fairy land · boom festival 2016

and this was definitely another epic boom edition. 

after the 2014 avalanche, the boom team positively surprised again with the best and offered one week of magical transformation for about 35.000 (or more? :)  people that will then spread the love and the vibes, conscious that we are together in this planet for something which is more real then anything else... 

to boom festival people came together to experience oneness and love ~ living and growing the consciousness in the hearts and therefore in the whole planet. living the land is part of the boom experience, respecting roots and the dreams of the creator...we are the creator and co-creators of your dreams... 

this was the shamanic year in boom land so we prayed and listened to the shamans who inspired us all to embrace the energy´s spirits of the land ~ such touching souls and clear eyes coming from this men women and children whose only message is love and divine connection. 

all the Shamans together lighted the flame of the sacred fire who then hold the energy of the sun throughout the festival, many ceremonies were celebrated honoring the goddesses and the gods, the ancesters and the living souls.. such beauty comes into our hearts in this moments... loving ceremonies.. so we can then continue our lives with our hearts opened and the seed of change planted in each soul. 

I danced to bits and thats the best part for me as dancing frees me and my inner self and with yoga practice incorporated in my body it feels so good to be flexible and strong and not stoping to dance feeling the connection with the dancers around me.. I danced with such amazing people there was this tall guy with this round small vintage sunglasses and the connection just started growing ~we end up dancing with your arms and hands in such a magical way as only fairy and elf can create, we didn´t talk for one sec he didn´t even look into my eyes ever and I smiled for that was such a divine moment. I still found him on another dance camp and finally never saw him again. but I have that dance forever in my heart...

my fairies Zen and Marta ~ only a higher cosmic being can make 3 different girls from Bali together in Portugal for a week like this ~ we totally lived epic moments together those we will be still telling our grandchildren and from this amazing gathering fruits will come... we know that ~ right fairy dragon sisters? yeahhhh ~ I totally love you!!

liminal village was top with amazing lectures about the new world and how money has to change its ways going into the hands of the ones like us who wishes nature and men to live in perfect harmony so we can co-create ways of living sustainable and in beauty.. healing fields had the best beach for me (have to admit I dint walk to funky beach...) but I walked and walked and walked until even my ashtangi muscles could feel, I slept under the trees, I practiced yoga, I laughed and cried, I had definitely an amazing time!! now stay tuned a new festival (first edition of Be-In was last year) is coming ~ Being ~ in the same land, more spiritual for us all to connect again and be wild and free! see you then <3  

photo credits to Niki and Marta ~ my phone died approximately 2 hours after I arrived and I was out... thank you for the care takers!

pledge for the planet

**NO PIC DAY**

o dia 8 de agosto marcou o dia em que começamos a gastar mais do que o planeta nos pode dar até ao final do ano. ou seja, já estamos a gastar recursos naturais do próximo ano. isto é já estamos a viver a crédito com a natureza e ~ sorry ~ estamos a delapidar o nosso capital natural, aquele que nos sustenta, aquele que é a nossa fonte de vida, aquele que sem ele não há dinheiro no mundo que valha. 

a verdade é que a maioria de nós consume mais do que precisa, a vestir, em casas em carros que não precisamos, e a comer! sim, comemos muito mais o que precisa e comemos também demasiados produtos animais, com prejuízo para a saúde de todos. 

a pergunta é como viver uma vida mais simples e aqui ficam os 6 compromissos que o Earth Overshoot Day recomenda:

vamos oferecer um jantar vegetariano!

e baixar o consumo doméstico de energia

pergunte: é o meu país um credor ou devedor ecológico? torne-se um especialista em recursos naturais :)

escolho um dia para telecomute ou usar outro meios de transporte que não o meu carro

tomo o compromisso de reduzir a minha pegada ecológica 

reduzo o meu desperdício de papel

hoje foi difícil praticar. de manhã o fumo dos incêndios e o cheiro a terra queimada era inexplicável. arder a natureza é o maior crime de todos, é um acto contra todos nós e contra o coração da nossa casa. vamos crescer a consciência. 

