Today, during my meditation,
I thought about a particular moment of my life; I thought about those
days when I used to go playing soccer with my dad. Why? Not to sure why, it all
started from a neck injury that keeps showing up and frustrates me because it
doesn’t make me feel free. Any wrong movement I do can cause this total block
and inflammation of my neck muscles debilitating me in everything I do. After
exercise, chiropractic, and other healing processes, I decided to immerse
myself completely into the practice of yoga and make it my first goal of my
day, then of course surfing will be the second. Therefore I started reading
about Chakras and I realized that the block or unbalance of the 5th
chakra, the throat one, can cause a few problems and one of these is neck pain.
I was meditating then to try and unlock this chakra and during my meditation I
started thinking about my past. This one thought in particular caught my
attention and all of the sudden I missed “Enjoy a simple moment without the
thought of time, other people or the way things should be, just like when I
used to go playing soccer with my dad”. Long time has passed now since then and
I slowly started thinking too much about things. I have to do this; I have to
do it in a certain way and in a certain time. Well, Who said so? Today I say, I
decide when and whether I want to play or not, Too many limitations have been
created and I now decided I want to be myself again and play the way I like.
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Healing
This has been a long month for me as I had to recover from a
foot injury. The first week I took a plain from Italy back to Canada with 80 kg
luggage that my wife patiently managed to transport it over here, then we took
a ferry, a bus, a couple of taxis and finally we got to our home in Tofino
where I have been mostly sitting in front of a window overlooking the ocean and
three birds that like to hang around during the day, one Eagle, one Heron and a
small one with a spiky head that.
Many thoughts have gone by in my head, about life, about
what’s the right thing to do in this world to be happy and to make other people
happy, but mostly about health.
What’s health in a world where you need to have money in
order to be happy, but to make money you often have to do a job that doesn’t
make you happy then it doesn’t make you healthy!!
Well...we all know about the difference between first, and
third world countries, less money, more money, les medical services, more
medical services, less fancy appliances in your kitchen, the top of the top of
a “professional six burners top”, 2 ovens, maxi fridge etc... all this in your
kitchen...for entertainment. And I could go on filling this whole page of
differences between a first world country and a third world country. But today
I will talk more about health.
You may think straight away that first world countries are
the lucky ones having a wonderful heath system, pills, surgeons, general
doctors etc... our bodies can be fixed in a matter of a couple of hours repressing
the illness we have. To be able to afford medicines we have to work and often
this is accompanied by a large mortgage, because we want space for our family,
may be more than what we really need, so we do jobs just to make money to pay
all this for the next 20 years...Then the stress for doing the job we are doing
leads us to mental healing, and so on...First world countries where there is a
lot of this thing called “Money”, spend one third of their life, starting from
their first loan, till they retire, healing them self from Physically...and
Mentally...and hopefully it works.
Third world countries have nothing to think...WORRY about as
for material things, because they don’t have any, the live of agriculture and
are happy, they don’t know about greediness or care about possessing million
dollars, I don’t think they can count so far, they are mentally happy till they
eventually die for physical issues that exist because of the lack of medical
services and sometimes the extreme poverty they live in.
Now I could go on talking about fixing the poverty in the
world but this is a serious thing that goes beyond my ability. However I can
definitely talk about ourselves and how to get better and improve our life style in order to improve our
health.
At the end of the day it all comes down to helping ourselves
first, so that we are able to help other people after, and to help ourselves we
have to go back to our birth date...the exact day we came to this world, think
how healthy you were and how circumstances in life brought negative energies
and therefore mental and physical problems..even as little as dry hair.
Now that we are back in time try to think how would your
life be if you had nothing in your life besides the necessities, no debts, no
big responsibilities, no big jobs to do every single day and the ability of no
going to work one day because it won’t matter financially and It will be good
for you. Then breathe and if this makes you feel good, keep this status for a
little longer.
Now what you just experienced is a life that somebody would
call poor...somebody else free...and you are the one that can choose. The more
you have, the more responsibilities you have and the more time you will have to
invest into something silly like material things, not giving yourself time to
focus on you own body and psycho-physical health.
STRESS, WELTH, HAVING TO OWN THE BEST AND BIGEST
THINGS...and I could go on...are all coming from speculation which is an
invention of human beings.
The point is that in one month I have been checking this
Eagles out, and after a few years I have been checking nature out ,I realize
that the human race, although was more intelligent that animals, it lost
connection with the most important source of life and health, Nature, giving
more importance to things that won’t directly feed us, or make us feel
better..and to create this things we are destroying mother earth.
Our health comes from little things like breathing pure air,
enjoying simple things in life and not needing money to have a laugh. Health
comes from taking time off every day to look into ourselves and see what’s
right and what’s wrong, health comes from simplicity...and if your life is not
simple anymore for choices made in the past that were wrong and you have to do
something you don’t want to like a job you don’t like, remember that we are
always on time to reduce our load getting rid of things that we own and we
don’t need, you will be surprised how
better and lighter your heart will feel just cleaning you house of useless
objects.
Each morning
when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me
happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead,
tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be
happy in it.
- Groucho Marx
- Groucho Marx
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Well..this was originally writen in italian and I will publish it in both languages because I would like to keep the original version, itaian at the top and enghles at the bottom..so..enjoy..
This was writen sometime at the beginning of 2008
non c e
tempo di far finta di niente davanti alla creazione,davanti a un bimbo che
rotola nudo nelle acque del mare una
domenica di autunno , accarezzato dal sole che
lentamente, tramontando si nasconde tra le montagne per conceder una
pausa ai nostri occhi che devon riposare nel buio della notte e ricaricarsi con
la luce della luna,non possiam fare finta di niente davanti a un pellicano che
osserva il tutto in pieno rispetto e armonia con tutto cio che lo circonda..
The 6th of October 2007 is a date that I can’t forget. This day long gone but still very close, marks a small milestone that I reached and the prospect of a different future.
Saturday, October 6, 07 for the first time I started putting one foot before the other, taking care of myself, or actually accompanied by best friend, my ego, and his great experience of a lifetime troubled, full of pleasures, pains, dreams and reality.
