TANIT goddess of the island… artistic inspiration

Tanit Goddess of Ibiza - Inspired Artistry

This amazing mosaic, made following a template of aperiodic tiling (Roger Penrose), was designed and installed in a Blakstad Finca by an artist called Christina Bryer who had no knowledge of Tanit before…

And yet THIS is Tanit the goddess protectorate of Ibiza – of fertility – of dance – with the sun shining through….

Christina… the artist… had no knowledge of Ibizan history nor had she had physical connections to the island before creating this work. Yet it grew into this pictorial representation of Tanit, which renowned architect, Rolf Blakstad identified on viewing her finished work for the first time.

Mere coincidence? Or another of the many mystical Ibizan synchronicities that we come to experience on our magical white island…

Or something connecting at a higher level of consciousness? To inspire and connect us with the fact that we are all, indeed, connected?

What is particularly interesting is that Christina works in a structured and disciplined method of exploration or aperiodic tiling which has been described to others as “sacred geometry”. This is the geometry used in the planning and construction of sacred monuments, spiritual sites and religious alters, meditation temples and temples for prayer, sacred groves and even village greens… with symbolic and sacred meanings embedded within the shapes and architecture.

Infusing higher levels of spiritual awareness within the structure and layout of the tiles, invoking energies at a higher level.

Thank you Christina… for bringing this gift to the island to remind us of our connectedness… read more about Christina by clicking here.

And please share! :

What other Ibizan synchronicities have you experienced?

There is no such thing as coincidence – what experiences have helped you open your mind to higher possibilities since living in – and visiting and loving Ibiza?

Letting your hair down… and rebalancing again!

Ahhhhhhh the need to let off steam…. such a basic – and fundamental – human need it is indeed…

How well Ibiza offers this… the most amazing parties, incredible music, beautiful people and vibrations and energy that draws us here to let go, to let loose, to feel free….

So how many times this year have you given yourself permission to really go for it?

To dance all night… to soak up the feel good vibes of positive sounds and uplifting music, on the beach, under the stars, feeling free to be yourself, to dance out tension, to move with the rhythm, to feel your smile expanding from within…

And so the closing parties in Ibiza approach – our white island famed for dance parties and midsummer madness is more and more becoming known for what we are doing too… here at Ibiza Retreats…. connecting you with the Hidden Healing Heartbeat… a rhythm that continues all year around…. to help you to BE yourself, to feel FREE to express yourself and to find your flow, your rhythm in life…

And even better this year – feel free to enjoy the Yang as well as the Yin… surrender to your wild side and then give yourself the time and space to really rejuvenate yourself again…

So many of us opened our minds on dance floors, lost in the euphoria of the experience… and we come back to the White Island for more – so to acknowledge this and that, with being wiser in life, it often means we are older too… it is no better time than now to enjoy a post-party purification and a healthy dose of pampering, with Wellness Coaching, steam and sauna to release toxins, yoga to revitalise, delicious healthy cuisine, vibrational healing and reiki to rebalance you energetically and reflexology to ensure that your liver and kidneys are boosted too.

Vrom 5th – 7th October at Atzaro Spa with us, a world-class team of therapists and life coach to artists and DJ’s from all over the world, Clare Scivier – click here for further info…

And please – share with us – how do YOU post-party purify?

Are you feeling the good vibrations – of Ibiza’s “feel free” energy?

What is it about the White Island’s energy?
The sun – the light – the dancing through the night (and all day).
What is it that helps you be and feel more colour, more life, more energy?

People talk openly about the magical energy here in Ibiza. The mystical rock of Es Vedra, residing in all her splendor off the coast by Cala D’Or, has powerful magnetic properties.

Many people feel “drawn” here – called back to explore further, by Ibiza, by the island, by the sense of freedom and wellbeing.

So how does this fit together? Well…. how you think drives how you feel emotionally, which creates how you feel physiologically.

Ibiza is known for her sense of feeling free. A special, even sacred island where you can feel free to be yourself, to express yourself, physically, emotionally…. creatively. Whatever your age, your background, your race or “economic” place, you are accepted for being who you are. So it is that Ibiza attracts people from all over the world, a vibrant melting pot of colourful characters, who choose to come together to live in freedom and harmony.

