dance https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr/ en ༄ Let's Celebrate the New Decade ༄ https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr/node/109 <span class="field field-name-title field-formatter-string field-type-string field-label-hidden">༄ Let&#039;s Celebrate the New Decade ༄ </span> <div class="field field-node--field-image field-formatter-image field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden has-single"><figure class="field-type-image__figure image-count-1"><div class="field-type-image__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/thehappinessretreat.gr/files/styles/square_720x720/public/articles/Happy%20New%20Year%202020%20copy.jpg?itok=nR5Cm6ID" width="720" height="720" alt="Happy New Year blessings " class="image-style-square-720x720" /> </div> </figure></div> <span class="field field-name-uid field-formatter-author field-type-entity-reference field-label-hidden"><span>Apostolia</span></span> <span class="field field-name-created field-formatter-timestamp field-type-created field-label-hidden">Fri, 03/01/2020 - 12:09</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-node--body field-formatter-text-default field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden has-single"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item"><h4><br /><em>Dearest friends!   <strong>༄ Happy New Year ༄</strong></em></h4> <p><br /><em>Blessings for a new decade full of Forgiveness, Gratitude, Love,<br /> Health, Abundance in all levels and<br /> most of all<br /> Blessings for a deep remembrance of our oneness with Spirit.<br /><br /><br /> Looking back to this 10 years chapter,  2009 -2019,<br /> On one hand, I counted so many challenges, a divorce, single motherhood,<br /> financial problems, an accident, 3 surgeries, loss of beloved friends, fights,<br /> insecurities, frustrations, anger, mistreatment and so many more...<br /><br /> One the other hand is the personal growth, the expansion of the limited self<br /> that tunes in with the unconditional Love,<br /> the deep connection with Nature and the elements,<br /> the Circle of like-minded people like you, <br /> that honestly commit to continuously evolving and becoming the best humans<br /> we can be in this life.</em></p> <p><br /><br /><em>Yes, my heart was broken so many times this past decade but the big revelation<br /> for me was the understanding that this is a way to open more to Love. <br /><br /> I am fully trusting, that whatever life brings to me, is to help me grow,<br /> to guide me on how to open my heart more and connect with the great Mystery,<br /> the Spirit, the Creator, the Cosmos. <br /><br /><br /> Every year I create a ceremony for New Intentions for the New Year.<br /> This time it was so hard for me to speak out new intentions for my self<br /> as I deeply felt that everything I want is there inside me,<br /> everything I want to be happy is provided to me by Nature, by mother Earth. <br /><br /> I just need to embody more and more that I am a blessed human being,<br /> a seed of Love, Compassion, Creativity, Truth,<br /> and Kindness together with other unique human beings like you. <br /><br /> and so my goal for this new Decade is:<br /><br /> To have no goals <br /> but to <br /> Trust Life and be Love<br /><br /> Breath by Breath<br /> Song by Song<br /> Day by Day<br /><br /> We are here on this planet to celebrate and to honor the privilege of being alive.<br /> So let us embrace </em><em>our fragile, vulnerable human bodies.<br /> Let us heal our precious wounded hearts.<br /><br /> Let us simply and effortlessly be truly present to our selves and to each other<br /> without trying to fix anything in "us" or anybody else. <br /><br /> Let us embody our kindness, honor, respect, peace, love, and light.<br /><br /> May we sit in ceremony, may we enjoy singing and dancing in circles,<br /> may we help each other rise,<br /> leading by example of embracing all that we are,<br /> under Love and Oneness.<br /><br /> May we praise the Earth and all her abundant nourishment to us human beings.<br /><br /> So be it. So be it So be it.  <br /><br /><br /> Wishing you a happy new decade!<br /> Oceans and Rivers of  Love.<br /> ༄ Apostolia ༄</em><br /><br />  </p> <p><img alt="The Happiness Circle Private Facebook Group by Apostolia " data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="337f3c59-3aa8-4fe2-ac39-58d908bf43fd" src="/sites/thehappinessretreat.gr/files/inline-images/The%20Happiness%20Retreat%20circle.jpg" width="667" height="667" loading="lazy" /><br /><br /><br /><em>You are welcome to join our (new) private Facebook Group <br /> The Happiness Retreat Circle<br /> To become a member<strong> <a href="https://thehappinessretreat.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bee253022dbb0de19a5f88431&amp;id=726cd807c1&amp;e=7a0cb43ee6">Click here </a></strong>or on the image below<br /> You are welcome to invite your friends too.<br /> The communication language will be English.<br /><br /><strong>༄</strong><br /><br /> I have offered 3 Free Online Meditation Ritual Sessions, that you can still practice as many times as you want until the Full Moon on January 10th.<br /> The links are below:<br /><br /> ༄ Friday 27<br /><a href="https://thehappinessretreat.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bee253022dbb0de19a5f88431&amp;id=848cb98636&amp;e=7a0cb43ee6">1st-day meditation -Forgiveness</a><br /><br /><strong>༄ </strong>Saturday 28<br /><a href="https://thehappinessretreat.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bee253022dbb0de19a5f88431&amp;id=b90240df0d&amp;e=7a0cb43ee6">2nd-day meditation -Gratitude</a><br /><br /><strong>༄ </strong>Sunday 29 December<br /><a href="https://thehappinessretreat.