That day I started to make mistakes, correct them and learn new things, learn to live better enjoying being able to feel emotions conveyed by our senses, our sight, hearing, smell, touch, and as the time goes by past that date, I feel like I’m starting all over again.
I was born October 6, 83 and I’m born again in 2007 ... when for the first time I walk the streets of Australia.
I am 24 years old and now I find that often my eyes were closed not letting me see paths in life that could have taken me beyond imagination and reality.
Today I discover that life has to be observed in detail cause behind a door there can be a tunnel that takes you to a better future, behind another one there could be a tunnel that keeps you in the present and of course the tunnel that leads you to the past blurring your mind and stopping you from going ahead in life.
This my new journey, physical and spiritual, begun thanks to one person. I spent my childhood playing, studying, working, laughing, crying with him, My whole existence was marked by his constant presence in my life, since I did the first sip of milk until the age of 21. He was for me an important reference for the development of my personality. He was My Father.
He has been missing for 3 years now, and I can’t feel his vibrating and powerful energy that would give me the courage to carry on important projects and dreams, three years since the last time I smelled his odor or I heard his footsteps as he walks down the stairs at six in the morning to start a new day, three years since the last time I smelled freshly made coffee and cigarettes from the small garden carefully taken care from
This was writen sometime at the beginning of 2008
Il 6
ottobre 2007 e' una data che non posso
dimenticare, questo giorno ormai lontano
ma ancora molto vicino 'segna un piccolo
traguardo che ho raggiunto e la prospettiva di un futuro diverso.
Sabato 6
ottobre 07 per la prima volta ho iniziato a mettere un piede avanti al altro,
badando a me stesso da solo ..anzi in compagnia del mio migliore amico..il mio
ego e la sua grande esperienza di una vita passata, travagliata e ricca di
piaceri, dolori, sogni, realta'
Quel giorno
ho iniziato a fare errori a correggerli
e imparare nuove cose ,a imparare a vivere meglio nella gioia di poter provare
emozioni trasmesse dai nostri sensi, dalla nostra vista, udito, olfatto,
tatto...e piu mi allontano da quel giorno, piu mi sento vicino a un nuovo
inizio..un altro 6 ottobre
nasco il 6
ottobre 83 e rinasco nel 2007...quando per la prima volta percorro le vie dell
Australia.
Ho 24 anni
e oggi scopro che spesso I miei occhi sono stati chiusi precludendomi strade
che potrebbero portarmi lontano nell immaginazione e nella realta
Scopro
che la vita va osservata nei minimi
dettagli perche dietro una porta puo esserci un tunnel che ti porta nel
futuro..dietro un altra un tunnel che ti fa stare nel presente e ovviamente il tunnel che ti conduce al passato
precludendoti la possibilita di andare
avanti..oggi e' un altro giorno per me perche ho lasciato il mio lavoro
e' ho visto cose che prima non vedevo,
ho visto che l oceano e' in continuo movimento,parla respira e qualche volta si
riposa anche, ho visto che davanti a me ho una vita ..lunga o breve che
sia..piena di sogni da realizzare e non c'e tempo di chiuder gli occhi
non c e
tempo di far finta di niente davanti alla creazione,davanti a un bimbo che
rotola nudo nelle acque del mare una
domenica di autunno , accarezzato dal sole che
lentamente, tramontando si nasconde tra le montagne per conceder una
pausa ai nostri occhi che devon riposare nel buio della notte e ricaricarsi con
la luce della luna,non possiam fare finta di niente davanti a un pellicano che
osserva il tutto in pieno rispetto e armonia con tutto cio che lo circonda..
non abbiam
tempo di chiuder I nostri occhi..dalle prime luci dell alba possiamo e siam
liberi di vedere cio che la natura ci regala..un onda, un raggio di sole, un
fiocco di neve, una goccia di pioggia, un scarica elettrica di un fulmiune, un
assordante rombante tuono..tutto proviene da un unica cosa..la creazione della
natura..e il peccato piu grande..l offesa piu ignobile, e' non amarla..perche
cosi non amiamo neanche il suo Creatore che tanto ci adora e ci ha donato
Ho giocato
, ho studiato, ho viaggiato, mi son divertito di notte e di giorno, con gli
amici e da solo, con la mia famiglia e
con la mia ragazza, ho praticato sport e ho avuto vizi e hobbyes..ma ora e'
tempo di andare avanti..continuare..ripetere le belle esperienze lasciando da parte gli errori trasformandoli
in crescita..e' tempo di crescere tornando bimbo giocando con I castelli di
sabbia..vivere altri 24 anni e poi altri 24..finche' il mio corpo non decidera
di spegnersi e allora la mia mente continuera a volare all infinito nella gioia
di potersi emozionare...
non c e
tempo di chiuderegli occhi..dobbiam tenerli aperti e vedere di andare avanti
per continuare a vivere ..per rinascere.
Tutto parte
da una persona..un infanzia trascorsa giocando, studiando, lavorando, ridendo,
piangendo con questa persona, l intera mia esistenza e' segnata dalla costante
sua presenza nella mia vita, da quando ho provato il primo sorso di latte fin
quando mi son reso conto che la vita puo' essere ricca di splendide avventure
all eta di 21 anni e tutt ora continua per me ad essere un punto di riferimento
importantissimo per l evoluzione della mia personalita, della mia persona
fisica e morale...
tutto parte
da mio Padre
son 3 anni
che manca dalla mia via, che non ne sento la voce o non ne sento le vibrazioni
positive che mi motivavan nel portare avanti I miei progetti, tre anni che non
ne sento l odore e il rumore dei suoi passi mentre scende le scale la mattina
alle sei per iniziare un nuovo giorno, tre anni che non sento l odore di caffe
appena fatto e di sigaretta proveniente dal piccolo giardino scrutato
amorevolmento per esser certo che nulla manchi con una piccola speranza che
qualcosa da fare ci sia per impiegare la sua pazienza e il suo amore nella cura
di esso..
son tre
anni che ho perso mio padre, ma son tre anni che lentamente inizio a scoprire
me stesso, ripensando al mio passato, all educazione ricevuta e le esperienze
vissute.
