Be Brave Bold & Beautiful





bali tree 2013

Dum spiro spero

While I breathe, I hope



killersurf ulu watu 2012

L O V E G E C K O

I miss these "chichak" guys



Gecko on billboard Bali 2012

What`s your offering?

As I wrote earlier; in Bali you will soon get familiar with canang saris -  the little offerings which are put out every morning for the spirits, both good and bad, which pervade everything in Bali.

The good spirits are looked after with offerings placed on shrines and temple stands,
 but its`s far more likely to see the canang sari on the streets for the bad spirits.

In these modern days the busy housewife may not have the time to create her own offerings. So today you can even buy them in supermarkets like everything else.
A properly made canang sari has to have a porosan, a continer with betel leaves, areca nut and lime which represent the Hindu trinity of creator (Brahma), preserver (Vishnu) and destroyer (Shiva). Without a porosan it’s just a decoration, not a real canang sari.

I spent my last week in Bali being quite ill and very weak. I stayed at beautiful Desa Seni where I had my own altar for the offerings at my porch.
What a blessing!
Every morning I had my own canang sari waiting for me.
It was a sweet reminder to enjoy a piece of quiet and also spend a moment being grateful for my experience and embrace the fact that I was ill.

I will continue to make space for more offerings in my life.
I will make my yogapractice an tremendous offering.
I will explore how I can make my life more like an offering.
Honour my life.



canang sari

Waiting

My mantra for today:

I invite patience , acceptance and a lot of healing.

ricefield in ubud bali

Every end is a New beginning

......seriously ;)

bali moment ulu watu aug 2012

Today`s truth

The success of Yoga must not be measured by how flexible your body becomes, but rather by how much it opens your heart.

 Desikachar

everydaybaliblessing

Reflections about love

"Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable."

mastin kipp

marriage at padang padang beach

Prisoners in paradise

I`ve only been in Bali a little longer than 2 weeks and it feels like I`ve been around here for at least year.

In some kind of strange way.

Everyday is a blessing. And the blessings are not always sweet but depending on how you see it it is truly a blessing.

The first week were all about getting prepared and treating my jet lag with care.

This week at beautiful Bambu Indah I`ve discovered that I really like to eat indonesian rice porridge with garlic, chili and peanuts for breakfast. In a banana leaf of course.

I`ve been diving deeper into my asana and meditation practice.

I`ve met new amazing people who share the same passion for life affirming practices like me.

I´ve explored my inner organs. And for sure making friends with my kidneys.

I`ve felt a quite strong earthquake in the middle of the night.

I`ve been making intentions.

Blessings.

Bali is truly the Land Of Blessings and Offerings.

Only in Bali you get an offering at your doorstep every single day.

Only in Bali you wake up at 5 in the morning, listening to the sound of a pig who gets sacrificed to the ceremony of Galungan. 

Only in Bali you have this amazing wiew of the ricefields while having your bath in the bathtube.

And only here in Bali you are waking up to the sweet smell of insence mixed with rice and frangipani from these daily offerings.

These little carafes of flowers and piles of petals are placed on your house, doorstep, on the street, everywhere in Bali. Some appearing in the early morning hours and others replacing the trampled petals of late afternoon.

The daily gift of offerings are meant to appease and please the various gods and demons of Balinese Hinduism.

Immersion 1 completed.

I`m ready for number 2.

I love being a prisoner in this paradise.

Bali Bird

bali blessing

Bali Blessings

offerings