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<strong>Community</strong><br />

Est. 2017<br />

& Business<br />

Serving the English speaking community in Valencia and surrounding towns<br />

APRIL - <strong>2019</strong> / FREE / VALENCIA / BIRTH & FERTILITY ISSUE<br />

<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> Volunteers<br />

NEW FOCUS & DRIVE FOR COMMUNITY SPIRIT MEETINGS<br />

UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT CAR PROJECT<br />

EASTER FUND RAISING EVENT<br />

This issues articles<br />

AMBIEN: FINDING LOVING HOMES FOR ABANDONED<br />

ANIMALS - PRESIDENTE<br />

FERTILE GROUND: SETTING THE STAGE FOR A HEALTHY<br />

PREGNANCY BY KELLI DAVIS<br />

HOW SCHOOL MAKES KIDS LESS INTELLIGENT<br />

BY EDDY ZHONG<br />

OFF LIFE AND DEATH BY KAMI LA<br />

FROM BUMP TO BABY AND BEYOND BY KAREN TATE


IN THIS<br />

ISSUE<br />

Founder's Message<br />

Dear Readers<br />

The road to freedom is a bumpy ride. But it is good see<br />

that so many more people are getting into the spirit of the<br />

community and are proactively making the effort to build<br />

bridges in the local community. I think that whenever we<br />

are faced with big challenges in our lives, we just need to<br />

remember that as a community working together, we can<br />

support each other to make the journey more enjoyable<br />

and worthwhile. So this issue is about the birth of<br />

something fantastic in the community of Valencia!<br />

All the Very Best,<br />

Richard T. Voller<br />

WhatsApp - 602.564.973<br />

emazinemedia@gmail.com<br />

<strong>Community</strong> & Business Valencia<br />

NEW DRIVE FOR<br />

COMMUNITY SPIRIT<br />

MEETINGS<br />

This month Richard Voller, the leader of<br />

<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> Valencia, decided to<br />

bring more focus and drive to the<br />

meetings to better manage the workload<br />

so that we can move into action and be<br />

more effective and efficient in the<br />

process. Here is an overview of the new<br />

direction for the voluntary group.<br />

BIRTH & FERTILITY<br />

TREATMENT<br />

Kelli Davis, owner of Vibrant Life in<br />

Valencia, talks about women's wellness,<br />

which has become her most favorite<br />

group of people to work with. In this<br />

article Kelli talks about the many factors<br />

that contribute to fertility challenges,<br />

and there are many solutions.<br />

SCHOOL MAKES KIDS LESS<br />

INTELLIGENT<br />

Eddy Zhong is a man who is talking<br />

from experience about how our<br />

education system is not designed to<br />

cater for different forms of<br />

intelligence. He explains how the lack<br />

of support for children's creative<br />

intelligence, only opens up a limited<br />

number of choices for kids to choose<br />

from. So in this article he shares his<br />

life story to inspire us on the other<br />

options.


Contents<br />

Volunteers<br />

What's On?<br />

<strong>Community</strong> projects<br />

community events<br />

Articles<br />

Health & Well Being<br />

Love & Relationships<br />

Music & Arts<br />

Next Generation Matters<br />

Resources<br />

Useful information<br />

Local Business Directory<br />

Want to place your advert here? Contact us<br />

for more information.


WHAT'S HAPPENING?<br />

in the local towns around Valencia<br />

Diana Clifton Sewell<br />

Vice President - Fundación de<br />

Cementários Británicos de España<br />

Tel 96 3838 and 666447561<br />

cliftonsewell@gmail.com<br />

www.facebook.com/<br />

friendsvalenciabritishcemetery<br />

Beginner Spanish Classes<br />

ARTS & MUSIC<br />

at The Bar Grill<br />

Friday @ 10.30-1.30<br />

For further information to send a<br />

private message to Cristina Newton.<br />

WhatsApp +34 722.119.696<br />

R E I S E | P A G E 2


A P R I L 2 0 1 9 • C O M M U N I T Y S P I R I T V A L E N C I A - W R I T T E N B Y R I C H A R D V O L L E R<br />

I N L O V I N G<br />

M E M O R Y<br />

U G E N E<br />

E<br />

A R M I C H A E L<br />

C<br />

C T 1 9 3 9 -<br />

O<br />

P R I L 2 0 1 8<br />

A<br />

month we wish to honour the <strong>Spirit</strong> of<br />

This<br />

Carmichael who passed away a year<br />

Eugene<br />

this month.<br />

ago<br />

was a very respected and loved<br />

Eugene<br />

in the local community around<br />

person<br />

and further afield. I met up with<br />

Pedralba<br />

and interviewed Eugene about his book,<br />

him<br />

is not the End" for the December 2017<br />

''Death<br />

only months before his passing. In the<br />

issue<br />

time that our paths crossed, we had<br />

short<br />

most enlightening conversations, and<br />

the<br />

we had a dream. That dream was<br />

together<br />

the community would find a way to<br />

that<br />

bridges and support each other to<br />

build<br />

whatever problems we are facing<br />

overcome<br />

individuals. Because as a community<br />

as<br />

each other, we can flourish.<br />

supporting<br />

still feel that Eugene is supporting to help<br />

I<br />

this dream come true.


<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> Volunteer meeting held on 28th<br />

March <strong>2019</strong>, Wecasa, L'eliana, Valencia<br />

NEW DRIVE & FOCUS FOR<br />

COMMUNITY SPIRIT MEETINGS<br />

Dear All,<br />

This month I thought that it was time to change the way that the <strong>Community</strong><br />

<strong>Spirit</strong> meetings are delivered and run. So I started off the March meeting, by<br />

explaining why I set up this group. About two years ago I saw a message on a<br />

facebook thread called the Hopi Prophecy. This was it...<br />

When the earth is Ravaged and the Animals are dying, a new Tribe of People will come<br />

unto the Earth from many different colours, creeds and classes, and who by there actions<br />

and deeds, shall make the Earth green again. They shall be known as the Warriors of the<br />

Rainbow.<br />

Just after I mentioned this, a lovely woman called Anna, pipped up and said she<br />

had been invited to join us, but didn't know why she was here. But after hearing<br />

me mention the Hopi Prophecy she totally understood why because she is a<br />

Rainbow Warrior. In fact everyone who comes along to these meetings and is<br />

running a project is a Rainbow Warrior and I wish to honour you all for your<br />

courage and determination to get into action.<br />

The next step was to set the intention for the meeting, so that we can keep the<br />

energy positive and inspiring for everyone present. So I started by setting my<br />

intention for the meeting as 'Love & Connection' and then we went around the<br />

whole table for everyone to speak and share their intention with the group.<br />