Ogni giorno
che passa mi viene in mente qualcosa di nuovo e di speciale che avevo
completamente rimosso dalla mia mente ma che mi rendo conto solo ora che ha
avuto una grande influenza nel mio presente e puo certamente portarmi a
migliorare il mio futuro..ogni giorno ..mio padre torna a vivere sempre piu
fino a diventare le ali che mi sollevano da terra per vedere ogni cosa da una
prospettiva migliore..perche' ogni cosa
che rimane per sempre puo regalarci un sorriso..ma cio che scompare nel
tempo..cio che 'finisce'...non puo che recarci dispiaceri e preoccupazioni..e l anima delle persone e
il loro ricordo rimane viva nel tempo..proprio come mio padre..
e' quindi grazie a questa persona cosi speciale
che la mia vita sta diventando ricca..la mia vita inizia ad essere piena..come
il mio cuore e la mia mente..pieni di amore e verita'...
La mia
avventura inizia il 6 ottobre di ogni anno e proprio come il vento soffia
continuamente intorno al mondo senza mai fermarsi e cambiando di intensita ,
cosi io ogni anno completo il giro del mondo arricchendomi di ricordi per ricominciare
a vivere meglio finche I miei occhi si chiuderanno ...ogni anno rinasco e
ricomincio tutto da capo...
Avevo solo
pochi giorni..poche settimane quando mio padre decise che la persona dalla
quale io dovevo prender il latte era proprio lui...mi tolse dalle braccia di
mia madre, mi privo' della sua figura
per diventare lui stesso un amorevole padre e allo stesso tempo una madre che
allatta il suo bambino..avevo solo pochi giorni , ma gia avevo una grandissima
fortuna, quella di avere un padre...e due mamme.
The 6th of October 2007 is a date that I can’t forget. This day long gone but still very close, marks a small milestone that I reached and the prospect of a different future.
Saturday, October 6, 07 for the first time I started putting one foot before the other, taking care of myself, or actually accompanied by best friend, my ego, and his great experience of a lifetime troubled, full of pleasures, pains, dreams and reality.
That day I started to make mistakes, correct them and learn new things, learn to live better enjoying being able to feel emotions conveyed by our senses, our sight, hearing, smell, touch, and as the time goes by past that date, I feel like I’m starting all over again.
I was born October 6, 83 and I’m born again in 2007 ... when for the first time I walk the streets of Australia.
I am 24 years old and now I find that often my eyes were closed not letting me see paths in life that could have taken me beyond imagination and reality.
Today I discover that life has to be observed in detail cause behind a door there can be a tunnel that takes you to a better future, behind another one there could be a tunnel that keeps you in the present and of course the tunnel that leads you to the past blurring your mind and stopping you from going ahead in life.
This is a special day for me because I quit
my job and I saw things that did not see before, I saw the ocean moving
constantly, it speaks to me, it breathes and sometimes it rests also, I have a
life and whether is long or short, I know that is full of dreams to fulfill and
there's no time to close my eyes.
It’s fall on a Sunday afternoon and a child is rolling naked in the sea, caressed by the sun slowly sinking hiding in the mountains conceding a break to rest our eyes and giving space to the moon, a pelican is enjoying this moment in full respect and harmony with everything that is surrounding him ..
We have no time to shut our eyes. From sunrise to sunset we are free to see and enjoy what nature gives us: a wave, a ray of sunshine, a snowflake, a raindrop, thunderbolt, a deafening rumbling thunder. All this comes from one pure entity, our lovely Mother Nature, and the worse offense is no to love it.
I played, I studied, I traveled, I enjoyed days and nights with friends and by myself, with my family and my girlfriend, I practised sports and I had vices and hobbies. But it’s now time to move on , making new mistakes and transforming them in personal growth. It’s time to act like a child again playing with sand castles .. I want to live another 24 years and then another 24 until my body will not be able to run and move anymore, then my mind will continue to fly in the infinite joy of being a free spirit ...
There is no time to shut our eyes .. let’s keep them open and move forward.
It’s fall on a Sunday afternoon and a child is rolling naked in the sea, caressed by the sun slowly sinking hiding in the mountains conceding a break to rest our eyes and giving space to the moon, a pelican is enjoying this moment in full respect and harmony with everything that is surrounding him ..
We have no time to shut our eyes. From sunrise to sunset we are free to see and enjoy what nature gives us: a wave, a ray of sunshine, a snowflake, a raindrop, thunderbolt, a deafening rumbling thunder. All this comes from one pure entity, our lovely Mother Nature, and the worse offense is no to love it.
I played, I studied, I traveled, I enjoyed days and nights with friends and by myself, with my family and my girlfriend, I practised sports and I had vices and hobbies. But it’s now time to move on , making new mistakes and transforming them in personal growth. It’s time to act like a child again playing with sand castles .. I want to live another 24 years and then another 24 until my body will not be able to run and move anymore, then my mind will continue to fly in the infinite joy of being a free spirit ...
There is no time to shut our eyes .. let’s keep them open and move forward.
This my new journey, physical and spiritual, begun thanks to one person. I spent my childhood playing, studying, working, laughing, crying with him, My whole existence was marked by his constant presence in my life, since I did the first sip of milk until the age of 21. He was for me an important reference for the development of my personality. He was My Father.
He has been missing for 3 years now, and I can’t feel his vibrating and powerful energy that would give me the courage to carry on important projects and dreams, three years since the last time I smelled his odor or I heard his footsteps as he walks down the stairs at six in the morning to start a new day, three years since the last time I smelled freshly made coffee and cigarettes from the small garden carefully taken care from
Three years ago I lost my father, but during
these three years I slowly started to discover myself, thinking back to my
past, the education I received and the experiences I did.
