I met Aaron in Sayulita, at the Mariposa MediSpa. He shared many of his stories when we adventured to San Sebastian together with him and Chantal, the administrator for the Mariposa MediSpa. He has so much knowledge about his field and can become a beautiful inspiration to everyone! Continue reading
Weekly Photo Blog
This weeks photo is from Manhattan. I was walking during the night towards the Times Square. On my way I saw this beautiful church and in the background you see the Empire State Building, a bit in the fog and mist. In the foreground you see some yellow cabs. The whole scenery is very wild and chaotic and so New York. Continue reading
Weekly photo blog – A year of Freedom and Liberty
This week’s photo is from NYC as well, from the Statue of Liberty and me. This was my way of celebrating my birthday this year.
Statue of Liberty’s story you can read here… Continue reading
Weekly photo blog – At the crossroad in Times Square in NYC
This week’s blog picture is from Times Square in New York.
I spent some hours in Times Square around 2 years ago during the evening the first time. I was standing there, breathing in all this madness. The colours, the powerful energy and many people from all over the world coming there for their marriage kisses or pictures or just to tick it off from their bucket list. Continue reading
Weekly Photo Blog – Inner Spring from NYC
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So here I am in New York enjoying the new and blossoming spring! This picture is taken with my camera by Kristine Pregot and edited by Tiina Liimandi.
Weekly photo blog – living in abundance
This is a photo of my surroundings last week. I thought I have had so many photos of the water that lets get earthly here. Continue reading
Weekly photo blog – Full moon celebration on the boat
This is a photo from the full moon night on one of my friend’s boats in marina de La Cruz, in Puerto Vallarta. There is something very magical about this picture. Continue reading
Weekly photo blog – Sailing in the Banderas Bay
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Here it is. The wild sailing in the Banderas Bay. I also made a little video of it, so you can get a little part of our adventure by the end of the entry. We got out late in the … Continue reading
This weeks photo blog – message from the turtle
I had another amazing kayaking yesterday. It was a bit different than usual. There was so much more activity in the water. I enjoyed the flow and very calm conditions in the water. It felt so good and soothing for my soul. These kayaking trips have become now like dates with myself.
Suddenly I saw a little something floating in the water. I approached very slowly and it was obvious there was a turtle there… Continue reading
Weekly photo blogging starts now
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I would love to inspire my English speaking fans with some small bits and pieces as well. I will post at least one photo per week and tell the story behind it and what I love about it. Everyone is … Continue reading
Roadmap from chaos to paradise!
What does it mean when there is a lot of chaos happening?
Over the years working with new time energies I have noticed that when we are moving to higher altitudes or new levels there will be created chaos. Unexpected things may happen and at times it feels so crazy that you can not really understand with your mind what is going on. Continue reading
All the love you are looking for lies in YOU!
I have had some real intense experiences during these last 2 months. Today while walking home listened to a song which had that message in the title: ALL THE LOVE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR LIES IN YOU! It was a good reminder to me and I guess to everyone to never forget that! We are all so occupied to find love outside of ourselves that we very often forget to find it in ourselves. It gets us nowhere, as in the end we are going to have only ourselves anyway. I am so grateful for everyone who have been part of this journey to get me that far deep in ME. It has been a very deep and salty dive. I thought I have seen the rock bottom, but this was even deeper… Continue reading
Making love to the unknown
So here I am in west Mexico. It is my 8th month in Mexico this year and I am still here and happy. How come? I will tell you some little pieces of my journey and also how I now instead of kissing the unknown, make love to the unknown. This is another level of living – this is living from the heart. Continue reading
Another day in Paradise – counting my blessings
Today I started my journey around 8.20. I walked through the jungle and got to the main plaza in Sayulita in no time. Somehow the road seems shorter and shorter every time. This walk is so magical. I love the greenness of it so much. It is like living food by the side of the road for me. I counted my blessing number one – JUNGLE WALK. Continue reading
Next destination – Sayulita, Mexico’s Surf paradise!