Thankfully Emma Coyne agreed to take the minutes, but during baby changes, I<br />

think some of the other ladies helped out as well.<br />

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NEW DRIVE & FOCUS FOR<br />

COMMUNITY SPIRIT MEETINGS<br />

I also wanted to cover some behavioural guidelines for the meetings and the<br />

facebook group, which help to empower us and keep our spirits high and<br />

supportive of each other. These are based on the FOUR AGREEMENTS by Don<br />

Miguel.<br />

BE MINDFUL OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING<br />

1. If you say you are going to do something, then do it.<br />

2. Always communicate clearly and directly, sprinkle some love in with it, to<br />

help get the message across.<br />

3. Don’t gossip about others, instead uplift people where you can, and don't<br />

mention people by name. If you have an issue with someone, face them and get<br />

it sorted out.<br />

DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY<br />

1. What people say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream,<br />

so don’t feel attacked when people share it with you.<br />

2. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the<br />

victim of needless suffering.<br />

DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS<br />

1. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want.<br />

2. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstanding,<br />

sadness and drama.<br />

3. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.<br />

ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST<br />

1. Your best is going to change from moment to moment, it will be different<br />

when you healthy as opposed to sick.<br />

2. So under any circumstance, just do your best and you will avoid selfjudgement,<br />

self-abuse and regret.<br />

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NEW DRIVE & FOCUS FOR<br />

COMMUNITY SPIRIT MEETINGS<br />

Each month we will also have a theme, to give more focus as to what we can be<br />

working on in the way of community projects, events and activities. We agreed<br />

at the meeting that we should be holding at least one fundraiser event per<br />

month, which can also tap into events which are being organised in the local<br />

community, for example Wecasa or Arzobispo Animals In Need.<br />

Here are the themes for each month, which are also the themes of this monthly<br />

e-zine:<br />

January - ‘Turning over A New Leaf’<br />

February - ‘Love of Life’<br />

March - ‘Celebration of Women and Spring Equinox’<br />

<strong>April</strong> - ‘Birth & Fertility’<br />

May - ‘Flowers & Horticulture’<br />

June - ‘Celebration of Men and Summer Solstice’<br />

July - ‘Value of Friendship’<br />

August - ‘Celebration of Children’<br />

Sept - ‘Celebration of Inner of Peace and Autumn Equinox’<br />

October - Remembering the Dead<br />

November - Valuing the Elderly<br />

December - Celebrating ‘Family’ and Winter Solstice<br />

We then continued with a very fun, enjoyable and inspiring meeting. I think it<br />

was the best one we've ever had! To read the minutes, click on f button below<br />

and it will take you to the FILES section on the facebook group page.<br />

Thanks again to everyone who came along and supported! The next meeting will<br />

be posted in the Comunity <strong>Spirit</strong> Valencia group soon.<br />

All the Best,<br />

Richard T. Voller<br />

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the <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> car is on the road, insurance paid, tax paid and<br />

Finally<br />

its ITV! I wish to thank everyone who donated a total of Euro 327.50 to<br />

passed<br />

it failed the first ITV test and had to go back for more work. So I<br />

Unfortunately<br />

had to pay a further Euro 250 to get it finally through the ITV. And it still<br />

have<br />

a number of other issues which need to be worked on to get it in tip top<br />

has<br />

order, but I am now in contact with Lukasz Uzar, a local English speaking<br />

working<br />

you need help with picking up furniture or large things from the surrounding<br />

If<br />

from Villar del Arzobispo to Lliria, then contact me and I can see how I<br />

towns<br />

help you. Also available for emergency trips to the hospital. You can always<br />

can<br />

a lift if I am going into town, just call me any time and ask. If I am going<br />

hitch<br />

Call: 00 34 602.564.973<br />

SPIRIT VLC<br />

COMMUNITY<br />

ON THE MOVE!<br />

IS<br />

T h e C o m m u n i t y S p i r i t C a r<br />

help pay for the insurance and some of the car repair work.<br />

mechanic in Lliria to see what can be done.<br />

that way, you are more than welcome to get a lift.


A BIG THANK YOU!<br />

a huge thank you for the workforce who helped gain back our terrace area and freed up the bedroom in our<br />

First,<br />

we can now entertain anyone who visits us again.<br />

apartment,<br />

car has assured us that it does not mind at all sleeping on the road, knowing that its bedroom is host to,<br />

The<br />

items that will help others out.<br />

hopefully,<br />

about helping others out, which of course is why this project was started in the first place. It appears that<br />

Talking<br />

advertising items for sale, allbeit, with the intention to raise funds to help people in need out in other ways,<br />

since<br />

have slowed down quite drastically. Personally, I believe the message was probably misunderstood,<br />

things<br />

we decided to take this action, however, we did raise funds and we will have the opportunity to help out.<br />

when<br />

there was a post, which most of us have been following with interest and Jenny has diligently kept it in the<br />

Recently,<br />

of a plea for help by a family who were the victims of a fire that destroyed not only their home but all its<br />

forefront,<br />

As there are children involved this has added to its emotional plea. We are in a position with<br />

contents.<br />

furniture we have to substantially help the family furnish a home. Once this is confirmed we can arrange<br />

the<br />

and this would be a great achievement for the project and hopefully a big relief for the family. I think<br />

transportation<br />

only thing left to say is "watch this space".<br />

the<br />

COMMUNITY SPIRIT - VOLUNTEERS<br />

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G A L L E R Y<br />

S C R O L L T H R O U G H A N D H A V E A<br />

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A C T I O N<br />

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- A cake stall for C/S fund raising and to<br />

- Games and music<br />

- A low cost bar with Wine, Sangria, beer<br />

<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> Volunteers - Easter Fair - Easter Hunt<br />

Saturday 20th <strong>April</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, starts 2pm, near Lliria<br />

Non profit sales of burgers, hot dogs, jacket<br />

potatoes, salads etc.<br />

provide a dessert!<br />

and soft drinks.<br />

Only friends of <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> people are<br />

invited maximum 50 people .<br />

As it is at Kim’s house we do not want<br />

unknown people there.<br />

Will be putting on <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> soon<br />

when I have done a poster in the event<br />

section.<br />

Please bring a cake, bread or dessert to sell<br />

and a smile!!!


enthusiasm. Dave, Woocash and Alex just threw them selves into it! The frame went up (my design<br />

C O M M U N I T Y S P I R I T<br />

V O L U N T E E R W O R K F O R C E<br />

Work force team on 15th March - helping Kim Coleman when she needed help from the community<br />

I put a call out for some assistance with putting the frame for a roof on an extension I am building. It<br />

had become too high for me to manage alone and to be fair too much work.<br />

The response was amazing and immediate. Without hesitation.<br />

So on 15 March at 10 o’clock the workforce team arrived as promised and with smiles and<br />

not the greatest] and then they carried on. I became a runner and fetcher with the others and<br />

within four hours they had gone as far as the timber would allow. All done in great spirits and with a<br />

good heart. I believe in this philosophy of togetherness and exchanging skills not money. An oldfashioned<br />

bartering system that survives in many parts of the world and has remained successful.<br />

Long may it continue.<br />

Written by Kim Coleman


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health & awareness<br />

Baby Bump<br />

Crowther<br />

Photo Credit Erin<br />

F R O M B U M P , T O B A B Y<br />

N D B E Y O N D .<br />

A<br />

Written by Kate<br />

This months article looks at women’s mental health during pregnancy, birth and the period after birth. Although<br />

the article focus’s on women it is important to acknowledge, that men can and do experience the same symptoms<br />

and struggles as their partners. Depression and anxiety are common mental health issues in both men and<br />

women.<br />

Having a baby is one of the biggest life events you can have and it’s totally natural to experience a range of<br />

emotions during and after your pregnancy. There is no “perfect way” to have a baby or be a parent. Your baby<br />

and your parenting skills are unique. So its not unusual for you and baby to take time to work out what’s best for<br />

your family. It’s only a concern when your emotions start to have a big impact on how you live your life,<br />

attachment with your baby, and your relationship with your partner. This may be a sign that you are experiencing<br />

a mental health difficulty.<br />

It may surprise you to know, that around one in five women will experience a mental health difficulty during<br />

pregnancy or in the year after giving birth. This might be a new mental health problem or another episode of a<br />

mental health difficulty you’ve experienced before. These are known as perinatal mental health problems (Mind )