Every day that goes by I remember of something special that I had completely removed from my memory and it had a big influence in my present life. Thinking about my Father every day brings him back to life and he become the wings that lift me off the ground to see everything from a better perspective .. 'cause every nice thing that remains forever in our heart can give us a smile for the rest of our life.. allowing the soul and memory of people to remain alive in time .. Just like my father.
Every day that goes by I remember of something special that I had completely removed from my memory and it had a big influence in my present life. Thinking about my Father every day brings him back to life and he become the wings that lift me off the ground to see everything from a better perspective .. 'cause every nice thing that remains forever in our heart can give us a smile for the rest of our life.. allowing the soul and memory of people to remain alive in time .. Just like my father.
And so thanks to him my life, my heart and
my soul are fulfilled of love and truth.
My adventure starts the 6th of October each year and as the wind blows constantly around the world without ever stopping or changing its power, so every year I travel around the world enriching my memories.
I was only a few days or weeks old and my father decided that he would be the person that would raise me....I was only a few days old but I already had the fortune to have a father that would do the work of a mother as well.
My adventure starts the 6th of October each year and as the wind blows constantly around the world without ever stopping or changing its power, so every year I travel around the world enriching my memories.
I was only a few days or weeks old and my father decided that he would be the person that would raise me....I was only a few days old but I already had the fortune to have a father that would do the work of a mother as well.
Today was “One of Those Days”. Although when you say this
sentence it has a negative meaning, for me it was positive. I was mentally
stimulated a few times by situations that are rapping around our lives, my wife
and mine, and it’s a pleasant feeling sometimes being intellectually involved
in something rather than being continuously straining my body looking after my
physical status rather than my mental one.
My knee is injured again so I had some time to think and
talk and read about stuff that may be a nice and fun change in our lives.
The day started with a delightful sleeping in and some
kisses and romanticism with my lovely wife...We moved on doing breakfast and
myself checking the surf, the usual quick check from the beach situated a few
hundred meters away from our house (and by the way, I check the surf whether I
can go surfing or not............just a habit). When I came back the first
highlight of the day was waiting for me right there, on the couch, sitting
close to Jenny, it was an article from my favourite surf magazine SBC Surf,
it’s a Canadian surf magazine. The article was written by Mike Janz, a Canadian
surfer that had a dream- surfing perfect waves, only a few steps from his home-and
this is what he does. Mike now lives in Nova Scotia and his house is open from
each side to the ocean so, that he can see the change of the ocean every second
of with his wife, daughter and a dog by his side, he is happy. He surfs when
the water is close to freezing temperature, as well as, when it’s warm enough to
swim in board shorts. He loves the ocean and his family, but the most admirable
thing about Mike is that he surfs alone most of the time and in this solitude he
found the real meaning of happiness. In the article he makes a few good points
on solo surfing, the quietness of solo surfing and contentment; he says many
other things but, these two points captured my attention in particular.
Mike said that “you can drive to an empty break, but it
requires skills and practice to quite yourself and slow down your mind”. This
is the truth. We can be surfing empty waves, be walking on isolated beaches,
but our mind is always suffocated by useless thoughts that blind our eyes and
don’t allow us to see the real beauty of what’s surrounding us. Mike also says
that “surfing alone doesn’t always lead to contentment”. He experiences something that I experience
every single time I surf, when I finish my session, I look back at the waves
and even though a few minutes ago my legs were shaky and tired , my arms were
falling apart and I had caught tons of waves, I still feel the need to go back
in the water, and it doesn’t matter how many times I will go back in, I will
still be missing something in my life, love, food, relationship with other
people, real genuine friendships, helping people in need...
Today in the morning I realized that surfing is a huge
component of my life that I couldn’t live without, but I also realized that
deeper emotions are hidden behind other things in life that we need to nourish
the same way we nourish our need to surf. We are made of body, soul and mind,
our life is made of ourselves and other people, our house is made of wood,
bricks, cement, dirt, our yard, the driveway, our beach, our ocean, the whole
earth..We need to preserve it.
The second part of my day was a phone call. This phone call
is a must once in awhile because it is made to my Guru, also known as my Mom
Carmen. She is a great listener and I realize that at the end of every conversation
I have with her. I also realize that sometimes I have no idea of how her past
week was because I tend to focus the whole conversation on myself. But I know
she is happy in that way, she knows what I’m doing and she gets to give me some
spiritual support that moms give to their children. Today the conversation was
about a plan that Jenny and I have about the future. We would like to teach
English in Canada and Overseas as a foreign and secondary language. The idea
that is leading me to this decision is of course travelling first of all! There
are many schools around the world that need teachers and we would be able to
visit amazing places not only as a tourist, but also as an inhabitant of the
place where we are, learning the culture and customs of the people.
I also had this profound thought about life and working: I
haven’t yet found a job that fulfils me and one that I enjoy, because I think
that every job is a waste of time that leads only to money, but no real
purpose. Take tourism as an example, we count on it and without it we couldn’t
make any money and without the money we wouldn’t be able to have the necessities
of life. I love teaching surfing and every kind of sport because it makes
people feel better. I think that teaching sport goes beyond tourism; it is an
act of courage that requires self motivation; and practising sport is good for
us. However, we can survive without it, when we travel and we meet different
people we don’t speak with them by surfing, or moving, we do it with words. My
deep thought was that being able to communicate would give us a complete
experience in our journey; it would benefit our sight, but also it would
benefit our soul and enrich it with the culture and knowledge of other people. Being
able to speak the same language would allow us all this. A simple holiday to a
different country would become an exchange of souls, a Canadian soul with
Italian, Portuguese with Indonesian etc.
My conclusion for this part of my day was that I want to
teach English so, that I can help people all over the world to communicate and
exchange ideas, emotions and customs.
The rest of it was all about this excitement of starting a
new journey, watching a movie with my wife, making bread and biscotti and
listening to Italian music...After all a day to rest your body and work out
your mind isn’t bad for anyone.......so enjoy that time when you have it.
For now I’ll say Bye.......... see you soon for the next
update.
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Hi everyone..it has been a while since last time I wrote something on my blog and here I'm back into it letting you know my latest news!
