Portugal in Bali Spirit Festival

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É assim com um orgulho imenso que vou representar Portugal em Bali naquele que é o festival de yoga mais lindo do planeta e com quem tenho partilhado tantos momentos lindos nos últimos anos. Mas este ano tenho uma participação especial que podem ver aqui - dar aulas todos os dias no Bali Spirit vai ser mágico a todos os níveis. Fica a novidade, ainda estou a usufruir e a deliciar-me com esta linda surpresa. sou muito agradecida de fazer parte deste comunidade linda que quer e faz a diferença para que o «mundo pule e avance». 

Quem quiser vir aproveitar esta que vai ser a 10ª edição do festival e quiser vir comigo pode entrar em contacto comigo que o Bali Spirit Festival oferece um preço especial a quem vier comigo. O festival realiza-se entre 18 e 26 de Março, estamos na altura perfeita para nos oferecermos uma viagem inesquecível e poder usufruir de aulas de yoga com uma conterrânea, adorava ter lá mais uns tantos para me apoiarem! quem for não voltará igual 

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and its filled with pride, love and gratitude that I am representing Portugal in the most beautiful yoga and music festival of the planet. the last years I have been part of the family team and this year I have a very special participation  - teaching at the festival will be magic at all levels. I am still nourishing this beautiful surprise. I am so grateful for being part of this amazing global bali community that is the «change we want to see in the world». 
Who wishes to join me on the 10th magic edition of this magic festival please contact me as I have a special offer to offer from BSF. the festival will take place between the 18th and the 26th March, so its the perfect time to offer ourselves a unforgettable trip on yoga, dance and music. 
come and spread the love together!

in the mountains

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costuma ser que as pessoas são do mar ou das montanhas e se estão longe do que conectam sentem uma energia diferente, como se peixes fora de água. eu sou do mar. mar mesmo, não é lago nem rio. amo a natureza e todos os ambientes, mas se tenho de viver em algum lado então escolho o mar. 

em Ubud não havia fim-de-semana que não corresse para a costa, na esperança de chegar, ver o mar, tomar banho, sentir a limpeza que o mar oferece, como uma cerimónia de purificação de mim para mim. 

por isso quero viver perto do mar. de um mar azul. deve estar a perguntar porque chamei este texto in the mountains e escrevo sobre o mar. 

é que estes dias viemos passar uns dias às montanhas perseguindo a vida de viagens a que nos propusemos, desta vez escalamos uns metros para sentir o fresco oxigênio dos Alpes e os cheiros maravilhosos das flores das montanhas e da erva fresca alpina. com o regresso à Ásia há algum tempo que deixamos de vir para estes destinos europeus. 

senti-me de coração aberto com a energia das montanhas e penso que até comecei a entender o síndroma montanha que algumas pessoas têm quando dizem que estão com saudades da montanha. é um sentimento diferente como se o poder da natureza se revelasse dos céus mostrando que ele, o céu, está mais perto e que até pode ser tocado. os deuses ficam assim mais próximos de nós. e sentimos essa conexão. a prática fica mais intensa talvez pela abundância de oxigénio e eu tenho de admitir que encontrei para sempre as montanhas que por vezes via nas minhas meditações. e sou de mais um lugar.

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usually people are from the sea or from the mountains and when away they feel a different energy, like fish out of water. I am from the sea. sea, not lake or river. I love nature and all environments, but if I have to live somewhere then I choose the sea.

in Ubud there was no weekend I would not run to the coast, craving to sight of the sea, its sound, bathing myself and feeling the water in the skin, feeling that cleaning energy, as a purification ceremony to myself.

so I decided I want to live by the sea. a blue sea. you must be wondering why I called this text in the mountains and writing about the sea.

pursuing the travel life we ​​set to ourselves, this time we climbed a few meters to feel the fresh oxygen of the Alps and the wonderful smells of the flowers´ mountains and the alpine fresh grass. 

I felt an open heart with the energy of the mountains and I believe I began to understand the mountain syndrome that some people talk about. 

It is a different feeling as if the power of the nature is revealed from heaven showing that he, the sky, is closer and that can even be touched. the gods are thus closer to us. and we feel that connection. the practice is more intense perhaps because of the abundance of oxygen and I believe I found the mountains I sometimes saw in my meditations. and I gained another home.

ps: thank you to our dear friends Gaby and Hansi for letting us stay in their beautiful home. we will come back for sure!

creating space

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tenho aproveitado estes dias de chuva para me encher... leituras, escritas, cozinhar, criar. um tempo de reflexão, de sentir as energias que me envolvem... imergindo numa velocidade mais lenta, em que tudo é menos urgente. é este processo de criar espaço, como quando pratico pela manhã crio espaço para que o meu dia seja mais sereno, mais claro, mais presente. a prática de Ashtanga Yoga tem muito de criar espaço quando entramos nas posturas. há posturas que só começamos a perceber uma vez criado o espaço para que ela aconteça. estou portanto a fazer o mesmo com a minha vida neste momento, criar o espaço para que ela aconteça tal como tem de acontecer. e aceitar... aceitar que mesmo quando nos querem atingir criando obstáculos e dor, não passam de sinais do Universo para nos guiar no caminho certo. portanto, no final, sou agradecida. obrigada.

