Ever grabbed your head, your tits and and your ass, looked up at the sky and thanked God to be alive? I have that experience in Central America everyday!
Here are some pics of Monica and I surfing a secret beach in Costa Rica. We ran out of gas on the road and were blessed with a Tico fix from a friendly passerby who helped me to push the truck up the hill as Monica steered and brought us gas in a bottle on the side of the road (everyday, a new adventure!). The waves were super fun and I surfed awesome (I’m getting better everyday!) but there’s always one that takes me under and the more confident I get, the more gnarly my wipeouts! This time it was one of the largest waves I’ve gone for and my nose took a dive as I fell over the falls, I tucked into a ball, prayed for my board and fins not to hit me, grabbed my head, my tits, and my ass, popped up and thanked God for my life!
Close your eyes and imagine the most beautiful place in the world; a paradise in which you long to be… Now… GO!
I promise change is not as scary as it seems!
Everyday in Central America, people ask me where I’m from (“de dónde eres?”) and each day my love for my country (the one I live in, Nicaragua) gets stronger, is another day it gets harder to answer that question. I was born in New York City, but I don’t feel I am from there. I lived and loved in Florida, but I am not from there either. Never quite a city girl, I have a country heart! My wingspan grows with my courage and broadens my path around the world. The more I abandon fear, the greater my adventures!
Don’t pinch me. I am not on vacation. I sold what I could, I gave away the rest, my friends helped me a lot! I packed what I could carry and on October 16th, 2014, I flew home. Now, I live where I love. I am awake, and I am dreaming!
These pics are from my Christmas trip to Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, where I’m visiting friends, but I have found my home in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. I have a guest house on a large farm by the beach and you can visit whenever you want!
My address for mail and packages containing raw almond butter (hint!) is as simple as my life here:
“Bianca Sultana
San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua”
❤ Let me know if you send something, so I check at the post office.
Little did I know, that exactly one week from the date of that post, I would accept the position of General Manager at Nica Yoga in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. An opportunity which would bring me back to the very spot from which my journey began back in March of this year; that Majestic Land where I wished, prayed and dreamed to be.
I never would have guessed that by 33 my life’s story would have a moral, and yet, I have quite clearly been bestowed a gift as an example for all to:
Never lose sight of your dreams, for so long as your intentions are true, all for which you wish will be granted to you.
In the truck/taxi from the airport, I was so excited!
Likewise, Bear fascinated in his new home. (Bear has been getting along famously in Nica by the way; he has made friends with the local dog gang and is in the process of dethroning its current leader and claim his reign as King. What can I say? Like mother, like bear cub!)
My first morning, taking it all in. Nicaragua is my home now. This land is mine to explore. I live here.
Praise be to The Universe.
I am blessed. Believe.
Together in Health!
xob
Sometimes I get sad that I haven’t met the man I am supposed to marry. I don’t want to bike, swim, hike, run alone. I want to fall in love with my best friend, a man who will appreciate the finer things in life: a sandy bum, a perfect swell, the smell of salt water and sunscreen, the way the heart dances between your throat and your stomach on a mountain bike trail, bike dancing on a Friday night… I don’t need money, I don’t crave things. Designer handbags no longer speak me. I prefer a truck to Lamborghini, and a date under shooting stars then to a Five Star. I have traveled all over the world, backpacking on my budget and jet setting on his, I know which way is better. I want good love and good love making, good food, good health…
And good friends! I have been in South Florida exactly two years and I haven’t found them yet. Tonight I overheard a girl say, “look for the bar with the fanciest cars out front, because that is where the nicest people will be” and, “he’s a nice guy, he’ll buy you jewelry.” But jewelry doesn’t fool me. I am living surrounded by stuff, things, materialism… I am drowning in this noise!
In New York, it was all about money, how much you have and making more. There’s no end to how much you “need,” no amount is ever enough. New Yorkers live on a hamster wheel that never lets up, working, churning for two weeks of vacation a year, ten-fourteen days of freedom, of peace, striving for a “future” that never comes because greed is a hole that can never be filled. But, in South Florida, it’s all about appearances. “Looking” good or “looking” rich – he drives a Ferrari, but he also sleeps in it! She’s beautiful, a surgeon sculpted her. INauthentic would best describe these people, this place.
From NYC fashionista to fitness model to country girl to jungle child. I long for the rip tide ride of Maderas and to be high on the clouds from the mountains above Allejuela.
