Crowdfunding campaign for a dome @ Campo de Cebada!

Campo de Cebada is a site,  in the heart of La Latina, managed by the neighborhood association AVECLA, that offers all kind of cultural and social activities for the general public.

They are looking for funding to build a geodesic dome, with a capacity for about 200 people, in which to organise free cultural events proposed by people in the neighbourhood.

The idea is to build it using recycled materials and involving different groups and citizens of Madrid, so that it becomes an space which can be enjoyed and used by everyone.

If you would like more information on how to help finance this project, please click here.

So far, they have collected 4,335 € between more than  149 participants, although their objective is to reach 6,000 €.

Here is a list of the rewards you might get according to the amount of funding provided:

Yoga for children

 I quite like yoga and love practicing it with the kids.

Yoga develops both body and mind, and it can be a very beneficial exercise for the children's muscles and spinal cord, as well as for training their equilibrium. The different yoga postures work the muscles all over the body and teach the children how to maintain a correct posture. Yoga also teaches them how to breathe slowly with the abdomen, so that they learn how to relax and calm down.

As most of the postures refer to animals and things you find in nature, they are quite fun for children to learn and, given the great flexibility children have, they get them pretty easily.

A few days ago I went to a yoga with children workshop organised by Dideco in their shop at calle Príncipe de Vergara.

The workshop was for children from 4 to 8 years of age and was taught by a girl from the Asociación Duendeduca, who really made a great effort to make the children enjoy the activity. Even though the space was quite small, as the workshop took place in a little corner inside the shop, she managed to make the most of the time we spent there.

First, she began with a bit of breathing and a children's version of the Sun Salutation, followed by some typical yoga postures such as the cat, the tree, the fish and the cobra.

A little bit of Om to finish, and everyone went home happy and relaxed!

Rollerblade your way around Madrid

Rollerblading is a great and fun way to get some exercise done and lift some of the tension we accumulate during those hard working days. You might say that you've never put a pair of rollerblades on and that you are too old to start now. Allow me to disagree, one is never too old to learn anything new and fun.

This is where my friends of Sobre 8 ruedas come in. They are group of people who love to rollerblade and are keen on transmitting their knowledge of this great sport. They give classes all over Madrid for a very good price, some of them are even free! The classes take place in public parks and are geared towards all sorts of levels and different types of skating and rollerblading.

For us Mums, who don't have time to go to the gym, is a way of keeping fit while doing something fun with your kids. They start from the age of 3, and you would be amazed at how quickly they can progress. In no time, they'll be skating better than you! I have recently joined their classes with my mother and my children, three generations together sharing a common experience and having a good time.

I absolutely reccomend it. They are a group of very nice people who also like to organise events to rollerblade in groups around Madrid. I attended their Christmas tour around Recoletos and Paseo del Prado, for which we all dressed up as Father Chistmas, and apart from falling on my bum going down Cuesta del Mollano, we had a blast!!! Here is a video to prove it: