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Watching what you eat while in lockdown
As we prepare to ease back to some normalcy when the enhanced community quarantine is lifted on May 15, I'm sharing some tips on digesting and eliminating your food based on yogic principles. Our body is always in the process of extracting the nutrients of the food we...
Pull yourself together! This mantra can help.
Yesterday’s New Moon in Taurus was quite special since it coincided with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. It’s quite ironic that this pandemic has done a lot in cleaning Mother Earth. In a month’s time, global carbon emissions have dropped, pollution has dropped,...
Week 6 of Enhanced Community Quarantine: How are you holding up?
Earlier this week, I started feeling sleepy around 6 or 7 pm and had no motivation to do anything - to eat, read, work, or watch Netflix. I even messaged a friend that I've been feeling very sleepy lately and attributed my condition to being tired. I attended the...
Memories of the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage this Good Friday
Flashback to the five of us made it to the highest point of the Camino de Santiago We made it to Cruz de Ferro, the highest point of the French route at 1,500 meters above sea level. It is one of the pilgrim trail's most sacred spots. An iron cross...
Inside: A Meditation for Rough Times Ahead
In times like these, it helps to go slowly. Be mindful, release things that do not serve you, and find ways to open up to all the possibilities. It's a struggle, I know, but we are all in that struggle. I'm sharing a meditation called Meditation for Rough Times Ahead....
Lockdown: Create a routine to steer away from negative thoughts
Week 2, day 13: I’ve never been holed up in one place for this long. I've accepted that this is now the new normal. The only way to survive this isolation is to be active physically, mentally, and create a routine. I'm sharing some tips on how to stay sane and steer...
What it means to flatten the curve
How are you holding up this 6th day of the enhanced community quarantine/lockdown? I know that the government's social distancing measure is quite extreme, but it has been proven to be highly effective. I live by myself, and I can't even visit my mom since I don't...
The Need to be Mindful in these Troubled Times
Working through the tension right now. WHO declared last Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic. Left and right, events are being canceled because of it, in hopes to stop the spread of this new virus. I'm even thinking of holding classes online. Would...
In Siargao now, harnessing the power to change
I'm facilitating a rebirthing retreat in Siargao this weekend. The sets we're taking up here deal with the subconscious burden that is picked up in the womb of the mother, specifically the 5th month in the womb. That's a little later than when the soul enters on the...
Make that “leap” forward, make February 29 count
Tomorrow is the 29th of February - astrologers believe that the leap day gives us an opportunity to “leap” forward. It not only gives us extra time to get things done but it creates a vibrational impact on the dimension of time in the Universe. It’s uncanny that the...
Step back and reflect this mercury retrograde
Mercury is now in retrograde until March 10 so expect things to go a bit haywire. Like all retrogrades, it's time to step back and go inward to review and reflect. We need this time to assess what is weak or flawed to review, repair, restrategize, redesign, rebuild,...