It was almost 4 weeks ago that I left from Istanbul. It was a very solitary and yet a beautiful experience to be there...

Then I was in England for 3 weeks.. I lived for this period of time in a community called Croydon Hall (http://www.croydonhall.co.uk) there I did some work-as-meditation, and after the very alone experience at Istanbul I felt like being at a constant party. I had a great time, learned a lot and meet beautiful new friends.

Now I am in Hamburg.. when I left from this city almost 3 months ago I felt that I had to come back and  see my possibilities of making it my base. Now I am here and I don´t know where exactly to begin! I will start connecting with friends and see where this takes me. I just arrived to  a cybercafe after leaving my friend Shivani at the bus station. She came for the weekend from Firenze.. we had such a wonderful time together!

It is autum... trees are changing colors fast, the wind is cold but the sun is still warm. This weather brings in me a certain nostalgic feeling. It is sad and sweet.

Well.. it is time to face existence.
Much love
Anada

... I experienced that as long as I stay open to life, without anything fixed on my head, options and opportunities are there for the taking.

I traveled on November 06 to India, I was going to stay for 4 months, but as it has happened everytime I go to India I end up staying 6 months... and it is always a good thing to do! So many beautiful experiences! a deeper relaxation into "what is", a deeper trust in existence (life always knows better!) and just the recognition that life, as it is, is a bliss!

So the time to jump into the unknown came, beginning of May I started traveling through a few cities in Europe, Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Florence, Hamburg, Berlin... with the spirit open.  When people asked me, where are you going next? I always replied: to where I am invited. This is how I have spent this last 2 months. And I have to say, this days have been the most beautiful, fullfiling, lovely, adventurous days of my life.

But it is not really about the travel, I've been traveling constantly in the last 4 years, but this time, the quality of my presence and awareness and therefore the way I experience life has changed so much!! I can feel my heart almost exploding in joy just by opening my eyes in the morning and seeing outside my window the sun or clouds, or stars or a bird or the trees.  There is friendliness surrounding every meeting, at home with friends, at the street with strangers, riding a bike to the beach. There is a deep understanding of oneness. And any activity, cooking or washing the dishes, running in the sand or spending hours behind the computer provide the same silent space...

Anyway, this is what meditation has done to me! :D


Love
Anada

Yes... just four more days before I leave my beloved Mexico to my other love... India. And it is amazing how things happen:

Last weekend I went to visit my sisters, nieces and nephews in a small ecological community called Las Cañadas http://www.bosquedeniebla.com.mx/ in Huatusco, Veracruz to say goodbye, as I will be out of town for half a year. One night  I was sharing my thoughts about how I would like to participate this time in the Osho International Meditation Resort (http://www.osho.com/)  in Puna, India.  In previous ocassions I facilitated meditations, a morning class about drawing, giving Ayurvedic Yoga Massage sessions and facilitating a one day course called No-Mind Drawing. I felt that this time I would like to spend more time with myself, meditating instead of facilitating and receiving massage instead of giving and maybe dropping this No-Mind Drawing idea thinking that the concept was too playful and maybe not so deep as other courses offered at the Resort...

When I got back to Mexico City I checked my e-mail and I had received an invitation to facilitate a No-Mind Drawing course on the 28th of November. It felt to me like and inmediate answer to my doubts and insecurities about this one day course that aims to help people get rid of self notions and beliefs about their creative nature and talent in any areas of life using OSHO meditations  and drawing techniques as the main tools.
So if you happen to be in Puna, India on the 28th of this month and wish to explore a bit about yourself using meditation, pencil, paper and other materials, come and join us! :D

Right now I took a few minutes to write but I am packing the stuff I will take with me and everything that stays behind because this house  I live in right now (and it is not mine) will be sold so when I come back to Mexico I will have to find a place to live... this should be interesting...

Well enough for now... thanks for reading!
Love
Anada

This is the first entry to my blog ... actually this is the first entry to anything like a diary in my life!... it is exciting.

I am a month and a half from traveling around the word to Puna, India... this will be my third visit to this traditionally spiritual country. I don't really know much of India, on my previous visits  I have been only to Puna and Mumbai. In a way I find indian people and their ways a bit frightening I cannot explain why, beause I also feel them to be very loving and simple people. Anyway, I have decided that this trip I will spend some time visiting other spiritually energetic places in India and broaden my vision and perception of the place and people.

I will join the Osho International Meditation Resort participating in the Work as Meditation program, this means that I will work in the Resort keeping a meditative quality at all times. I have been part of the program since my first visit, and being kind of hyperactive and endlessly creative as I am, this prgram suits me perfectly. It gives me the opportunity to channel my energy in a creative productive way and use this as a device to go deeper within myself. I keep this approach also when I am at home, but being surrounded by people in the same space in sucha beautiful campus and the teaching of a "digital" Master (Osho discourses in tapes at the Evening Meeting Meditation) provides me with the right environment to learn more techniques and go even deeper.

Another goal for this trip is to learn more about Ayurvedic Yoga Massage, earlier this year in February I was invited to the "beginners" course of  this massage and I felt like I found my thing!! It is a beautiful technique that stimulates the blood-energy flow and the body realignment by assisted yoga-like stretches. It is a trully invigorating 1 1/2 hour session. But the most remarkable value of giving a session is what happens with me as a session giver there is an indiscribable energetic connection with the receiver that allows me to make this session a meditation aswell,.

And, well, in the here and now I am working to gather enough funds to make the trip and stay there for 4 to 6 months, I am not sure yet how long I will stay. So what I do to earn money is to design and develop websites, multimedia applications and web based information management systems. I am currently working on a multimedia program for an educational organization here in Mexico City. I also have a few websites to develop so I will be quite busy until the end of October when I will be flying to Puna.

Ok, I feel this is enough for my first blog entry... I will continue soon...
Love
Anada