise if the mind takes over can be overwhelming, depleting, and losing touch with inner wisdom; and for us women the most powerful compass we have within filled with ancestral knowledge, our womb!

 
So: Keep calm and eat bananas!
Hehehe, joking... But indeed you need energy for this year, so keep an eye how you manage your energy; which for me is about the choices we make. In which, where and whom you decide to spend your energy, choose wisely!...

And saying all the above: 

How does the monkey, yes the animal itself, resonate with to you?

Just take a moment to allow any thoughts, images or sounds to fill your mind...

I had a few encounters with monkeys in my 13 times in India these past seven years.

In India one of their beloved Gods is Hanuman - the Monkey God - so monkeys run freely, mostly everywhere.

I saw so many people being robbed by monkeys from food to objects (not just in India, but also in Africa), and 'monkey gangs' really taking over a place, messing up a kitchen... Can be scary, but I never had a bad experience with them, thus I really respect them and my relationship with them honestly is "hi, bye", as with their unpredictable nature you never know what to expect from them.
I could share a few stories, but let me pick up the ones who mark me most:

** 2009 in Bagsunag, in the Indian Himalayas, when I was teaching my first Jade Circle Workshop, we were a big group on a rooftop which was covered with nice fabrics (imagine a tent); a monkey (red face one, which are the more dangerous in India, the black face ones are more gentle), just come in, the dog from the BuddhaHall Center felt him, ran to him furiously barking and the monkey responding to him showing his big teeth in a very aggressive way... OMG a slight panic started to be felt by the ladies; I thought "this has to finish otherwise is the workshop finishing here for today!..." I got up and went close to them, calm down the dog and look to the monkey and gently asked him if he could leave; the monkey looked at me, looked at the dog, and just before he left did a little jump to the dog (just to scare him, like if he was attacking him) and then off he went!...

** This one was more recent, a few year ago, in the edges of the Rajasthani desert. Was early morning and I went to the top of my guest house to sit on a wall (was wide enough for that) where I had an amazing view and breeze and maybe two floors high. I crossed my legs, clasped my hands together, closed my eyes and start to meditate... when suddenly I felt a very fluffy warm 'thing' passing by my back, the first thing that came to my mind, was: "do not panic!!..". So without moving my head I opened my eyes to see what it was: exactly what I suspected: a big red face monkey!! Big enough to just push me down; and I just realised I was in his territory!! I tried everything to keep calm, breathe deeply, closed my eyes again to continue to meditate; but my curiosity made me open them again. Keeping still I looked again and the monkey was exactly copying me!  Ok he didn't cross the legs, but his hands together, looking straight ahead with his eyes closed!!!... Meditating together!!... So I closed my eyes again, and then after a while I felt the 'fluffy thing' passing by again and off he went. I didn't abuse my luck, I found another place to meditate!

Do you know the Monkey is the 9th animal in 12 Chinese zodiac? And we are in the 9 year = 2 + 0 + 1 + 6 - reinforcing this number of completion; but in the Tao, 9 is our infinitive number.

Infinitive transformation indeed!... But definitely with this fast paced year, gives the opportunity to complete cycles, and don't waste time with anything that no longer serves us, let it go, thanks for the learning and move on.

When the energy in the air is strong for me the options are: to tune into it, I mean to understand it, which brings the opportunity to make the most of it and gives strength and ability to take the challenges and quickly transformed them into opportunities to change and grow; or if we resist the change is like swimming against the tide, procrastinating and complaining about things instead of doing something about them, we can have a really hard time.

"The year of Red Fire Monkey brings to humanity the possibility of tremendous growth and vast fulfilment; we begin to create our destiny through intention, desire and focus."
Glenn Stewart Coles

A simple ritual to welcome the Monkey New Year:

Light up a red candle(s), tune into the fire within and without, smile at your heart where the fire lives, smile at the Fire Monkey, ask to align with his energy and for him to show you how to make the most of it. Then set your intentions (reinforcing perhaps the ones you set for 2016) and speak them loudly.

I wish you a fiercely Monkey New Year, also filled with laughter and fun, may your passion drive you to follow your heart desires!

© Anamarta

Monkey and the girl by "Kindness Blog"; third image monkey by Jandkatl

Monkey "Joker" Zen painting by Kris Deva North

Lista de Placeres para Hacer!

