I first heard of this type of mediation when I was doing my first Vipassana course in 2019. A big gift from Buddha! From time to time I choose to start my day with those phrases, repeating them inside my head as many times as I need to feel them as purely as possible in...
Author: Janaina Aguiar (Janaina Aguiar)
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Matariki – The Māori New Year
This year we will have a holiday on the 24th of June. That will be the first time that Matariki will be celebrated officially as a public holiday in New Zealand! Here are a couple of things I have been learning over the past few weeks from a book* I bought, an activity at work...
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collage
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Go for a walk…Demons hate fresh air!
Go for a walk, even if you are not doing a step challenge! I have read this advice in so many books: ”go for a walk” and it has been so useful in my life! In the morning (if I am at the beach it’s even better) to notice things, to enjoy the breakfast even...
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Volcanoes
Some notes from a visit to Auckland Museum – 09/05/2021 Volcanos aren`t unique to Earth. Quite the contrary – everywhere scientists look on other planets and moons, they find them. In Nicaragua, young women were once thrown as sacrifices into the crater of Masaya Volcano. People living in central Africa made an annual offering of...
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SALTWATTER BUDDHA
Pieces from my last reading: Saltwatter Buddha – A surfer`s quest to find zen on the sea by Jaimal Yogis Zen ”But maybe if I had been calmer, I might have seen other options, might have avoided creating so much worry. Or not. I really don’t know.“ About Thich Nhat Hanh: ”But it wasn’t even...
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Good Things, version one.
Kayak and sunset. Bike and music. A hug from someone you love! Beach and sunrise. Mountains and a sky full of stars! Notice the plants growing. Yoga and coffee in the morning! Birds singing. Dancing! Newborns sleeping. Period on time. Puppys. Butterflies! Sleeping well. The sound of the rain! Stand up desk. Painting. Memories of...
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Exquisite corpse drawing
Art by Ale, Ben and me 🙂 Idea by: https://austinkleon.com/2022/03/08/how-to-draw-an-exquisite-corpse/
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Swami Dayananda
Portuguese 🙂 ‘Que eu tenha a maturidade de aceitar o que nao posso mudar, o desejo e o esforco para mudar o que nao posso e a sabedoria para saber a diferenca entre o que posso e o que nao posso mudar. Aceito simplesmente o que ja aconteceu em minha vida ate aqui Busco forca...