You Better Belize It! Cahal Pech Experience

Belize, what a beautiful place and quite accessible from the states. A simple 3 hour flight from Charlotte and ta da you have arrived. A quick bus ride and hello San Ignacio, home to xunantunich ruins which are a great site and visited by an influx of tourists because you can see Guatemala from the top. It's beautiful really, but the ruins of Cahal Pech got my attention quite a bit more. Just a short walk up from San Ignacio city, up a brutal hill in the heat I might add, you find this ruin set back and not filled with hustle and bustle. 

Cahal Pech was a ruin that held quite a large public market, a priest, a private market and the rulers home and a back area set for servants... Typical, however, the energy of this place was amazing. I travel with a great friend who experienced this energy and can only explain it herself, but I witnessed the chill bumps on her skin and the sheer look in her eye that there was something disturbed by us being there. Not wanting to stir up any negative spirits we took a minute to talk out loud that we were simply there to explore, not to damage or disrespect the space in any way. The back quarters, the space where the servants would have lived was the strongest. There was ill will there. Moving through the ruins we took a photo in the rulers bedroom and an aura of mist surrounds my entire body, seen only through the camera lense and on the photograph itself, it's quite intriguing. 

Being able to experience this in a foreign land and in an ancient myan ruin was a privilege. Just imagining the different way of life during that time puts everything today into prospective. After our experience with these new feelings and intrigue, we spent some time in the meditation room (yes, in the ruins) and came out feeling cleansed and at peace. 

What decisions had been made in that room in the past, what decisions were left at the door to that room in the past... Rulers had great responsibility that they took very seriously, knowing that waging war could cost lives and they would have to live with those decisions... Those decisions that would result in death, that is heavy... Just like the energy of the space outside of this room.

There is a lot to be said for the adage of 'leave it at the foot of the cross' whatever that means for you, leave the world at the door and check in with you, enter the meditation room with just yourself, baggage at the door, find a clear state of mind, for when you go out into the world again things will still be there, but you will have a clear head and a nourished body and soul. You will be prepared to face your day, take a breath, make the right decisions for you and yours, jump in and watch your manifestations unfold.

Inner work

After my last post where I needed to vent and re-route my feelings, I was able to calmly and with non-violent communication, have a conversation and find out quite a few things that really cleared the air. It's amazing how easily things can get misinterpreted etc... 5 points for communicating!

I've been co-collaborating Yoga in Action and it is quite amazing to see the transformation in students, and in myself. I went through the program in NY and it was great, and teaching it now is completely different yet still inspiring. Students don't often realize that they are in fact too teachers.

From Sleeping Beauty we hear mirror mirror on the wall... take a look what do you see. My life is chaotic, I can't decide what I'm going to do, what my next step is going to be. I decided today, after meditations, looking deep and seeing that inner critic show his grimy face and turning him around etc... that I'm going to do what I really want to do and I need to let go of my own inhibitions and just dance and play and make it happen. Why do I second guess myself so often? What am I so afraid of? Go for it k10, jump in and meet your souls desires.

Sooo on that note, you guys better all meet me in Belize for an amazing yoga and diving retreat! It's a big step for me to reach out and start something that I can call my own, but at the end of the day its not about me, its about making changes in the world, and that is my intention with this program. Whether someone takes it and runs with it, or they simple view things in a new way and share it with a friend, the seeds will be planted!

Excited :)