Aloha,
Este es mi último artículo del año y es, desde Hawái.
Así que mi sugerencia no es para el año nuevo, sino para la vida, cada vez que recuerdes este artículo:
¡Una Lista de Placeres para Hacer!

Sí, lo digo en serio y lo sugiero que, tu sabes tan bien como yo que somos buenas creando éstas listas
"Para Hacer"...
¿Y te pones a ti misma como la primera en tu lista de tareas?
Esto aparece muy a menudo en nuestros Jade Circles (o Círculos de Jade).

Esto surgió hace unos meses cuando me mimaba en un balneario en India. Estaba teniendo un momento tan placentero y pensando "Esto me gusta mucho...". El otro pensamiento que le siguió fue: "¿Qué es lo que realmente me da placer esta Vida?... A todos los niveles de placer: Cuerpo, Mente y Espíritu..."
Así que te sugiero lo siguiente:

• Con tu Mente piensa en todo lo que te da placer. Puedo extender esto a todo lo que te hace feliz, realmente hace que tu corazón sonría y ¡todo tu Ser tenga una grata sensación! ¡Y esto realmente debe incluir todo! Sé que algunas cosas implican algún coste *(de ahí mi ejemplo de ir al spa) pero otras no, (como el estar en la naturaleza...).
• A continuación, escribe tu Lista de Placeres Para Hacer.
• Asegúrate de que todos los días completas un placer de tu lista para hacer, cada día más y mejor; manteniendo objetivos simples y haciéndolos alcanzables... ¡todo esfuerzo es un maravilloso extra!

Simplemente añadiendo las cosas que te dan placer (que te hacen feliz) y también las que implican un coste: ¡Tú puedes hacer que sucedan!
¡¿Cómo?!
Plantéate tus propósitos (lo cual significa creer que puedes hacerlo) para encontrar los recursos y así, hacerlo...
También se trata de opciones y prioridades en tu vida; las cuales normalmente asociamos con responsabilidades. Sin embargo, el hecho de sentirse bien y feliz es una responsabilidad, ¡una prioridad para nosotras mismas!
Sé que eligiendo placer, sintiéndome recargada e inspirada, me da más energía y el poder para manifestar mis propósitos y cuidar de las responsabilidades conmigo misma... La otra cosa que viene con ello es confiar en que el Universo proporciona todo lo que necesitamos en el momento...

Otra cosa que me pareció útil y se relacionaba con todo esto, es que si no todos los días, de vez en cuando preguntarse a una misma, las siguientes preguntas:

*** ¿Estoy donde quiero estar?
*** ¿Estoy haciendo lo que quiero hacer?
*** ¿Estoy con quien quiero estar?

Quiero mencionar a mi pareja y amado Kris Deva North y os recomiendo su gran libro electrónico "From Stress to VITALITY NOW! Secrets of Love and Life Mastery for Men and Women" – !definitivamente lo recomiendo!

Sólo deciros mis queridas: ¡disfrutar de la vida, celebrar vuestra hermosa y divina Feminidad y ser felices! 
¡La felicidad no es para ser deseada sino para ser tomada! ... ¡Carpe Diem! (originario del latín, a disfrutar de la Vida como si fuera el último día, o como en el diccionario está definido "Aprovecha al máximo el tiempo presente y da poca importancia al futuro").

© Anamarta

Traducción de Elena Álvarez

Breathing!

How is your Autumn?
We now in the middle of the season, walking lightly into the yin peak of the year, the Winter, descending into the darkness, from which new life and ideas are born!

Continuing to talk about breathing, as I began in 'Happy Autumn' post:
Do you Know?
**The size of your nostrils indicates your born ability to take in life. Which you always can change...
**The lungs are also called the master of chi and breathing: "heavenly chi" (air) is breath in, and "impure chi" breath out, to vitalize the body.

*Good affirmation for you lungs (you can create one with your own words): "I have the capacity to take in fullness of life. I live to the fullest."

To breath in is inspiration, to breath out is to expire. The Breath of 
Life/Chi/Prana, flows like a tide.

