Love is in The Air

Yassas!

Hello hello my dear beautiful friends,

What a summer! I finally got some time to sit down, reflect and write.

My past 2 months were spent at the Sunshine House, my greek home. I don’t want to sound too enthusiastic but I think I have experienced one of the best summers in my entire 29 year life.

These months have been filled with joy, light, love, play, action, sun, heat and some very very special connections. It’s incredible what can happen once you put lots of open hearted, open minded people in one place. Magic. Joy. Creativity. I think this kind of energy can save us all, especially in these mad, paranoid, fear filled times.

I have also been living in a beautiful bubble, far far away from the news, from the masks, from hand sanitizers, fear, paranoia and corona conversations. Instead I watched the moon, I counted shooting stars, dived into warm clear waters, played with my brothers and sisters, laughed like a mad woman, talked about energies, magic, synchronicities, manifestation, feelings, felt warm summer breeze while cycling around, ate a lot of delicious food, meditated, prayed, sang and explored.

Life is so much more than fears. And I know I am in a very lucky position to write about it. I am healthy, strong and happy. And I send a lot of my love to the ones that are ill, sad and weak.

But I also choose not to be living in fear. Every time I have anxieties about the future I repeat my new mantra: I am free, I let go of control, I trust in Universe. Nobody ever knew the future and nobody will ever know. Now we are more than ever experiencing true impermanence of life. No plans can be made. Like one of my friend said 2020 is really about letting go and being in a flow, however hippy it may sound.

Guys, I think it’s time to realise that living here and now is the only way to be happy. Don’t sit in those office chairs that you hate, don’t be in those toxic relationships just because it’s comfortable, don’t pretend to be someone just to be liked, don’t follow mass corporations and people who want to make you blind and deaf consumerist wanting more and more, buying more and more, fearing of old age, wrinkly face or not big enough boobs.

Go, explore, do the things you love, I swear you will never regret. Surround yourself with beautiful people who let you shine and be yourself, who show you love and support. Make space for others to shine too. Take care of this beautiful home-Earth and respect every living creature on this planet. Life is so much more than this crazy paranoia, fear infused shit that’s happening around.

With so much love, more than ever,

Ligita

P.S. photos stole from my sister Anette and others <3

Summer of Fire

Hello my dear friends,

I was and still am a little bit quite out of online world. And I am so happy about it, computers and all online distractions give me headaches and turn me into a somehow robot. But I thought I will drop few lines here and give a bit of the update.

Once I left Austria it felt so weird, I have been living in remote mountains for a year and I have realised that my normally very developed social skills got worse. It was strange and draining to be around many people again but within little time I got back to my normal self.

I went to Slovenia for 5 days to visit my dear friends and absolutely fell in love with Ljubljana. It was so good to be surrounded by culture and action again. I found Slovenians very friendly and curious people. I chatted lots-like a butterfly going from one flower to another. It was so good to meet new people again, it was so good not to think about all the crazy social distancing, masks and all that.

I loved Ljubljana for it’s vibe- small city with so much going on. I met local urbans- people so passionate about activism, politics, art, culture- I loved that. For the last months I was hanging out with sporty people so it was quite a big difference in topics and vibe.

And then masked, sprayed and pretending to care about all these new measures about Covid I left Austria for new adventures, different life chapter.

It felt good I must admit. Not because I wanted to leave Austria or anything but because I was following my heart that was yearning for unknown. It felt good not to have home again, to get my dirty traveller’s identity back, it felt good to hear different languages floating in the air and to arrive in a melting pot- Athens.

Greece greeted me with intense heat, the fire that burns through your bones and I liked it. Chaos outside, intense fruit and veg colours on each corner, sugary and syrupy desserts melting in the shops window sills, greeks taking life slow and not worrying about too much order. You know how much I appreciate that in cultures.

