Adelina Pardos Urios

Correo:- adelina [at] solterreno [dot] com

Tel. 652 811 025

Adelina

Born in Valencia in 1966. A qualified nurse. Has been practicing Reiki for 13 years now. In 2005 underwent an intense year long corse deepening her knowledge and practical experience, culminating in becoming a Reiki master in March 2006 under the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition.

She now offers corses initiating people and treats patients in a center in Valencia “Centro Alma” where she also offers metamorfic masage, relaxation tecniques and individual meditation practicies.

She is part of the charity CANVI Valencia (NGO offering support to cancer patients or x-cancer patients who are looking for natural medicine and/or alternative treatments)

She is working with Bodhin to creat a space in the countrside dedicated to providing conditions to heal and help people. Using tecniques like meditation, Reiki, relaxation, diet, or simlly being in silence and observing the beauty of nature.

Bodhin

Correo:- bodhin [at] solterreno [dot] com

Tel. 660 44 78 40

Bodhin Philip Woodward

I am currently living and teaching meditation and yoga here in Solterreno.

Meditation.

I am passionately interested in working with awareness and the body. The meditation I teach is Mindfulness, and more specifically Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, which is a way of using meditation as a tool in getting to know oneself better, self awareness, and then working with our mental states to chose again how we want to lead our lives. I work with the body in a very grounded style. My main influences at the moment are Jon Kabat-Zinn and Reginald Ray. 
I have a meditation website in Spanish:- www.bodhin.es

Yoga.

The yoga which currently fuels my practice is Yin yoga, which is hatha yoga done on the floor, with the postures held for a while, often using supports, all tailored to the individual. I am interested in how we hold tension in the body and how yoga can help to release that tension. I combine meditation teaching with the body awareness. For me the two disciplines go very much together.

Buddhism and White Tara.

Ever since I learnt to meditate in the 1980’s I have been fascinated with what the Buddhist tradition can offer the modern western world. I was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in January 2000, so my background is from that tradition. One of my current way of teaching is through leading retreats on the Buddhist female figure of White Tara, generally during the month of October.

Solterreno.

I purchased the terraced orchards in 2003 and then started planning and building the retreat centre. We started living here full time in 2007. I have built most of the buildings myself and am very interested in organic low impact buildings including energy saving designs.

History:

Born in 1958 in Yorkshire UK. Has a degree in communication. Worked some 15 years as a freelance video editor for television companies (BBC, C4 etc.) making mainly documentaries.
Started meditating at the London Buddhist Centre in 1984. Travelled to China and Tibet in 1985 where he connected with a living Buddhism. In 1990 worked a year in Madrid and then decided to stay and live in Spain.
In 1991 spent 8 months living in Guhyaloka, a FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) retreat centre in the mountains near Alicante. Later went to live in Valencia helping set up the Buddhist Centre there, living in communities, studying Buddhism and meditating intensely. In 1995 helped set up and run Evolution, a Buddhist business trying to take their ideals into the work situation.
He was Ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in India in January 2000. The last few years he has spent working in and around the Valencian Buddhist Centre, taking an active part in the council and as treasurer. He helped set up the annual retreats during Easter and in the summer at Tusita in northern Spain. 

In 2003 he bought this land with the idea of developing a centre here.

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