A nice way to give your lungs fresh chi and at the same time recycle their emotion is by the Healing Sound: do it with full awareness of your breath, of your lungs. The slower you do the sound and breath, the more powerful you make this practice.
*** Sit quietly, focus on the breath coming and going through your nose. After a couples of breaths connect with your lungs, breath in and out, feeling your lungs expand. Now, delve into your lungs, be aware of any feeling of sadness, grief, depression. Breathe in from your lungs and out with a SSSSSSSSSSSSS, letting all go. And then, breathe in this imaginary white silk and wrap all around your lungs, visualize your bright white, healthy lungs, filled with courage and self-confidence, for you to do whatever you have to do! And smile at your lungs! =) You can do this a couple of times, and can add the movement if you wish: as you breathe in, raising your arms overhead, elbows slightly bent outwards, hands palm up, and extend your arms above your head. Your eyes follow the movements of your hands.

The healing sound is such a nice way to practice breathing to release and relax, and if you want some energy, breathe to energise and warm up your body with 'Bellows Breathing':
***Sit in meditation, comfortable posture and lay your hands on top of each other over the navel.
Inhale and expand your lower abdomen, feeling your lungs expand. Keep your chest relaxed and focus on breathing with your belly.
Exhale with some force, pulling the navel back in toward the spine and keeping your chest relaxed. Feel your sexual organs pull up toward your navel at the same time.
The rhythm of this breathing is medium to quick, see how it feels and if it feels good, repeat a couple of times. Finalise by relaxing and feel the warm chi that you have created at your navel center.

**Sexual Practices - Focused breathing: Air=Energy, the more you can take in with least effort, the more you can put out.

We have specific breathing in the Yin Taoist practices, as the kidney breathing and ovarian breathing, so important and useful to keep these organs healthy and radiant, and to strengthen our life force, our sexual energy.
You can learn more about these in the Jade Circle Workshop and Taoist Healing Love Workshop.
For the ones in London the Jade Circle Evening is a great introduction for these. 
Here the calendar.

© Anamarta

Amazingly WonderFULL Jade Circle Workshop!!

I'm still vibrating in pure joy after the amazing Jade Circle workshop - welcome to the family: lovely Jade Goddesses 2015 travel from all over UK and Ireland, representing beauty of 11 countries, even besides having the biggest British and Londoners group ever! Another wonderful journey of the Tao of Feminine Empowerment! Blissful gratitude & delight.

Here we are:

***Thank you for your feedback***

• "Magical. transformational. Re-connecting with self-love." K. Croatia

• "Thank you Anamarta for such a transformative and inspiring workshop. I feel completely different from when I arrived on Friday - much more in my body, grounded and alive. I feel like I have got my physical self back who I have felt disconnected from for quite sometime. I feel light, energised and beautiful again! You have such a beautiful presence and powerful way of teaching. It feel very real, alive and genuine." G.A.L. England

• "Beautiful, thank you! Such a nurturing, joyous + empowering mixture of beautiful informative + beautiful practices..." T.B. UK

• "Thank you Anamarta. From when I did the workshop with you three years ago, the introduction to the jade egg, you inspire me to embrace my femininity, and now I truly can!Keep shining!" J.M. UK

• "The workshop was thorough and clearly expressed, packed with information! I am going home feeling supported and intimately wired with my spirituality and even more!! I had never experienced meditation as deep as this weekend. So the 2,5 days were perfect to sink into it. Thank you so much for your flexibility... With deep reverence and love." B.C. France

• "Amazing workshop and fantabulous people. Always enlightening Anamarta, thank you." S.B UK

• "Thank you for sharing this work and practice. I feel like something is being re-ignited, a reconnection with myself has been found. I'm going to try to practice everyday and I'd really like to make to the next session. May the healing Tao find everyone who needs it. In'lakesh, aloha, namaste!!" R.M. UK/Bangladesh

• "Finally I made it  onto your beautiful Jade Egg workshop. So many deep practices for me to explore and use to deepen my relationship with myself, my Jade Gate and the world! Thank you. " V.A England

• "Exciting! Loved exercises - I trust the time will make them easier to embody them without too much thinking." E. Czech Republic/Ghana/UK

• "Thanks a million Anamarta for incredible teaching, for creating special atmosphere of happiness, magic and inspiration, of what is possible; for reminding us how special and beautiful we all are. Thank you for your kind heart and radiant beauty to inspire Divine feminine! Thank you for this New Beginning. Sincerely Love" G.R. Russia

