🥁 Marching into March 🥁
Hang in there, winter is almost over! At least officially. Lisbon has been equally wet and sunny: last week, we were rewarded with a magical rainbow show right outside our window!
Voilà Wellness is officially in business! I’ve already met several talented wellness practitioners, and initiated interesting conversations with companies.
The feedback has been very positive so far. It’s a project that will take time to develop but I’m confident about its potential and the need for it.
To support this new venture, please follow along on Instagram and LinkedIn, it helps more than you think!
And to celebrate this launch, I’ve put together a Wellness Guide of my new city, with some of my favorite healthy places in town. Check it out and let me know if you try anything!
GROUP CLASSES IN LISBON
Our theme this month is Warriors, all 3 of them !
🏄♂️ 🏄♀️ Yoga for Surfers
📆 Every Wednesday 9am at Studio Organic Flow
🤰🤱 Baby & Me - Prenatal & Postnatal (babies welcome!)
📆 Every Wednesday 11am at Studio Organic Flow
🧘♂️🧘♀️ Mindful Flow - Open-Level Vinyasa
📆 Every Friday 12.30pm at Yoga no Bairro
Each class is limited to 8 students, so remember to book your spot beforehand. I also teach Private classes in-person or online.
PARENTS & KIDS WORKSHOP
NEW DATE!
The next Mommy/Daddy & Me workshop is on Saturday March 16th at 10h30.
Best suited for kids aged 4 to 10, we’ll learn and practice several yoga poses for the first hour, and then we’ll all share a healthy snack. Playful and fun! Everyone is welcome and no previous experience is required.
THE WORDS OF YOGA
Asana
Asana originally means “steady, comfortable seat” in Sanskrit. It has become a common term used for “poses” or “postures” of Yoga. Asana is what we practice the most in the West, even though it is only one of the eight limbs of Yoga as described by Patanjali.
Most poses’ names in Sanskrit end wtih “-asana”, as in “Savasana”, or “Tadasana” (Mountain pose). Asanas aim to transform the physical body to make it strong and supple, so we can then sit in meditation for an extended period of time without enduring physical discomfort.
What is your favorite Asana? And why?
Even if postures are only a part of Yoga, we can use them as objects of reflection. While in a pose, notice the thoughts that come to mind (I love this pose, I hate this pose, I’m scared of this pose, etc.). Observing the thought patterns towards our attachment to certain poses can tell us a lot about our mindset.
A FEW THINGS I ENJOYED LATELY
My favorite part from Untamed, by Glennon Doyle, was Chapter 18, about our shared human experience. I will be sharing some of these in class this month:
“We feel ecstatic and then numb. We wish our parents had done better by us and we wish we could do better by our children. We betray and we are betrayed. We lie and we are lied to. We say goodbye to animals, to places, to people we cannot live without. We are so afraid of dying. Also of living (...)
We are sweaty, bloated, gassy, oily. We love our children, we long for children, we do not want children. We are at war with our bodies, our minds, our souls, we are at war with one another. We wish we'd said all these things while they were still here, they're still here and we're still not saying those things, we know we won't. (...)
We want to be forgiven, we cannot forgive, we don't understand God, we believe, we absolutely do not believe, we are lonely, we want to be left alone, we want to belong, we want to be loved. We want to be loved. We want to be loved. “ (…)
If you are uncomfortable, in deep pain, angry, yearning, confused, you don't have a problem, you have a life. Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy.”
2024 YOGA RETREATS
🎉 The first Namastrip retreat (April 17 to 21) is confirmed!
We will spend 5 days in the beautiful Villa Epicurea practicing Yoga twice a day (dynamic in the morning, relaxing in the evening), we will learn about Ayurveda, take meditative walks in the forest and spend time recharging in nature. Last few spots available!
The next retreats are scheduled for May 16-20, August 10-15, October 16-20 and November 7-11.
✨ FROM LISBON, WITH LIGHT ✨
