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  Hi   I have participated in an online competition to promote Andalucia , and in my case Granada & Cordoba   If you would like to vote for my Granada Door please click here http://www.facebook.com/viveandalucia?sk=app_328971787126929   you need to LIKE the application and the enter to vote   here is a picture of my door….   thanks girls!

If you´re vegetarian or someone comes to stay with you who is vegetarian here´s some information about traditional Spanish food that they can choose when eating out.   See the full article at: http://mollysp.wordpress.com/expat-life/   Hope you find it useful   Rgds Molly

The old adage “time waits for no (wo)man” manifests itself every day!  As Christmas / Día de los Reyes Magos is finally over and we head into 2012, I hear shouts of “where did 2011 go?”  Getting older years, months, days and minutes seemingly vanish partly due to the wonderful intervention of the www. Computers, phones, even TV can connect us anywhere and we can be found by anyone (Google Latitude for instance, tracks you with your phone); the roadrunner and his bleep bleep just went into overdrive! As women we are famed for being great at multi-tasking but have we taken it all too far?  How many articles do you have bookmarked for later, or emails in a to-read folder?  Do you find yourself never quite catching up with your day? So how do we slow down time? The perception that time is moving faster is just that – we still have 24 hours in day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds to a minute.  So why is that when you were younger it seemed that life was moving at a much slower pace.  Michael Altsuler “The bad news is time flies; the good news is you’re the pilot.” When did the long hot summer pass us by? Growing up we faced a lot of new events; seeing the sea for the first time, first day at school, big holiday with our parents, first date etc.  These were all new, completely alien occasions and created novel events.  You couldn’t dip into your memory bank as there was nothing there.  The feeling from the world of Physiology is that we take those initial events and then the experiences create more detailed and lasting memories. When an event is repeated over and over, year on year, it creates a much less significant or lasting impression. Lao Tzu wrote, “To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something.”  Do you remember going somewhere new when the drive there always seemed to take longer than the drive back!  Then there is that first look at an amazing building, or remarkable view.  I always try to take a photo the minute I see that vista as it doesn’t take long to become part of the background and almost normal. So what’s the key to slowing down the time we live in? Remember to breathe!  Breathing from your diaphragm stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system because it slows down your breathing (rest your hand on your stomach and feel it move up and down) Combine breathing with mindfulness.  By calmly resting your attention on whatever is happening in the present moment you will start to feel more calm and relaxed. Use imagery to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system. Visualize yourself in a peaceful place, watching the waves on the beach, walking in the cool shade of a forest. Engage all your senses in this imagined place, the sights, sounds, aroma and breathe….. Adapted from Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson Korean Zen master Seung Sahn: “When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.” For 2012 one of my goals is to be more mindful and as much as possible take advantage of new and unique experiences.  Even if I have seen something before, have I really seen it and appreciated what it means, says or shows me?  For you it may mean getting out your journal again.   On Costa Women this year I have created the Gratitude Project, 365 providing a platform for recording and focussing on the positive things that are happening around us so we live more in the present, focus on what we want and hold a positive perception of the future.  You can join in for a week, month, or longer, or just watch the Project to see how it’s developing. However you plan on slowing down in 2012, use time wisely. Ali (first published in Family Life in Spain Magazine)  If you want a Gratitude Journal, Gratitude Art currently have a sale of their journals http://gratitudeart.com/gratitude-agenda.html

Over Christmas I had the absolute luxury of reading two books.   Both relate with Spain and both amazing stories of strong women striving against the odds. Here they are:   Passion India by Javier Moro, this is about a Spanish girl from Malaga who is swept off her feet by an Indian Raj.  This story is a TRUE story and an amazing read. One of those couldnt put it down books. The Seamstress by Maria Dueñas is a novel about a young girl who again is swept off her feet and ends up in Morocco alone and peniless. A great tale for the cold nights of January.   Rgds from Granada Molly      

Este es uno de los blog posts que me han traido buena fortuna.  I hope everyone can use Bing Translator to get the gist of what I am saying, in the meantime….here’s to all the Costa Women, and to an amazing Vision Chat that you can all have wqith me.  Special pricing for January through the 31st. at http: AliRodriguez.com/products Saliendo del Closet January 14, 2012 By ali Leave a Comment (Edit) La pasión es la clave de tu poder personal. Es lo que yo vivo, es lo que enseño y es lo que crea nuevos resultados para mis clientes. Y, por fin…Me complace decirles que esto se ha convertido en el enfoque singular de mi carrera, por lo tanto, estoy saliendo del closet para anunciar a los cuatro vientos que Vision Chat abre sus muy privadas puertas al publico en general, para que todos puedan beneficiarce de unas conversaciones muy privadas conmigo, con mucha rapidez y con contundentes resultados. Después de trabajar con cientos de clientes através de todos estos años para crecer sus negocios y vivir una vida más feliz ayudándoles a conectar con su pasión interior, a estas alturas he perfeccionado el arte de vivir apasionado en una ciencia. Y, finalmente, quiero compartir este nuevo conocimiento con el mundo. Hasta ahora, yo he seguido las voces de lo tradicional…. pero no más. Mi Intuición ha crecido a pasos agigantados y por lo tanto, quiero compartir estos dones en una forma global, ya que de esta forma ayudo, a muchas más personas en menos tiempo a realizar sus sueños de felicidad, tanto en el ámbito de financias, salud interna y física, relaciones, amoríos, tranquilidad, y bienestar. Con el comienzo de un nuevo año, quiero compartir mi experiencia y dones para que puedan implementar cambios contundentes en su vida, tanto de negocios como personal. En los próximos meses, volverán a ver un montón de cambios de mí. Y hoy estoy saliendo de mi armario para proclamar tres cosas: 1) Pasión es la clave del éxito. 2) Pasión es tu poder Personal. 3) Pasión e Intuición, son tus mejores aliados y amigos…por vida. Y esto es un gran elemento para tu satisfacción personal, la productividad y el bienestar a todos los que te rodean. Desafortunadamente, con el tiempo, la mayoría de la gente olvida su pasión. Continúan atravesando sus rutinas sin emoción ninguna, y toman decisiones por hábito en vez de un lugar de pasión. Por lo tanto, no son tan exitosas, y esto es bien lamentable. La solución es sencilla: Haz todo lo que puedas para que vivas de tu pasión. Y si no sabes cómo, me llamas a mí, La Pasionista. Un Chat de Visión es una conversación muy privada, individual, y personal donde exploraremos lo que está pasando en tu vida en profundidad para ganar conciencia, obtener respuestas y crear un plan de acción centrado en cómo manejar la situación para obtener los resultados que deseas. Juntos, nos centraremos en tu pasión para remover los obstáculos que te previenen ejercitar tu poder personal en esa situación y tener claridad y libertad para poder obtener exactamente lo que tú deseas. Haz click AHORA para reservar tu puesto y tu lugar con “Vision Chat” – http://AliRodriguez.com/products – NO ESPERES. MY LOVE TO ALL :  ♥  – Click here :  http://AliRodriguez.com/Products

When I was a little girl, my Mom used to tell me that I was “remarkable” and it made me feel very special.  Then I heard her say the same thing to my school friends, my sisters, and so on.  When I called her on it, she explained that in her world, every child was remarkable, every one of us had something beyond the usual, that we were all extraordinary human beings and that in our own special way, we stood tall and proud.   Those words had a big impact on me.  Eventually, I realized that to her “everyone” was remarkable, and I was so moved by her perception which gave her a lot of empathy for others, I decided to join her in that particular set of beliefs.   Once I started to see everyone as “remarkable” in their own rights, I began to realize how amazing people are.  No matter who you are, where you come from and what you do, you are simply and amazingly, “remarkable.”   So, if you don’t know how beautifully remarkable you are,       CONSIDER:  ¨      Are you there for a friend when he needs you? ¨      Do you listen more than you talk? ¨      Do you feel people’s pains and offer possible solutions?    OPTIONS:  ¨      You can say NO and walk away from it all, or really be a friend to your friend in time of need. ¨      You could do all the talking and not care or simply choose the alternative. ¨      You could choose to keep quiet and offer nothing or you can really listen from your heart and mind and come up with outstanding solutions.   POINTS TO PONDER:  ¨      Do you see now YOUR image as it evolves? ¨      Are you happy and pleased with what you see? ¨      Is your heart bigger than your ego? ¨      Are you standing tall and proud?    ACTION PLAN:  ¨      Ask a trusted advisor or confidant how they see you. ¨      Ask for feedback on your strongest points. ¨      Ask the same question of your inner and higher self.  ¨      Make a list of the special things that make you stand out from the rest. ¨      Create a mini-plan on how to use your strengths, so that you can be more open-minded and relentless in your pursuit of excellence. ¨      Include in your mini-plan how to master the best of you, so that it can always be your constant companion and show-up when you most need it. ¨      Relish in your greatness, brilliance, and your unique way of being remarkable and go after mastering your own special brand of what makes you uniquely YOU!    Join the conversation at my blog, so that your voice be heard and your opinions counted.  I’d love to hear all about how amazingly remarkable you are. , http://AliRodriguez.com/blog