• "So wonderful - wish I had done this as a teenager! x so much gratitude & love." N.H. UK

• "I love it, even found it at times physically challenging due to my condition; it was: well structured, beautifully held, layered, reassuring, informative, balanced, very experiential, skilful, enchanting. I am in love with my jade egg + Anamarta and the beautiful women who supported and attended. Thank you from my head, heart and jade gate" T.V. London

• "The workshop equipped me with tools to further my journey. I am full of questions, they are patiently answered. I knew I have all the answers, but now I have the courage to listen to the answers of the universe coming through me." R.G. UK

• "Thank you Goddess Anamarta, as always I enjoyed so much and I was in need of practice, it was finally time for me. Great to meet all the Goddesses." S. Croatia 

• "Very grounding, inspiring to give love to my self in simple ways: smiling, stroking hands all around body, breathing, generating energy with intention. Taking conscious time in the hours of my life to make a point of bringing wellness, pleasure and love to myself. I love the colourful workshop." N. Iran

• "Hot Damn, ma'am :) ;)". S.S. USA

• "This workshop really tuned me on with my higher self, I'm deeply in peace, insights coming clear with acceptance I'm feeling big and happy. Thank you for all your sharing, thank you for assisting us in our special journey, commune us with ourselves and bring sisterhood spirit united! Thank you for being the biggest inspiration Goddess Bella Anamarta " C. Brazil/Italy

Thank you for this inspiring sharing, received days and weeks after the workshop: 

"After 24 hrs your presence has followed me in my dreams last night! And although my bleeding is so flowy I feel so much more centered and somehow 'strong': I feel totally inspired by your hard work and sincere dedication you offer to all these goddesses around you ! I also feel blessed by such experience and I aim to give you more feedbacks from my personal work based on your teachings. Keep up the fabulous work you have put into place !!!!" B.D.

"* On the Tuesday after the workshop I realised I didn't feel stressed anymore - no matter what was going on - feeling so calm and centred.
* I have my energy back - I don't remember feeling so much energy - and it doesn't go away like it did before.
* My moon time after the workshop came with virtually no build up, I felt so much better than usual, less angsty, more calm, a bit of cramping that felt like a clearing on the first day, and no breast tenderness in the build-up
* I had very strong healing dreams the first 2 nights with the Jade Egg under my pillow.
* The symptoms of vata aggravation (such as restlessness and finding it hard to concentrate) have cleared up.
* I lost 3 pounds during the workshop without trying, another pound the following week even though I had my moon time!
* Feeling more alive and joyful.
* I feel SO grounded (something I have wanted for a long time).
* I have energy in the evenings after work which I haven't for years!
* My breasts have gone from feeling swollen and very painful (I was getting concerned) to feeling nice, soft and comfortable.
* My posture at work has changed - much better now.
* I feel more attracted to lighter foods, less attracted to heavier food.
* All in all I feel like I have got my life back. Thank you Anamarta, you have given me a huge gift.
*And of course the workshop itself was so beautiful, a wonderful group of women, very powerful exercises, an amazing process, beautifully held. I look forward to more." G.A.L.

"I have been blessed with the company of so many women around the world connecting through healing. The meditations have really helped me to come to terms with my emotions and I have had many comments on how well I look after my training. I feel confident that I am in safe hands with the teaching from Anamarta" R.G.

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Fotografia da Aura com o Ovo de Jade!

Queridas Mulheres,

Sabem que quando se “contraí” (contraindo e relaxando - “squeezing”) o vosso Portal de Jade (nome Taoista para a vagina) e o vosso períneo (“portal da vida e da morte”, ponto entre o ânus e os genitais) estão a aumentar o vosso campo energético, ou seja a vossa aura?
A contracção do períneo ajuda a manter a energia (incluindo a energia sexual) no corpo permitindo-nos cultivar cada vez mais energia sem perda; este é um dos segredos Taoistas para cultivar a longevidade.
Contrair e relaxar os órgãos genitais ("squeeze") tonifica os músculos da pélvis, lubrifica o nosso Portal de Jade (vagina) e activa o fluxo de sangue e hormonas sexuais para o cérebro. Em reflexologia sexual a glândula pineal está ligada com o clítoris.

