by Opale | September 10, 2023 | Personal history
Thomas: What is your name, where do you come from, and for how long have you been living in Ibiza? Opale: My name is Opale, born in France, and I travelled the world and spent many years in India. In 2005 I decided to grow roots and choose the idyllic island of...
by Opale | June 13, 2023 | Mindfulness
Three stages of meditation are described in the eight limbs of Yoga, listed in the ancient text of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. 1- Dharana. Dharana means concentration. In this first stage of meditation, we need to accustom our attention to returning to the same...
by Opale | June 8, 2023 | Yoga
Chanting the AUM or OM? The sound AUM has changed in India in recent years, becoming often an OM sound, rather than a AUM, but originally it was chanted in 3 basic syllables that melt into 1 sound. Meaning of AUM. AUM is known as the basic sound that created the...
by Opale | March 19, 2023 | Mindfulness
Have you ever felt like you were “running out of time”? To regret that the days are not longer than 24 hours? To be overwhelmed, to make to-do lists that never end? We often have the impression that life is a whirlwind that accelerates, a high-speed train...
by Opale | February 22, 2023 | Mindfulness
In all religions / philosophies, the true spirituality always points in the direction of liberation. Liberation is the goal of humans while they are alive. But liberation from what ? Liberation from the suffering in life, between birth and death. We...