EN

the 8th August marked the day we began to spend more than the planet can give us until the end of the year. that means we are already spending natural resources from next year. So we started to live in credit with nature and ~ sorry ~ we are depleting our natural capital, which sustains us, who is our source of life, the one that without it there is no money in the world worth in fact anything.

the truth is that, most of us, consumes more than we need, to wear, in homes in at home, in cars that we do not need, and above all we eat too much! yes, we eat a lot more then we need and far too many animal products... 

the question is how to live a simpler life ~ here are the 6 commitments that the Earth Overshoot Day recommends:

offer a vegetarian dinner!

lower domestic energy consumption

ask: is my country a ecological creditor or debtor ? become an expert in natural resources :)

choose a day to telecomute or use other transport besides your car

I illustrate my commitment to tread lightly on the Earth

reduce my paper waste

today was difficult to practice. morning smoke from the fires happening in the North of Portugal and the smell of scorched earth was inexplicable. burning nature is one of the greatest crimes, it is a crime against all of us and against our Home. 

we must together grow consciousness.

always

in the mountains

PT

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.

EN

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!

Bali comes to Portugal

PT

De repente aquele amor e aquela luz de Bali enchem a nossa pequena casa de Murches. Uma família pura e linda de coração aberto entra e espalha a magia da ilha dos deuses, como se Bali me esteja a dar o sinal de que tudo está bem e de que o caminho está a fluir. Que bem me soube ver fadas e anjos de Bali encherem a nossa casa de luz divina. 

Feels so perfect to have Bali energies at home ~ como se a casa se tivesse enchido de beleza interior e abençoada e assim a vida ganha novo sentido. 

Obrigada Lynley e Josh Wise por guardarem a nossa casa e por abençoá-la com os incensos e as especiarias de Bali, com as meditações e as práticas de yoga como só os anjos podem fazer. Se quiserem ouvir a voz de fada da Lynley procurem este link ~ http://lindseywise.bandcamp.com/album/walk-in-beauty

Namaha ~ todo o Universo é Dele, diria Lynley. 

EN

And out of a sudden the Bali energies' invade our small hearty home in the little village of Murches. A beautiful and pure family with that love and that light and the hearts opened comes in and spreads the love and the magic of the island of the gods, as if Bali gives me a clear sign that all is well and that the path is flowing in the right direction. How good it felt to me to see fairies and Bali angels filling our divine space ~ as if our home is being blessed with the ceremonies and the ancestral lineage of the universal Gods.. Thank you Lynley and Josh Wise to keep our home safe and for blessing it with the incenses and the spices of the magic island with meditations and yoga practices as only angels can do. 

If you want to hear the magical voice of fairy Lynley check this link ~ http://lindseywise.bandcamp.com/album/walk-in-beauty - she definitely walks in beauty.

Namaha as Lyndsey would say - the whole universe is His. 

Love and beauty. 

guru

PT

hoje é dia de agradecer aos gurus aos mestres aos professores aos orientadores ~ aos que nos guiam o caminho da luz e da clareza. ouvi o meu professor um dia dizer que os primeiros gurus são as mães. assim presto hoje homenagem à minha mãe, mulher bonita e elegante, forte e que fez de mim parte do que sou. sei que rebeleei um pouco mas a minha mãe também. a minha mãe mais do que eu até. de menina com criada própria, estudou num colégio de freiras, universidade, maio de 68, 25 de abril, macau, muitas viagens, muitos livros, muitas aulas, muitas conferências, muita coisa, uma energia que não acaba... ainda hoje. 

quero sempre lembrar a minha mãe pela criatividade, pelo riso, por saber-se divertir, por ter os melhores amigos de todos, por ser a melhor avó do mundo, um exemplo de elegância. sim porque hoje sou eu mãe e a viagem já começou para mim também. obrigada mãe guru. 

e obrigada a todos os outros gurus que se seguiram. são eles que nos guiam à luz e que dissipam a escuridão da ignorância. 

EN

today is the day to thank the gurus the teachers the guiders ~ those who provide us the way to light and clarity. I heard my teacher one day saying that the first gurus are mothers. so I honor today my mother. woman, goddess, beautiful and elegant, strong ~ the one who build part of who I am. I rebelled a bit but so did she. from the girl who studied in a nun´s school, she made her way beautifully, university, May 68, April 25, macau, many trips, many books, many classes, many conferences, a lot of power still today...

I want to always remember my mother for her creativity, laughter, knowing how to have fun, to have the best friends of all, for being the world's best grandmother, an example of elegance. thank you mother guru.

and thank you to all the other gurus that followed. it is they who guide us to the light dispelling the darkness of ignorance.

walk in nature

enjoying nature being nature is probably one of the best elixirs for life love and peace. it's just magic the way it works when we connect to our essence. walk in nature, barefoot, smell, hear the sounds, feel the energy, let go. just be. 

sending love from nature 🌺

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