Quando utilizamos o Ovo de Jade, (obviamente dentro do nosso Portal de Jade) movemos energia, pois o Ovo é, na verdade, um cristal de cura dentro de nós, mas só agora obtive a confirmação (prova) que este aumenta e expande os nossos centros de energia, os chacras.

No decorrer da minha apresentação no festival “Mind Body and Soul” decidi tirar uma foto da minha aura, inspirada numa que tinha visto do meu querido companheiro e mestre Taoista Kris Deva North, onde tinha uma foto dele 'normal', e em seguida, uma contraíndo o períneo, e como a sua aura mudou!
De manhã tinha feito a minha Prática Holística do Ovo de Jade, que inclui pedir permissão ao meu corpo para trabalhar com o Ovo de Jade e, ao receber o 'sim', procedi à sua inserção sagrada ("sipping" o ovo, que entra de forma natural e não empurrado) e lá fui eu abrir o Festival com Qiogong Kuan Yin e em seguida dar uma palestra para mulheres.
Quando terminei, retirei o Ovo de Jade para a primeira foto da minha aura e depois voltei a pôr o ovo (com a prática é bastante rápido inseri-lo de forma natural "sipping", até em pé conseguimos fazê-lo!...) e tirei a segunda foto (as fotos são foram tiradas com alguns minutos de intervalo)

Observem então a 1ª foto! Eu “normal”, simplesmente sem fazer nada:

E agora vejam a 2ª foto comigo a contrair o períneo e com o Ovo de Jade dentro de mim

Incrível como a minha Aura se tornou mais brilhante e mais densa, e se olharmos mais de perto ainda tem uma camada extra em torno dela.
E a partir da análise deles "Aura-Photo" da luz da minha aura à direita: “Gloriosa luz interior, a sua aura brilha e irradia em direcção aos outros com amor e energia curativa, você coloca a maior frequência vibracional para o mundo". Luz da à minha volta do lado esquerdo: “Paz, meditação, intuição, tranquilidade e espiritualidade; parece que você está num momento da sua vida de intensa beleza, paz interior e unidade com o divino”.

Mas o que me fascinou acima de tudo foi a mudança nos chacras!!
Todos expandiram com excepção do primeiro, o “chacra raiz”, e acredito que isto se deva à contracção que estava a fazer com o Portal de Jade e períneo, na verdade a luz está mais forte e parece que também contraiu…. Mas a maioria das chacras ficaram mais densos, mudaram a forma e a cor!...
Reparem na incrível expansão do Chacra Sacro (centro de energia sexual e criativa), do Chakra Cardíaco (centro do amor e compaixão) e Chacra do Terceiro Olho (reflexão espiritual e visão, centro de sabedoria interior...).

Também achei interessante a mudança de cor do Chacra Cardíaco de azul para branco. Na análise deles: “Você irradia uma luz interior misteriosa e vive pela sua intuição. Você é uma inspiração aos que a rodeiam e trabalha para curar a si mesmo e aos outros.“
A mudança de cor no Chacra Coronário (chacra da coroa) de um branco brilhante para rosa, misturando-se mais com a aura: “Há um encantamento e uma profunda compreensão espiritual em seu caminho. Magia, fantasia e clarividência altamente carregadas de energia da cura”.
A forma original que tomou o Chacra Laríngeo: “Você deseja comunicar mensagens de harmonia, paz e espiritualidade, a expressão de uma ordem superior. Cada encontro é tratado com paciência, calma e compaixão. Você irradia uma misteriosa e mágica paz interior que atrai as pessoas à sua personalidade etérea e serena.”
E a duplicação da luz no Chacra do Terceiro Olho: "Não só você é como uma fada, uma criatura aparentemente de outro mundo, você é naturalmente um canal para a energia de cura espiritual. Você canaliza a luz pura, divina e cura os outros com a sua presença."

Tudo o que foi descrito não poderia estar mais alinhado com o meu trabalho, assim como a minha vida dedicada ao Jade Circle®!..

Conseguem imaginar o espanto das pessoas que tiraram a foto da minha aura: O que é que fez?!?!...”
Obviamente que isto é um resultado de uma exploração e aplicação constante da Prática Holística do Ovo de Jade; não acredito que se põe o Ovo de Jade e se contrai ("squeeze") e consigamos obter tudo isto.
Contudo, prova como esta prática beneficia o nosso bem-estar geral a um nível energético, e o corpo físico segue sempre o energético.