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bee253022dbb0de19a5f88431&amp;id=60f811545f&amp;e=7a0cb43ee6">3rd-day meditation - New Intentions</a></em><br /><br />  </p> <p><img alt="3 days meditation" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d6cd9670-663d-43e5-a7fc-64e8311841a6" src="/sites/thehappinessretreat.gr/files/inline-images/3%20Days%20Replays.jpg" width="3872" height="2581" loading="lazy" /><br /><br /><br />  </p> <p><br /><br />  </p> <p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />  </p> <h4><br /><br /><br /><em> </em></h4></div></div> </div> <div class="field field-node-field-tags field-entity-reference-type-taxonomy-term field-formatter-entity-reference-label field-name-field-tags field-type-entity-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item field__item--blessings"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">blessings</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--new-year"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/75" hreflang="en">new year</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--new-decade"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/76" hreflang="en">new decade</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--celebration"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/77" hreflang="en">celebration</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--spirituality"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/9" hreflang="en">spirituality</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--_020"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/78" hreflang="en">2020</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--retreat"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/14" hreflang="en">Retreat</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--transform"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79" hreflang="en">transform</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--transformation"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20" hreflang="en">Transformation</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--unique"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">unique</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--yoga"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/35" hreflang="en">yoga</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--dance"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43" hreflang="en">dance</a></span> </div></div> </div> Fri, 03 Jan 2020 10:09:26 +0000 Apostolia 109 at https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr Tune into the frequency of LOVE https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr/articles/tune-frequency-love <span class="field field-name-title field-formatter-string field-type-string field-label-hidden"> Tune into the frequency of LOVE</span> <div class="field field-node--field-image field-formatter-image field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden has-single"><figure class="field-type-image__figure image-count-1"><div class="field-type-image__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/thehappinessretreat.gr/files/styles/square_720x720/public/articles/The-Happiness-Retreat-Founder-Teacher-Apostolia-Papadamaki-3.jpg?itok=MFTlQc0C" width="720" height="720" alt="apostolia papadamaki meditation " class="image-style-square-720x720" /> </div> </figure></div> <span class="field field-name-uid field-formatter-author field-type-entity-reference field-label-hidden"><span>Apostolia</span></span> <span class="field field-name-created field-formatter-timestamp field-type-created field-label-hidden">Tue, 12/12/2017 - 16:01</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-node--body field-formatter-text-default field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden has-single"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item"><p>Sometimes I feel this emptiness inside me. It’s like I have a great lack of something and this feeling of vacuum inside is very strong. I long and search for something that will make me feel less alone, less vacant. The desire to understand me and to understand life is profound. But very often I am trapped in my mind “set” instead of vibrating in the frequency of Love. I choose to connect.</p> <p>I start with my body.</p> <p>This body, the miraculous one, who has brought me to who I am today, this beautiful, difficult or easy day. I Dance, I Sing. I connect with the elements I'm made of: the Water, the Earth, the Sun, the Stars, my Ancestors, and my Descendants. I look at the Light and I take a deep Breath. This one and miraculous Breath that brings me in the present moment. It is enough to make me feel I am celebrating life.</p> <p>I understand that every human has pain inside and it is not just me. That everyone is afraid and everyone gets angry. Everyone feels this “vacuum” and they all want to Love. To be loved is directly connected with “to love” by the sense of being Love.</p> <p>Learning to live in the vibration of love is the reason we are here. It is our individual (sole) and collective purpose. It is the secret of life that is hidden with a clear view. Love is the elixir for joy and antidote to pain. Love strengthens the fire of our passion. Our love elevates our limitations to our abilities. Love exceeds time and space. Love converts differences and prejudices. Love Heals.</p> <p>Love is the vibration of the Spirit, the song of the Universe.</p> <p>Opening the curtain to let Love in for Christmas and New Year.</p> <p>With Love and Light always.</p></div></div> </div> <div class="field field-node-field-tags field-entity-reference-type-taxonomy-term field-formatter-entity-reference-label field-name-field-tags field-type-entity-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item field__item--love"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/31" hreflang="en">love</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--selfgrowth"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/29" hreflang="en">selfgrowth</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--healing"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/41" hreflang="en">healing</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--spirituality"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/9" hreflang="en">spirituality</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--body"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/42" hreflang="en">body</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--dance"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43" hreflang="en">dance</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--sing"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44" hreflang="en">sing</a></span> </div></div> </div> Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:01:09 +0000 Apostolia 54 at https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr