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A Summer to Savor 🏖️☀️😎 - https://mailchi.mp/c0f86f759156/hello-februray-15614964

This Island Is Called the 'Hawaii of Europe' — With Volcanic Peaks, Lush Landscapes, and Beautiful Waterfalls

The Fall, 2024 Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat will be in São Miguel, Azores

This Island Is Called the 'Hawaii of Europe' — With Volcanic Peaks, Lush Landscapes, and Beautiful Waterfalls São Miguel, an island in Portugal's Azores region, is an otherworldly paradise for nature lovers.

Yoga in Positano

In Positano for the Enchanted in Amalfi Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat and one of my students wrote this lovely recap.

Yoga in Positano Spending a week doing yoga in Positano, eating amazing food, and visiting the Amalfi coast...not a bad life.

Happy Spring 🌷 - https://mailchi.mp/91ce641880f4/hello-februray-15601288

Love this....

Bears are peaceful, self-aware beings that appreciate the beauty that surrounds them. In the wild, bears have been seen sitting peacefully, observing their environment, for extended periods in a somewhat meditative state while taking in the beautiful scenery encompassing them. 🐻💙

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Nourish Your Heart ❤️ - https://mailchi.mp/995b30402c77/hello-februray-14568499

Live longer with these dishes from 'blue zones' in America | CNN

Similar to the Mediterranean way of eating but a few differences. And as always complex carbohydrates are your friends...not your enemies.

Live longer with these dishes from 'blue zones' in America | CNN "Blue zones" are places around the world where people often live to be 100 or even older. One key to this longevity is a plant-based diet. "Blue Zones" author Dan Buettner showcases such places in the US in his new cookbook.

Enjoying nature may lessen need for some medications, study finds | CNN

Note previous post....take a moderate walk/bike ride outside and enjoy nature to maximize health benefits.

Enjoying nature may lessen need for some medications, study finds | CNN Get outside into nature to improve your health and reduce your need for medications for high blood pressure, depression and anxiety, a new study says.

Moving the body can help calm the anxious mind, studies show

And the winner again is MODERATE exercise for mental and physical health! Take a walk, a yoga class, a bike ride, a swim, go dancing....it can be fun 😀

Moving the body can help calm the anxious mind, studies show When Jennifer Heisz was in graduate school, she borrowed a friend’s aged, rusty road bike — and wound up redirecting her career. At the time, she was studying cognitive neuroscience but, dissatisfied with the direction of her work and her personal life, began experiencing what she now recognizes...

Top 6 Things to Do in the Azores Islands

Sao Miguel is the destination for our fall, 2024 mindfulness and yoga retreat. How gorgeous is that?

Top 6 Things to Do in the Azores Islands Advertisement The Azores Islands are a stunning Portuguese archipelago that invites travelers to bask in the sunshine, cross volcanic landscapes, and enjoy the following essential experiences during a vacation. From embracing the pulsating energy of São Miguel Island’s humming towns to admiring t...

Happy 2023! May your new beginnings ignite sparks of creativity and authenticity for a happier and healthier YOU! ❤️🙏🏻

What is your exercise of choice today?

Did you know that as little as 10-30 minutes of movement can elicit that feel-good effect? ❤️ this post if you're exercising today to get that endorphin rush!

Workouts can strengthen your vacation memories

One reason we feel good on yoga retreats is because we're spending time each day moving our bodies and releasing the tensions of travel. Even if you're not on a yoga retreat, finding a local yoga or fitness class could not only help work out the kinks of travel but also be fun.

Workouts can strengthen your vacation memories Open a travel guidebook, and you’ll find recommendations on where to stay, what to eat and what to see. You’ll read about annual festivals, etiquette considerations, noteworthy museums and cooking classes, but workout options rarely make the cut, unless they’re emblematic of a place, like surf...

I've always loved his writings on mindful eating.

“This food is a gift of the earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work.”

From “The Five Contemplations Before Eating”

In Plum Village communities around the world, we practice not only to be mindful of the food, but also of our spiritual friends sitting with us. Sharing a meal together is not just to sustain our bodies and celebrate life’s wonders, but also to experience freedom, joy, and the happiness of sisterhood, brotherhood, and siblinghood, during the whole time of eating.

Here are all of the Five Contemplations Before Eating:

This food is a gift of the earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work.

May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive this food.

May we recognize and transform unwholesome mental formations, especially our greed and learn to eat with moderation.

May we keep our compassion alive by eating in such a way that reduces the suffering of living beings, stops contributing to climate change, and heals and preserves our precious planet.

We accept this food so that we may nurture our brotherhood and sisterhood, build our Sangha, and nourish our ideal of serving all living beings.