I am a trainer, a coach, an athlete, a “model” of health, and yet, I am NOT perfect. My weight fluctuates with the seasons and I am still trying to get it right. I struggle with my diet everyday. And some days I flat out don’t want to workout. Sometimes I push through it, other days I cave and give in. Today, was one of “those days” where all I wanted was to eat ice cream in bed. I tried to fight the urge, but I just couldn’t shake it. As part of my work I take and post lots of photos, not just because I dabble in modeling, but because I genuinely love the art of photography. I enjoy everything about creating a photograph from designing the set and the mood, to creating angles with my body and character in my expression, I choose the fashion, do the hair, the makeup, I edit my own work and I choose what to share, it is not always fitness, sometimes it’s sexier, edgier, it is NEVER “glamour,” it is always artistic and it is always a part of me. In some pictures I have a six pack, in others, I clearly do not. But, I try to share my struggles as well as my success. Many of my pictures are edited (by me). These are not.
Here, some shots from my latest photo shoot with AJG FILMPRODUCTIONS that illustrate the mood I was in today, wanting to curl up in bed and indulge in sweet treats. I have traded my six pack for “rolls” in these shots, but I am sharing the photos untouched; not even lighting has been corrected. Completely raw, entirely real. UN-edited… ME.
Watch this video to see photoshop EXPOSED. Now, tell me, is she perfect?
HOW PHOTOSHOP SHOULD BE USED >>
Now, I am going to go to the gym. I had a lazy day. I ate ice cream. I stayed in bed longer than anyone should. Even if I only get through half my workout, I owe it to myself and my dreams to try! Not for perfection, not to be someone other than me. To be ME, for me, the best me I can be!
Hi Guys!! This is my goodbye, bon voyage, see ya later!!
I will be taking the BODYbybianca Training System to Central America, traveling between Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. I’m leaving tomorrow 3/18 and will be back in the states sometime mid April. All I know is my friends are leaving me in a foreign country, Nicaragua on Saturday 3/22 and I will somehow be making my way to San Jose, Costa Rica, where I have to be on April 5-12 for Yoga Teacher training.
I am nervous and excited and there is no way I will be sleeping tonight. Wish me luck and follow my journey on this blog!
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If you have been reading my blog you know I have been having a tough time over a breakup, and not just any breakup, but heartbreak over a man who I loved deeply and I truly admired, the man, if you recall, I call Alligator Hands. Last night, I cried. Again. But, if you know me beyond this new blog, if you have followed my story on Facebook.com/BiancaSultana for the last three years, if you have read my daily tweets @BiancaSultana you know my motto is #EverydayBetter.
So, am I still living Everyday Better?
The answer is YES. I enjoy my life; I do not endure my life. That means I do not live in spite of my problems, I live outside of my problems. Trust, bad times come with the good, and I am a sensitive girl, so while I cannot prevent negativity from crossing paths with my heart, I CAN refuse it into my spirit. So, I may cry over a breakup in one moment, but in the very next I will be out on my bike smiling over the beauty of a palm tree, which since I moved here to Florida happen to be all around me. I am blessed.
I started sharing my journey because I aspired to inspire. I have a story I feel has to be shared and a voice worthy of telling. I have battled some real issues from disordering eating to depression, family strife to financial hardship. But somehow, even when it seemed every odd was stacked against me, and there were plenty, I am coming out on top and I love that I can bring you with me. I am Everyday Better.
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
I do not fear death for I have faith. But I will not flee life for I have learned the key to living, and it is so simple it boarders on insulting: DO. WHAT. YOU. WANT.
Abandon every notion you have on what you thought you wanted and who you believed you needed to be because it’s crap! Do not live in the shadow your parents, your teachers, your peers painted for you because the very fact that it is shaded makes it dark, and as much as a plant soaks in the sun, we feed on light.
DO WHAT YOU WANT. It’s simple. You KNOW what you want. But we have been so conditioned by society’s shackles we even believe that we do not know what we want. But that’s crap. What you want is to be happy. It’s not money, a Chanel handbag or Louboutins. It’s not a corner office, a Ferrari, a mansion or yearly yacht excursions to St. Barths. Find what makes you happy, truly happy, and you will be free. Perfect it, and you will be rich.
I did this. I know. I live Everyday Better because that is my daily choice.
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
I do not fear death for I have faith. But I will not flee life for I have learned the key to living, and it is so simple it boarders on insulting: DO. WHAT. YOU. WANT.Abandon every notion you have on what you thought you wanted and who you believed you needed to be because it’s crap! Do not live in the shadow your parents, your teachers, your peers painted for you because the very fact that it is shaded makes it dark, and as much as a plant soaks in the sun, we feed on light.
DO WHAT YOU WANT. It’s simple. You KNOW what you want. But we have been so conditioned by society’s shackles we even believe that we do not know what we want. But that’s crap. What you want is to be happy. It’s not money, a Chanel handbag or Louboutins. It’s not a corner office, a Ferrari, a mansion or yearly yacht excursions to St. Barths. Find what makes you happy, truly happy, and you will be free. Perfect it, and you will be rich.
I did this. I know. I live Everyday Better because that is my daily choice.
BODY BY BIANCA 