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In the beginning of October I had the honour to host 4 Estonians and be their adventure guide in La Cruz, Banderas Bay and Sayulita, west Mexico. It was a full 4 days full of adventures, magic and challenges. I would love to make a little summary of this soon. So stay tuned.
After that I started to prepare for the volunteer work with Organic StretchingTM and in the end I got 5 volunteers and my days got filled with it as well with StretchDance in the Sea in La Cruz (6 classes all together per week). I keep a journal and it is really exciting to see where things go and how it develops.
Now the new move is ahead of me to Sayulita, the surfer’s paradise in Mexico. After that I am kissing the unknown again… and loads in between. Sayulita is called the ‘magic town’ so I am ready for the magic for sure!
The kindness and flow continues and I am stepping more into my own heart and flow from there.
StretchDance in the Sea this autumn in La Cruz, Mexico
Check out the flier for the classes! Stretchdance autumn 2013-1
Every Tuesday and Friday at 10 am in La Cruz, by the parking lot. 50 pesos. Take with you mask and snorkel!
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StretchDanced the Storm away!
Every time I go to the class I think maybe I should prepare more. Then the voice in me tells – no. You can just go and improvise and take contact with the group energy and enjoy the flow. It will turn out like LILA – the divine dance of the micro and macro cosmos inside and outside of you. Most amazing is that it does! Every single time!
Yesterday evening I got the message that the tropical storm is heading towards us and probably it is going to be be like 3 days of really bad weather. I had planned to have my StretcDance in the Sea class in the morning. So I tuned in to the storm energy and said, if it would love to express itself, could it come up like around midday not earlier? With that in mind I went to sleep.
I woke up and it was really rainy. I went to check it and it was all cloudy but not much of a wind. So I decided to go. I tuned in to the ocean and asked it to deliver a warm current to the spot where we usually have our class. So I got to the beach and wondered if there is someone else brave showing up and yes, one of the mermaids was. She was fully prepared with the equipment.
We said our usual aloha to the ocean and then our toes touched the water and it was really warm. Outside temperature must have been around 25 C, inside it was around 35 C for sure. Wow. What a surprise. So the magic had worked!
We got in and put our snorkels and masks on and saw the bottom. Wow the water was clear! During the first exercises I observed one bigger fish, who was actually checking his breakfast but i guess we were too big to bite. In between the waves were coming in and I was swimming in the clouds. It was a very mystical and mysterious feeling.
Throughout the class one movement after the other presented itself and we got more and more relaxed went deeper and in between it was almost hard to speak as we got so relaxed that it felt like the left side of the brain was turned off completely.
Doing the classes or courses outside in the nature is the most amazing classroom one could imagine. The outer reflects the inner. Today we could hear the symphony of the raindrops getting into the water and also some birds flying and the ocean and the water was very warm and felt almost like an embracing mother. Everything was so humble and it literally felt like the ocean and the nature were bowing down to us and to our dance. There was something magical in the water and in the air. Unusual. Not describable.
We got out exactly one hour later and it was much colder outside than inside, usually it is the other ways.
Then my wonderful human mermaid said something to finish up as we were expressing gratitude to each other in this playful classroom. She said that when she travels away she can still do the moves and it can remind her of me. I thanked her of being the brave mermaid coming out to play as it is always nicer to play together with someone than just alone.
The storm did not reach to our location today and in the news it said during the night it had ‘dissipated.’ One should not think one can order weather, but what if we could? What would happen then?
Tell me about some of your ocean experiences. What is it you love about this ocean university, what has it taught you?
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Bicycle adventure in Mexico
Today, after I had worked online for several hours, I felt my body was ready for a new adventure. I got some directions how to explore more of my neighbourhood. So off I went around 5.30 pm. The weather was not too bad. What I mean by that is that it was not too hot. It was actually cloudy and really ok temperature. September is the hottest month over here, so usually it is around 45C every day during the daytime.
The first part of the road was like in the jungle movie. Big trees, overgrown on the sides, and then this long green grass on both sides. The first stretch was without any pavement, later on it was paved, so I could enjoy my bicycle ride.