Worldwide 13% of women who have just<br />

given birth, experience a mental illness,<br />

primarily depression. However, in<br />

developing countries, this is even higher<br />

with 15.6% experiencing during<br />

pregnancy and 19.8% after childbirth. In<br />

the most severe cases, mothers may be<br />

so ill that they may even commit suicide.<br />

This has a huge impact on the family,<br />

attachment with the baby and general<br />

day to day functioning. As a result, the<br />

child’s growth and development may be<br />

negatively affected as well. The good<br />

news though is, Maternal mental illnesses<br />

are treatable (WHO).<br />

How might I feel?<br />

Hurray, you’re pregnant. You may<br />

feel excitement and joy, or worry and anxiety. It’s also<br />

perfectly normal to feel that you’re not ready to have the<br />

baby or you feel you won’t be the best parents.<br />

I bet you have watched movies and TV shows where<br />

mum and dad fall instantly in love with the baby. This<br />

doesn’t always happen as you may have had a difficult<br />

tiring birth a traumatic pregnancy or relationship issues.<br />

From my own experience of giving birth to my first child,<br />

all I wanted to do was sleep. Getting to know your baby<br />

and developing a bond can take a little time.<br />

It’s a huge change and you may feel sad about the old<br />

life you have to give up. Nights out with your friends,<br />

time with your partner and your independence. Yes, life<br />

will never be the same again, but you will have new and<br />

different experiences. There will be a whole new network<br />

of friends, different nights out and loads of great days<br />

out as a family.<br />

There are also pressures from social media. You may feel<br />

you have to act in a certain way or look a certain way<br />

during and after your pregnancy. Its hard not to see lots<br />

of pictures of happy families and maybe make<br />

assumptions that everyone is parenting better than you,<br />

that it is easy. The reality is everyone has a mix of happy<br />

and challenging times. Don’t be drawn into the social<br />

media world – try to have lower expectations and not to<br />

be too critical of yourself. It’s perfectly normal to feel<br />

exhausted, stressed overwhelmed and frustrated at<br />

times.<br />

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash<br />

Parenting is the most difficult, but also most<br />

rewarding job in the world.


What kind of perinatal mental<br />

health problems are there?<br />

The signs of perinatal anxiety and depression include:<br />

- persistent, generalised worry, often focused on fears for the health or well-being of<br />

the baby<br />

- the development of obsessive or compulsive behaviours<br />

- abrupt mood swings, or feeling constantly sad, low, or crying for no obvious reason<br />

- having little or no interest in all the normal things that bring joy<br />

- withdrawing from friends and family<br />

- finding it difficult to focus, concentrate or remember<br />

- having thoughts of death or suicide<br />

- increased sensitivity to noise or touch<br />

-changes in appetite: under or overeating<br />

- sleep problems unrelated to the baby’s needs<br />

- loss of confidence and lowered self-esteem<br />

- fear of being alone with the baby<br />

- intrusive thoughts of harm to yourself or the baby<br />

- increased alcohol or drug use<br />

- Obsessive compulsive traits


Dad’s can often find pregnancy and new parenting really difficult too.<br />

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash<br />

”Have I caused this?”<br />

You definitely have not caused this. Whilst there is no<br />

one single cause there are a number of risk factors.<br />

- Hormonal changes<br />

- Traumatic pregnancy and birth<br />

- Financial / and or relationship issues<br />

- Social isolation.<br />

Perinatal mental health issues are very treatable.<br />

Medication can help so see your GP. Talking<br />

Therapies and particularly Cognitive behavioural therapy<br />

(CBT ) has proven highly successful. Social isolation is a<br />

big thing. Getting out and going to parent groups,<br />

playgroups and supports groups is an important part of<br />

having a baby.<br />

What are Talking Therapies<br />

and how can they help?<br />

Talking therapies are interventions which<br />

involve talking to a trained professional<br />

about your thoughts, feelings and<br />

behaviours. The therapist aims to:<br />

- give you a safe time and place to talk to<br />

someone who won’t judge you<br />

- help you make sense of things and<br />

understand yourself better<br />

- help you resolve complicated feelings, or<br />

find ways to live with them<br />

- help you recognise unhelpful patterns in<br />

the way you think or act, and find ways to<br />

change them (if you want to).


The Myths<br />

Myth – It’s only women that experience perinatal<br />

mental health issues.<br />

Reality – Both men and women can experience<br />

perinatal symptoms and this can be different in<br />

intensity and experience.<br />

Myth – feeling depressed or anxious is just part of<br />

pregnancy and parenthood.<br />

Reality – The first few weeks after becoming a<br />

parent can be stressful. You must seek help if you<br />

notice that these are lasting longer than a couple of<br />

weeks and are having an impact on your daily life.<br />

Myth – it can’t be a perinatal illness as I haven’t had<br />

the baby yet.<br />

Reality – Both expectant mums and dads can<br />

experience a range of perinatal symptoms.<br />

Myth – admitting you need help and seeking support<br />

is a sign of weakness.<br />

Reality – seeking help is essential. No one is judging<br />

you and you are doing what is best for your family.<br />

Karen's Bio<br />

Is a CBT therapist, Occupational Therapist and<br />

Mindfulness teacher, who has significant experience of<br />

working with people with a variety of physical and mental<br />

health conditions.<br />

She is english speaking and lives in Valencia city. She has<br />

over 17 years experience of working within the NHS and<br />

more recently private practice.<br />

www.outofsynctherapy.com<br />

She works work with a range of treatment models – CBT,<br />

Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Compassion focused<br />

therapy and Mindfulness based interventions.<br />

Typical mental health issues she works with include,<br />

depression, generalised anxiety, panic disorder, social<br />

anxiety, body dysmorphic disorder, self-esteem issues,<br />

OCD, phobias, eating disorders and psychosis.


States, so we had a never-ending stream of<br />

exaggerate, but you get the idea. What they<br />

However, after years of clinical practice, I've<br />

F E R T I L E G R O U N D : S E T T I N G T H E S T A G E<br />

F O R A H E A L T H Y P R E G N A N C Y<br />

I remember being taught in High School that,<br />

I fell in love with fertility and hormones in<br />

Houston, Texas, where I worked in a busy,<br />

practically if a male even looked at us, we<br />

well-known and respected clinic specializing<br />

might get pregnant and we should take every<br />

in fertility and hormonal wellness. We were<br />

precaution to prevent unwanted pregnancy. I<br />

lucky enough to have close relationships with<br />

the largest IVF clinic in the southern United<br />

didn't talk about was that so many women<br />

actually have trouble getting pregnant. I often<br />

patients seeking help with both natural<br />

wondered if that mental block they drilled<br />

fertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology<br />

into our heads has something to do with the<br />

(ART). This was a huge blessing as it provided<br />

rising infertility rates!<br />

the opportunity to learn and practice so much<br />

in one area: women's wellness, which has<br />

since become my absolute favorite group of<br />

seen that there are many factors that<br />

people to work with. Hormones are the true<br />

contribute to fertility challenges, and there<br />

"yin and yang" of the body.<br />

are many solutions.