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I have taken advantage of these rainy days to fill me ... reading, writing, cooking, create. a time of reflection, to feel the energies surrounding ... immersing into a slower speed, where everything is less urgent. it is this process of creating space, like when I practice in the morning, I create space for a calmer day, clearer, more present. the practice of Ashtanga Yoga has a lot to do with finding the  space. there are postures that only can be mastered once created the space for it to happen. I'm doing the same with my life right now, creating the space for it to blossom. and accept ... accept that even when something create obstacles and pain, those are only signs of the Universe to guide us on the right track. so I am grateful. thank you. 

photo credits to my beloved sister Rita Ferro Alvim

love letter to 2015

Dear 2015

I want to tell you I love you - and I love you exactly as you are. with your good and bad days, sunny or rainy days, happy or sad, spacey or grounded.. I love for your wisdom that you gently offered to me, for making me stronger and better each day. for giving me the support when I needed but also advising me stop when that was the case. 

I also love you for making me taking hard decisions not knowing if they were the best and accepting them as anyways you told me that they were to happen exactly as they happened. 

I want to thank you for all the opportunities you gave me, I traveled, I lived in many places Goa, Mysore, Ubud, Estoril, Murches... I met wonderful people, friends for life which will always be in my life, I practiced yoga in amazing shalas with amazing teachers and friends, you gave me the opportunity to meet beautiful students. thank you for showing me that my heart in enough. 

thank you for showing the family path can be very intense and difficult but the great lesson is to grow together and evolve in our evolution. thank you for showing my angels are guiding lights of the Universe that are here to teach me unconditional love. they are my big Gurus and I am blessed to have these 2 healers next to me every day smiling and challenging me. they are a source of light and love. thank you for this 8th year journey and many more to come. 

thank you for putting me in the path of leaders, spiritual teachers who show me every day I am my  own biggest teacher. thank you for giving me circle and showing the eternal path I am seeking since a girl - to be free. this is my big call - FREEDOM, it really is me.

thank you for the new beginnings and the for gently closing some doors opening others so I understand my directions and real path. and for giving me the force to continue and carry on.

thank you for giving me this time to thank you. I feel more complete, more real, more grounded, more woman, more beautiful and more peaceful. I know this is still a big way but I can see clarity. Yes thank you for the clarity. for the meditation comments and deep insights. they are a daily bless. 

thank you for letting me apologize when I was not at my best and for the support of brothers and sisters I have all around the world - a community of conscious people wanting the better and only love. 

thank you for helping to see my business as a source for me and the planet. and for guiding in this life of constant change. thank you for the big moments of doubts and fear release - you 2015, you brought me to a place where I had to deal with my ghosts and learn to take care of myself properly and rest. you brought me a sense of love for myself, seeing age as a bless and peace place where only love matters. 

thank you for teaching me. 

thank you for showing me how blessed once again we are for being here. I am grateful to you 2015. for the love, the kindness, the turbulences, the forgiveness. 

forever grateful

filipa

power of manifesting · poder de manifestar

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hoje marco o início de uma nova etapa. que vai ser intensa e pura. vou ser eu. numa forma diferente. dia-a-dia novas palavras, relembrar, estruturar, pensar. ser eu. 

já o tinha manifestado, o desejo de o fazer. já me andava a preparar, como se um dia fosse mesmo acontecer. e é assim - quando se manifesta, o universo oferece. lindo. e no mesmo dia outro desejo se manifestou. andava a querer umas cartas e já tinha pensado em várias formas de as ter que fossem especiais. e elas vieram a mim. uma amiga de longa data realizou-me dois desejos num só dia. percebi porque conheci há uns 15 anos a Joana. obrigada querida! já tinha percebido mas agora revelou-se. e regalou-me com este presente. cartas dos Anjos (são da Editora Nascente). adoro. 

a primeira carta diz para aceitar com confiança as oportunidades oferecidas. I guess this is it! 

feliz lua cheia!

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today marks the beginning of a new stage. it will be intense and pure. I will be me. on a different form. new words, remember, organize, think. be me.

I had already expressed the desire to do it. I was kind of preparing myself as it would really happen one day. and when you manifest, the universe offers. its awesome. funny because on the same day also another desire manifested and came true. I was wishing cards and had already thought of several ways to get them in a way that it would be special. and they came to me. a long time friend made two wishes happen in one day. I realised now why I met 15 years ago Joana. I knew already but but now was it got revealed. and she gave me this pre x-mas present. angel tarot. love it.

the first letter says to accept with confidence the opportunities offered. I guess this is it!

happy full mOOn.