Para se alcançar o poder de auto cura, de sermos a nossa próprio mestre, com o coração aberto, necessitamos de coragem e determinação de se priorizar a nós mesmas acima de tudo e dedicar tempo de qualidade a nós próprias. Descobri que, na verdade, o tempo que dedico aos outros, é talvez menor em quantidade, mas definitivamente muito maior em qualidade.
“À volta de um verdadeiro curandeiro, todos são curados” Kris Deva North – levou-me um tempo a perceber isto, mas agora faz todo o sentido!

Quando se trata de fazer alguma coisa em relação a si mesmo, ouço muita gente dizer : “eu não tenho tempo…” e a minha resposta é : “mas tem tempo para se sentir doente, infeliz" (qualquer que seja a situação...) Tudo são opções que fazemos, o resto, para ser honesta são desculpas ou o facto de não nos sentirmos preparados para assumir a responsabilidade por todo o nosso ser, o que no fundo é bastante justo, pois cada um tem o seu próprio tempo.

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Ovo de Jade: Uma Ferramenta, Uma Jóia e Um Talismã

Vindo eu própria de um “background” de Cristaloterapia (terapia com cristais), quando me cruzei a primeira vez com o Ovo de Jade há cerca de uma década atrás, imediatamente entendi como o Jade é um cristal poderoso, mas de uma forma feminina, delicada e profunda, oferecendo cura tanto para Rins (que estão relacionados com os nossos órgãos sexuais) como de cura para o coração, fazendo todo o sentido, assim sendo ideal para esta jornada íntima para o Eu interior.

O Ovo de Jade vem da tradição Ancestral Taoista Yin (feminina), utilizado para tonificar a zona pélvica, o músculo P-C ("o músculo amor"), energizar a área reprodutiva levando ao alívio de dores menstruais, sintomas de problemas reprodutivos e permitindo uma vida sexual fantástica em qualquer idade. Desta forma as mulheres podem manter a sua saúde sexual, vitalidade, beleza natural, entrar em sintonia com a sua sabedoria do ventre e de auto-cura.  Na altura pensei, isto é maravilhoso! (“eu quero isto!”), mas sabia que para colher todos os benefícios devia haver algo mais, o Ovo de Jade vai muito além da zona pélvica, uma vez que o Jade em si é um cristal carregado de propriedades curativas.
Apercebi-me que, para o seu uso adequado, nós realmente temos que estar em sintonia com as suas vibrações (energia), uma vez que é usado internamente! Nem todos os cristais são adequados para usar internamente, alguns são realmente tóxicos e outros podem ser energeticamente avassaladores trazendo efeitos secundários desagradáveis e perturbando o nosso corpo a todos os níveis!

Os cristais podem aumentar a energia e apesar do Jade não ser da família do quartzo, que naturalmente amplia a energia (que internamente pode ser avassalador), ele mesmo assim move energia.  A prática do Ovo Jade é na verdade uma prática Qigong para os órgãos reprodutores, através da qual movemos o nosso Chi (energia) que se conecta com o resto do corpo... Isto fez-me aperceber que eu e meu corpo tínhamos de estar preparados para receber o Ovo de Jade, e foi assim que surgiu a minha Prática Holística do Ovo de Jade e Qigong Kuan Yin - uma combinação de 'ferramentas' que criam uma experiência não só segura mas ao mesmo tempo maximiza os seus benefícios.

Portanto, esta incrível ‘ferramenta'; usada correctamente, é realmente fantástica para melhorar a saúde das mulheres, alquimia interna para harmonia interior, rejuvenescimento, força interior, para desenvolver as virtudes femininas (como o amor, a compaixão, a abertura...) e para honrar o sagrado feminino interior, que inclui a nossa sexualidade sagrada e sensualidade.
Quando trabalhado holisticamente o Ovo de Jade traz benefícios a todos os níveis: físico, emocional e energético.

O Ovo de Jade uma jóia?

