
I was able to get a taste of the Sunrise Festival at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center at Diliman, QC today… not at sunrise, but after sunset. The glowing lights from the bazaar booths led Troy and I through the trees and shadows of the solemn park entrance. After soaking in the sights and sounds of what each concessionaire had to offer, we made our way to the amphitheater just in time for the captivating performance of Kawangis ng Tribu, a cultural group from Palawan. It was short, but sweet. A friend from Cebu who was camping there for the whole 3 days of the event told me that the group did a longer drum session the day before. Here are a few shots that Mikko took when he caught up with us after a whole day of taking photos for a wedding nearby…






A Weekend Retreat of the Senses
November 28-30, 2009 at the San Juan Surf Resort, La Union
Get the chance to learn Vinyasa yoga, commune with nature, ride quality waves, dance to the beat of the drums and nourish yourself with healthy wholesome food. Take a breather from your everyday lives and create a space where you can feel the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle.
The FLOW Surf.Yoga.Samba Weekend Retreat aims to unify the body mind and soul. We offer each guest an experience of a lifetime. Practicing yoga will develop focus, strength and flexibility. Surfing will develop your confidence, stamina and ocean awareness. Dancing and creating music enhances sense of well-being and build social skills. The whole retreat is complemented with vegetarian food to help nourish this unique journey to self-discovery.
P6,500 per person
P6,000 early bird rate (Register and pay on or before October 5, 2009)
Package Inclusions:
- 2 Vinyasa Yoga sessions by Monica Eleazar-Manzano
- 2 Surfing lessons with Luke Landrigan of The Billabong Surf School
- 2 Samba lessons and jamming with Escola de Samba Manila
- Roundtrip transportation from Manila-La Union
- 3D, 2N aircon accommodation at San Juan Surf Resort
- Vegetarian Meals (with chicken and fish options)
- Flow T-Shirts
- Tote Bag with freebies from our sponsors
This event is co-presented by Gaiam and Sanuk.
In partnership with Nivea.
Sponsors- ROX, Sea to Summit, Nalgene, Fitflop, Fluidsurf, Twinkle,
Oishi, Moringana, Googoo&Gaga, Brownbelly and Dharma.
Media partners Action & Fitness, Onesport, QTV, NU107
To register, visit our website at http://flowsurfyogasamba.multiply.com or email us at flowsurfyogasamba@gmail.com.
The People Behind FLOW
Monica Eleazar-Manzano is a certified Vinyasa yoga instructor through Greenpath Boracay Yoga. She is also a Post-Natal certified yoga instructor with the Yoga Teachers Association of Australia (YTTA). DHARMA and INDIGObaby are her brands where she sells all-natural bath and body products for yoginis and yummy mummies.
Luke Landrigan is the chief team rider and team captain of The Stoked Inc-Billabong Surf Team in the Philippines. He has won numerous surf competitions for both shortboard and long boarding in the country and emerged the 2009 Champion of the Aurora Surf Cup Challenge. In November 2008, Luke led the Philippine national surfing squad to a silver-medal finish at the first-ever Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia.
As a professional surf instructor, Luke received his training in Australia. He is the first Filipino to be awarded Australia’s prestigious Bronze Medallion, surf rescue and CPR/life-saving BY SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA, a globally-recognized credential. Luke has also earned a Surfing Australia Level 1 Certification for surf instruction, a world-class qualification that permits him to teach anywhere in the world.
Toni Bernardo is a full time percussionist, who has studied and performed the musics of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas, including West African drumming, dance and song; Japanese Taiko drumming and Nagauta music, including the Shamisen and Tsuzumi; Northern Philippine gong and drum ensemble; Indian Bhangra rhythms; Flamenco cajon; Cuban Mambo and Rumba; Brazilian samba; and African-American music traditions. Toni has given numerous performances and workshops through the various groups she has been part of and has led. She is currently the Diretora da Bateria of the Escola de Samba de Manila.

