tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88837012024-03-13T03:36:39.324+00:00AmicaCarmillaAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.comBlogger550125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-59836485073666671142010-07-15T16:19:00.000+01:002010-07-15T16:19:35.774+01:00GlampingSome snapshots from our weekend in the New Forest with friends and family. As our friend said -- glamping does not necessarily mean staying in a fashionable tipi or yurt, but means having someone doing everything for you -- cooking, putting up the tent, etc. Well, this is what it was for me. I managed to sleep 12 hours in our tiny pop-up tent. ; )
Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-10742878625930521292010-07-14T16:53:00.003+01:002010-07-15T12:02:53.073+01:00Jade Roller, my latest discoveryI love jade as a stone. I think that the combination of jade and yellow gold is very *art deco*. Not only Jade is a beautiful semi-precious stone, it is also gifted with healing properties. Jade roller (regularly used by my acupuncturist) feels like oil on the face without being greasy or pore blocking as many oils are. It is also refreshing, smoothing and improves facial circulation. I really Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-11256498902206888112010-07-08T21:40:00.000+01:002010-07-08T21:40:08.872+01:00I Heart ButterfliesHere some works from Saira, the talented tattooist who will be doing my lotus flower and butterflies on my back next year. Yes, she is that busy!
Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-40927922530140084492010-07-08T00:16:00.001+01:002010-07-08T00:17:04.045+01:00Handmade / Do-it-Yourself Yoga Mat BagsLooking for a hippier alternative to the trendy yoga bags in circulation? I like the hippie look of these joyful carriers.
Sources: Here, here and hereAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-32180748299916379592010-07-07T23:21:00.005+01:002010-07-08T17:18:46.343+01:00Lemon ZestThe obsession with jumpsuits, playsuits, all-in-ones, leotards, unitards and dungarees continues. These two juicy jumpsuits are in line with the new colour theme of this blog.
Day
Night
From ASOS.Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-1303341045155372342010-07-06T16:30:00.000+01:002010-07-06T16:30:35.211+01:00"Look within,There is no difference
between yourself, Self and Guru.
You are always Free.
There is no teacher,
there is no student,
there is no teaching.
You are the unchangeable Awareness in which all activity takes place.
Always rest in peace.
You are eternal Being, unbounded and undivided.
Just keep Quiet. All is well.
Keep Quiet Here and Now.
You are Happiness, you are Peace, you are Freedom.Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-78310359109380028602010-07-06T16:16:00.003+01:002010-07-06T16:22:42.005+01:00Pack LightI have written several posts on luggage as it is an important part of my semi-nomadic life. Not only I love travelling and I am planning more frequent trips to the east. I also need to go back *home* a few times a year to remind myself what sun, good food and family affections are like. I had the perfect cabin trolley, until it broke a month ago in Sicily. It was smart, robust and very manageableAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-19941019412238533782010-07-05T14:31:00.004+01:002010-07-06T21:19:46.504+01:00Hop Hop HopWhat a great weekend. It started with the Acro Yoga workshop which was exactly as I hoped: nurturing, challenging and fun. We chanted, practiced asanas, thai massaged and finally flying. Being lifted is a liberating feeling. Back bends a bit scary until you realise you really have to LET IT GO. Lifting others was more challenging. It takes loads of practice to find the centre and balance for an Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-45884823915977771802010-07-02T15:20:00.005+01:002010-07-02T16:00:36.094+01:00Cultivating JoyHappy July! I have got positive feelings about this month and thought it would be time to give this blog a seasonal facelift (hope you like it) and restart blogging more regularly.
So, what is it so good about this summer? Well, it's been consistently hot for weeks (so unusual in this country), my love for yoga is growing day by day, and Loftino's love + generosity have been unsurpassed Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-76695433981868372072010-07-01T22:54:00.000+01:002010-07-01T22:54:34.831+01:00Acupuncture works MagicToday I had my first acupuncture session and it was incredibly relaxing, soothing and rejuvenating. No kidding, I stepped into the room and visibly looked shattered. I left rested and my skin felt smooth, soft and tighter! Huw (the acupuncturist) bases acupuncture on the Chinese five elements: earth, fire, metal, wood and earth. The interaction and interdependency of these five elements is Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-10076675436231036372010-07-01T14:47:00.001+01:002010-07-02T12:36:22.809+01:00TANTRA LOVE Explained*** Apologies for the last two posts in Italian ***
"One should cultivate desire (Kama) by means of desire. One should cast desire into desire. Desiring by means of desire, abiding in desire, one should stir the world." Vamaka-Ishvara-Tantra, 4.46Colla tradizione tantrica il corpo viene rivalutato come mezzo per facilitare la trascendenza. Si scopre che il corpo non e' solo fatto di carne e ossaAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-75855746943930953822010-07-01T11:50:00.001+01:002010-07-01T15:07:14.904+01:00*Solo il Battito Unito del Sesso e del Cuore può Creare l'Estasi*"...Componenti intellettuali, fantasiose, romantiche, emotive. Questo è quel che conferisce al sesso la sua struttura sorprendente, le sue trasformazioni sottili, i suoi elementi afrodisiaci.