Sim! Cruzei-me com Jade da melhor qualidade, há nove anos no Museu de Jade na Tailândia, onde aprendi mais sobre este cristal. O Jade Imperial translúcido é considerado uma das cinco pedras mais preciosas (como o diamante, rubi, esmeralda e safira); a sua dureza é de cerca de 7 (o diamante é de cerca de 10). Isto é Jadeite, a Jade mais valiosa do mundo que vem em cores diferentes e pode ser mais cara do que o ouro.  Foi imediatamente assim que me pus a pensar como obter a melhor qualidade de Jade para a finalidade das nossa prática?
E este é a Jade Nefrite, normalmente verde escura, com alguns pontos negros e / ou castanhos, uma pedra dura, cerca de 6 - usada principalmente para a escultura e joalharia, uma vez que não quebram facilmente! Através da sua dureza, cor e vibração podemos avaliar a qualidade de um cristal.

Contudo o que fez este cristal ser ideal para O Ovo de Jade é a sua formação fibrosa, é um cristal não poroso e por isso não absorve bactérias, portanto, seguro e higiénico para a nossa prática.

E sim, aprendi experimentando vários tipos de Jade Nefrite, vendidos como “certificados” e de “alta qualidade” e que no fundo não apresentavam a mesma qualidade, partindo-se, rachando-se ou perdendo a sua cor original.
Eu trabalho apenas com a mais alta qualidade de Ovos de Jade que vêm directamente de uma mina que me fornece à anos sem uma única reclamação.

Assim, sendo uma jóia para uma das partes mais sagradas do nosso corpo, o Ovo de Jade torna-se uma extensão da forma como eu reconheço a minha Divindade Feminina.

O Ovo de Jade : uma ferramenta, uma jóia – porquê um talismã?

Primeiro vamos definir talismã: Algo que se acredita possuir propriedades energéticas ou mesmo mágicas que podem funcionar como protecção e boa sorte. A própria forma do ovo é desde os tempos mais antigos, um símbolo de fertilidade, de criação, renascimento (nova vida), realização pessoal, além disso o ovo surge muitas vezes associado a pureza, protecção, crescimento e novos começos.
Adivinhem?
O Jade é um cristal de protecção, e é adorado pelos Taoistas (Chineses) por milhares de anos por acreditarem que traz boa sorte, e as suas propriedades estam associadas a tudo o que foi descrito acima sobre a forma do ovo! Por tudo isto, é de facto, um super talismã!!...

"Desde os tempos antigos até os dias atuais, temos rodeado o ovo com crenças mágicas e sobrenaturais. Ovos simbolizam a vida em seus diferentes estágios de desenvolvimento,
abrangendo a magia e o mistério da criação." Daniel "Myth-egg-stical" Kim

Em todo o mundo diferentes culturas têm os mais diversos rituais de adoração e simbolismo para os ovos desde promover a fertilidade, restaurar a virilidade e até adivinhar o futuro (no caso dos chineses). Algumas práticas e cerimónias xamânicas usam-nos para cura.
Os Taoistas (e os hindus) acreditam que o mundo surgiu através do aparecimento de um ovo cósmico do qual toda a criação emergiu.
Na terapia com cristais a forma do ovo detecta e corrige os desequilíbrios energéticos (bloqueios) do corpo. Isto é o que o Ovo de Jade faz dentro de nóa quando utilizado correctamente.

Assim sendo a forma do ovo em si carrega as suas próprias energias e crenças, contudo cada um de nós pode colocar as suas próprias intenções transformando-o no seu próprio talismã.
Para mim, o Ovo Jade é meu talismã, funciona como uma 'âncora' de todo o meu ser para: a saúde, o meu "empowerement" feminino; a minha deusalidade (palavra inventada por mim para honrar a Deusa que somos!), abundância em todos os níveis da minha vida, a minha sensualidade alinhada com a minha sabedoria interior e capacidade de compartilhar os meus dons com os outros!

Gostaria de aprender tudo sobre os segredos do Ovo do Jade na tradição de à quatro mil anos? A prática Holística do Ovo de Jade proporciona uma experiência de iniciação completa e segura do Ovo de Jade - para o seu uso adequado; que juntamente com outras 'ferramentas' como as meditações, QiGong Kuan Yin e a Práticas Yin (específicas para mulheres), que faz com que esta Prática Holística seja tão benéfica, pois é desenhada para trabalhar em todos os níveis do nosso ser.

Se sim, o Workshop do Jade Circle® de 2.5 dias é para si!*****

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