How to stay healthy in Bocas del Toro?

.I try to eat fresh & healthy food 

Since I had 13 years old I started to inform myself more and more about a healthy lifestyle, read a lot and tried to eat as much healthy that I could (in that time it was more difficult). That is why maybe my Ayurvedic doctor in India told me that I don't have toxins in my body :). Of course, it is also because I  am doing sport and yoga every day in my life. A lot of Nauli breathing and Kapalbhati also help..

Arriving in a new country is always a surprise, In every country, I need to adjust and change my diet depends on what I can find in the local stores. In Bocas del Toro there are local stores where I can find vegetables and fruits. There are also a lot of supermarkets ( all own by Chinese :)) where I can find surprisingly all that I need (that was hard to find in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica)

 I drink everyday fresh coconut water which fills me with

.potassium which I need after my running

every morning I start (more the 5 years already)hot water with lemon and ginger !!! so good for me for detox my body and get I function my lazy digestion system.

.Papaya full with vitamin A & C. Vitamin A important for the skin is needed for the building and maintenance of collagen, which provides structure to the skin. Papayas contain an enzyme called papain that aids digestion. Papaya is also high in fiber and water content, both of which help to prevent constipation and promote regularity and a healthy digestive tract. I also love the taste, cause here it is not so sweet. I eat also the seeds. I like to cut in half the papaya putting some yogurt on top and that's it... Also for a really healthy shake, U can make papaya, Noni, and lemon

what is Noni? So I am not that strong to eat this every day. Inside the shake, you don't really feel the taste, but to drink it as a shot every day like a lot of my friends that live in Cosa Rica do, I can't and don't feel like I need (I prefer to try to drink celery every day). Noni it is a tropical evergreen plant is rich in powerful antioxidants such as Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin B3 (niacin) and iron. and everyone says that it helps with anything you have. It kind of helps me with my digestion isues. worth to try.

 .fish, if I find fresh ones. I love ceviche 

Pineapple, mango, and passion fruit, although I am not a fan... too sweet

..Almonds and different kinds of nuts

yogurt cause I can't live without and I love the greek ones full with protein,

and I found here the only bread I can eat, pumpernickel it made me so happy to find it in one of the supermarkets here. that is the only bread I eat in my life. It makes me full and it is so healthy.

Almond milk with my coffee..

From the locals, I am buying homemade coconut oil to use on my body every night after a shower, and also I mix it with coffee and do peeling only for the body, which it is perfect for the skin, and also for the cellulite. I also use it once a week on my hair and it makes my hair soft.

Every night I put coco oil on my face and do massage for the face with Gua sha rock, it is a Chines method. Using the Gua Sha Gade Rock with 

gentle pressure, in the correct directions, we encourage the lymphatic fluid to move along its pathways and drain into the body. A Gua sha made of pure Jade, is a cooling and cleansing stone used in Chinese medicine for centuries to aid the body's filtration organs and lymph system to expel toxins. That 

helps me to reduce blowing in my face. My best friend from China introduced me to it one year ago and since then I am doing it everyday night or day and I found it really helpful, it is also really good  for the wrinkles.

 more about my exprience in Bocas https://mynameisaviv.blogspot.com/2019/02/bocas-del-toro.html

Hasta luego,

Aviv

Back to other Island

So yes I guess I have something with islands. I found this blog now and I feel like I want to share again about my experiences and my life. A lot changed I grew a lot and I still looking for my home in this not that big world called Earth.

So a little introduction cause I am really bad in the blog and social network life. I am sure I will get better and I try to share as much as I can. I am Aviv which means in Hebrew spring, primavera. I use Primavera a lot as my name cause I traveled a lot in South America anCentralal America and I loved how it sounds, but of course I love Aviv too and it is a good way to remember my name cause I introduce my self as Aviv from Tel Aviv ;)

I am 32 years old, from Israel, but I didn't live there the past 10 years. I studied my bachelor degree in architecture in Florence, Italy. Then a Master in architecture in Milan. I lived then in Fuerteventura, Canary islands for 4 months worked in a yoga retreat, did a lot of yoga a little surf (too cold) and enjoyed the island easy life.

then my ex asked me to come and live with him in Milan, so I tried it again. I like/ don't like Milan. I lived there for almost 4 months and I can't do it anymore. I love Italy but Milan its too much. the city life is too much for. I like to come to Milan and go to the opera, walking around, see people art museums but then I need a beach or nature, mountains.

