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9 AM: MEDITATION - FOCUS

at THREE JEWELS NYC (5 East 3rd Street, New York, NY, 10003)

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7 AM: VINYASA YOGA

at THREE JEWELS NYC (5 East 3rd Street, New York, NY, 10003)

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Take responsibility for your healing. We each have our own unique healing journey. Become a part of the inner dialogue and part of the decision.

Together, we will BREATHE, MEDITATE, MOVE and RELEASE.

HEAL our relationship with ourselves as a means to all healing, by using the body and mind as a way back into your HEART.

WEDNESDAY 2/27 8PM AT THREE JEWELS NYC

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When was the last time you dedicated yourself to the things that bring you true joy?

This special retreat was designed for you to come play, heal, and create deeper connections to yourself and nature in the hidden paradise of Mazunte, Mexico.

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I am committed to seeing myself clearly, to reminding myself of my power, my fire and my creative genius. I want to live a life where I am truly alive. Where I trust myself so deeply, and I am guided by the fact that there is a little Buddha inside me and every single one of us. This potential is what gets me out of bed. I want to love, to grow, I want to continue to serve. I want to let the past be the past, as it doesn’t belong to my present. I want to help as many people as I can to feel more at home in their bodies as I learned to do so myself. To be with my body and be content, in appreciation. What do we need to let go of, to create space for what we really want in? What are boring ways of being that we still subscribe to, even thou we know we don’t really want to partake? If this was the book of your life that you were writing what would you like it to be? You are a legendary human. Shall we rise as one? — It takes WISDOM, to learn, to remember, to rewire in the clear way of seeing yourself and life. It takes COMPASSION, to forgive the past, to be kind with the process and the practice. To wish love to yourself and all. It takes POWER, to continue to show up to your practice, to not let the challenges take you down, to rise again and again. To have discernment. — May we all continue to remind ourselves of our potential to be happy, and free of suffering. — Also family- I have one last spot open for my coaching program. Dm me for details. — WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION FOR YOUR TODAY? ✌🏼 ❤️ I am loving you! Ph | @_pleione
The Buddha said the Sangha, the community IS the spiritual path. Surrounding ourselves with those that remind us of how magical and full of potential we are is an imperative part of the practice. They are the teachers, the blessings and the lessons. We can’t just do our practice at home and go out into the world, hang out with people who don’t share the same values, aren’t excited about life and its challenges, as you are. This would be double life. Which is an energy leak, because you are not fully expressed, you are not fully embodied and in honesty with who you really are and what you want for your life. It is hard at first, yes. For sometime I only had 1 or 2 people in my life, than it starts to expand. And you recognize that quality is really what matters not quantity. Friends who will call you out when you are on a spiral, those who check in on your projects, those who just hug and love on you, or those who you just know are there for you and with you. Also having the discernment of what each person brings you is HUGE. This way there is no expectation. We learn how to communicate, collaborate, how to be compassionate. And before going out to be with your community you filled your cup first, then you are so full that you just wish to share. There are times you may need support to fill you back up, and that is when you vulnerably and courageously reach out. Trust that there is people out there that want to love, to play, to serve, to expand as you do is the foundation. Showing up, taking risks, opening up. Knowing when to say no is as important as knowing when to say yes. I am so grateful to all my darlings who continue to support and love me. I would not be here without you. I am grateful to my teachers, who are also magnificent reminders of our potential. That is a TRUTH my loves, we have an INHERENT GOODNESS 🏠. This is a photo of me and two of my lovers, teachers, friends, fellow adventure seekers, living our dreams together, sharing our gifts at MediClub. Reach out. Building community starts there, one at the time. Open your heart to receive! You are worth it. ALSO I have 2 spots left for my Coaching Program. Dm me for info. ❤️ LOVING YOU ❤️