For more about these contemplations, see: https://plumvillage.org/articles/news/new-contemplations-before-eating/

Our Yoga in Andalucia retreat 2 weeks ago was amazing. First, all the students are always so enjoyable to be with and I love how people become fast friends. Our venue, Santillan Retreat was set in the hills above Malaga with sea views. It's state of the art yoga studio was a dream to practice in for all of us. Our chef, Javier Luque Guzman was awesome and in addition to cooking delicious and nutritious food, he also gave us a sound bath one evening. We hiked the Caminito del Rey which was one of the most stunning hikes in the world. We visited Nerja and the caves which were much more massive than you would imagine. Also visited Mijas and Frigiliana, 2 more white villages that are so pretty. We ended the week at Restaurante Vino Mio for a fabulous dinner and flamenco show. The history and the influence of the Moors makes this region of Spain so unique and interesting. I'm so glad we were able to spend a week soaking all of it up. Would love to visit again!

Mindfulness works just as well as medication to curb anxiety, study finds | CNN

Meditation AND bringing mindfulness into your everyday activities helps to calm our nervous system.

Mindfulness works just as well as medication to curb anxiety, study finds | CNN A mindfulness meditation course may be as effective at reducing anxiety as a common medication, according to a new study.

Ode to Autumn 🍁 - https://mailchi.mp/6331288d7a85/thats-amore-mindful-in-italy-14403719

Walking can lower risk of early death, but there's more to it than number of steps, study finds | CNN

“Physical activity is just absolutely magnificent,” Freeman said. “And when if you blend that with eating a more plant-based diet, de-stressing, sleeping enough and connecting with others – that’s your magic recipe. It’s the fountain of youth, if you will.”

I couldn't agree more!

Walking can lower risk of early death, but there's more to it than number of steps, study finds | CNN Accumulating more steps per day may be associated with a lower risk of cancer, heart disease and early death, and walking at a faster pace may provide additional benefits, a new study finds.

'This is so embarrassing': Woman gets stuck upside down at gym - CNN Video

She had a great attitude about it!

'This is so embarrassing': Woman gets stuck upside down at gym - CNN Video A woman placed 911 call while stuck UPSIDE DOWN at the gym. CNN's Jeanne Moos has the lowdown on the upside down 911 call.

Yoga Retreat - https://mailchi.mp/9ed78874dc2e/thats-amore-mindful-in-italy-14153359

Juice Without a Juicer: Apple Carrot Beet Ginger Juice

A powerhouse of a drink and it was delicious!

Juice Without a Juicer: Apple Carrot Beet Ginger Juice By now I'm sure you've heard all the cool kids are juicing. Joy the Baker does it. Shutterbean does it. And so does Edible Perspective. Pretty much

The 15 prettiest places in Europe

Ventozelo Hotel & Quinta is the venue for the fall, 2023 Yoga Holiday I'm planning. No surpise the Douro Valley is on this list!

The 15 prettiest places in Europe From rugged national parks to white-sand beaches.

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Fall Retreat, 2023 🇵🇹
Porto and the Douro Valley

In the Summertime ☀️ ⛱ 😎 - https://mailchi.mp/5a7264d23b2d/thats-amore-mindful-in-italy-13871287

That goes for walking too!

It sometimes feels like leaping off a cliff simply to stay present with what is. Practice shifts and shapes me, shaves off the roughest edges, illumines the dark places. As my focus of awareness shifts, life breathes me, and energy is freed to heal even the most hopeless rifts.

Life Breathes Me by Danna Faulds

Excellent point!

Part Two.

‘My Philosophy of Teaching Yoga in Eight Parts’

Jai!

On our yoga & mindfulness retreat, our first full day was in Amalfi exploring the village, walking up to the cemetery and down to Atrani and back to Amalfi for a tour of the lemon farm. Lemon cake, lemonade, limoncello 😋…fortunately the rain held off until the afternoon but we hid away in restaurants having lunch.

Arrival at Villa San Giacomo on Thursday for the Enchanted in Amalfi Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat. There may have been cloudy skies, but the beauty of the Villa snd Positano shined through.

Mindful in Italy - https://mailchi.mp/1d5f168d621e/thats-amore-mindful-in-italy

Yoga in the Garden / A Mini-Retreat Offering - https://bit.ly/3p7R1PS

Breathing In, Breathing Out - https://mailchi.mp/8dafc12644c3/hike-more-worry-less-13644859

So grateful for his teachings. He gave the world so much.

The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism announces that our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away peacefully at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at 00:00hrs on 22nd January, 2022, at the age of 95. We invite our global spiritual family to take a few moments to be still, to come back to our mindful breathing, as we together hold Thay in our hearts in peace and loving gratitude for all he has offered the world.
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