*the* supplement or diet or magic<br />

fertility". Or perhaps she's taken the list of<br />

digestion, metabolism and mood than directly<br />

fact, other than keeping you alive, it's the<br />

Normally, we don't. However, those two things<br />

hormones, creating hormonal feedback loops<br />

T R E A T I N G F E R T I L I T Y B Y T R E A T I N G<br />

E V E R Y T H I N G B U T F E R T I L I T Y<br />

The most important thing is to create a rich,<br />

Let's take digestion for example. If the<br />

clean environment in the body and mind that<br />

digestive system is inflamed, the body will<br />

will naturally lead to fertility, pregnancy, and<br />

perceive this as "stress". This alters the<br />

a healthy birth and baby.<br />

absorption of nutrients, which can reduce the<br />

quality of cells and create damaged tissue.<br />

When a woman comes into my office seeking<br />

Sometimes things in the digestive system leak<br />

help with fertility, she's usually looking for<br />

out into the bloodstream, creating a systemic<br />

immune reaction. This is no bueno for<br />

creating a calm, healthy system.<br />

acupuncture points that are "good for<br />

supplements that she read can "balance<br />

Problems with elimination have a strong and<br />

hormones and boost fertility". And she's often<br />

very direct effect on hormones, as the<br />

confused when I focus more on her sleep,<br />

digestive system is the primary way that<br />

hormones are excreted from the body. Slow<br />

on the hormones.<br />

elimination leads to re-absorption of<br />

The reason for this is that fertility is so<br />

that should already be closed and totally<br />

inherently natural, so "easy" for the body - in<br />

interrupting the delicate hormone balance. A<br />

simple way to help your digestion is to firstly<br />

ONLY thing your body wants to do. Your body<br />

avoid things that damage it, namely gluten,<br />

has basically two objectives: #1 Survive and #2<br />

dairy and alcohol. Then, include high fiber<br />

Reproduce. So, why would we need to "boost"<br />

foods with lots of micro-nutrients every day<br />

something that your body is absolutely<br />

that will help you "go" regularly. My favorite<br />

designed to do?<br />

easy solution is having sauteed vegetables<br />

with garbanzos or lentils for dinner, or blend<br />

it up for a comforting soup. Keep in mind that<br />

in more complicated digestive imbalances,<br />

have a hierarchical priority. If other things in<br />

the body (or the mind) send a signal that #1 is<br />

targeted nutrition designed to heal longinflamed<br />

tissue may be needed.<br />

in real or perceived danger, #2, for good<br />

reason, shuts down.


Additionally, it's now understood that artificial<br />

lighting, especially blue light from backlit<br />

devices, severely interrupts these natural<br />

metabolism, and even slight changes in its<br />

thyroid. I will say that correcting low or even<br />

gasoline. If it's not what your car is really<br />

However, if you look deeper, find what's not<br />

health, pregnancy still doesn't happen. And to<br />

will. There's no way to tell, and there's no way<br />

The bottom line is that nothing in the body,<br />

Another important factor is sleep. The body's<br />

rhythms are controlled by hormones, which<br />

nor in the universe, exists in isolation. Treating<br />

fertility by "boosting" it is like trying to make<br />

are governed by the rhythms of the earth. Day<br />

and night actually control, in large part, the<br />

your car go faster by just putting in extra<br />

hormonal balance in a woman's body. t¡This is<br />

thanks to light signals from the sun which<br />

needing, it won't make much of a difference.<br />

release cortisol and melatonin, two hormones<br />

which are tightly connected to ovulation and<br />

working right, and correct it, you'll see results.<br />

general metabolism. Ever notice that many<br />

Likewise, a healthy plant, and a future baby,<br />

needs rich soil and good, clean nutrients to<br />

women's periods become "in-sync" with the<br />

full and the new moon? This is a great sign of<br />

germinate and grow.<br />

hormonal health and both sun and moonbathing<br />

can re-synchronize these patterns.<br />

T H E M I N D ' S<br />

sleep patterns. Creating a "night mode" for<br />

P O W E R F U L<br />

your home and separating work and home by<br />

I N F L U E N C E<br />

shutting off the TV and backlit devices has<br />

real advantages for hormonal balance and<br />

fertility.<br />

Many times, even in perfect mechanical<br />

Speaking of metabolism, the thyroid is<br />

basically the "master gland" for the<br />

be honest, for some people, it simply never<br />

functioning can have a big impact on<br />

to promise anything. However, there's a lot to<br />

be said for the role of the mind and emotions<br />

everything else. Thyroid imbalances are one of<br />

the biggest contributing factors I see in<br />

in letting things flow freely.<br />

fertility issues, and when corrected, fertility<br />

often comes quite easily. Thyroid issues often<br />

The unconscious mind simply<br />

cannot not express itself, and its objective is<br />

have deeper roots that need to be addressed<br />

on a more customized level, but just about<br />

always to benefit us. If we have some<br />

unconscious beliefs that pregnancy or having<br />

anything you do to improve digestion, sleep<br />

and stress management will benefit the<br />

children is somehow dangerous, risky or<br />

simply too costly for us to handle,<br />

not-optimal Vitamin D levels (optimal is<br />

the solution for the unconscious mind is, you<br />

guessed it: "infertility".<br />

around 55) - even if you're in the sun a lot -<br />

can be key to supporting the thyroid.


us, and mental imagery and dreams are nearly<br />

emotions. I often hear people say, "oh, I just<br />

yesterday, so it's meaningless." I disagree, as I<br />

recognize. Dreams are always symbolic, and<br />

E N F I N<br />

stressed, mechanical interactions, whereas<br />

Founder, Vibrant Life Integrative Wellness<br />

Taking a look at the messages the<br />

unconscious mind sends us, in the form of<br />

mental imagery, memories and dreams, and<br />

the associated emotions they produce in us,<br />

can be infinitely useful in freeing things up.<br />

Emotions only want to be felt, they won't hurt<br />

always symbolically meaningful. They hold<br />

great wisdom for us about our true emotions,<br />

and when these are allowed to flow, the effect<br />

on the body is remarkable.<br />

Fertility is both a supremely natural process<br />

while also highly sensitive and complicated.<br />

Start by journaling on a regular basis to shed<br />

light on your true feelings about things. A<br />

My best advice for anyone trying to get<br />

pregnant is to get healthy first, seek<br />

dream journal is especially helpful, as the<br />

more you write down your dreams, the more<br />

customized professional help that supports<br />

the body's natural rhythms, let things flow,<br />

often you'll remember them, and the more<br />

you'll start to understand them. Your mind<br />

and most importantly: stay connected with<br />

your partner. The overthinking that can go<br />

will often use things from your daily life and<br />

into fertility planning can often result in<br />

symbolically connect them to a unconscious<br />

true connection, with oneself and with your<br />

dreamed that because I was looking at it<br />

partner, is where the magic happens.<br />

find that our unconscious mind is very clever<br />

Warmly,<br />

at getting our attention with things we'll<br />

Kelli Davis<br />

nearly always meaningful. They can be a great<br />

and fascinating tool when used productively.<br />

Licensed Master & Diplomate of Acupuncture<br />

& Oriental Medicine (USA)<br />

Functional Diagnostics & Therapeutic<br />

Nutrition Practitioner<br />

High-Performance Mentor & Therapist


G r a b t h e p o p c o r n ! I t ' s t i m e<br />

t o w a t c h a m o v i e !<br />

F I L M R e c o m m e n d a t i o n<br />

Baby Driver<br />

Initial release: June 21, 2017 (London)<br />

Director: Edgar Wright<br />

Box office: 226.9 million USD<br />

Awards: BAFTA Award for Best Editing,<br />

Baby, a music-loving orphan also happens to be the prodigiously talented go-to getaway driver for<br />

heist mastermind Doc. With the perfect soundtrack picked out for each and every job, Baby ensures<br />

Doc's violent, bank-robbing cronies - including Buddy, Bats and Darling - get in and out of Dodge<br />

before it's too late. He's not in it for the long haul though, hoping to nail one last job before riding off<br />

into the sunset with beautiful diner waitress Debora. Easier said than done..<br />

W A N T T O P L A C E Y O U R A D V E R T H E R E ?


