Terra & Agua, Style Meets Comfort

I first heard of the brand Terra & Agua, when we organized I’m Shoe in Love: Find Your Perfect Pair last year. Their styles are relatively simple but timeless, ones that I can use today and  even 10 or 20 years from now. What’s even better about this brand is how comfortable their shoes are! No surprise there, given that Terra & Agua is a Brazilian brand and Brazil is known to produce quality and comfortable footwear. I’m not familiar with the material used and the science behind Terra & Agua’s production so let’s leave it to their press release to explain all that:

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In 2001, the brand released their first collection of plastic shoes that were inspired by the country’s gorgeous females: Daring, up to date, and innately stylish, just as the women were. But past simply eye catching designs and embellishments, Terra & Agua’s shoes collections provide you with the utmost comfort. Created with PVC plastic as its base, your feet can be assured of a comfortable break in and you need not worry about sore feet at the end of a long day.

More than just your run-off-the-mill plastic shoes, Terra & Agua’s shoes go past conventional design with its use of mixed materials on the shoes, which include various fabrics, leather and EVA (popularly known as foam rubber) among others. There is also much attention to detail that even the colors of these shoes are carefully studied. For years, intellectuals and scholars believed that colors can transmit sensations to alter moods and even heal. Terra & Agua loves and believes in the power color as well. Popular colors include red, which symbolizes passion, enthusiasm, and various encounters between personalities. Blue on the other hand symbolizes purification, expels negative energies, promotes kidness and patience, and encourages the pursuit of truth.

Here’s my first Terra & Agua pair that I got last year:

And here are the other pairs that I’m currently eyeing:




To know more about this relatively new line of footwear, visit: Terra & Agua Philippines. You can also visit them at the upcoming I’m Shoe in Love: Find Your Perfect Pair bazaar!

Capoeira

I recently purchased from Capoeira vouchers from Deal Dozen. Been wanting to try this for quite some time now. I find it interesting because it’s a mix of both martial arts and dance, both of which I’ve had training of.

I went to the first class with an open mind, excited to learn this new form of martial art. I learned a few basics, and I’m not sure if I was doing it wrong or what but it wasn’t as tiring as I expected it to be. Maybe because those were just basics, I’m sure it’ll get more complicated as you go along.

It’s an interesting art, though I’m not certain it’s something I’d want to pick up. After that one class, I got blisters on my feet – reminiscent of all my dance and taekwondo days. I sure didn’t enjoy those times when I had to walk with a limp because of all those blisters on my feet.

To know more about Capoeira, or if you’re interested to give it a try you can visit the Website here: EBC Philippines

Café Mary Grace

Sundays are my cup of tea because I get to not think about work, exercise and counting calories. Last week a friend of mine mentioned that she had Mary Grace’s Mushroom Cream Pasta and Truffle Cake. It’s been a while since I had Mary Grace so for that Sunday, I thought why not.

Fried Kesong Puti and Calamansi Vinaigrette

I try to make it a point to have fresh garden vegetables once a day (fried, grilled, etc. don’t count), because I feel unclean when I don’t. It’s psychological, I know.

Leek Saffron Cream with Fillet of Cream Dory

Mary Grace Mushroom Cream

Death by carbs. Though the Mushroom Cream Pasta was great, I wish Mary Grace served more options for vegetarians whether it was for pasta or lighter meals such as sandwiches.

I don’t like chocolate all that much either but I was intrigued with their Mexican hot chocolate with cinnamon and chili. Am I such a late  bloomer in the chocolate world? I used to not be able to stand chocolate at all but lately I discovered that my taste buds have a better tolerance for it now. I wasn’t a huge fan of this drink, it was.. okay. I just downed the whole thing because I paid for it.

Beyond Yoga’s 300H Vinyasa Teacher Training

Here’s something I’m really considering doing. What’s great about this is that it will be broken up in to 3 modules, that way I can still focus on work and do other things when not in training. I basically have around a month to decide.

Trunk Show Styling Challenge

Here’s the latest promotional activity for our client Trunk Show, conceptualized by yours truly! I myself would join if I weren’t the one in charge of this.

Oneness Through Wellness

You can guess where I’ll be on May 20th.

Cloud 9 Yoga Mudra

Yogi? Open to starting a practice? Then this one might be for you. If I didn’t have so much expenses I just might.

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“The first thing you learn about yourself is that you are not your body. This is the beginning of the Maha Mahal Retreats, from where the essential truths of yoga spontaneously come to fore because of the clarity inspired by closeness to nature. Absorbed in the rhythms of a great space, the mind yields to the reality that the body belongs less to it, and is of kin naturally to the earth’s. When the mind is totally overwhelmed by a power greater than itself it releases the body to its own nature, to nature, and moves as it would. We experience our breathe extending naturally, asana isn’t a fight. With the body in its proper place, we make room for realization and experience of subtler parts of ourselves. “

Maha Mahal Yoga Community happily invites you all to an immersion yoga practice in Siargao Island, Philippines from June 8-11, 2012.

Inspired by the world-famous Cloud 9 surf break that is central to the island community, we will, for four days and three nights, focus our practice on the disciplines and rewards of yoga that are manifested by this wave, face and avatar of the great Pacific Ocean.

Leading the first Maha Mahal Retreat is Janaka Ordonez, whose traditional training from the Sivananda tradition is modernized by the ever-present ocean he connects with when he surfs. Through his practice of Kriya Yoga and knowledge of Native American Medicine Janaka’s intuition and feel for the subtle working in the Earth amplifies the energetic practice.

Participation fee of Php 12,900.00 / 300 USD includes:

• Double sharing accommodations at the Bayud Resort & Spa
• Vegetarian food (brunch, mid-noon snacks, and dinner)
• Participation on all asana, pranayama and meditation sessions (twice daily)
• 2 hour level-specific surf instruction (complete with gear)
• Airport / seaport transfers

For more information on the community, the retreat and our guest teacher visit their Facebook Page. For booking and reservation email them at mahamahalyoga@gmail.com