It has been a long month, it has been stormy, we had many days of sun shine, but we had most days of strong wind and heavy rain, snowfalls and big waves! the ocean was ungry, the wind was howling, the wild life is taking over our hunan species too and wolves are hunting for small dogs because they are hungry..you can see that here we can't get bored, there is always something to talk about, and usualy is about Moter Nature giving us a present or a punishment!
This month I also started something new, it's called SUP and it's so far a super fun water sport that can be done everywhere in the world, any kind of water but in my case as a surfer, when it's to small for my short board and out there is nice and glassi, I would be still in the water catching tons of waves by myself!! It's a blast, the perspective of the ocean changes, it's calming and you can see the waves from the distance coming and once you are on them you are going fast like being on a big boat with a few horsepower underneath. I have been doing it for a few weeks now very unconstantly but my skills are already improved. My teacher was Norm Hann, a very layback guy from the mainland in BC Canada that is fighting against wrong decision of the canadian goverment, check his mission out on www.standfilm.com and you will see the expedition plan. He came up here and we surfed a bunch together for 2 long days, and we got lucky enough to get sunshine and perfect swell wrapping around the bay creating waist high waves clean and perfect for our SUPs.
The other highlight of my month was 3 fantastic boat rides to surf empty perfect waves along our coast, the cold hasn't stopped us and with some good gear provided by my boss Raph, we managed to find awesome waves 2 days out of 3 and the one day we didn't surf we saw orcas, a 10 feet slab breaking in the middle of the ocean and the biggest raimbow ever seen in my life..so..it was definitely worth the boat ride anyways!!
the last day I had my camera and you will see from the pics the quality of the wave we were surfing..the wave is not powerful but it is perfect and empty..we cought so many waves that we were tired of surfing, not paddling and this is the best day of a surfer's life!
After all this adventures in the water, I'm now out for a few days because as the usual I hurt my knee again and I have been limping for a couple of days and as the usual, I start thinking again about life, about friends, about the real friends that I left around the world, those friends that are sorry for me leaving or those ones that remember that I'm somewhere in the world getting stocked for somthing that we all love..surfing. I miss everyone and every wave I catch I wish I had my friend cheering for it and I wish I could cheer for every wave my friends are catching!!
This life is beautiful and it is filled by the people we meet along the way and the experience we do, the love for eachother and the respect. I have a few brothers around the world and I feel lucky, However sometimes I think how nice it would be to share our experience, the whole day would be totally different!! And so today I'm here thinking about life, dreams, friends and how it's all connected but at the same time all so far from the reality, but the beauty of this life is that we are free, my spirit is free and my body is free, and whenever we decide we can take it over and turn the reality in a different reality just like we want it. nothing and nobody stops us from doing something we don't like unless you have something else to lose like a house, a business , a good car ..and I have nthing like that.. I have a wife that loves life like I do and with her I can do everything I want, since I met her I did the best experiences of my enture life and togeter will do lots more!
Anyways, it's now time to stop for e and I wanted to give a special thanks to my friend Dario..Dario you are the best and with you energy and endless dreaming life you make me feel that I'm not by my self in this world, we will meet again brother!!
Bye for now and see you soon..
It has been a long month, it has been stormy, we had many days of sun shine, but we had most days of strong wind and heavy rain, snowfalls and big waves! the ocean was ungry, the wind was howling, the wild life is taking over our hunan species too and wolves are hunting for small dogs because they are hungry..you can see that here we can't get bored, there is always something to talk about, and usualy is about Moter Nature giving us a present or a punishment!
This month I also started something new, it's called SUP and it's so far a super fun water sport that can be done everywhere in the world, any kind of water but in my case as a surfer, when it's to small for my short board and out there is nice and glassi, I would be still in the water catching tons of waves by myself!! It's a blast, the perspective of the ocean changes, it's calming and you can see the waves from the distance coming and once you are on them you are going fast like being on a big boat with a few horsepower underneath. I have been doing it for a few weeks now very unconstantly but my skills are already improved. My teacher was Norm Hann, a very layback guy from the mainland in BC Canada that is fighting against wrong decision of the canadian goverment, check his mission out on www.standfilm.com and you will see the expedition plan. He came up here and we surfed a bunch together for 2 long days, and we got lucky enough to get sunshine and perfect swell wrapping around the bay creating waist high waves clean and perfect for our SUPs.
The other highlight of my month was 3 fantastic boat rides to surf empty perfect waves along our coast, the cold hasn't stopped us and with some good gear provided by my boss Raph, we managed to find awesome waves 2 days out of 3 and the one day we didn't surf we saw orcas, a 10 feet slab breaking in the middle of the ocean and the biggest raimbow ever seen in my life..so..it was definitely worth the boat ride anyways!!
After all this adventures in the water, I'm now out for a few days because as the usual I hurt my knee again and I have been limping for a couple of days and as the usual, I start thinking again about life, about friends, about the real friends that I left around the world, those friends that are sorry for me leaving or those ones that remember that I'm somewhere in the world getting stocked for somthing that we all love..surfing. I miss everyone and every wave I catch I wish I had my friend cheering for it and I wish I could cheer for every wave my friends are catching!!
Anyways, it's now time to stop for e and I wanted to give a special thanks to my friend Dario..Dario you are the best and with you energy and endless dreaming life you make me feel that I'm not by my self in this world, we will meet again brother!!
Bye for now and see you soon..
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Today I will talk about some excercises that I found thanks to my mom, but first of I will talk about her since she is the reason why I'm feeling so great these days!
My mom is a Guru, she is my Guru, and eventhugh 50 % of time I have hard time understanding her because her philosophical language, I can still get the concept of what she is saying and It is always something positive!I remember the old days when she used to smoke a sigarette after a big heavy italian meal talking about problems in her office, and now, at more of half century of age, she is a totally different person doing all different kinds of youga, indian, japanese, chinese, swiss etc...and eating organic and fat free..unbelievable what people's mind can do, italians are probably one of the most stubborn culture in the world and change for us doesn t go over a change of underwear, but some people can still make the diference and I have to say that my mom made it! She came ove to Australia twice when I was living over there and that was the hint that helped her to do the big life change. Here she is on b the beautiful Australian Land
This was in a little town called Yemba on the east coast of OZ where the surf when is pumping...is really pumping...here is on a small day wind blown..
