greece https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr/ en ༄ Harmonize ༄ March 2020 Soul Words https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr/node/130 <span class="field field-name-title field-formatter-string field-type-string field-label-hidden"> ༄ Harmonize ༄ March 2020 Soul Words</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/IMG-4461.JPG?itok=sFbce1g5" width="720" height="720" alt="Apostolia teaching Spirit Contact Dance in Nature" 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, 03/03/2020 - 12:36</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>༄   Soul Words ༄</h4> <p><br /> Do you feel it or it's just me, </p> <p>The call to leave behind</p> <p>Anger <br /> Conflict<br /> Frustration<br /> I am not enough<br /> I will do it next year</p> <p>Do you feel it or it's just me<br /> The call  to </p> <p>Calibrate<br /> Silence the monkey mind<br /> Express emotions freely<br /> Create Create Create<br /> Love love Love<br /> Harmonize</p> <p><br /> So you can </p> <p><br /> RISE</p> <p><br /> Do you feel it or it is just me <br /> that 2020 is seriously calling us to</p> <p>Shed off our skin</p> <p>And take the leap of faith into the<br /> unknown </p> <p>or better the leap of faith into<br /> remembrance of how to put in order<br /> our<br /> innermost chaos.</p> <p><br /> Chaos - Order <br /> two opposing poles longing for harmony</p> <p>inside us and outside us </p> <p><br /> It is a time that calls us to stop wanting to </p> <p>Become more<br /> Have more<br /> Say  more<br /> Feel more</p> <p><br /> A time of subtraction<br /> A time of less is more</p> <p><br /> The soul sings when the night falls</p> <p>The heart dances on a silent day</p> <h5><br /> Written on the 24/2/2020 at 22.20</h5> <p>༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄</p> <p><br /> Beloved friends from planet Earth, here in Greece,<br /> is almost time to say good buy to the Wintertime<br /> and celebrate the beginning of Spring.</p> <p><br /> But this year I feel the mystery of life<br /> unfolds a bit differently than the previous years<br /> as there is a very strong call<br /> to devote time and energy</p> <p>in the most sacred connection of all,<br /> the connection to the self<br /> not in terms of Ego<br /> but in terms of existence. </p> <p><br /> Why I am here on this earth?<br /> How I can make the most out of the gift of life?<br /> How can I be in service and create a better world?</p> <p><br /> In this stage of my spiritual path, I answer:</p> <p>To Harmonise Body, Mind, and Spirit.</p> <p>Wishing you all a wonderful Spring and looking forward<br /> to meeting you in person physically or virtually in any of the upcoming events!</p> <p>Oceans and Rivers of  Love.</p> <p>༄ Apostolia ༄<br />  </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--harmonize"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/98" hreflang="en">Harmonize</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--life"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/62" hreflang="en">life</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--retreat"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/14" hreflang="en">Retreat</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--greece"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/40" hreflang="en">greece</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--transformation"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20" hreflang="en">Transformation</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--cyclades"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17" hreflang="en">Cyclades</a></span> </div></div> </div> Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:36:06 +0000 Apostolia 130 at https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr ༄The Journey Home-How We Create Happiness༄ https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr/articles/journey-home-how-we-create-happiness <span class="field field-name-title field-formatter-string field-type-string field-label-hidden">༄The Journey Home-How We Create Happiness༄</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%20Happiness%20Retreat%20Spring%20Celebration%20Ritual%20Apostolia%20Papadamaki%20photo%20Sea%20Eyemere%20copy%202.jpg?itok=2EHcuWbT" width="720" height="720" alt="Spirit Contact Dance Apostolia Papadamaki in Neda River, Greece" 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, 10/05/2019 - 12:06</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><br /><br /><em><strong>My dear beautiful one!<br /><br /> What a winter journey t</strong>his was, what a gestation of a Spring that is coming and coming, trying to complete her flower lace dress as the clouds are playing hide and seek with the Sunlight!<br /><br /> Coming back from the Spring Celebration Ritual Retreat, where we worked on truthful presence, empowered ourselves with the courage to see who we truly are and who we truly want to be, with playfulness and in joy, I realized that playing hide and seek with our selves, not being as honest as we can be, not daring to tell the truth about our feelings, emotions, and dreams are just postponing our return "home".<br /><br /> It became clear to me that my life priority is to create ways in which we can grow and become stronger together as a tribe. I reaffirmed that our path towards happiness is revealed to us when we are sitting together in a circle, breathing together, dancing and singing together, sharing all our darkness and all our light, connecting with the cosmic forces of Nature.</em></p> <p><em>We can be free to love our selves unconditionally, only when we drop down our masks, show our vulnerability, accept our shadows and trust this amazing journey home that is life! What a beautiful Dream we can create from the gift of life that has been given to us!</em></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Keep evolving, keep seeing the dream you want to see of yourself and of all the web of life around you, keep embracing and softening your shadows and let the love and light come in more and more every day. Remember you are a beloved member of the soul family. Remember you are not alone. Remember you are love and only love.<br /><br /> May Blessings </em></p> <p dir="ltr"><br /><em>With Love and Light</em></p> <p dir="ltr"><br /><em>༄ Apostolia ༄</em></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p>photo by Sea Eymere @sealua</p> <p> </p> <p><em>Sharing with you one of my favorite poems of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish</em></p> <h4><em>We journey towards a home not of our flesh.<br /> It's chestnut trees are not of our bones.