Four flower shots from India
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5 books of women & 5 countries
1.China, The diary of Ma Yan
The life of a Chinese school girl from one of most remote parts. Ma Yan is sweet, sad, brave and intelligent. About the Muslim slice of the Chinese population, the educational systen of rural areas and the enduring womanly spirit planted in a very young girl.
2.USA, The daring book for girls
Have fun for real and learn all different girlie stuff! This is a book for the youngest ones and teaches an array of things, from hand made crafts, to tea ceremony, to set up a campfire, to organize a fair.
3.Pakistan, And the world changed
An anthology by 25 women with same cultural background and different lives of travellers, immigrants or explorers. The fresh voice of the country.
4.Iraq, Bagdad burning, a girl blog
The last post in this blog was in 2007 when the author, 25 years old, said she he moved to Sirya.
5.Iran, Persepolis
Two autobiographical comic books by Marjane Satrapi picturing her childhood during difficult times in Iran and secondly her student life in Vienna. They have become an awarded animated movie unique in its genre: ”If you can make other people laugh, you have touched their spirit, where it is the most important. There’s no more powerful weapon. And I love whatever is kitsch, a bit away from what is consensual good taste.”
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At the sound of the bangles
Colorful or golden bangles or dingling earrings make a summertime more intriguing and festive!
Announcement of beauty around and…
… kicking troubles away with their loving sound ~
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NM now on vimeo.com
nirmala magazine is now uploading 1 minutes videos on vimeo. Come and watch! they are short, beautiful & interesting!
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Evolution of stuff
Yin Lijuan’s original art with porcelaine. It demonstrates the evolution of the spoons: collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art:
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recipe: crunchy salad
for making this quick and famous fresh salad you will need:
- lettuce
- carrots
- tomatoes
- duck breast or ham slices
- half spoon sesame seeds
- good quality dark vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey
- olive oil, salt
- wash, drain and cut the raw vegetables.
- cut and stir fry in oil and honey (pour it at the end) the ham and add sesame
- place the veggies in a bowl, the ham on top and dress it with vinegar.
- serve, mix/stir and taste it…
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Foto wedding-steps
meendhi patterns & first evening reception
bangles and haldi ceremony
preparation for second evening reception
at the Gurudwara where bride and grroom turn three times around the sacred book written by Guru Nanak
preparation for third evening reception and goodbye
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Number of highly populated cities is expected to grow every year in our countries experts say. If you are living right now in one of these you would also like to read about these tips:
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Meditation is a must. People who cant live the meditation lifestyle are slowly degenerating in their health and mind wellness. Even traditional and non-traditional doctors always suggest it in the three golden advices for supporting the daily routine: meditate, sleep well, and eat well.
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Exercise daily. it does not mean to work out as mad at the gym every day or running 5 or 10 kilometers eary in the morning. usually overpopulated citie are already overfast paced and facing them with an accelerated sport is surely counter-productive. on the other hand it is great to choose a quite activity which helps to relax and strenghten all the organs and our fiber.
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Create beauty. Engage yourself in regular activities that you feel good for yourself and which have also an artistical character. Busy cities usually treat art as a great source of business first of all. Your art should be hand made and inspiring noble feeling.
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Eat delicious and fresh food. At leastly oce in a month try to visit an organic farm and buy vegetables there. If there are street sellers of vegetables and fruit in your city they are way better than the packed stuff at the “modern” market.
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Seek pure love and simple understanding in what you do and in whom you meet. in a big city there are plenty of opportunity to meet with so many people in different occasions. Behave with simplicity like you are coming from the countryside and learn cultural key-clues in being with others. The first thing will help you to escape from the enormous charge of thinking and rumblings that city floks use to be stuck into. The second will give you the ability to adapt to as many cultural situations as possible.
image by meditative photography
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Musing on climate change…
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After the most read 2008 revision we need now a fresh updating on the topic. Especially because all the couples are never the same and each year is often completely different from the past and the future one.
this time we will tip about Home, Hobby, Technological communication, and Talking.
Home atmosphere and vibes are a basic place for a smart couple. this is the place where they both recharge and get ready to face the word outdoor and out there. Indoor lifestyle ideally should not include whatsoever tensions nor tendencyes. It is too important. Infact the couple who fails in home vibes will automatically fail also at a social and more expanded level and is not able to prject its own unity towards all the external relationships and groups. to keep the vibes balanced and at right level of wellness we suggest you start looking into the potential divine character of the couple, develop truly divine eyes ready to capture immediately all the good from the other and learn cleansing tricks. Women can go much further and in fact they are so called the angels of the household in some maternal worldwide cultures.