First There Was A Sound.
Subtle Primordial Vibration known as Omkara…AUM or OM. Sound is Most Subtle, Powerful Force in the Universe.
A distinctive, ingenious and innovative approach using sound to developing self-awareness, to access deeper states of consciousness, expand awareness and heal the body which leads us into a journey to the core our being, a mindful condition of centering. Blending ancient sound techniques Tibetan singing bowls, Chanting, Toning, Chinese meditation bowl, Indian bells, Didgeridoo, Mantras and Indigenous tribal instruments with wholesome nature sounds as well as emphasizing the new science of sound healing technology neuroacoustic sound waves brain frequency pulsating and vibrating in various degrees of body mind and wellbeing. Sound and Music can reach into aspects of our psyche enhance learning, treat stress-distress, be able to heal from emotional, mental, psychic disorders, pain, and bring healing and change karma. Sound therapy a subtle wave of microvita energy medicine that creates a profound sacred space, an optimal environment for healing in which one bring harmony and balance to the body mind and wellbeing and move towards recovery. Sitting a quite space to connect within furthermore journey with ease into deep state of meditation, creating a positive energy vibration for higher thinking, creative insights, increase creative potential, intuitive messages. The healing process is initiated by the finer sounds of nature, subtle sound frequency, Fine-tuning our brainwaves and creating sympathetic finer tone with serene harmonics of the bowls, bells and dejoreedo .The basic principle of Sound Healing is that of resonance; every object is in a state of vibration and therefore creates sound. This includes the various parts of our body, such as our organs, muscles, bones, blood, etc. Sound can create – restore balance and alignment in, the physical body, the energy centers called “chakras”, and the etheric fields and further more bring harmony to our lives and make us healthy and well. Sound is among the most transformative and healing energies on the planet.
In St. John, form the New Testament, it is written, “In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
From the Vedas of the Hindu tradition comes the writing that, “In the beginning was Brahman with whom was the Word. And the Word is Brahman.”
The Ancient Egyptians believed that the god “Thot” created the world by his voice alone.
Also incorporated in the system of Rajadhiraja Yoga are two specific exercises that most yoga teachers, let alone students, are not yet acquainted with. One of these – Tandava – was formulated by Shiva 7000 years ago. It is a vigorous exercise (resembling to some extent the Russian Cossack dance) that is extremely beneficial for developing courage and spiritedness, as well as improving the memory. Because of its effect on the glands, it is only for men.
The second is a recent and innovative addition to Rajadhiraja Yoga that is particularly beneficial for women. It is called Kaoshikii. It instills in the mind the feeling of self-confidence and awareness, encouraging self-expression and creativity. It increases longevity, prevents and cures disease (including many types of liver diseases) and eases the discomforts of menstruation and childbirth. It is, in fact, a medicine in itself.
Kaosikii comes from the Samskrta word kosa, meaning “sheath” or “cell” or “layer” of the mind. Kosa can also be translated “inner self”. Thuskaosikii is the dance that gives proper expression to the inner self. It is a psycho-spiritual dance designed by Shrii Shrii Anandamurtii Spiritual Master of world wide organization AMPS in 1978 particularly for women (though men should practice it also). It is important as tandava.
The dance consist of a series of eighteen movements performed in rhythm to the chanted mantra Baba Nam Kevalam. Along with each physical movement, there is a specific psychic ideation. Kaosikii exercises all the glands and limbs from head to foot. It keeps the spine flexible. It promotes regular menstruation in women. It also eases childbirth. In women, it has twenty-two specific benefits, including the cure of kidney, gall-bladder and liver diseases-making it an indispensable practice for health and vitality. In women and perhaps in men, it increases longevity, keeping the body fit even until the age of eighty.

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The cabbage is a popular cultivar of the species Brassica oleracea Linne (Capitata Group) of the Family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), and is used as a leafy green vegetable. It is a herbaceous, biennial, dicotyledonous flowering plant distinguished by a short stem upon which is crowded a mass of leaves, usually green but in some varieties red or purplish, which while immature form a characteristic compact, globular cluster (cabbagehead).
The plant is also called head cabbage or heading cabbage, and in Scotland a bowkail, from its rounded shape. The Scots call its stalk a castock,[1] and the English call its head a loaf[citation needed]. It is in the same genus as the turnip – Brassica rapa L.
Cabbage leaves often display a delicate, powdery, waxy coating called bloom. The sharp or bitter taste sometimes present in cabbage is due to glucosinolate(s). Cabbages are also a good source of riboflavin. – wikipedia
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