T H E N E X T G E N E R A T I O N<br />

M A T T E R S<br />

HOW SCHOOL MAKE KIDS<br />

LESS INTELLIGENT<br />

Written by By Eddy Zhong<br />

want to share with you a big secret today. And it is not one that a lot of you are going to<br />

I<br />

to hear. But at the same time it is so important that I have to tell it to you. The secret is<br />

want<br />

this:<br />

if I told you that every single day kids go to school they become less intelligent? Now,<br />

What<br />

could that be possible? When kids go to school they learn things, right? And they<br />

how<br />

more knowledge. So if anything, they should be getting smarter. How could they<br />

accumulate<br />

be getting less intelligent? What am I talking about? Well, I do hope to illustrate<br />

possibly<br />

that to you today.<br />

I turned 14, I was a kid that did not know what he wanted in life. So usually, when you<br />

Before<br />

up to 5 or 6 year old and you ask him, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, he<br />

go<br />

say, “An astronaut” or “A businessman”. I wanted to be a professional Call of Duty<br />

will<br />

And since I had no idea about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I just listened to<br />

player.<br />

parents almost 100% of the time. I trusted that they knew what was best for me. My<br />

my<br />

wanted out of me what any typical parent would want put of his child: go to school,<br />

parents<br />

up your grades, get out and exercise, once every few years. And I was trying to do<br />

keep<br />

they asked of me, except the problem was I wasn’t even that good at school. I<br />

everything<br />

terrible at science, could not write a 5 – paragraph essay of my life had depended on it.<br />

was<br />

to this day I still think I am the only Asian kid in the world who does not understand<br />

And<br />

I really do. But when I turned 14 that all changed. I was not longer this hot air balloon<br />

math.<br />

floating around in space, I was now like a supersonic jet flying toward my destination at<br />

and<br />

000 miles an hour or however fast those things go. This change all started when I<br />

50<br />

an envelope with the email. It was an invitation – not to a birthday party, I did not<br />

received<br />

get any of those – not to a playground, but to a business plan competition down in Boston.


I was curious, I was just so curious that I<br />

And<br />

to go. The program director explained to<br />

had<br />

we quickly realized it`s not that easy. So,<br />

But<br />

drop unless you`re really sure you have<br />

don`t<br />

that over five months, we would form a<br />

us<br />

develop a business idea, and present this<br />

team,<br />

good idea. But… We`ve realized that the<br />

a<br />

art to building a great company is to<br />

first<br />

to a panel of judges, who would be<br />

idea<br />

us how good our suits are, and how<br />

judging<br />

a great team. And as students, we<br />

assemble<br />

go to bars, to networking events for<br />

couldn`t<br />

our business ideas were. And a long story<br />

good<br />

over those five months I formed a team,<br />

short,<br />

so we went to our school and set up<br />

adults,<br />

little presentation in our auditorium, in<br />

this<br />

an idea, and we actually ended up<br />

developed<br />

that competition and taking home a<br />

winning<br />

we would present our idea and<br />

which<br />

kids would join our team. We sent<br />

hopefully<br />

And that one event sparked my interest<br />

cheque.<br />

going to more and more of these<br />

for<br />

an invitation to our entire school. And<br />

put<br />

first thing we noticed is that almost no<br />

the<br />

Over the next two years of my<br />

competitions.<br />

I actually went to dozens and dozens of<br />

life,<br />

showed up. There was almost no<br />

one<br />

And those who show up spread the<br />

interest.<br />

competitions, and I was winning almost<br />

these<br />

of them. And I realized that I liked going to<br />

all<br />

around the school and through that<br />

rumor<br />

we were actually marked, we were<br />

week,<br />

so much not just I liked winning them but<br />

them<br />

because I had an unrealized passion. That<br />

also<br />

fun of for our ideas and for being<br />

made<br />

Mark Zuckerberg. What`s funny is,<br />

wannabe<br />

a passion for creating things. Because the<br />

was<br />

thing that my team would do differently<br />

one<br />

next week after, we took the exact same<br />

the<br />

and did it at our elementary<br />

presentation,<br />

our other competitors, every single time,<br />

from<br />

well, everyone would go up and present<br />

was<br />

so to kids who were 5 or 6 years<br />

school<br />

And the response was phenomenal.<br />

younger.<br />

idea and their Power Point, we would go<br />

their<br />

a home depo, buy supplies, and actually<br />

to<br />

kids were throwing their lunch money<br />

These<br />

us asking if they could buy a prototype.<br />

at<br />

the idea we were talking about. And the<br />

build<br />

were just so blown away by a fact that<br />

judges<br />

were asking for our pre-money<br />

They<br />

which I know you guys know from<br />

valuation,<br />

bunch of teenagers could go and create<br />

a<br />

can make prototypes, and have minimum<br />

things,<br />

Shark Tank, but it was amazing<br />

watching<br />

these kids even knew terms like that<br />

that<br />

viable products.<br />

when they were too young to even<br />

existed<br />

pronounce some of these words.<br />

probably<br />

won almost every single competition just<br />

We<br />

the judges loved that we had gone<br />

because<br />

just inspired me so much. And I think<br />

That<br />

is what our education system has done.<br />

this<br />

executed it. At one of these competitions I<br />

and<br />

a short-tempered, middle-aged Polish guy<br />

met<br />

just these 5 to 6 years in the education<br />

Over<br />

these creative children have turned<br />

system,<br />

Frank. He came up to us, took a look at<br />

named<br />

prototype and said “I can help you guys<br />

our<br />

these teenagers that are unwilling to<br />

into<br />

outside of the box.<br />

think<br />

this into a real company.” Think about that.<br />

turn<br />

that cool? We are 16 years old, we are<br />

Isn’t<br />

let`s go back to that secret I was talking<br />

So<br />

How is it possible that school is<br />

about.<br />

out into the world and creating a real<br />

going<br />

technology startup. At first we were<br />

hardware<br />

kids less intelligent? The fact is,<br />

making<br />

is so much more than just one type of<br />

there<br />

like “Time to be Steve Jobs, let`s go build<br />

all<br />

dropping out of school now.”<br />

Apple,<br />

intelligence. While school can make you


academically intelligent, it can teach you physics, algebra, calculus, it<br />

more<br />

diminishing the children`s creative intelligence.<br />

is<br />

is teaching them to think in a certain way, to go down a certain path in<br />

It<br />

it`s telling them: go to high school, get a diploma, go to a good college,<br />

life,<br />

a stable job, and if you don`t do that you won`t be successful. And if that<br />

find<br />

true, how am I even standing here today?<br />

was<br />

did I, a straight C student, start a technology company at age of 16?<br />

How<br />

how is my company, which was featured on a Wall Street Journal last<br />

And<br />

doing better that some of these companies started by Harvard and<br />

week,<br />

graduates? It must be something that can`t be measured by<br />

Stanford<br />

intelligence alone. So, here is what I believe. Parents, teachers,<br />

academic<br />

you have the power to influence and inspire youth. The fact is,<br />

educators,<br />

are way too many people out there right now who are obsessed with<br />

there<br />

kids to go to college, to find a good job, and to be “successful”. There<br />

telling<br />

not enough who are telling kids to explore more possibilities, to become<br />

are<br />

And if there`s one message that I want parents, kids, and all<br />

entrepreneurs.<br />

you to take away from what I`ve said today is that you can open your own<br />

of<br />

you can stray away from this conventional, limited and narrow path<br />

doors,<br />

education sets us upon. You can diverge and create your own future.<br />

that<br />

can start your own companies and start your own non-profits. You can<br />

You<br />

you can innovate. And if there`s one message I want you to take<br />

create,<br />

from everything I`ve said, it is this: no one has ever changed the world<br />

away<br />

by doing what the world has told them to do.