Hobbies are a great aid for keeping high home vibes. Sometimes one hobby can be also shared but since thefeminine part is the more responsible one for the home feeling, then she has to be careful about her own inclinations and desires. Hobbies can be artistical, sportive or anything else. The intention behind the work is what mostly count.
Technological communication: forget for a while about her keeping his hand while talking to his eyes. Now this is all about communication at a distance. It is about the ability of staying connected while working or walking in two different places. it is not about thinking of the other person at all. it is about connecting to the own inner vital force. As simple as it is breathing.
Talking: This are is something that it is always good to monitor with balance and compassion. The way a lady talks to her husband in private is different from the way she talks to him in public. The way the husband talks to other in publics should reflect what he have listened from his wife too in the backstage. the best talks directed to an husband should be inspiring and showing care and support all the time. An husband should never have the feeling that he is alone but in everything he does he should instantly have the security that his wife is staying there solid next to him. Then there is the talking towards others: a man is fully pleased by listening his wife words of positiveness and mildness directed to anybodyelse in their social sphere.
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Book review: Sunzi’s Art of War
This comicbook is a classic in Chinese history of Spring and Autumn Period: period of drastic social and economical changes, military struggles, cutural advancement. Sunzi is a brillaint stratega of this time. He wrote Art of war widely covering the topic of strategizing. Sometimes we need a strategy when we guide our own modern car to the battlefield. Infact Sunzi’ principles do exapand beyond the battlefield to trespass into everyday life.
Divided in 13 chapters:
1.Initial Assessments (before winning a battle, start planning first)
2.Waging War (a war should be won quickly without being prolonged) 3.Attack by Stratagem (to subdue the enemy without fighting is perfect victory)
4.Disposition of Military Forces (never go to war unprepared)
5.Formation (creating favourable conditions and seizing the opportunity to win)
6.Weaknesses and strenghts (be adept at moving the enemy to where you wish instead of being moved by the enemy)
7.Manoeuvering (convert unfavourable factorsinto favourable ones and size the opportunity to fight)
8.Nine variations of tactics (make flexible adjustement of tactics according to changing circumstances of the battlefield)
9.Mobilisation (marching, camping and observation of the battlefield) 10.The Terrain (the military geography should not be negleted)
11.Nine types of strategic grounds (to stage a surprise attach against the enemy and penetrate deeply into the enemy territory)
12.Attack with fire (act from inside in coordination with forces attacking from outside assisted by fire)
13.Intelligence (strategic reconnaissance is essential in war)
L o t s of F u n!
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Mother and daughter is the most important and delicate relationship on earth: in fact, because of this relationship all the things happen and make the world going on and developing certain values. There is a special energy pervading the link between a mother and a daughter, that is why they are conceived and born in the same body, because the link is truly strong by nature. These two persons are especially capable of reversing their rule in case of necessity and learn, by their own principle, how to be mothers and daughters of the whole community they livein and eventually of the whole world. The union between them is so subtle and so basic that something sacred and very spiritual is generated thru it. For that reason it needs to be protected and nurtured along the way all the time and forever.
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Jake Shimabukuro is becoming recognized as one of the world’s top ukulele musicians.
His latest release, My Life (Hitchhike Records 1108) is an EP that features six brand-new ukulele arrangements of Jake’s favorite tunes by Sarah McLachlan, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and Cyndi Lauper, wrapped around the classic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. On this heartfelt and beautiful recording, Jake respects the originals while integrating his own soulful, one-of-a-kind interpretations. This follows in the footsteps of Jake’s smash hit full-length CD Gently Weeps (2006), which has sold 100,000 copies worldwide.
At just four years of age, Jake’s mother gave him his first ukulele lesson. “When I played my first chord I was hooked”, says Jake, ” I fell in love 
with the instrument”. That love grew into a deep passion to create and innovate. Experimenting with various techniques allows Jake to create sounds never thought possible on the tiny four-string, two-octave instrument. A true showman, his performance captivates audiences with intricate strumming and plucking, electrifying high-energy grooves and smooth, melodic ballads. His covers of tunes by The Beatles and Led Zeppelin are interpretations that have dazzled and delighted audiences worldwide.
Renowned for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, Jake views the ukulele as an “untapped source of music with unlimited potential”. His virtuosity defies label or category. Playing jazz, blues, funk, classical, bluegrass, folk, flamenco, and rock, Jake’s mission is to show everyone that the ukulele is capable of so much more than only the traditional Hawaiian music many associate it with.
