Tuesday, April 20, 2021

 
 
 

WELLNESS AND JOY RETREAT  - WITHOUT STRESS & ANXIETY
www.secretgardenparos.com                                     secretgardenparos@yahoo.gr
                                                             June 19 – 24, 2021


 

 
In this Retreat we will learn how to NOT have Stress and Anxiety. To enjoy the present and every moment.
A happy, full of light and joy inner journey will start in Naoussa - Paros. We will have a wonderful time with each other, true moments of joy and pleasure.  Everyone is entitled to joy and fun! Come with us to have fun and real joy!
The place that will accommodate us is in the island of Paros, in the Cyclades islands. “Secret Garden” is a complex of 5 little houses in a courtyard garden, situated in the village of Naoussa. Each house has a kitchen and sitting room with 2 built- in sofa beds on the ground floor, as well as a private veranda.
The houses are 2-3 minutes from the heart of the village and 5 minutes from the beach.

Hope, we see you ALL there!
Love & Light
Daphne & Victoria

⦁    The PROGRAM  includes:
BREATHWORK- Trauma Release Breathwork has Kriya yoga breaths and it is the right, deep, therapeutic breath that balances, unblocks and heals the chakras (energy centers in the body). It is based on the Circle  Breathing technique, which allows participants to access the subconscious negative thoughts they have about themselves and the world, thoughts that are often associated with a trauma. Through these breaths we reach the state of relaxation and inner peace. Helps with either physical, mental or emotional problems and imbalances and awakens your full life potential and brings more joy, trust, happiness and health into your life.
Combined with meditation, we discover our true nature as we reconstruct everything that leads us to trauma and imbalance.
YOGA
HATHA YOGA PRACTICE (group or private session-duration 90min.)
The practice of yoga is the Alpha and the Omega for a healthier life and mind, and for a life with more consciousness. Helps to improve overall health, by balancing the chakras, and harmonizing the meridiens in our body, helping to detoxify the body. Each session includes asanas (postures) that help to unblock energy from various parts of the body, therefore releasing pain, pranayama (breathing techniques) that focus in detoxifying the body, and guided meditation,

YIN YOGA PRACTICE (group or private session-duration 90 min.)
While “yang” hatha yoga focuses on your muscles, yin yoga targets your deep connective tissues, like your fascia, ligaments, joints, and bones.. The practice of yin yoga is based on ancient Chinese philosophies and Taoist principles which believe there are pathways of Qi (energy) that run through our bodies. By stretching and deepening into poses, we’re opening up any blockages and releasing that energy to flow freely. A yin yoga sequence has a very similar effect on our energies as an acupuncture treatment. It helps to lengthen connective tissue, to increase flexibility, boosts circulation, reduces stress levels.

YOGA NIDRA (45’)
Yoga Nidra is an ancient healing technique which has been used over the millennia for rebalancing of the nervous system, opening up to a shift in consciousness and perception and creating inner harmony while in a deep state of relaxation. It is one of the truly successful ways to clear the conscious mind and safely get glimpses of the subconscious.
**Practiced on an empty stomach

HOMEOPATHIC workshop (Stress - Anxiety and treatment). In this workshop we will find out how we can treat stress and anxiety with Homeopathy and herbs.
Homeopathy is a holistic COMPLETE method which is very effective and you can see the results very soon. It is suitable for children, adults, pregnant or breastfeeding women.
Homeopathy improves all levels of health. The immune system gets stronger and the person feels better in every level (body, soul, mind), and treat acute or chronic conditions. 


⦁    What are the homeopathic remedies and where does their therapeutic effect lie?
Homeopathic remedies are natural remedies and come from minerals, plants and animals. They are produced in a natural way, so, they are very different from chemical medicines. The homeopathic remedy works in harmony with the whole defense system, without violating it or changing its original structure in any way.
Τhey have been approved by NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MEDICINES since 1994.


⦁    Are homeopathic remedies dangerous?
Homeopathic remedies come from natural sources like plants, minerals or animals, so they do not have any side- effects and do not cause addiction.
REIKI Rei is the sacred healing energy that comes from the Higher spiritual levels, that is, the universal aspect of energy, and Ki is the energy that exists everywhere and flows through every living organism.
When Reiki energy flows through the physical body, it helps self-healing, clears the emotional and mental blockages, cleanses the body from negative energies bringing harmony to the mind, body and spirit. It helps us see repressed emotions, traumas, thoughts, which come to light and heal.