<br /> Its rocks are not like goats in the mountain hymn.<br /> The pebbles' eyes are not lilies.<br /><br /> We journey towards a home that does not halo our heads with a special Sun.<br /> Mythical women applaud us.<br /> A sea for us, a sea against us.<br /> When water and wheat are not at hand,<br /> eat our love and drink our tears...<br /> There are mourning scarves for poets.<br /> A row of marble statues will lift our voice.<br /> And an urn to keep the dust of time away from our souls.<br /> Roses for us and against us.<br /> You have your glory, we have ours.<br /> Of our home, we see only the unseen: our mystery.<br /> Glory is ours: a throne carried on feet torn by roads that led to every home but our own! <br /><br /> The soul must recognize itself in its very soul, or die here. </em></h4> <p><em>༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄༄</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </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--myth"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Myth</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--happiness"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/13" hreflang="en">Happiness</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--self-love"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/45" hreflang="en">self love</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--apostolia"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10" hreflang="en">Apostolia</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--greece"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/40" hreflang="en">greece</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--yoga"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/35" hreflang="en">yoga</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--spirituality"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/9" hreflang="en">spirituality</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--honesty"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/46" hreflang="en">honesty</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--truthfulness"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/47" hreflang="en">truthfulness</a></span> </div></div> </div> Fri, 10 May 2019 09:06:59 +0000 Apostolia 97 at https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr ༄ Inspired by Light ༄ https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr/articles/inspired-light <span class="field field-name-title field-formatter-string field-type-string field-label-hidden">༄ Inspired by Light ༄</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/Full%20Moon%20and%20Lunar%20Eclipse%20July%202018%20copy.jpg?itok=VAxmcnnQ" width="720" height="720" alt="Full Moon and total Lunar Eclipse 2018 visible form the Temple of Apollo Epicurius, Peloponnese, Greece" 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">Sun, 05/08/2018 - 09:27</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><em>The Total Lunar Eclipse + Full Moon as seen from the Temple of Apollo Epicurius, Peloponnese, Greece.</em><br /><em>photo Maria Toultsa</em></p> <p><em>༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄</em></p> <p><em>Dance into the light</em></p> <p><em>Embrace your shadows tenderly tight </em></p> <p><em>Day and Night will both unite </em></p> <p><em>Under the infinite Awe of Light </em></p> <p> </p> <p><em>For this is the most perfect day</em></p> <p><em>The time to rise up  and play </em></p> <p><em>With all there is and all it comes </em></p> <p><em>It’s  precious as the moon and stars </em></p> <p> </p> <p><em>Dance so perfectly aligned </em></p> <p><em>That you let go of Who am I </em></p> <p><em>Dance opening your heart </em></p> <p><em>And let your tears be your map </em></p> <p> </p> <p><em>Of this new dream of you </em></p> <p><em>That is infinitely old and new</em></p> <p><em>༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄</em></p> <p><em>A warm blessing of light and love to all of you, my soulful friends and travelers of life!</em><br /><br /><em>"</em><em>Some of us may look for the savior, salvation, for mystic connection, for gods or the science behind, we may choose to be believers or not. No matter what and who you are and where you stand and where you go, the inner dance, this beautiful connection with the divine, woke up inside and danced within you at the Ancient Temple of Appolo, the Savior, with a heritage of more than 4000 years. You become a pilgrim of a sort. The pilgrim of Hope." </em><br /><br /><em>The words of Galia Koliada, an overnight spectator of the Dream and Sleep performance entitled From Darkness to Light, are opening up more and more possibilities to my perception of how much transformation can be achieved when people that are "strangers" unite their bodies, voices, and souls with Nature, the Elements and the Directions. </em></p> <p><em>Our <strong>Silent Minds Dreaming Souls Happiness Retreat</strong> on the mountains, rivers and ancient sites of the Peloponnese prepared us to dream for our selves and the collective and open new possibilities on how we dream our world into being.</em></p> <p><em>May we all become Dreamers of Dreams!</em></p> <p><em>Apostolia </em><br /><br />  </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--full-moon"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/32" hreflang="en">full moon</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--wellness"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/8" hreflang="en">wellness</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--dream"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">dream</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--lunar-eclipse"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/34" hreflang="en">lunar eclipse</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--temple"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/36" hreflang="en">temple</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--ritual"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/37" hreflang="en">ritual</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--performance"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/38" hreflang="en">performance</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--apollo"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/39" hreflang="en">apollo</a></span> </div><div class="field__item field__item--greece"> <span class="field__item-wrapper"><a href="/taxonomy/term/40" hreflang="en">greece</a></span> </div></div> </div> Sun, 05 Aug 2018 06:27:46 +0000 Apostolia 94 at https://www.thehappinessretreat.gr