Are you feeling the good vibrations – of Ibiza’s “feel free” energy?

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What is it about the White Island’s energy?
The sun – the light – the dancing through the night (and all day).
What is it that helps you be and feel more colour, more life, more energy?

People talk openly about the magical energy here in Ibiza. The mystical rock of Es Vedra, residing in all her splendor off the coast by Cala D’Or, has powerful magnetic properties.

Many people feel “drawn” here – called back to explore further, by Ibiza, by the island, by the sense of freedom and wellbeing.

So how does this fit together? Well…. how you think drives how you feel emotionally, which creates how you feel physiologically.

Ibiza is known for her sense of feeling free. A special, even sacred island where you can feel free to be yourself, to express yourself, physically, emotionally…. creatively. Whatever your age, your background, your race or “economic” place, you are accepted for being who you are. So it is that Ibiza attracts people from all over the world, a vibrant melting pot of colourful characters, who choose to come together to live in freedom and harmony.

We are all made up, at a subatomic level, of vibrating particles of energy – so feeling free in our minds and our bodies means that we are also enabling freedom at a cellular level. Which enables our optimum wellbeing! This means that our cells can be functioning perfectly :0) allowing our

With an open free mind we have less resistance to life, which means we carry less tension, our blood can oxygenate our cells, our breathe flows freely, infusing us with natural, positive “prana”, life-force energy. Lovely!

The lack of too much traffic helps the oxygen levels too! And of course, the raw natural beauty, especially in the North, offers space for the eye to roam freely over green pine-topped mountains, rust-red soil and turquoise seas. The colours and topography help to calm the mind and open the heart as we leave behind pressure and effort, with limited phone service in many places.. you just have to unplug and remember how to “just be”.

Open your heart and minds with a delicious infusion during the beautiful Ibiza Energy Retreat being held by Coco Bliss and Bianca in a secret retreat location, near San Miguel from 2nd – 8th October – with 10% off for energy-seekers booking through Ibiza Retreats.

And please let us know – where do you feel most free?

August – Heat and Passion. Live your JOY this summer time!

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Phew! August is the month when everything is at its hottest, especially here on the White Island.  Work with this heat and do less of what you “have to” or feel you “must do” and feel your summer-time smiles become fully fuelled with a sense of real fulfillment by asking yourself:

What do I enjoy most in my life?

What am I most passionate about?

How can I do more of what feels good more easily?

Being away on summer holiday, retreats, away from reality’s responsibilities, gives you space and time to unplug from all the have to’s and the pressures that can weigh us down draining our passions and energy.

Unplug properly, make sure you turn your iphone or blackberry off for at least a few day enabling you to unplug mentally and create space for your inner-smile, your enjoyment of life to refuel you with a new found power.  From here, with this can do feeling of positive possibilities, ask yourself the questions above and consider – how can I bring more of it into my reality?

Have you every noticed that when you are doing what you enjoy, when you are focusing your time and energies more and more on what feels good, the relationships, the experiences, choosing the pleasure rather than the “ought to” invitations and situations where you feel you may “rather be” elsewhere, everything takes no effort?

Imagine what life could be like when you really are saying yes, at least 90% of your time, to what you really enjoy? How much less effort and energy will this require? And with this extra energy, the world is your oyster: what are you passionate about that you can invest this energy in instead? Begin to make a gentle shift by choosing to say yes to what feels good rather than because you feel you ought to, or that you may be missing out.

As you keep saying yes more and more to you (whilst of course, keeping some consideration for the health and happiness of those around you), you will notice how much happier and stronger you feel, which spreads like a heart-warming fire in ever-increasing circles through your loved ones, friends and family.

Take some time out for you on our Just Stop retreat and enjoy plenty of healing treatments and pampering.

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Verbal Vitamin D – Nutrition for the mind.

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How often do you find yourself listening to your inner-critic? That voice inside your mind that says things like: You are not good enough!. It’s all your fault!. That was really stupid stupid stupid!. You are too fat, too this, too that.

How does listening to all of these harsh, negative thoughts make you feel? Does it bring you down? Or pump you full of good-feeling energy?

So how would you LIKE to feel instead?

The words that we speak out loud, just like the words we choose to listen to that scamper around in our minds, are the starting point for our emotional and physical feelings. Thoughts become things. In NLP we have the TEA model that explains this really well:

T houghts create E motions which create our A ctions or behaviour. Our thoughts, literally charge us up with better or worse feelings and better or worse energy, all depending on what they are! Instead, why not create a super-smoothie for your mind that is full of Verbal Vitamin D? That helps you feel full of sunshine, happiness and positive, light, energy?

What thoughts can you think to yourself every morning this week to enable you to want to seize the day? How about:

I am always doing the best I can given the circumstances.

I am a loving and giving person.

I deserve to be happy.

The more full of good feeling thoughts you are, the easier it is to see possibilities and opportunities! To enjoy life in the moment, to live a lighter, brighter, life.

Set yourself up and prepare your recipe, get the ingredients written down. Create a healthy happy week ahead and write down YOUR super smoothie recipe that nourishes your body and soul by beginning with the words that you choose to think in your mind!

Larah Davis is a holistic life coach and nlp master practitioner offering 1:1 sessions and workshops in Ibiza and via skype internationally.  Contact Larah on larah@ibizaretreats.com

Meditation Is The Future

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Meditation is the future, because it is the most ancient and powerful discipline in self development. This means to us that with meditation we’ll be able to transcend our habits and discover a new source of well being. Here are some tips do help discover the art of being.

Preparation

First we need to find our perfect meditation cushion, there is no fixed height for a cushion since we are all different in a way. Some recommend the the size of your closed fist. I use the length of my thumb. In any case, this is rather an arbitrary conception. If you can sit on a lotus position, then you won’t need more than a yoga mattress.

There’s always a concession between your knees and your back. If your cushion is tall, you’ll probably feel your knees after a while; if it’s too short, your back will tend to bend. The best is to test for yourself at home piling books until you get a comfortable, straight posture.

Once you’ve got an idea of the cushion you’re going to use, get ready for the next step.

Create an atmosphere

Finding or creating a calm environment is our next quest, the environment has and will always influence our way of living. We can easily do this by determining a small area anywhere you regularly find yourself or would like to be, for the specific purpose of meditation practice. Find an inspiring meditation calendar or card. Add a yoga or small mattress for your knees that matches with the atmosphere you want to create. A scented or beautiful candle that goes with the colour of your meditation theme would let you concentrate and appreciate your meditation sanctuary.

A plant that you’ll nourish will add a signification of growing and caring about your meditation practice. Many traditions go from one extreme to another, from a baroque pantheon of deities to an insipid desert of intentional boredom. Perceive yourself, try out and find the most suitable atmosphere that matches with your current personality.

Now is the time to sync body and mind…

The physical body

What to consider as a complement of your meditation practice. Your spin needs to be straight and flexible, only sustained by the back muscles, not by the arms or shoulders. We need to treat of body through a holistic approach. Therefore good nourishment before meditation is also essential. Air, Temperature and Sleep are the three most important components for life. You may live days without eating or drinking, but with no air or no temperature you won’t survive a few minutes. Empiric researches tell that sleep is the third in the list, since no sleep for a week causes the total dysfunction of the brain.

Then water of course, is the vehicle of lasting survival, containing memory and secrets about the subtle ways of our inner journey. Have a glass of filtered water (mixed with a tiny stream of tap water or minerals like Himalayan salt), get an energy saving light bulb that includes negative ion emitting and take a few long deep breaths before you start.

The room is slightly fresh for better concentration. Warm, nonetheless, again through an air ionizer.All this is because your session can really become a special moment to recharge your whole being. Remember, the approach is holistic.

Ok, body and space are integrated and ready for the practice, which has somehow already started.

Use your candle or your breath as reference of awareness. Still, all these tips aren’t the core of your meditation session. Not even your thoughts, not even your mind. That it something that you’ll discover when putting all these tips in practice. You are the master of your meditation, the compass of your own sacred journey.

This article is written by Ariel Guerra who will be running a 3 day meditation workshop at Dharmasana on the 13th, 14th and 15th of August.  For more details see our wellbeing calendar listing.  To find out more about Ariel and his work visit his website.

Stop! Make an appointment with yourself.

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Are you constantly moving at full speed ahead?

Putting your attention and energy in every outward direction to please others?

Can you remember the last time you did something just for you?

Do you really take good care of yourself?

Self care and nurture will enrich your life immeasurably. Investing time in yourself rewards the greatest as we become strong physically emotionally and on a spiritual level more connected to our higher selves.  By slowing down our awareness expands and we pay attention to what is happening around us. When we are rushing around our energy starts to deplete, we run our batteries low but we keep going even if we are exhausted. We are all culprits of not listening to ourselves.

It’s time to honour yourself and your energy. Make an appointment with yourself in the diary. Turn off the computer and phone and switch off from ‘work’ mode.  I did this for myself yesterday and had a Shiatsu treatment for the first time, with a lady who lives on the Island called Tanja Nooteboom – it felt amazing. It’s a very gentle treatment and during it I began to feel parts of my body connect energetically through the meridian lines as the blockages were released and the energy started to flow naturally.  Tanja is offering a Shiatsu workshop next Wednesday 20th July at the Garden of Light from 10am – 5pm where you learn how to give and how to receive a full body treatment. ENQUIRE NOW for more info about the workshop.

Make a commitment to yourself to do something nurturing and healing at least once a week. Spend time in nature, go for a long walk or just spend time at home relaxing in the garden, have a massage or treatment, whatever you enjoy doing that’s just for you.  Remember. You are in charge of your life. YOU are your number one priority. Don’t burn yourself out. Stop, look and listen because you are worth it! Retreat for a whole 5 days in Ibiza’s nature and totally switch off and Just Stop.

The Just Stop retreat is a 5 day all-inclusive retreat in the heart of Ibiza´s nature located at a beautiful healing arts country farmhouse near San Miguel. Close to the clear waters of Benirras beach. Relax around the bio-pool, take daily yoga, meditation and breath work classes, get pampered with your choice of healing treatments. This is your retreat tailor made by a team of wellbeing experts.

Next dates are 17th – 21st August

Cost: £790 (+ optional extras)

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