Offlife<br />

and<br />

Death<br />

W R I T T E N B Y<br />

Kami La<br />

www.DetoxEmocional.info<br />

Spring’s back in town, although the<br />

temperatures and the hours of Sunlight<br />

that we get here in Valencia could<br />

easily pass as summer in other parts of<br />

the world. Coming back to the city after<br />

a wonderful retreat in the mountains, I<br />

am so happy that my current home isn’t<br />

just another grey<br />

anonymous agglomeration.


I grew up on a family farm in a<br />

beautiful village in the south of<br />

Poland. As a matter of fact, ancient<br />

Slavic tribes celebrated the New Year<br />

in Spring. Growing up, Spring time<br />

was one of the most vibrant<br />

moments in the whole year for all of<br />

us. It was also the time when already<br />

as a little girl I needed to take part in<br />

the Spring cleaning. With my parents,<br />

we would rake the garden around the<br />

house, organize the rocks and<br />

pebbles on the rock garden, pick the<br />

fallen sticks and anything else that<br />

emerged from underneath the<br />

recently melted snow. It was crucial<br />

to prepare the ground like this,<br />

because very soon new grass and<br />

plants would start popping up. I<br />

remember very well the freshness of<br />

this awakening of Mother Nature and<br />

how she would vibrate with<br />

anticipation through every one of her<br />

leaves and buds.<br />

As I sit here now under the Valencian<br />

sun which is pouring down its<br />

abundant heat, through the eyes of<br />

imagination I can see the young<br />

catkins and I can feel their soft texture. I<br />

remember how exciting it was for the<br />

little me to explore all those natural<br />

phenomena. Back then living in the<br />

countryside meant we were much more<br />

connected to the natural rhythms. The<br />

rebirth of all life after a very long Polish<br />

winter was a true spectacle. The<br />

abundance of life forms that were now<br />

emerging was in striking contrast to the<br />

white stillness that would cover<br />

everything in the previous months.<br />

Green was the prevailing colour.<br />

Being able to watch Nature from up<br />

close from an early age got me<br />

accustomed to the fact that most of<br />

flora and fauna procreate. You could not<br />

miss the cats getting all active and<br />

yelling during their fights competing for<br />

mates or the birds chirping excitingly on<br />

every tree. Farm life gave me many<br />

opportunities to see how the animals<br />

get involved in sexual activity. We had<br />

hens and I understood perfectly that in<br />

order for a hen to lay a fertilized egg,<br />

first she would have an intercourse (a<br />

rather brief one) with the cock. I also<br />

always how the cows get pregnant and<br />

how the baby calves are born.<br />

As early as I can remember, I was<br />

allowed to assist the cow. It was very<br />

exciting for me but equally dramatic for<br />

the mother cow. I remember how she<br />

would change within the hours prior to<br />

the labour. And we would also change –<br />

suddenly everybody would get more<br />

caring, even my father who normally<br />

didn’t see them as sentient beings. Now<br />

we all felt that she is going through a<br />

huge process and since she was a<br />

domestic animal, she depended on us.<br />

And we depended on her – her milk and<br />

her young. I also witnessed the death of<br />

many of our animals. Some of them<br />

were sacrificed so that our family could<br />

eat, and others died tragically. Before I<br />

turned 15, I assisted passing away of my<br />

two dogs and my beloved cat.<br />

I never personally assisted human child<br />

birth but I’ve seen countless videos of<br />

this breathtaking moment. One of my<br />

closest friends is getting trained to<br />

become a chaperone and the way she<br />

sees her role is truly admirable. She tells<br />

me stories of how she sometimes stays<br />

with the mother for the entire night,<br />

supporting her and trying to bring her<br />

back in touch with her natural strength.<br />

<strong>April</strong> | <strong>2019</strong>


Most of nowadays’ mothers to be have<br />

lost trust in themselves and are scared<br />

and helpless during the whole process.<br />

Thanks to my friend’s experience, I<br />

learned that the birth is equally dramatic<br />

for the mother and the newborn, as both<br />

of them go through a huge transition. The<br />

first moments right after the child is born<br />

are crucial and determine its entire<br />

life. But birth isn’t necessarily only the<br />

physical act. Ideas are born every day.<br />

And as humans, just like anything else in<br />

nature, in a lifetime we go through<br />

numerous cycles of life – death –<br />

rebirth.<br />

About five years ago I decided to embark<br />

on the path of personal development.<br />

Back then, I was still suffering from a<br />

chronic sexual dysfunction so first steps<br />

into the new me consisted of healing the<br />

physical body.<br />

Very soon, I realized that all the pain that<br />

was happening on the physical level was<br />

just a manifestation of my emotional state.<br />

The dysfunction was my companion for<br />

most of my life – it started when I was 11<br />

years. It was not easy to suddenly let<br />

go, because as much as my conscious mind<br />

wanted me to heal, my subconscious did<br />

not.<br />

However, after having tried all the options<br />

that the mainstream medicine had to offer<br />

and getting absolutely no results, I was<br />

quite desperate and was ready to do<br />

anything to save<br />

myself.<br />

When I started receiving my first<br />

shamanic treatments with the use of a<br />

potent plant medicine, I soon realized<br />

that what I needed to do was to save<br />

myself from myself. I began to understand<br />

all the self-sabotage mechanisms<br />

that were ruling my world. I came<br />

to understand that there are<br />

certain aspects of my ego that do<br />

not want me to get healed. But I<br />

knew I could no longer live a life<br />

full of suffering. It was either me<br />

or them. It truly was a matter of<br />

life and death. The ego death.<br />

I went through the process of the<br />

ego death several times. It was<br />

incredibly painful and utterly<br />

terrifying. The medicine was so<br />

potent and yet my ego really<br />

resisted. I realized my panicky<br />

fear of death and I would scream<br />

in agony, hoping that someone<br />

would come and save me from all<br />

this.<br />

A P R I L | 2 0 1 9 8


GRADUALLY, A SHIFT TOOK<br />

PURPOSE, THUS CREATING<br />

PLACE AND I WAS NOW<br />

CONSIDERING THAT PERHAPS<br />

DEATH ISN’T MY ENEMY.<br />

AFTER ALL – DOESN’T SHE<br />

COME TO TAKE AWAY WHAT<br />

NO LONGER SERVES ITS<br />

SPACE FOR NEW LIFE?