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Having said all this..it was my mom that sent me this information about excercises to do every day to cause benefits to our body and our mind!
There are two sequences to do , one is called MAKKO-HO. This is a Japanese Yoga practice based on the concept that we have meridians in our body connected to our organs, there are 14 meridians in total and the japanese medicine started to work on them through acupunture. Now they discovered that you can help freeing this meridiand with 6 simple excercises, these excercises aren't a phisical training, we don t have to focus on our strenght, but mostly on our respiration, stretches and the meaning of each movement. here they are...
Since I couldn't attach a world file I put this link on and you will see the exercises to do.
http://www.sohoshiatsu.com/SohoShiatsu/Exercises.html
This last one is similar to the one of before but it offers complementary excercises in case you find difficulties in doing the basic primary ones.THIS ALSO OFFERS A DESCRIPTION OF EACH MERIDIAN AND PHASE GIVING YOU AN IDEA ON WHAT PART OF YOUR MIND OR BODY IS BEING TOUCHED DOING THE EXCERCISE.
http://www.learn-shiatsu.org.uk/_r9lgmmqrf91nl49ij8dnnasjjcl6m2t35e9km2r0_.pdf
And in conclusion I found this intresting video that shows you how to do makko ho properly...
Well, the only thing I have to say is, read the second link I posted carefully and try this out..it's easy and it work, it will make you fill better..
A second sequence of excercises that I'm doing together with the Makko Ho, is one called "The Five Tibetans". I'm not sure if you ever heard about it but this follows the same principle of the Makko, the excercise itself is is not for phisical strenght, but something deeper that goes beyond our body and reaches the depth of our mind. I will now post the story of this practice and you are welcome to read it as well as not to since I understand It could be boring, However it is intresting to experiment this kind of traing whose purpose is to keep you youg for ever..
The Five Tibetans are not for everyone. Embark on this path only if you can believe in "Fountain of Youth" and you can slow down aging. If you accept the idea that the impossible is achievable, you will get a large number of benefits.
With the Five Tibetans can achieve wellness of body, mind, spirit and awakening the life force. All this can only be reached but if you are gentle with yourself and if you allow yourself the right space and time. It 's a promise you make to yourself, progress should not be forced, enjoy each small improvement, so only the results will last over time.
The Five Tibetans work, not take away forty but can help you look younger, feel many years younger and gain a greater sense of wellbeing. If you do them every day you will have the results in thirty days and your friends start asking questions about your appearance more youthful and healthy.
The Five Tibetans are also a form of meditation physically active, very effective way to become aware of themselves, of their bodies to the smallest cell in a particularly vivid. Yet who is too influenced by the ultimate goal is likely to miss the opportunity to really deep meditative experience of the self, inside his own body, because, as he labors with greater tenacity in pursuit of the reward that once it is reached the goal, he lets slip that moment of freedom in which every order is unimportant.
The book on the Five Tibetans was written in the thirties. The original version of "Eye of revelation" was published in 1939. Perhaps Peter Kelder took inspiration from Shangri-La of James Hilton, who's most successful book in Lost Horizon, suggests that the secret of the strength and vitality of Tibetan Lamas is in some ritual exercises. The author, Peter Kelder, inspired by this, describing the research of those rites and how they arrived in the West. With the Five Tibetans will learn about the mysteries that were hidden for so long in the ancient monasteries.The story begins one afternoon in the book where the author, Peter Kelder, is relaxing on a park bench, reading the evening paper. An old gentleman sitting next to him and engages him in conversation. He introduced himself as Colonel Bradford, a retired English army officer who also served in the diplomatic corps of the Crown. His career has led him to the most remote corners of the globe, and Colonel Bradford captivates the interest of Kelder with tales of his adventures. The two depart with the promise to meet again. Then you meet regularly, and eventually shake a solid friendship. One evening, while they are together, the colonel announced a surprising decision that took. When he was stationed in India, some years before, had heard a strange and unforgettable story that covered the blade of a monastery located in remote and wild Tibetan Himalayas. In that monastery, ancient wisdom passed down for thousands of years promised a solution to one of the great mysteries of the world. According to legend, the lamas of the monastery were inheritors of the secret of the Fountain of Youth.Like everyone else, Colonel Bradford had begun to mature at the age of 40 years, and since then he had lost any semblance of youth. More heard about the miraculous Fountain of Youth and more convinced that such a place existed. He began to collect information on the paths to follow, the characteristics of the area, climate, and any other information that could help to identify that location. And, once we begin the search, the Colonel became increasingly obsessed by his desire to find this Fountain of Youth to the point that he decided to return to India and look seriously for the retreat and its secret of lasting youth. Colonel Bradford asked me if I wanted to join him in this endeavor. Kelder wavering in indecision, but eventually surrendered to skepticism, reluctantly declining the invitation.Colonel Bradford himself to accomplish his mission alone. Then, many years passed without giving more news of him. Indeed Kelder had almost forgotten his former friend and the ideas of a Tibetan Shangri-La, when one day a letter announced that the Colonel had reached its goal was to return. Shortly after, when the two were, Kelder has witnessed an amazing transformation. Bradford, unexpectedly, shows the appearance "that the Colonel must have had over the years of his youth, long ago. Instead of a stooped old man, pale with a cane, he saw a tall figure, standing. His face was florid and his hair grew thick and blacks with few traces of gray. "Colonel Bradford proceeded to tell his friend all excited about what had happened during his prolonged absence. He spoke of years of struggle and hardship finally rewarded with success - the discovery of a remote Tibetan monastery whose occupants never grew old.In the monastery, there is nowhere in sight elderly men or women. Llamas, joking good-naturedly, related to the colonel called him "the Old", because much time had elapsed since he had seen someone who looked as old as him. For them, he was almost a novelty."For the first few weeks after my arrival," said the Colonel, "I