MEDITATION  to work with ourselves and our evolution, to heal Wounds, blockages in energy centers (chakras), to bring Abundance and to realize our NEW reality! Combined with Singing bowls also. A very specialized Meditation like MERKABAH (Mer means light, Ka means spirit, Bah means body), that takes place through Platonic shapes. We activate our light bodies with the Fibonacci divine arithmetic analogies, we become more conscious and we experience life as one with a higher consciousness. Another specialized Meditation will be Violet Flame, a very loved Meditation with Ascended Masters.


⦁    PROGRAM
8:00am – 9:30am  YOGA
9:30am-10:30am MEDITATION or BREATHWORK or REIKI
20:00pm – 21:00pm MEDITATION or REIKI
21:30pm – 22:30pm MEDITATION or BREATHWORK or REIKI
COST :  600 € (6 NIGHTS  without accommodation) 

*Accommodation cost has to be arranged with our host Secret Gardens Paros



⦁    PERSONAL SESSIONS WITH *EXTRA CHARGE


⦁    REIKI & Crystals
Rei is the sacred healing energy that comes from the Higher spiritual levels, that is, the universal aspect of energy, and Ki is the energy that exists everywhere and flows through every living organism.
When Reiki energy flows through the physical body, it helps self-healing, clears the emotional and mental blockages, cleanses the body from negative energies bringing harmony to the mind, body and spirit. It helps us see repressed emotions, traumas, thoughts, which come to light and heal.
  What Reiki offers
       Reiki helps the person to heal themselves.
       Reiki works on all levels: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.
       Reiki relieves pain.
       Reiki cleanses the body from negative energies and removes energy blockages.
       Reiki brings detoxification to the body.
       Reiki helps us live more consciously in everyday life and experience positivity, joy and love every day.
       Reiki opens our intuition, elevates consciousness and brings us in contact with our inner voice.
       Reiki cultivates gratitude for everything.
       Reiki is Love. It helps us follow our path and unite with Endless and Perfect Love, with Unconditional Love!
Reiki is applied in several Hospitals abroad such as HARTFORD HOSPITAL since 1997 (Connecticut USA), Washington Cancer Institute, Madrid Hospital Ramony Cajal etc.

⦁    ACCESS CONSCIOUSNESS®
An energy healing technique, spread into 177 countries around the world, over the last 30years, with over 13.000 registered healers. It comprises of many healing techniques and procedures that aim into the awakening of consciousness, so we can choose more and create more possibilities in our lives, for us and for the planet.

⦁    Access Bars®.(individual session 60-90min.)
A process with gentle touch on 32 points (bars) of areas on the head that correspond to certain definitions in any section of our lives that the energy is blocked and as a result we cannot change it.  It reflects on all prejudice we have related on Personal Power, Money, Control, Creativity, Aging, body, sexuality, healing, death, hopes and dreams, form and structure, joy and sadness, peace, kindness and gratitude, love, communication, as well as all the areas that we believe we have a limited awareness.
By touching these points (bars) on the head, we release the electromagnetic blockage of polarity on any information, definition, thought, idea, belief and life attitude that is keeping us from what our potential truly is..
The result is that we start being present in our lives and our past is not projected in our present or the future
Its the way to realize a new reality, and have the possibility to bring into your life all that secretly you were sure you truly are!


⦁    Access Energetic Facelift™. (individual session 60min.)
Is it possible to feel and look younger WITHOUT injecting botulism, acupuncture needles or creating other trauma to your body? YES!
The Access Consciousness Facelift™ is an amazing process which reverses the appearance of aging on the face and can create similar effects throughout the body.
It  gives the body a chance to move and transform a lot of the limiting energies and judgments that get locked in our face, head, chest, and body.
While lifting and rejuvenating not only the face, but the whole body, that is why we also refer to it as “Life-lift”!
.     3. Access Body Processes® (individual session 90min.)
An Access Consciousness Body Process uses different hand placements on various positions on the body asking specific energies to run at each spot to work on a molecular level, to change, heal and transform. These processes facilitate the body back into its original functions, which assist with the repairing and longevity of the body. The energies are the natural energies that bodies are and have access to from everywhere in the universe.

“All life comes to me with ease, joy and glory!”- Access Consciousness®
For more information : www.accessconsciousness.com


⦁    HOMEOPATHY (Individual session: History – Diagnosis and Treatment)

⦁    UNIVERSAL WHITE TIME HEALING – UWTH (individual session 60-90min),
UWTH is an ancient Universal healing art. A healing that is individually searching for the problem, finding the need, wherever that might be, inside or outside of the person, or situation that you choose to heal. The Universal White Time healing goes in and reaches the deepest vibration, on the physical plane, our atomic level. So the healing can balance everything both physical and psychological, but even on the emotional plane.
Your lives become more light and filled with harmony. White Time also means that all colors are present within the healing process and that is very positive for the body.
Universal White Time Healing is open for everyone, both young and old, and of any background or belief.  

⦁    BACH FLOWER REMEDIES (Individual History & Treatment)
The treatment of 38 flower remedies of Dr. Bach, are from wildflowers, shrubs or trees, except one that is from spring water. Each of these substances corresponds to an emotion, a reaction to events and the way we live and think. They help us eject negative personality traits to restore mental and emotional harmony, shock, Panic attack, disappointment, self confidence etc.

⦁    THIS RETREAT IS ADDRESSED
⦁    To all who wish to enjoy every single moment of their lives through healing, laughing, learning, enjoying in harmony with the uniqueness that such Retreats offer us with Simplicity, Love, Truth and Knowledge.
⦁    To Health Professionals for relaxation.
⦁    To those looking for Holistic and Alternative therapies and who understand that EVERYTHING is PERFECT and BEAUTIFUL and everything is Now!

TEAM RETREAT
Daphne Vagia Vakali (Homeopathy, Cert. Breathwork & Trauma release Pract., Usui Reiki Master, Cert. Bach rem. Pract., ADHD Cert., Cert. Merkabah Meditation
 


www.vakali-homeopathy.com
vagiavakali@gmail.com
reikihealing1@yahoo.com
f/b: Daphne Vagia Vakali homeopathy            
You tube: Vakali homeopathy

mob: +306944743818

EDUCATION
School of Homeopathy Diploma, Athens.
Postgraduate studies in Homeopathy (Hahnemann College of Homeopathy) London UK.
Certificate Usui Reiki Master
Certificate Breathwork (Integral Body Institute)
Certificate Merkabah Meditation (Michail Anug Fan)
Certificate Bach Remedies, (Bach Center), England.
Certificate for ADHD (King's College, London).
Kapodistrian University of Athens (Traumatology). Neck injuries, Spine, Spinal Cord.
Life Coaching Lessons (Life Coach Training Institute), California.
Homeopathic Seminars (Dr Sharma, Mani Norland, etc.) for Acute and Chronic diseases.
Author of the novel "Life is just the game" published by Iolkos.
Public Relations Seminars, Athens College.
School of Nursing, Diploma.
About me..
Over the years, I have been working as a Homeopath in Athens, throughout Greece and abroad with people who needed treatment. Homeopathy became a part of my life due to my oldest son. In the beginning, I dedicated myself to it, gained respect for it and embraced it with great enthusiasm, but later on with its due respect and love.  



⦁    A homeopath treats patients by following the Laws of homeopathy and its Principles and by acquiring an in depth understanding of its philosophy. I feel really grateful that it has crossed my path. It is a holistic therapeutic method that treats all levels of the body (body, soul, mind). According to internationally acclaimed homeopaths like Jawahar Shah, reaches our DNA.


⦁    Many years ago, I started offering Reiki healing treatments. Lately (2020), I felt the need to continue and I am now a certified Reiki Master of the original Mikao Usui Reiki method.

Reiki is a simple Japanese, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It is the Universe energy that flows inside us by balancing and healing every blocked chakra in our body.

⦁    Many years ago, I started Kriya yoga lessons of Self - Realization Fellowship (California - P. Yogananda Asram). More than 20 years, till now I have been engaged in Meditation, specific Merkabah Meditation, search for the Truth. Having been close to my spiritual Master for 20 years, I have learned to overcome, to listen and to move forward with spirituality, optimism and understanding that everything is lessons and we only move when we have really worked internally with ourselves.
Breathwork has Kriya yoga breaths and it is the right, deep, therapeutic breath that balances, unblocks and heals the chakras (energy centers in the body). It is based on the Circle  Breathing technique, which allows participants to access the subconscious negative thoughts they have about themselves and the world, thoughts that are often associated with a trauma. Through these breaths we reach the state of relaxation and inner peace. Helps with either physical, mental or emotional problems - imbalances. Helps with physical, mental or emotional problems – imbalances and awaken your full life potential and bring more joy, trust, happy and health into your life. Awaken your breath, Awaken to life!