I remember being 11 years old on a weekend, post swimming with my 5 younger cousins, all girls at my grandmothers house. I was teaching them how to put lotion on the body so that our skins would be very moisturized, I would say around the chest because that is where when we grow up we will have breasts. I have no idea where I got that from but it was one of the last memories, until a few years ago where I felt at home in my body. Accepting, loving and caring for this body, inside and out has been one of the most profound, difficult and powerful practices of my life. I began comparing myself to other girls at age 13, watching what I ate, always judging myself for most of my choices. When I judged myself I was also judging everyone around me, specially the women, and my mother. She did her best to make me feel safe and loved, yet I watched her make vicious comments to her body in the mirror my whole life. I played a lot of sports, I swam, I danced until I moved to the U.S. at 15. My body changed even more, the hormones, the fast food (which became a regular, bc it was cheap, easy + we were always working). The food in the school didn’t help either. I stopped playing sports, I tried soccer in high school and I remember the self-judgement was just so high and I never felt adequate so I dropped it. I later found drugs and alcohol that helped me distract and numb. I was very good at making fun of my belly and body and always had an excuse for all of my cravings and pains. I was so good at rationalizing and justifying even my most destructive choice. My modeling career took off in NYC after I was on a modeling tv competition show, so it was okay that I was dabbling from laxatives to sleeping pills, to a range of eating disorders. I knew how to hide it all so well. I knew how to hide myself, my sexual choices and desires, my emotions, my anger and my kindness. I did not know how to hold myself, therefore I sure as hell did not let anyone do so either. I was always there for everyone, which made it seem like I was “always okay”. Fast forward to almost 10 years later, a whole lot has changed. I can stand in the mirror naked with myself. 👇🏽[continue in comments👇🏽]
It started with believing, believing i am worth it. We are all worth it. Worthy of what you may ask? Worthy of being fully alive. Of allowing life to move through you. Allowing ourselves to be surprised, excited, to be inspired. Abundance is absolutely NOT only money (fake news), it is an abundance of curiosity, of joy, of love, of expression, of creation, a plethora of LIFE, all the colors, and shapes and all of its contradictions. Such is life. When I was able to truly internalize that I am here for a reason, that I have a potential to be free from the past, free from my old “lets play safe and small, bc I am too much stories”- that’s when it all changed, I was LIT by life. Make a commitment with your BFF aka yourself, because before anyone else is you and you baby. So get that mirror, look into your eyes and tell yourself you will get out of your own way and you will allow yourself to LIVE IN ABUNDANCE. You will no longer believe the old limiting beliefs that have been engrained into you, mostly unconsciously, but now you woke up to you, to life to your POTENTIAL, therefore you know you are worth it. Life will go up and down and sideways, however our ability to continue to trust, to be open and to allow the BLESSINGS to shower you is the meaning of leading from our hearts. To live a life of purpose and meaning. You are valuable, you are relevant, you are wise, you are creative, you are a force, and there is not another you here. SO hurry up- shake, move, breathe, write, meditate and recognize your power because your gifts are SO NEEDED. Okay? I love you, MOUN
I want to take a moment to honor the women in my life, right now and those who came before us and paved the way for those yet to come. My mother for example moved to the US alone to work as an immigrant and help our family when everything went downhill in Brazil. My teachers, guides and allies, those who are alive and who have passed. I am so inspired by the power we have, the resilient nature we embody. The women I’ve come across have and continue to shape my life. We are not meant to do this alone. We are meant to support, to lift, to be reminders of the work we are here to do as feminine fierce creators. (A life can be created inside our bodies, I MEAN!!!) Whenever I feel down I remember my teachers and all they had to go through to open the way for me to be here right now. And this is my mission now to continue to free myself from obscurations of mind as I open and lead from my heart. I want to be a support for young girls and women who may feel like they are alone or in the dark. I’ve been there before drowning in self-judgment and comparing thoughts, thinking I would never be enough. There is a way out. When I chose to open myself up to this work and my community, my heart expanded and I experienced my potential. The potential we all have. We are inherently loving, kind, compassionate and creative humans. I have three spots open for my Transformational Coaching Program, starting march. Because we all need reminders and alleys to bring us back. An accountability program, with emotional support and tools from contemplative psychotherapy, meditation, breathwork and yoga. This is a holistic approach to healing, It is aspirational and practical. A way to make a change within, to fall in love with oneself, heal and unite mind+body+heart, so that we can bring that empowered version of us out to the world. Message me, my darling if you have any questions! TAG THE WOMEN tribe!!!! I love you ❤️ MOUN
What are we determined to do? This morning after my meditation, I was like okay girl let’s do this. Let’s rise, let’s shine, let’s leave last week’s sickness behind. Choose happiness, choose empowerment, give up all that does not fit in this space. In this space of openness of heart guiding the way. It’s easy to fall back on ruminating thoughts, the mind does a great job at replaying things that were once sticky, contracting, painful. AND we have the power to say NO HONEY, and return. We must find our ANCHOR so there’s something to follow. What is your anchor, what is it that excites you, that gets you LIT? That reminds you of who you truly are. Not who you once thought you were, or the roles you were playing. But YOU full of life, sexy, gorgeous, powerful, wise, compassionate, receptive, creative, blissful, full of beauty. Get out of the way so you can see, feel, embody, exude these INHERENT qualities. Starts within yourself, then guess what that’s all you see OUTSIDE. And TRUST, i am in this practice with you. I am choosing to come back to my fabulous body, my anchor, my breath and make a turn anytime I am not open to my heart. Anytime I allow the stories to block my HEART TO SHINE. Because I am the LIGHTHOUSE. As ARE YOU. No other way to manifest your DREAM But to believe you are THE LEGEND. Starts in our minds, our house, wherever we are we are in our mind, so CLEAN OUT THE SHIT, make space for power and fun. For joy and creativity. Wanna know how?👇🏽 ❤️Reclaim The Power Of You 🦹🏼‍♀️ this Wednesday 730p @threejewelsnyc LETS DO THIS TOGETHER. Link in bio ✌🏼 And this photo of me living my dreams aka teaching retreat in Mexico 😘
Hi my loves! It’s been a while. My FIRST @mindbodygreen piece came out today (a MIRROR MEDITATION that helped me fall in love with myself again- link in bio) YAS!! and I taught my 1st class since getting terribly sick last week after returning from magical Mexico. I was in bed, literally, for 6 until I went to the ER. The time spent between my bed and bathroom brought up a lot of stories: First anger for being so sick, for having to move my clients, sub my classes, and feeling just so weak and no desire to write or respond to anyone. Then I had to accept what i was experiencing which was transient. That my body was unwell and needed support and rest. I cried a lot one of the days, I acknowledged my body for all that it’s done and endured in this life with me. For so much harm I had done to it in my earlier years. From questioning why, to wanting it to pass quickly to just doing my best to listen. I have found a new connection to my body, to myself. I had been afraid for a very long time and I realize I was still afraid, of myself. Of my fullest potential. So I laid there and with a forgiveness practice, I cried myself back to sleep. I accepted support from my friends and family. The practice of receiving. Am I truly worthy of receiving this amount of love and care? Still after 33 years of being here and 5 in practice this is a big one for me. Unknowingly I still had a couple little doors closed in my heart. My playlists didn’t even help me, I had to be there with myself, in silence in my studio apt. You know that bit of sadness that arises after a big moment or realization? It’s here in my heart now. But I am myself again. My wonderful Dr, who also cared for Mother Teresa (I know wild!) is running tests to see what is this virus I have. Before going to the doc at the ER, the nurses, the doctors and attendants were all so kind. I could see how exhausted they were, but doing their very best to show up for so many people. I was told they thought I had meningitis which was scary, but the fear and suffering I felt from the others in the ER made me want to chant and pray even more. [👇🏽Continue in comment 👇🏽]