I left to Israel, worked as an architect for 5 months in Tel Aviv. It was a nightmare. Israel it is a hard place for me and now I can't live there anymore but I like to visit my friends and family.. they all there and seems like they love it. I am so jealous of people who know where they want to live there life. so easy.

I took a flight to India and decided to do finally what I always wanted to do. teach yoga, make people happy and connected to themselves. and the best place for that is of course India. I do yoga since I am 14 and it became more and more a huge part of my life. India was so good and interesting, amazing conversations. I stayed in the same place for 3 months and it was an important thing in my life.

from there I felt that I need to go back to Costa Rica. I have been in costa 10 years ago. I finished my big trip after the army (all the Israeli doing a big trip after being for 2/3 years in the army)... I remembered always Santa as the place I would like to live there and have my family there. since I am really ready to have a family and meet the right one I decided that I need to go back there. So tok a flight back to Israel, change to a suitcase with a lot of swimsuits and also summer clothes and after a short visit to Europe, I moved to Costa Rica. It was nice going back to that place changed but also I changed. I become more confused about where I should live and where the hell is my other half...???? hahaha if you saw him let him know where I am cause I am changing places all the time. poor guy.

Santa Teresa is beautiful and really nice people came to live there. I can't live there.. its so remote and I am not in love with my surfboard as the other people there.. it is all about surfing. I can live there part of the year if I had a family cause the kids are so happy there but I miss the culture and other conversation not just about the waves and how to build more and more and destroying the nature... they build too many animals get killed too many floods.

so I moved to Bocas del Toro, Panama... why... cause life brought me here. and now I am here already 2 months. Island, tropical one. not the place I would like to live in but it is fun until it will be warmer in Europe. I miss Europe. I miss hiking and the different languages and European men and I hope I will find a place that I like next to a lake and can teach there yoga and yea also find the love of my life.

so... hey nice to meet you whoever would like to follow me and learn about yoga, sexual tantra, traveling in a nonconventional way, meditation, healthy life, living life in Primavera way... I have a lot to share (that's what a lot of people I meet tell me all the time so I feel like I need to do it) and I love writing and I miss it

and I AM REALLY SORRY ABOUT MY MISTAKES IN ENGLISH!!! it is not my mother language and I am speaking 4 languages almost a day

that's it for now. I start to write more. I don't know ever how to start. so many things to share :)

have a beautiful day/evening full of love and amazing music

.I am in an Italian music mood

Love,

Aviv

Fuerteventura, Do & Don't

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things to do in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

1. Surfing in Lobos

 yea everyone is coming to surf here but surfing Lobos island it is another experience. U need to take the taxi boat which will live u in the starting point of the best waves in Europe... Be careful from the locals.

2. Hiking in the Volcan Calderon Hondo.

easy and beautiful walk to the crater of the volcano. Take with u some food for the chipmunks :)

3. After surfing snack and a drink in the Return bar

the Return bar is in Lajares, a nice bar with great food. Falafel, pizza, hamburger and all that u need after a day of surf. Chill out vibes and good music. Only for surfers ;)

Not the place for fish or local dishes (that will b for another post).

4. bicycle around the area

From Lajares to Corralejo for example. U have a lot of routes this one is nice and passing in Majanichio 

5. Find a Corralito in the dunes beach (near Corralejo)

especially for couples ;)!!! I love the beaches there because they seem empty when all the people hiding inside there Corralitos.

                                                   running naked in the dunes

Peace and Love

from Fuerte