24 June 2013
Wall at Yoga Garden, San Anselmo
I've been in California now for over a week and so far. I've done yoga and been to a park where the fountain boast statues of Indiana Jones and Yoda. Sounds very California to me...
I'm also sleeping in a round bed, next to a giant gold Buddha statue...in an apartment where the house pet is a Cockatoo.
WHERE AM I????
Exactly where I need to be right now.
After all the stress of "What do I do with my life!!!?" I am finally doing something with my life!
I came across a new student deal at the yoga studio across the way ($49 for unlimited yoga!) and have gone four days in a row so far. Today I might try for 2 classes :)
I have what feels like a cold but I think it's actually me detoxing from the stress of the previous months. I've experienced this before while on retreat as well as during my first acupuncture treatment. Today I feel much better.
I've taken the opportunity of starting my wellness journal (something I was given as a welcome gift when I enrolled at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition). My classes have also started to encourage us, as future health coaches, to experience the process ourselves which I have found fascinating and difficult all at the same time. So, not only experimenting with different ways of eating (I don't like using the word "diet") but also taking a look at and repairing and/or nurturing our relationships, work, spirituality and physical exercise. It's definitely a process and going through a detox amidst it all is not surprising.
I am very grateful for the experience though. I believe it will give me a wonderful head space to begin Culinary School within.
I also upgraded my ancient texting phone (which randomly shuts off) for an iPhone. Now...it's not the newest one (I got the phone "free" with a contract renewal) but it's an iPhone all the same. Not something I thought I'd ever get (but I stopped saying "never" a long time ago). The thing I am even more excited about...besides the iPhone's camera...is that I bought a case that looks like a TARDIS from Doctor Who. LOVE. I might even blog about that all by itself. I have noticed a pattern with my phones. I tend to get a new one every time I go through a major life change...when things are on an upswing. Otherwise I hold onto the phones until they break or are stolen.
So that's the scoop. I plan to do yoga every day...interrupted by a week of camping. I also want to look into some part time work or projects. I want to manifest fun ones though...and ones that will accommodate my yoga schedule (never thought I'd say that!).
Life is an extraordinary and crazy thing.
XO