⦁    I am also very fond of Bach Flowers Remedies and have been using them since 2004. After experimenting with them on a personal level, I found that they are very beneficial and they can be perfectly combined with homeopathy so as to provide the desirable results.

⦁    During my online ADHD disorder course at King’s College, I felt grateful once more that my son had been treated exclusively with homeopathic remedies for 8 years. It had immediate results and he felt really well continuously. I learned about children and parents who are struggling with conventional medication like Ritalin or Strattera, when the truth is so simple and easy. 


⦁    During my studies at the University of Athens, I specialized and trained in neck, spine and spinal cord injury and I came across the wonders of the holistic approach to the human body once more. The more we study the human body, the more we respect and accept the fact that it functions as a whole.
Understanding that all things are bind in perfection has always led me to peace, serenity, acceptance and freedom. Going with the flow, always brings out truth, joy and trust. I am thankful for everything, recognizing that everything that happens to me is a lesson in life, it is pure divine nature, therefore, I accept it simply because, the truth always lies in simplicity.
The journey goes on no matter what…

Victoria Bontzou 


 
Victoria Bontzou lives and works in Aghios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece, since 2004. Teacher of Hatha Yoga and Yin Yoga,  Yoga Nidra, Yoga Laughter Leader. Energetic Healer Universal White Time Healing, Access Consciousness Bars & Facelift facilitator and Practitioner and Access Consciousness Body Process Pract. Member of the “Mystery School of Pythagoras and Sacred Arithmosophy”.  Member of the “Aezoia school of Immortality”, Hellas,Greece, www.aezoia.com
bontzouvictoria@gmail.com
mob.: +306937226297
fb: Βικτώρια Μπόντζου/Victoria Bontzou

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Αccommodation Information  and Prices: 

 
Secret Garden is a complex of 5 little houses surrounded with a beautiful garden and courtyard,   in the  picturesque village of Naoussa  on the island of Paros Cyclades Greece.
Each house has a double bed bedroom with balcony on the first floor  , bathroom and a fully equiped kitchen  .  There is possibility to accommodate 2 more people in the sitting room on the ground floor.


 Prices for each  house for  7 nights :  

Arrival : 18 June   Departure: 25 June
 2 people       700 €
 3 people        770 €
 4 people         840 €

 
Please contact Natacha Bamboulis for accommodation reservation  at secretgardenparos@yahoo.gr  and on viber or whats app 00 30 6976764368
Due to the uncertainty of the situation   during the  Covid-19 era , only  a 10% advance is required for the accommodation  booking , with the possibility to reschedule your stay at any other giving time outside the Retreat period.
Reservations for the Retreat are open till  the 6th of June. There is possibility to  prolong your stay on Paros if you wish .



 

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

October on Paros

 Another beautiful October month on the Island of Paros. the temperature varied from 25C- 19 C on windy nights. In the day it was mostly warm .And for the biggest part of the month there was no wind.


The sea, quite warm still! with the advantage of having any beach you choose all to yourself.








 the best sunsets of the year usually take place in October, a mixture of lights that give a light salmon tint to the white washed houses.



What I most like from October is the pomegranate abundance, and this year we watered them in the right quantity ,the fruits were all nice and strong.



   For the lucky October guests there is Free Freshly squeezed  pomegranate juice.



Sunday, December 6, 2015

Easter on Paros


 


Easter being one of the most important holidays in Greece, we highly suggest to Greece holiday lovers to live this experience at least once. Specially when it falls later in Spring and you have more chances of enjoying the sea as well. Easter is considered to mark the passing of winter to spring. but this year Orthodox Easter is at the end of April beginning of May. In Greece, Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday being celebrated as public holidays.

Good Friday is considered to be a sacred day in Greece. The day starts out with local young girls and women decorating a replica (or “epitaph”) of Christ’s funeral bier with flowers. This is then marched through the streets of the village following an evening mass entitled “The Epitaph Mass.”


 Easter Saturday is known as the The Resurrection or “Anastasis”. Preparations for the jovial dinner begin early in the morning with the cooking of the maghiritsa- a type of soup. The faithful begin to gather at churches and squares of the cities and villages before 11 p.m., carrying large white candles. Before midnight, the lights of the churches are put out in symbolism of the darkness that Christ had to endure as he passed through the underworld.