felt like a fish out of water". Everything I saw was for me a source of wonder, sometimes I could hardly believe my eyes. Soon, my health began to improve. I could sleep soundly at night, and every morning I wake up feeling more and more fresh and energetic. Soon, I realized that my walking stick I was only necessary when hiking in the mountains. "Then, one morning the Colonel encounters a mirror, and for the first time in two years, sees his own reflection. To his utter disbelief and surprise, the image before his eyes is that of a much younger man. The colonel realizes that he has undergone a physical transformation: he appears to fifteen years younger than the day of his arrival."Words can not describe the joy and excitement I felt. In the weeks and months following my appearance continued to improve, and the change became increasingly apparent to all who knew me. In short, my nickname fees, "the Old", there was no more. "So, Colonel Bradford explains exactly how he achieved this remarkable rejuvenation. "The first important thing that I was taught at my entrance into the monastery," said the Colonel, "was this: the body has seven energy centers that could be called vortices. The Hindus call them chakras. They are powerful electrical fields, invisible to our eyes, and yet absolutely real. These seven vortices control the seven endocrine glands in the endocrine system, endocrine glands and, in turn, regulate all body functions, including the aging process ..... "In a healthy body, each of these seven vortexes revolves at great speed, allowing the life energy, also called prana or etheric energy to flow upward through the endocrine system. But if one or more of these vortexes begins to slow down the flow of life energy is inhibited or blocked, and, behold, this could be another way to define aging and poor health."The quickest way to regain youth, health and vitality is to restart the normal rotational movement of these energy centers. This can be achieved through five simple exercises. Each of them is effective in itself, but the best results are obtained with the practice of all five. In reality, this is not true of exercises. The Lamas call them rites and I will refer to them with the same term. "That said the Colonel describes and performs in front of Kelder five yoga exercises he calls "The Five Rites". He recommends Kelder starting with the daily running of every rite repeated three times, and then gradually increase the repetitions until you get to 21 a day.Later, he explains that the benefits of the Rites will be more pronounced for those who practice chastity. While he warns that it is not a realistic goal for most people, he reveals a sixth rite which will be effective for those who accept this challenge.When Bradford played by the revelation of the Five Rites, Kelder began experimenting with full enthusiasm. Within three months he recorded the results are truly remarkable. Anxious to share with others the news of the discovery of Bradford, asked the Colonel to take a course. The colonel agreed, and the small group study that resulted was dubbed the "Himalaya Club". The group met regularly to practice the Five Rites and discuss topics such as diet and nutrition. Indeed, members of the club - all above the age of 50 - shortly drew benefit from the rejuvenating powers of the Five Rites. The thus a large number of people in all countries of the world has been made part of the discovery of the Fountain of Youth made by Bradford.
This is a good website wher eyou can find the excercises very well illustrated and explained.
http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_TibetanRites.htm
This is also animated
http://lifeevents.org/5-tibetans-energy-rejuvenation-exercises.htm
And another animated funny one..
http://www.flashmavi.com/yoga_5_tibetans_rejuventation_exercise.shtml
So, remember to do this excercises every day and follow the directions as they say including rest times and respiration..that is very important.
AND ENJOY
My mom is a Guru, she is my Guru, and eventhugh 50 % of time I have hard time understanding her because her philosophical language, I can still get the concept of what she is saying and It is always something positive!I remember the old days when she used to smoke a sigarette after a big heavy italian meal talking about problems in her office, and now, at more of half century of age, she is a totally different person doing all different kinds of youga, indian, japanese, chinese, swiss etc...and eating organic and fat free..unbelievable what people's mind can do, italians are probably one of the most stubborn culture in the world and change for us doesn t go over a change of underwear, but some people can still make the diference and I have to say that my mom made it! She came ove to Australia twice when I was living over there and that was the hint that helped her to do the big life change. Here she is on b the beautiful Australian Land
.jpg)
There are two sequences to do , one is called MAKKO-HO. This is a Japanese Yoga practice based on the concept that we have meridians in our body connected to our organs, there are 14 meridians in total and the japanese medicine started to work on them through acupunture. Now they discovered that you can help freeing this meridiand with 6 simple excercises, these excercises aren't a phisical training, we don t have to focus on our strenght, but mostly on our respiration, stretches and the meaning of each movement. here they are...
Since I couldn't attach a world file I put this link on and you will see the exercises to do.
http://www.sohoshiatsu.com/SohoShiatsu/Exercises.html
This last one is similar to the one of before but it offers complementary excercises in case you find difficulties in doing the basic primary ones.THIS ALSO OFFERS A DESCRIPTION OF EACH MERIDIAN AND PHASE GIVING YOU AN IDEA ON WHAT PART OF YOUR MIND OR BODY IS BEING TOUCHED DOING THE EXCERCISE.
http://www.learn-shiatsu.org.uk/_r9lgmmqrf91nl49ij8dnnasjjcl6m2t35e9km2r0_.pdf
And in conclusion I found this intresting video that shows you how to do makko ho properly...
Well, the only thing I have to say is, read the second link I posted carefully and try this out..it's easy and it work, it will make you fill better..
The Five Tibetans are not for everyone. Embark on this path only if you can believe in "Fountain of Youth" and you can slow down aging. If you accept the idea that the impossible is achievable, you will get a large number of benefits.
With the Five Tibetans can achieve wellness of body, mind, spirit and awakening the life force. All this can only be reached but if you are gentle with yourself and if you allow yourself the right space and time. It 's a promise you make to yourself, progress should not be forced, enjoy each small improvement, so only the results will last over time.
The Five Tibetans work, not take away forty but can help you look younger, feel many years younger and gain a greater sense of wellbeing. If you do them every day you will have the results in thirty days and your friends start asking questions about your appearance more youthful and healthy.
