The Road Less Travelled

How to get to my cottage in these simple easy steps:

Step # 1...

Okay, let's keep going...

I'm starting to sweat now...

Nearly at the top...

I'm never gonna make it...

And now, it's all downhill from here...

Yay, there it is!  I can make it...

I did it - Thank Goddess!  And that was coming back from breakfast.  I think I'll nap now before I go back down for lunch in a few hours...then back up, then down for dinner & meditation...then back up...phew.

 

My calves have been screaming at me for the past 3 days.  I can't imagine how they'd be feeling if I didn't do Bikram yoga.  I'd likely be needing to borrow my brother's wheelchair! Ha!





My Kingdom for a Coffee!!

Holy Caffeine-withdrawal, Batman!!  Oy vey. 

No coffee since Wednesday morning.  I have had a headache for the past 2 days and all I've wanted to do is sleep.  It's Friday afternoon now, and I am just starting to feel human again. I'm so glad I arrived here early to acclimatize myself and get that coffee-thing out of my system first.  This really helps...

 

These delicacies are all made with cacao (pronounced ka-cow) with other superfoods incorporated into them.  It is certainly helping with my coffee addiction.  Perhaps a new addiction?  :)

First Impressions

I like this place!  It reminds me so much of Dominica, a country in which I lived for almost 4 years.  It is lush, humid, and soooo peaceful.

The people here are passionate about their little PachaMama community.  A lot of the residents came here on a Work Exchange Program and stayed.  It has been open for over 12 years now and has grown to a community of 80 residents and 20+ children and they are now building homes here. 

I feel a little under-named right now. :)  The people here have names like Adya and Raaji and Anamika and Anoosh and Rakoosh which I immediately forget!  These are (probably Sanskrit) names they've acquired with their new spiritual path.

There is a lot of excitement here right now as they are practising songs, and gearing up for the big White Light ceremony that starts Friday evening and goes continuously until early Saturday morning.  You must wear white (for your non-ego self) and yes, you can drink the "tea" to assist you with whatever vision you want to achieve.

Ah no...I won't be attending. 

A couple of pictures below, taken of my room.  Very simple accommodations.

 

 

What a pretty way to start my day...

This is the view looking out from the Liberia Airport Hilton this Wednesday morning.  Since I arrived at 9 PM last night, I had no idea what it looked like outside.  Three hours later...this is the view from my balcony at PachaMama...

 

Can you believe?!  I feel such gratitude!

Until tomorrow...good night.  xoxo

Nearly 3 years later...

Nearly 3 years ago I received my Bikram Yoga teaching certification. On Saturday, November 10, 2012, I received my re-certification in Los Angeles so I'm good to go for another 3 years.

There is probably lots I could share about my teaching journey in the past 3 years, but I'll save that for another time.

For now, I am just reviving my blog to write about my next adventure...my cleansing retreat at PachaMama, Costa Rica. You can preview the retreat at www.pachamama.com.

Stay tuned...