On Monday I got back from Croatia where I spent 17 days in pure Zen. It’s on an island Pašman, beautiful place where likeminded people meet every year. I spent most of the time meditating, having massages like tuina, lomi lomi, atlas, Bowen, reflexotherapy,... eating bio veggies and goji berries, drinking magnetized water and herbal tea, we did solar gazing which feels like eating the sun energy and for that we woke up at 5am, after that was the first silent meditation, then we did HU exercise which is sort of physical way of mind detox, then it was breakfast, after that a morning swim, following by 3 hours of meditation (whirling, rebirthing,...) then lunch, then one hour of free time and then the afternoon meditation with gongs and tibetan/crystal bowls and shaman drums and after that an art workshop where we learned to draw mandalas and meditated with crystals, after dinner we had salsa, mambo, rumba dances, capoeira, kabbalistic invocations, circle energy dance... awesome! This for me is like an annual reset for my mind and body.

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Looks so peaceful. Glad to hear you had a good time.....I've personally never done any meditation, but have been curious about it

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Thats what I need right now! That looks awesome. Definitley envious. Hopefully the positive energy sustains. good stuff8)

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Nice pics Kat .

Man that must have been a wonderful experience , Remeber I did a budhist retreat a while back and felt so liberated. I wanna do it again.

and that Mandala is beautiful

Where is this island at?

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Awesome, glad you had a good time, I make it a point to go a o 7 day retreat every year. Meditation is a must for everyone imo. Our bodies minds and spirits need the break and time to rejuvenate, there is so much junk that we fill up on, no time to stop and think.

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@ Karen: well you are meditating actualy every time your mind is quiet and breathe, being aware of your breath, wheteer it be youre drawing, dancing,... it doesnt mean you have to be in lotus position all the time, although that helps you connet to the source (whatever you may call it) and the point is when you quiet your thoughts your intuition starts guiding you, giving you answers

@ Haziel: this island is in adriatic sea, belongs to Croatia, amazing scenery. That particular mandala is shaped to attract abundance, its a difficult explanation for its from sacred geometry, good stuff :D

@ Dusk: I agree 100% everyone should stop and just breathe every day

@ hambino21: yes sustaining higher vibration in everyday life is what is all about

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What's the cost these days to jaunt over to a private island for 17 days? :)

Sounds most excellent.

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its less than 3 hours to rebirth? faster than the first time round huh? :)

glad to hear you had a great time

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@ florida: uu a private island just for us, that would be awesome, no no its a big island with few towns on it and a proper road in the middle hehe

@ huggie: this rebirth meditation is quite strong and some ppl may remember their actual birth :shock:, thank god I didnt

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zen fest in south fla in the 90s sounds better

to chill for me

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wow I wish I had money for things like this.

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personally I don't really believe in that stuff but very glad you had a good time...after all its all about the personal experience.

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but there are mainly girls

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beautiful! I hope you still go on with meditation at home

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^^2-3 hours a day