 At midnight, a priest appears holding a lighted candle taper reciting the phrase “Avto to Fos”, which means “This is the light.” His candle, dubbed “the Holy candle”, is used to light several of the onlookers’ candles, which in turn then light their neighbour’s candles.


This continues until the entire square is lit with flickering candle light. The lighting of the candles is said to be the most significant moment of the entire year.
 The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church bells. Fireworks light up the sky in a majestic display.
 The crowd offers the salutation
 “Christós Anésti” (Christ has risen) to each other, which is responded to with the phrase “Alithós Anésti” (He has truly risen). They then dissipate; returning to their homes to the previously laid festive tables and break their fast with the traditional soup, maghiritsa. Before entering their homes, they make the symbol of a cross in the air with the smoke of the candle above the door. Devout followers are said to light an oil candle inside the home beside their icon-candle and keep this light burning throughout the year. It is said that if you can make it home without your candle going out, you will have a good year.

After the traditional dinner, the family and friends that gathered for dinner will crack red eggs. The game symbolizes resurrection and new life. Easter eggs are dyed red to exemplify the blood of the Christ. The hard shell of the egg is said to replicate the sealed tomb of Christ. Cracking the egg illustrates the resurrection. The rules of the game, called tsougrisma, are as follows:
Two players select a red egg. Each holds their egg and one taps the end of the other’s egg with theirs lightly. The goal is to crack the other’s egg without being forceful. Once an egg is cracked, the winner uses the same end of their red egg to crack the other end of their opponent’s egg. The winner is said to have good luck all year long.

The atmosphere on Easter Saturday is one of joy- family and friends gather for a momentous event that turns into a festive dinner party that often times will last long into the night.

Despite being up throughout the evening for the jubilant Resurrection feast, everyone is up early the next morning to prepare for the Easter Sunday dinner. The most celebrated of the Holy Week, Easter Sunday is a feast of lamb served in honour of the lamb of God. The lamb is usually roasted on a spit outside, and the entire day is celebrated with food, wine, music, friends, and lots of dancing.




 Religious customs throughout the Easter celebrations have remained unchanged over centuries, being passed from generation to generation. Easter brings together several aspects of cultural influences of the nation for a beautiful week of celebration and commemoration of the religious and political histories of Grecian culture. Visitors to Greece during this time of year will bear witness to a sacred and magnificent time celebrating the resurrection of the body of Christ, as well as the symbolic end of winter and beginning of spring. Hints of Venetian and pagan influences combine with Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism to bring you a truly touching experience. Grecian Easter carries not only a deeply rooted religious facet, but also a magical quality of the first signs of spring.


 Traditional dances in the heart of the village
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcB_F7kjOj4

 and on Sunday if you want to live the real "GLENDI" (celebration) you can go to the little harbor. highly suggest to reserve a table in advance 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLYao-Vuuqo
for more info on Easter on Paros you might want to visit the following pages
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=338063743071640
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=271129216431760
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-schuermann/a-unique-easter-tradition_b_5182131.html
 http://www.grreporter.info/en/easter_island_paros_exciting_atmosphere_against_background_aegean_sea/9187
  
 For reservation contact me by email at                                         
secretgardenparos@yahoo.gr                                                  

Thursday, October 30, 2014

OLIVE PICKING

This year the olive picking started earlier than usually end October instead of November..

Nice black olives for eating, "Secret Garden" guests will have a chance to taste them during the summer period of 2015 I am making these for you guys, usually they end up with the rest of the bunch in the olive oil tank.

              A helping hand is always welcome... and Platonas is doing 
        his best. 94 trees , take out around 6  that have none...
            it looks like it will take as a couple of weeks.


 little piles of olives waiting to be cleaned of their leaves and            branches ,and put in sacks!

                                                       
                                                  

it is a pleasurable 
experience...

.

    ...... but sometimes you feel like 
                 you can't see the end of it.
                          Monkey on the tree.
                       Pruning in my own unorthodox way!

 and God forbid anyone touches the trees I have "trimmed" 
          in my own loving way!!

      more olives...waiting to go through the "red machine"
.


                              Christo filling the bucket,


 I am so enjoying this thing, saving us what in the old days was done by sitting around the pile of olives picking the leaves and gossiping the time away!
         now we can spend that time under a tree eating 
                          and making jokes.


  
                                      At the olive press

                                          the lift
                                      the washer


                                                 the wait

                                         The squasher

                                        The OIL!!!!!

Interested in living this experience in combination with a holiday on Paros , contact me by mail: secretgardenparos@yahoo.gr for more details