The Five Tibetans are also a form of meditation physically active, very effective way to become aware of themselves, of their bodies to the smallest cell in a particularly vivid. Yet who is too influenced by the ultimate goal is likely to miss the opportunity to really deep meditative experience of the self, inside his own body, because, as he labors with greater tenacity in pursuit of the reward that once it is reached the goal, he lets slip that moment of freedom in which every order is unimportant.
The book on the Five Tibetans was written in the thirties. The original version of "Eye of revelation" was published in 1939. Perhaps Peter Kelder took inspiration from Shangri-La of James Hilton, who's most successful book in Lost Horizon, suggests that the secret of the strength and vitality of Tibetan Lamas is in some ritual exercises. The author, Peter Kelder, inspired by this, describing the research of those rites and how they arrived in the West. With the Five Tibetans will learn about the mysteries that were hidden for so long in the ancient monasteries.The story begins one afternoon in the book where the author, Peter Kelder, is relaxing on a park bench, reading the evening paper. An old gentleman sitting next to him and engages him in conversation. He introduced himself as Colonel Bradford, a retired English army officer who also served in the diplomatic corps of the Crown. His career has led him to the most remote corners of the globe, and Colonel Bradford captivates the interest of Kelder with tales of his adventures. The two depart with the promise to meet again. Then you meet regularly, and eventually shake a solid friendship. One evening, while they are together, the colonel announced a surprising decision that took. When he was stationed in India, some years before, had heard a strange and unforgettable story that covered the blade of a monastery located in remote and wild Tibetan Himalayas. In that monastery, ancient wisdom passed down for thousands of years promised a solution to one of the great mysteries of the world. According to legend, the lamas of the monastery were inheritors of the secret of the Fountain of Youth.Like everyone else, Colonel Bradford had begun to mature at the age of 40 years, and since then he had lost any semblance of youth. More heard about the miraculous Fountain of Youth and more convinced that such a place existed. He began to collect information on the paths to follow, the characteristics of the area, climate, and any other information that could help to identify that location. And, once we begin the search, the Colonel became increasingly obsessed by his desire to find this Fountain of Youth to the point that he decided to return to India and look seriously for the retreat and its secret of lasting youth. Colonel Bradford asked me if I wanted to join him in this endeavor. Kelder wavering in indecision, but eventually surrendered to skepticism, reluctantly declining the invitation.Colonel Bradford himself to accomplish his mission alone. Then, many years passed without giving more news of him. Indeed Kelder had almost forgotten his former friend and the ideas of a Tibetan Shangri-La, when one day a letter announced that the Colonel had reached its goal was to return. Shortly after, when the two were, Kelder has witnessed an amazing transformation. Bradford, unexpectedly, shows the appearance "that the Colonel must have had over the years of his youth, long ago. Instead of a stooped old man, pale with a cane, he saw a tall figure, standing. His face was florid and his hair grew thick and blacks with few traces of gray. "Colonel Bradford proceeded to tell his friend all excited about what had happened during his prolonged absence. He spoke of years of struggle and hardship finally rewarded with success - the discovery of a remote Tibetan monastery whose occupants never grew old.In the monastery, there is nowhere in sight elderly men or women. Llamas, joking good-naturedly, related to the colonel called him "the Old", because much time had elapsed since he had seen someone who looked as old as him. For them, he was almost a novelty."For the first few weeks after my arrival," said the Colonel, "I felt like a fish out of water". Everything I saw was for me a source of wonder, sometimes I could hardly believe my eyes. Soon, my health began to improve. I could sleep soundly at night, and every morning I wake up feeling more and more fresh and energetic. Soon, I realized that my walking stick I was only necessary when hiking in the mountains. "Then, one morning the Colonel encounters a mirror, and for the first time in two years, sees his own reflection. To his utter disbelief and surprise, the image before his eyes is that of a much younger man. The colonel realizes that he has undergone a physical transformation: he appears to fifteen years younger than the day of his arrival."Words can not describe the joy and excitement I felt. In the weeks and months following my appearance continued to improve, and the change became increasingly apparent to all who knew me. In short, my nickname fees, "the Old", there was no more. "So, Colonel Bradford explains exactly how he achieved this remarkable rejuvenation. "The first important thing that I was taught at my entrance into the monastery," said the Colonel, "was this: the body has seven energy centers that could be called vortices. The Hindus call them chakras. They are powerful electrical fields, invisible to our eyes, and yet absolutely real. These seven vortices control the seven endocrine glands in the endocrine system, endocrine glands and, in turn, regulate all body functions, including the aging process ..... "In a healthy body, each of these seven vortexes revolves at great speed, allowing the life energy, also called prana or etheric energy to flow upward through the endocrine system. But if one or more of these vortexes begins to slow down the flow of life energy is inhibited or blocked, and, behold, this could be another way to define aging and poor health."The quickest way to regain youth, health and vitality is to restart the normal rotational movement of these energy centers. This can be achieved through five simple exercises. Each of them is effective in itself, but the best results are obtained with the practice of all five. In reality, this is not true of exercises. The Lamas call them rites and I will refer to them with the same term. "That said the Colonel describes and performs in front of Kelder five yoga exercises he calls "The Five Rites". He recommends Kelder starting with the daily running of every rite repeated three times, and then gradually increase the repetitions until you get to 21 a day.Later, he explains that the benefits of the Rites will be more pronounced for those who practice chastity. While he warns that it is not a realistic goal for most people, he reveals a sixth rite which will be effective for those who accept this challenge.When Bradford played by the revelation of the Five Rites, Kelder began experimenting with full enthusiasm. Within three months he recorded the results are truly remarkable. Anxious to share with others the news of the discovery of Bradford, asked the Colonel to take a course. The colonel agreed, and the small group study that resulted was dubbed the "Himalaya Club". The group met regularly to practice the Five Rites and discuss topics such as diet and nutrition. Indeed, members of the club - all above the age of 50 - shortly drew benefit from the rejuvenating powers of the Five Rites. The thus a large number of people in all countries of the world has been made part of the discovery of the Fountain of Youth made by Bradford.
This is a good website wher eyou can find the excercises very well illustrated and explained.
http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_TibetanRites.htm
This is also animated
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