For the past 3-4 weeks I’ve been back in my beloved Thai yoga massage centre Sunshine House to volunteer, to meditate, do yoga, chant, sing, play, touch, swim in the sea. A complete retreat for my soul. My heart that has been a little hardened by the mountains cold breeze, I must say, is opening. I feel happy, I feel good, I feel content and present. Future exist and somehow not at all in the same time. But it feels good not to know. I can hear you asking for how long this gonna last, and I truly cannot answer you. For now it feels good and right exactly how it is. And about later, hm, we shall see.

Keep your hearts burning with love and fire and if you ever manage to be around this beautiful part of the world- let’s see each other.

Love you all ❤

Ligita

Ljubljana

street art in Ljubljana

when you don't have a mask, you have to improvise :)

Beautiful Slovenia

new home

I love you summer

Cycling like a Pro

Hello dear ones,

Well well well.

Cycle tour has started! And for me it had to be suspended after 5 days of it.

If you ever wanted to cycle tour- do it. It's an incredible experience. Being able to move around and cover quite long distances relying on your simple bike and muscle power. There is a lot of mind power too.

It's been incredible even if the weather was not treating us sooo well. I guess in my head I always expect the eternal sunshine.

Being able to move around with big weight on your bike and conquer some big motherfucking hills gives you so much joy that you start feeling naturally super high.

Being able to sleep each night in different environment, put up your tent, be ok with sweat or cold or pain or whatever, really gives you the belief in yourself.

I absolutely loved sleeping outdoors. Waking up with light and first sounds of nature waking up. Having a nice herbal cup of tea, breakfast, cold river shower. It feels so raw, so true. I know it's only has been 5 days but it made me feel so wild and connected to our beautiful planet.

And then, as always, my weakest part gave in- toothache. For many years toothache seem to be messing around with my plans. This time, I had to just listen to my body and cycle back to Lienz, where incredible things have happened. I am surrounded by so many great friends who always help me so much, and I happened to have a good luch with the dentist who helped me in a really tricky situation with expired insurance and so on. Being kind in this world is one of the most important virtues and kindess is so contagious! So be kind to one another people!

Now I am back in MoaAlm, recovering for few days after root canal procedure and praying to gods to be rejoined on the bike trip, catch Lottie and Ryan and keep on cycling.

Be healthy everybody!

Ligita

Another Beautiful Chapter Finished

Hello dear all,

It is hard to believe that in few days I will be leaving MoaAlm, mountain retreat that I have been calling home for the past year.

It is hard to believe that is the end somehow.

This place is so special and some of you who came to visit me experienced it. I still cannot believe the whole year passed. It's been such a wondeful ride. With ups and downs, with laughs and pains, with joy, with many new lessons, new friends, new family.

Cooking vegan food and inspiring people to make positive chnages in their lifestyles has been one of the highs. Lots of new faces, great friendships, amazing adventures, snowboarding, sledging, hiking, swimming- my life has been really spoiled with comfort!

I am so grateful for this beautiful place and I am a little bit sad about leaving it. I feel that I will come back one day but who knows where the next adventure is waiting for me.

I really got used to wake up each morning and see those glorious mountains with snow peaks around. I have been spoiled to live by the highest peak in Austria- beautiful Grossglockner. I have been spoiled to eat like a queen and let my creativity unfold in the kitchen. I have been spoiled with people around me- who accepts me the way I am-sometimes a bit weird or crazy, loud and in love with so many things around me. I have been spoiled with deer and marmottes as my only neighbours around. I have been spoiled for so many things, but the good thing with getting a bit older is that you realise it more. Not when you are in a death bed turning the pages of your photo album but actually in the present time.

Catching the beauty in the present time is my natural high. It gives me hope, it gives me inspiration and it gives me a sense of freedom.

I am feeling pretty emotional, like with all my places that I have called home. But in the same time I feel ready for  new adventures.

This week me, Lottie and Ryan with their dog Szuka will be getting on our bicycles and starting the bicycle tour around Austria. Since we can't leave Austria due to Corona madness we decided to have a bit of a challenge and explore the country on our bikes.

So send good vibes for our trip and perhaps I'll make some more blog posts or even little videos to catch out bike tour vibes.

Miss you a lot!!!! <3