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..

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

Warning..deep thoughts day..read at your own risk...
Went for a surf today!! Surfing is the highlight  of my day..after of course my wife's kisses, we were walking down the beach for our morning start, nice and refreshing the air, and eventhough I was biting my lips because a few guys were catching waves, I was still stocked of looking at Jen so happy for being out with me, so I just tried to keep biting my lips till she said to my:"Darling, do you want to go surfing?"...That's when I understand why I married her. So We went back home, put my wettie on and in less than 10 minutes I was in the water, my body was floating on my surfboard and I connected with ocean and the waves straight away, and as the usual, I got carried away with my deep thought and reflection about life, my meditative moment started in the same instant I deeped myself in the first wave for my first duck dive! It's like my brain get refreshed everytime I get in contact with the ocean, notting else matter, nobody can disturb my feelings, everything is good and I get back to life, I finally keep living and breathing, every stroke my arm reaches deep in the abyss, almost like I want to reach te bottom and get a bunch of sand and tickle the oceans tomy. After a few waves I realized that today I was more connected with my inner toughts that with the waves and after a few seconds of frustration for not being able to pull off some maneuvres, I realize a surfer is not who does aerials and get 15 feet barrels every day, a surfer is simply who enjoys that moment and is happy just for being in the water catching some wave and getting a blast for that gliding feeling when you are on the wall of the wave, the colors are beautiful, the shape of the ocean changes e reaches the ferfection once it breks and rolls all the way through till shore disappearing in the sand like it never exsisted!...
It doesn't matter if one day we are able to give the best of our self, the most important thing is that we are there there and we can feel the power of the ocean!
I was 21 when I lost the most importat person of my life, the motivation for everything  I was doing, my best friend and my guru, ,my dad passed away for a brain cancer in 6 months, I felt his heart beating as fast as it could before shutting down for ever, and since then I met people that led me to water sport, and evry element, the Hawling , wind while I was windSurfing and KiteSurfing, the breaking Waves when I was jumping high on my windsurf or getting barreled surfing, the sound of the deth of the ocean when I was getting draged down by a wave during a big wipe out, the Dolphins palyng in the surf and talking in the warm water of Australia or the barking sea lions in the cold water of Canada.....every singl thing in the water, reminded me of my best friend, My Dad and therefore I kept doing it, and every time I get in the water I can talk to him and I can feel that he is with me.
SInce that moment I made many reflecions about life and I realized that our world is being destroyed thanks to our greedyness and I don't want to be touched by fakeness anymore and the water, the ocean and its waves are true, they will never lie to me, that's why I now live in Tofino, the purity of this place, the untouched beaches of the west coast and the ocean, keeps me and my wife grounded on this earth! every tree I touch is full of life and every particle of oxigen I breath is still pure and healthy!
I hope this 2012 will bring consciousness to people on thi heart and that everyone will realize that we have to love our planet, reduce our waste, counting more on sustainable energy .
I will leave now, today is my day for deep thought ..so I have to stop writing otherwise I will never stop...
Peace and Love and Surf

Before I start I would like to thank two friends in Particular and of course my wife Jenny.

Dario is italian and as well as me, he dreams and surf around the world! He started his own blog and he gave me the hint to start my own so that I can express myself, my emotions and my feeling about this life.Thanks Dario.

Jody, a Canadian Dude that has been part of mine and my wife's life since four years ago, and with his soul and kindness, opened my eyesto a new perspective of life, right now he is going to work in northern BC as an iron worker, hopefully when he comes back I will have some nice stories for him, and I will definitaly touch the subject: "We Are" as the perfect sentence, we discussed about it in front of a fire in his back yard douring a beautiful West Coast Canadian Winter and It was very Intresting.

My Wife Jenny...simply, thanks for dealing with me so well.Se Is the one that welcomed me in her life, misterious and full of vitality and colours, she is an artist, and she was able to unleash my wings so that I could take of in this amazing adventure called Love. I love you Jenny.

This is a story about friends, dreams, surf, ocean, my wife, my family, all the people of the world that are struggling with the human madness, but this is mostly the story of whoever can dream. We start dreaming when we are young and we somehow stop half way through being to busy thinking about other things. This is my story and I will tell you why I love surfing, dreaming about a better life and I will never stop, because dreaming and surfing nourish my soul and makes me happy.