APRIL <strong>2019</strong><br />

But there was no way out. The more I<br />

tried to run away the deeper I would be<br />

taken into this process. Running away<br />

from myself was no longer an option.<br />

Carrying on with all the resistance and<br />

pain wasn’t possible either. The first few<br />

ego deaths were more of a mortal<br />

combat – painful, leaving me on the edge<br />

of madness. It was absolutely exhausting,<br />

confusing and I had left devastated for<br />

days after. However, my intention of<br />

getting healed was stronger than all that<br />

(or perhaps it was the desperation). It<br />

made me come back again, and again.<br />

Gradually, a shift took place and I was<br />

now considering that perhaps death isn’t<br />

my enemy. After all – doesn’t she come to<br />

take away what no longer serves its<br />

purpose, thus creating space for new life?<br />

I had kind of always believed it on a<br />

conceptual level. But what was<br />

happening to me in those shamanic<br />

ceremonies was far from conceptual – it<br />

was a deeply felt pain and terror that one<br />

experiences in the very close presence of<br />

death. Luckily, my determination was<br />

unshaken. As a consequence, with<br />

whatever was left of my conscious mind I<br />

decided to stop resisting. It wasn’t easy<br />

but I gave myself a chance… and as I was<br />

clearly feeling the death approach me one<br />

more time, I decided to go along till the<br />

end…<br />

dilation contractions. ‘How strange’ – a quick thought passed by. And then I<br />

started feeling squashed and pushed and pulled at the same time. And then it<br />

was clear to me – I was dying and I was being born at the same time. I knew I<br />

was screaming very loud and felt sorry for disturbing the ceremony but I<br />

couldn’t help it. It truly was a matter of life and death.<br />

I don’t remember exactly what happened right after. But I know I had gone<br />

through this a few times that night. Until finally, I was so exhausted I couldn’t<br />

do anything when she came to take me again. I spread my arms and<br />

welcomed her with an embrace. She returned that embrace which first made<br />

me collapse and then within seconds, she lifted me up. My arms started<br />

dancing, spiraling out like fresh asparagus sprouts. I was elated, I was thrilled<br />

- I was being reborn! With such ease and such grace. I stood up – no trace of<br />

tiredness, no more fear, I danced.<br />

My body started recovering and eventually, the physical illness left my body<br />

completely. I was a new person. After two years of hard work through tears<br />

and sweat I was beginning a completely new chapter of my life. The struggle<br />

and the pain that came with thorough internal cleaning had left me with a lot<br />

of free space. For a while I felt vulnerable, just like a newborn. I needed to<br />

learn how to put my first steps in this healthy body. I also intuitively knew<br />

how to get in tune with myself. By obliging with the natural forces of life and<br />

death I became even more closely connected to Mother Nature which was<br />

now, and still is, communicating with me through my own body.<br />

The first time I decided to surrender and<br />

let the death take me, was a big surprise. I<br />

didn’t see a white light or a tunnel.<br />

Instead, I started feeling strong pain in my<br />

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WHO IS ANIBIEN? We are a group of professionals from the USA, Canada, Poland and<br />

Austria who adopted Valencia as their community. Our common link is our desire to give back<br />

to our adopted home and our compassion for animals.<br />

WHAT DO WE DO? We have decided to use our respective skills to create a platform for<br />

fundraising through social activities which will bring together all members of the Valencia<br />

community who love animals<br />

You can help. Contact us - info@anibien.org<br />

PRESIDENTE<br />

Presidente was born last summer to a well-managed and healthy feral colony in Madrid. Boldly inquisitive by nature,<br />

his story is one where curiosity almost did kill the kitten. Seeking food, he was caught up in a container on no less than<br />

three occasions. The first time he emerged with just a cut. The second time he managed to break his tiny paw. And the<br />

third time he snagged a toe.<br />

While Presidente's break healed badly, with a serious infection leaving his left front paw a little twisted (see photo),<br />

there is no reason why he should not lead a perfectly normal and happy life. But it is tough for him to compete for food<br />

on the street. He needs a home—ideally, an apartment where he will not be tempted to run and jump too much as he<br />

might outside.<br />

This beautiful charismatic cat is well-socialised, taking trips to the vet in his stride and adapting easily to home life with<br />

a foster carer on several occasions. He enjoys hanging with the human kind and loves to be stroked. Presidente is also<br />

chilled around other cats and gets on well with all. His exploring days are over but he's a happy soul. These days he's<br />

pretty laid-back and just looking for the one.”


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PUBLIC BUS SERVICES IN VALENCIA<br />

Taking buses around Valencia will offer you the opportunity to get<br />

around the city whilst seeing the sights as you travel. It is important to<br />

remember that when you are taking the bus you will need to be<br />

reasonably independent - you will not necessarily know when you need<br />

to get off the bus so it can be more intimidating than catching the metro.<br />

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If you decide to travel by bus, it is worth considering buying combined<br />

tickets that will allow you to take the bus as well as the tram and the<br />

metro (see below for more details). The options include the Valencia<br />

tourist card or the Integrated Transport Ticket.<br />

Bus ticket prices:<br />

Single journey: €1.50<br />

Valencia Card: For full details, see our Valencia Tourist Card page.<br />

Integrated Transport Ticket: For the various combined ticket options,<br />

see our Valencia Metro page.<br />

Bus routes: Bus routes link<br />

Web: Official EMT Bus company website<br />

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PUBLIC TRAMS IN VALENCIA<br />

Add a There will be parts of Valencia that you cannot reach by metro. For<br />

these occasions there is generally a tram that takes its place.<br />

If you buy one of Valencia's combined ticket options that also cover buses<br />

and the metro, you will also be able to travel on the trams.<br />

Ticket prices:<br />

Single journey: €1.50<br />

Valencia Card: For full details, see our Valencia Tourist Card page.<br />

Integrated Transport Ticket: For the various combined ticket options, see<br />

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VALENCIA METRO<br />

Valencia's underground system is one of the quickest and easiest<br />

ways to get around the city. It is a comfortable way to travel in the<br />

summer as there is air conditioning in the carriages.<br />

For full details of the Metro system in Valencia, including ticket<br />

options, ticket prices, and journey times on website below.<br />

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For more info - www.metrovalencia.es<br />

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TUIN TRAVEL CITY CARD<br />

What is TuiN card?<br />

The TuiN card is a smart, single travel card for travel throughout the Metrovalencia network with additional<br />

advantages.<br />

How to charge it?<br />

It can be charged onto any contactless travel card (TSC) valid for the Metrovalencia network. In the future, it may<br />

also be charged on an NFC telephone and external sales networks.<br />

If you already own a TSC, you can charge it when the current balance runs out. Otherwise, you may purchase it<br />

pre-charged at the price set by FGV.<br />

Where to purchase it?<br />

Nowadays, you can charge it at Metrovalencia Customer Service Centres (CAC) and Customer Service Kiosks,<br />

where we will register your information to ensure you receive all of the advantages and help you resolve any<br />

possible incidences. You can also recharge your card at any ticket vending machine within the Metrovalencia<br />

network.<br />

As of <strong>April</strong> 2015, you can charge cards directly at ticket vending machines, although we still recommend you<br />

register at our customer service centres or online to receive all of the advantages that we offer (balance<br />

reimbursement in case of loss or theft, recharging your card online, etc.).<br />

Can I charge a new ticket if I still have journeys left from another ticket?<br />