We are all made up, at a subatomic level, of vibrating particles of energy – so feeling free in our minds and our bodies means that we are also enabling freedom at a cellular level. Which enables our optimum wellbeing! This means that our cells can be functioning perfectly :0) allowing our

With an open free mind we have less resistance to life, which means we carry less tension, our blood can oxygenate our cells, our breathe flows freely, infusing us with natural, positive “prana”, life-force energy. Lovely!

The lack of too much traffic helps the oxygen levels too! And of course, the raw natural beauty, especially in the North, offers space for the eye to roam freely over green pine-topped mountains, rust-red soil and turquoise seas. The colours and topography help to calm the mind and open the heart as we leave behind pressure and effort, with limited phone service in many places.. you just have to unplug and remember how to “just be”.

Open your heart and minds with a delicious infusion during the beautiful Ibiza Energy Retreat being held by Coco Bliss and Bianca in a secret retreat location, near San Miguel from 2nd – 8th October – with 10% off for energy-seekers booking through Ibiza Retreats.

And please let us know – where do you feel most free?

August – Heat and Passion. Live your JOY this summer time!

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Phew! August is the month when everything is at its hottest, especially here on the White Island.  Work with this heat and do less of what you “have to” or feel you “must do” and feel your summer-time smiles become fully fuelled with a sense of real fulfillment by asking yourself:

What do I enjoy most in my life?

What am I most passionate about?

How can I do more of what feels good more easily?

Being away on summer holiday, retreats, away from reality’s responsibilities, gives you space and time to unplug from all the have to’s and the pressures that can weigh us down draining our passions and energy.

Unplug properly, make sure you turn your iphone or blackberry off for at least a few day enabling you to unplug mentally and create space for your inner-smile, your enjoyment of life to refuel you with a new found power.  From here, with this can do feeling of positive possibilities, ask yourself the questions above and consider – how can I bring more of it into my reality?

Have you every noticed that when you are doing what you enjoy, when you are focusing your time and energies more and more on what feels good, the relationships, the experiences, choosing the pleasure rather than the “ought to” invitations and situations where you feel you may “rather be” elsewhere, everything takes no effort?

Imagine what life could be like when you really are saying yes, at least 90% of your time, to what you really enjoy? How much less effort and energy will this require? And with this extra energy, the world is your oyster: what are you passionate about that you can invest this energy in instead? Begin to make a gentle shift by choosing to say yes to what feels good rather than because you feel you ought to, or that you may be missing out.

As you keep saying yes more and more to you (whilst of course, keeping some consideration for the health and happiness of those around you), you will notice how much happier and stronger you feel, which spreads like a heart-warming fire in ever-increasing circles through your loved ones, friends and family.

Take some time out for you on our Just Stop retreat and enjoy plenty of healing treatments and pampering.

ENQUIRE NOW

Verbal Vitamin D – Nutrition for the mind.

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How often do you find yourself listening to your inner-critic? That voice inside your mind that says things like: You are not good enough!. It’s all your fault!. That was really stupid stupid stupid!. You are too fat, too this, too that.

How does listening to all of these harsh, negative thoughts make you feel? Does it bring you down? Or pump you full of good-feeling energy?

So how would you LIKE to feel instead?

The words that we speak out loud, just like the words we choose to listen to that scamper around in our minds, are the starting point for our emotional and physical feelings. Thoughts become things. In NLP we have the TEA model that explains this really well:

T houghts create E motions which create our A ctions or behaviour. Our thoughts, literally charge us up with better or worse feelings and better or worse energy, all depending on what they are! Instead, why not create a super-smoothie for your mind that is full of Verbal Vitamin D? That helps you feel full of sunshine, happiness and positive, light, energy?

What thoughts can you think to yourself every morning this week to enable you to want to seize the day? How about:

I am always doing the best I can given the circumstances.

I am a loving and giving person.

I deserve to be happy.

The more full of good feeling thoughts you are, the easier it is to see possibilities and opportunities! To enjoy life in the moment, to live a lighter, brighter, life.

Set yourself up and prepare your recipe, get the ingredients written down. Create a healthy happy week ahead and write down YOUR super smoothie recipe that nourishes your body and soul by beginning with the words that you choose to think in your mind!

Larah Davis is a holistic life coach and nlp master practitioner offering 1:1 sessions and workshops in Ibiza and via skype internationally.  Contact Larah on larah@ibizaretreats.com