I wrote on my gratitude journal Saturday morning, the day we left Mexico- thank you for this reminder to be grateful! Grateful for the wonderful lessons and growth I had in Mexico, oh and our retreat was so incredible (more on that + photos soon)! From gratitude I am reminded that we each have a specific part to play in this life. Even when old doubtful stories try to creep in, I uncover my internal space to say NO THANK YOU. And come back to the heart, stronger than ever. I let go of old ways I thought I was supposed to share the Dharma, share my heart. There is no road map, we are CREATING it as we go, courageously and vulnerably. As long as we are in integrity and heart first. I feel more at home in my body than ever before, and positively relating to my whole self. I feel the power to be in this life as a woman. The lessons we each have to exercise and share, in whatever way feels most loving to each. Being here comes with a responsibility as we work our triggers and they become our teachings. I make a choice each morning to stand tall and heart open, empowered by my voice- fueled by acceptance and connection rather than blinded by clouds of conditioning and biases, separation & comparison. NO. This is the practice. Let us Embrace all parts of ourselves, and that allows us to embrace all others. Freeing ourselves from overly identifying with our stories whatever they may be. ✨✨✨ Back in NYC and full of sunshine and love, announcing that I have 3 spots open for my TRANSFORMATIONAL COACHING PROGRAM ✨✨✨ Get in touch my love! ❤️ Love you, MOUN
On the last day of our retreat we talked about forgiveness. One of the most important pieces to the puzzle of liberation and graduating from old ways. Imagine you have a birthday cake and forgiveness is the candle you put on top, right before you bring it out to the party. The last turn to the key on door knob, before you open the door, the door to your heart. I shared some of my story and how I used to be deeply angry at myself, my family, at society for making me believe I had to look like the girl next door, my old bookers, the judges of the modeling tv competition show I was on. For those I betrayed and those who betrayed me. I used to go around judging everyone around me and naturally me too. Judging the way my body was and wasn’t, how I grew up wishing I had another body, and wishing that I had the respect I have to myself and body today when I lost my virginity. All of those wounds were open and leaking, until the day I broke and truly met myself. I saw who I really am, and my potential to free. I decided I was ready to MOVE ON, I had to go back and forgive them all, and MYSELF. So I started to write the letters, to all of them and to myself. I wrote letters of forgiveness to my ex, and to the person I was then, to all of those who put me down, then again to myself, for allowing the little girl inside to believe this was the truth of who I really am. For abandoning myself for so many years, and believing this life is a rehearsal. For blaming others for my mistakes. I keep finding the strength to forgive. Old memories haunt me sometimes, and again I choose to break that cycle and to massage each wound with the oil of forgiveness. I still write those notes, and ask for forgiveness daily. I have a nightly purification practice - for times I unconsciously harm myself and others, with my speech, actions and thoughts. As I know those broken pieces do not define who I am. Forgiveness is knowing that the past is done and that I am done with that chapter. I am ready to move on. Treating every broken piece inside myself to forgiveness, inviting them all to come out from the dark, so I can hold them, forgive and grow. No more leaking. (Continue in comment ⬇️
In a time where social media dictates coolness and beauty, cultivating our own relationships with our selves and bodies takes serious work. It means actively choosing to rebel against the stories we are told and the narratives we internalize around guilt, shame, and worth. This is work I am personally very familiar with. Comparing and competing were my underlying filter from a decade of modeling career and more, so when it started to lift I even felt physically lighter. A real internal shift happened when I was in India sitting with one of my teachers and she so beautifully said, you are Moun and that’s that. This is me, that’s you. Not from an traumatized separate self but from a place of awareness that I have my own karma and life to work through. It’s very personal. And it doesn’t look like anyone else’s. I am committed to exercising my best qualities moment to moment. Meeting myself and you, freshly, clearly again and again!