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Hand and feet nails are sooo important and their state is the automatic reflection of our stomach and nabhi center area. When a woman is generous and leads a satsfied life her nails will be always clean and nice. Taking care of our nails thru a regular manicure & pedicure means taking care of our center of satisfaction. Our nails are alays exposed hence being the way we present ourself to the others in all kinds of situation: they must be strong and healthy.
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always have a monthly maicure-pedicure
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apply almond oil daily on the nail cuticles
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use polish of the nuances representing your daily life and personality
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Memory skills great tip
Power of memory resides in the mooladhara, the chakra which includes the pelvic area. Meditating to cleanse and energize this chakra has a great impact on our memory skills.
“Shri Ganesha’s specialty is His humility and His wisdom. He is a very calm and cool person. His gait is also calm, just like an elephant, who also has a very slow gait. Also a woman who walks beautifully is called Gajagamini or Elephant gait. Elephants only eat grass but are still so strong, that they can carry heavy loads. Elephants are mild tempered. They will never hurry for anything. They also have a terrific memory. When your left side gets weakened your power of memory fades. This is because Ganesha Tattwa has decreased within you. When you are too right sided then the Ganesh tattwa of the left side gets less. People who work too much their memory diminish in old age. A special thing about Shri Ganesha is that along with His power of memory is very sharp he remembers everything.”
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nirmala magazine: the performer
the personality of nirmala blogzine by Typealyzer
The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells. They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan ahead – they are always in risk of exhausting themselves. The enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation – qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions.
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1. The antioxidant in green tea is 100 times more effective than vitamin C and 25 times better than vitamin E. This helps your body at protecting cells from damage. Vitamin C in green tea helps you treat the flu and the common cold.
2. Green tea lowers level of cholesterol. It prevets ceel deaths and speeds up the recovery of heart cells. It imroves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol by reducing bad cholesterol level.
3. Green tea contains antioxidant known as polyphenols which fight againts free radicals. What this means it helps you fight against aging and promotes longevity. Antioxidant in grene tea protects the skin from the harmful effects of free radicals, which cause wrinkling and skin aging. Moreover polyphenols and flavenoids in green tea help boost your immune system, making your health stronger in fighting against infections.
4. Green tea helps with your body wight loss. It burns fat and boosts your metabolism rate naturally. It can help you burn up to 70 calories in just one day. That translates to 7 pounds in one year. Green tea prevents obesity by stopping the movement of glucose in fat cells. If you are on a healthy diet, exercise regularly and drink green tea, it is unlikely you’ll be obese.
5. Green tea can help prevent and reduce the risk of rhemautoidnarthritis. Grene tea has benefit for your health as it protects the cartilage by blocking the enzyme that destroys it. The high fluoride found in green tea helps keep your bones strong. If you drink green tea every day, this will help you preserve your bone density.
6. Green tea improves lipid and glucose metabolisms, prevents sharp increases in blood sugar level, and balances your metabolism rate. Researches showed that green tea destroy harmful free radicals in fatty livers. Blood sugar tends to increase with age, but polyphenols and polysaccharides in green tea help lower your blood sugar level.
7. Green tea helps boost your memory. it prevent against cell damage in the brain.
8. Green tea helps prevent high blood pressure. Drinking green tea helps keep your blood pressure down by repressing angiotensin, which leads to high blood pressure.
9. Catechin found in green tea can kill bacteria which causes food poisoning and kills the toxins produced by those bacteria.
10. Theophyline in green tea relaxes the muscles which support the bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of asthma.
11. Green tea helps with ear infection problem. For natural ear cleaning, soak a cotton ball in green tea and clean the infected ear.
12. Green tea increases the effectiveness of tropical interferon treatment of herpes. First green tea compress is applied, and then let the skin dry before the interferon treatment.
13. Green tea destroys bacteria and viruses that cause many dental deseases. It also slows the growth of bacteria which leads to bad breath.
14. L-theanine, an amino acid in green tea, can help relieve stress & anxiety.
15. EGCG found in green tea relieves allergies. So, if you have allergies, you should really consider drinking green tea.
Ceremony of the tea when it is followed up with passion and understanding it can lead you to a beautiful state of meditation where you are thoughtlessly aware and you just enjoy the delightful taste of the tea observing the person preparing it for you or preparing it yoursels. Soft chatting over a tea cerimony nowadays is one the most beautiful retreat we can enjoy not only on holidays but very often in our home too.
Relaxing home: the Chinese teaset & how to make tea
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He defines his collections “international with Indian soul”. India the land of ancient spirituality. Hand painted patterns, brocades, velvet, important colors, a style which is modern and regal and at the same time trasgressive. Who knows about the true meaning of the fashion today will certanly aprreciate Sabyasachi’s 2009 collection. At nirmala magazine we loved each and every piece of it.
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