La fonte del potere sessuale è la curiosità, la passione. Il sesso non prospera nella monotonia. Senza sentimento, invenzioni, stati d'animo, non ci sono sorprese a letto.
Il sesso deve essere innaffiato Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-34180110508597181502010-06-09T16:18:00.004+01:002010-06-15T14:29:38.962+01:00"A little girl Rubbin' on the bowls make you float around make your lovin' strong"*After 16 hours of workshop with the queen of kundalini (Gurmukh Khalsa), I have been trying to relieve this experience in writing but it is very difficult to render what I felt during and after. Kundalini, perhaps even more than any other form of yoga, must be felt as words cannot make it justice. So, this post is a personal journal reflecting on my initiation to kundalini. I was a complete Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-15879725907535542962010-06-09T12:47:00.000+01:002010-06-09T12:47:25.529+01:00Meditation through Elimination......in the tradition of the Upanishads and the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali:
clear the inner space
breath deeply
start becoming aware of the space around you and acknowledge the difference between yourself and the phenomenal world
then shift your attention to your senses through which you experience the sounds and noises around you, the contact with the floor and the air entering your nostrils and Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-89385633409927500322010-06-09T00:14:00.004+01:002010-06-14T12:26:29.292+01:00Rayban Whenever Wherever ForeverI need to wear glasses in front of the PC to give some mercy to my tired and dry eyes. I hope that one day my lifestyle will change and allow me to spend time here only for blogging, writing articles and social reasons. And the good news is that I am working towards it. Ah.
Until then, spectacles will help me go through the day. I have a pair of Alain Mikli glasses I have already mentioned tonsAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-34772957801933965062010-06-08T22:12:00.002+01:002010-06-14T12:32:02.051+01:00Gypset Partyingredients for a gypset party: tambourines, ukuleles, feathers, eye masks, patchwork blankets, an unusual location, a glass of wine and genuine, free spirited company...
Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-41418801475711349362010-06-08T22:06:00.000+01:002010-06-08T22:06:07.135+01:00I had a CrushEnjoy the sensuality, elegance, softness, silkiness of this sublime kimono... enjoy it as it appears as I have no words to describe its beauty.
Crush Collection By Fleur of England Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-20388262469037669952010-06-08T16:31:00.001+01:002010-06-08T16:31:44.655+01:00Chants for Haiti
Spirit Voyage Artists Snatam Kaur, GuruGanesha Singh, Nirinjan Kaur, Satkirin Kaur Khalsa, Mirabai Ceiba's Markus and Angelika, and Gurunam Singh have joined together to offer this beautiful collection of healing chants to help you send your prayers and your donations to the struggling people of Haiti through the incredible relief organization Doctors Without Borders. 100% of the proceeds will Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-30658354685809391312010-06-01T16:54:00.002+01:002010-06-03T13:17:41.421+01:00To LOVE and BE LOVED unconditionallyTo be unconditionally loved means to be loved just as you are, without having to be or do anything special.
But how can we be radically accepted?
We need to love and accept ourselves just as we are, to be able to love someone else in such a limitless way and to be open to receive that love without feeling unworthy and inadequate.
Patanjali (whose text I had the honour of studying with CarlosAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-15611447578755636772010-05-25T19:07:00.001+01:002010-06-14T16:59:51.175+01:00Taste of SicilyAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-80971599724184274972010-05-25T18:59:00.001+01:002010-06-14T17:00:22.227+01:00My Latest Obsession :: TambourinesAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-88812228204014590252010-05-25T18:56:00.001+01:002010-06-14T17:01:02.780+01:00Party TimeAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-16029923416973286852010-05-25T18:46:00.001+01:002010-06-15T12:54:52.236+01:00Cuff Me Up ~ I just can't get enoughClockwise :: DanniJo; Alexis Bittar & SatyaAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-31293006966712956282010-04-27T22:45:00.002+01:002010-06-15T14:29:06.683+01:00Summer is HereThe sun has shone for two weeks in London, and when sun shines in London the city blossoms and life becomes lighter. I cannot recall such a consistent weather for a long, long time. I am in full summer mode which is a dangerous affair as I am deemed to get soon disappointed. After all, summer is always a mirage in this part of the world. The day after tomorrow I am flying to my home countryAmicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883701.post-2045027747629395742010-04-11T10:41:00.002+01:002010-06-15T14:31:11.421+01:00Tattoo MePain doesn't scare me - it's part of the ritual of getting a tattoo. I am not concerned with its eternity either as I think a tattoo will become part of you in the same way your ear or a scar becomes you. What it is crucial is that it must be perfectly executed. So, to find the right studio, with a relaxing and non-intimidating ambience, is paramount. The good news is that I think I found it! Amicacarmillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133042678777409946noreply@blogger.com4