No. You must use your journeys before, then you can charge a new ticket.<br />

What does it cost?<br />

You can acquire the ticket by charging a minimum balance of 10 € on your card, and additional multiples of 1 € (you<br />

may not charge cents).<br />

When you want to recharge your card balance, the minimum amount is also 10 € (and additional multiples of 1 €).<br />

How much does each journey cost?<br />

Once your card is charged, the price of each journey with the TuiN card is the same as a Bonometro:<br />

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0,72 € zone 1<br />

1,04 €, zone 2<br />

1,40 €, zone 3<br />

2 €, zone 4 (only airport)<br />

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- City Police: 092<br />

- Civil Guard: 062<br />

- Fire: 080<br />

- Red Cross: 963 67 73 75<br />

remember, you don't want to be driving into<br />

- Airport: 961 59 85 00<br />

- Renfe (National Train Service) Information: 902<br />

- Renfe Tickets: 902 24 02 02 or 963 52 02 02<br />

- Bus Station: 963 46 62 66<br />

- Port: 963 93 95 00<br />

- Post Office: 963 51 67 50<br />

- Valencia Regional Government Info: 012<br />

- Valencia City Hall Info: 010<br />

- Customs: 963 67 13 00<br />

- Visas, Embassies & Consulates<br />

Important local<br />

information<br />

Weekly Local Town Markets<br />

Local <strong>Community</strong> Centre<br />

in L'Eliana. Click to go to<br />

Facebook page<br />

- Villar del Arzobispo<br />

Friday<br />

- Lliria<br />

Thursday<br />

Casinos, L'Eliana and Benaguasil<br />

Wednesday-<br />

- Betera<br />

Tuesday<br />

Public Holidays in <strong>2019</strong>:<br />

. .<br />

There are some things which you just need to<br />

town to find that everything is closed down<br />

because you forgot it was a public holiday!<br />

1 Jan Tue New Year's Day<br />

6 Jan Sun Epiphany<br />

19 Mar Tue St Joseph's Day<br />

19 Apr Fri Good Friday<br />

22 Apr Mon Easter Monday<br />

1 May Wed Labour Day<br />

24 Jun Mon St John's Day<br />

15 Aug Thu Assumption of Mary<br />

9 Oct Wed Valencian Regional Holiday<br />

12 Oct Sat Fiesta Nacional de España<br />

1 Nov Fri All Saints' Day<br />

6 Dec Fri Constitution Day<br />

8 Dec Sun Immaculate Conception<br />

25 Dec Wed Christmas Day<br />

Emergency Numbers<br />

- Emergency: 112<br />

- National Police: 091<br />

USEFUL NUMBERS FOR<br />

VALENCIA:<br />

24 34 02 or 963 52 02 02


Local Business<br />

Services Directory<br />

HOME<br />

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POOL & GARDEN MAINTENCE / ALEX / BENAGUASIL AND LLIRIA / 699.361.907<br />

SERRANIA SOLAR / NATHAN / +34 619 589 210 OR UK MOBILE 0044 07743 755108<br />

MAN & VAN / DAVID SMITH / +34 615 462 452<br />

PLUMBER & ELECTRICIAN / TONY ROGERS / +34 677 201 382<br />

DOG AND HOUSE SITTING, HOUSE CLEANING /VILLAR DEL ARZOBISPO /<br />

JANICE PARKER / +44 752 389 5968<br />

CLEAN AND GREEN ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING SERVICES / KELLY DANVERS / +34<br />

633 975 167<br />

ANIMAL WELL-BEING<br />

ECLIPSE VETS / MARIA LLUCH BARBERA / +34 962.700.659 OR +34 652.161.659<br />

BUSINESS MATTERS<br />

CONVERSATIONAL TRANSLATIONS / DANI /+34 618 37 92 94<br />

SUSANA DIAZ ESTEBAN / PA & MANAGEMENT / SUSANA / + 34 651 407 565<br />

EXPAT WEB DESIGN / DERRICK BAILEY / +34 674 996 156<br />

CHLOE DELAUNAY COACHING / CHLOE DELAUNAY - CAREER & BUSINESS COACH<br />

/ +34 673 246 661<br />

ELENA ZURRIAGA VIRTUAL ASSISTANT SERVICES / ELENA ZURRIAGA -<br />

BUSINESS SUPPORT / +34 615 339 555<br />

VIDEOGRAPHERS / ANTON UZUNOV / +34 684 13 07 28


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ECO FRIENDLY PRODUCTS<br />

TIERRA DELICADA / DAVID JAMES / +34 617 24 27 42<br />

HAIR & BEAUTY<br />

NATALIE /MOBILE HAIR DRESSER / +34 679 62 56 27<br />

FITNESS, WELL BEING and EXERCISE<br />

YOGA WITH JENNISON / JENNISON GRIGSBY / +34 661 58 56 53<br />

YOGA VIDA HATHA YOGA / KELLY DANVERS / +34 633 975 167<br />

CONECTA QUIROPRACTICA / DR. VICENTE SANCHIS / +34 628 990 349<br />

ALTERNATIVE HEALING<br />

KAIKKI MASSAGE / DIDIER THOMAS / +34 602 87 61 92<br />

AYURVEDIC LIFESTYLE / RONAK NEGI / +34 962 324 478<br />

REIKI THERAPY / KELLY DANVERS / +34 633 975 167<br />

NUTRITION, FOOD<br />

WARRIOR UP TO WIN / NUTRITION HEALTH - KELLY DARLING / WHATS APP 001<br />

(480) 290 2906<br />

BICK'S BAKES / CAKES & DOG BISCUITS - KAREN BICKNELL / + 34 636 660 380<br />

FOR YOUR 'INDIAN DELIGHTS / MORGINI / + 34 642 189 873


Local Business<br />

Services Directory<br />

LA PUERTA COACHING /PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT SPECIALIST - ANNE E.<br />

DUGUID - TEL + 34 657 43 43 24<br />

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT<br />

LIAH BERLIOUX COACHING / LIFE COACH - LIAH BERLIOUX - TEL + 33 635 180 638<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

POMPINO LIVE MUSIC /ELECTRIC ROCK & KARAOKE FOR FIESTAS, ACOUSTIC<br />

FOR FUNERALS OR CHRISTENINGS / DEREK BELL - +44 7480 319 687<br />

BPSB - BUDDY PAUL'S SMOKIN' BLUES BAND / RED HOT JUMP BLUES, R'N'B,<br />

RICK'N'ROLL / PAUL TIDIMAN - +34 640 353 304<br />

HOLIDAY HOMES<br />

VILLA TORRENT / JEANNY GREVELINK / +34 678 446 129<br />

SCIENTIFIC HEALING TREATMENTS<br />

DELTA O2 / GHISLAIN MOUTON / +34 638 15 35 85<br />

SPIRITUAL & COSMIC<br />

BRUJA CELTA / MASAGE,HEALING, AROMATHERAPY (PHYSICAL,EMOTIONAL AND<br />

SPIRITUAL) WITCHCRAFT. /CHLOE / +34 673 146 224<br />

THE SIXTH SEED ASTROLOGY / ASTROLOGY /RADILINA SHANOVA / WHATS APP<br />

+44 7794 0854 04<br />

EXPAT SERVICES<br />

VALENCIA EXPAT SERVICES / LAURENCE LEMIONE / +34 676 78 0053<br />

FUNERAL PLANNING / DAVID HYDER / +34 618 25 56 37


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