Just after maybe 1 km I got to the first houses of Nuevo Vallarta, where the big hotels have been recently built one after the other snaking by the ocean side. One hotel is bigger than the other. The road was wide and very well done, so for the bicycle, it was a paradise. It seemed to become happier and happier as the time went buy. My eyes were enjoying these views of these beautiful houses by the road, hotels and loads of palm trees, alleys and all kind of other exotic trees. It is so lush and green right now as we have been having rain almost every night. In addition some thunderstorms and lightning.
The road was continuing for a long long time. So I did something what I did a lot when I was a kid. I just picked one road and wanted to see where it went. So I just followed it until I could not go any more. As it was a little village it was not a problem, because all the roads ended somewhere. But this one continued long. I think it must have been around 45 minutes later I was in the very end of it, as I could not go further.
As the prize for my long drive I saw this little Mayan temple and the pyramid. On the side of it I saw many banana trees with their bananas on. I remember some of my first times in Hawaii, when I discovered how bananas grow and also how the whole ‘big plant (because it is actually not a banana tree)’ will be cut down as the bananas are ripe. So I even did some videos of these to archive the precious moments of meeting the bananas. You see, as a person from Estonia, it is a very precious moment indeed.
Then I turned back and even found one or two trees with plumerias. In a way it was a bit sad to see all these big hotels and developments. Nothing seemed to be done in cooperation with the nature. Of course I do not know all the details, but it seemed so. What about small cute Mexican style clay houses? Or ecohotels? I guess over here the thought goes where the masses go. I hope it will change one day.
Later I got to another road, which I also wanted to check where it goes, but they had guards there and seemed it was more closed. So I turned around. On one of the corners there were some local Mexicans and they were all waving to me after I shouted HOLA and one of them even said out loud:
‘Hey pretty lady!’
I must have missed one of the turns as I looked at the houses and these looked very strange. So I thought, it is not so far, so I can just bicycle back by the side of the road.
That is where the ‘real adventure started.’ I guess maybe my masculine side got a bit tired of me just having this long slow stroll with the bike, which felt like driving a Mercedes, so comfortable. So I get to the main cross and the traffic lights are difficult to understand. there is no clear understanding which light is meant for who. So I tried to figure out and of course started to move exactly where it turned for red for me. Luckily I could stop (in the middle of the road) and get going when all of the cars had passed.
So I got to the main road and thought there must be some kind of side shoulder or side road. I tried to cross the main highway (both ways 2 lanes) and that was a challenge. It must have taken me around 13 minutes or so to get to the other side as the traffic was very heavy.
So I got to the other side and even if the shoulder is like 4-5 meters wide and you even have the strong yellow line strongly painted close to the edge, so that the cars should see it clear, there were many cars which passed me so close that I swallowed hard.
So I tried to get as close to the side of the pavement as I could. As it is a total anomaly sight over here to see a white girl driving a bike with very short shorts as well, I got lots of cheering up from most of the cars. Would never happen in Estonia.
Then the next thing came up. One of those side roads which looked nicer and quieter were full of hidden dogs on the side. So they could jump into your bike any moment and then ‘take a little bite ‘ of your leg… I had 2 wild dogs like that coming towards me. Then I stopped so suddenly they got shocked and then I shouted at them some really rude words in Estonian and they were totally shocked and ran back. Works every time. Wow.
So in between I was not sure if I was going in the right direction. I checked some of the buses and they had the sign to Bucerias, so I knew I was on a right track. Then I could see some of the familiar buildings – Wallmart, soon came Mega. I was surprised that there were not so many cars out there, but as it is a national independence day today here in Mexico, everyone is celebrating at home I guess. So I wonder if it would have been more cars as usual would I have been run over then?
In the end I just got so into the zone of that danger (my hands even shaking in between) that I almost passed my turn. I happily got to my side of the road and cruised into the community feeling like I had passed some kind of Mexican test or something. Feeling proud of myself.
Then I thought to make a little bicycle round in the community, but first thought to check on the new neighbours – a female couple. They were home, kindly offering me their amazing salads and we were talking stories about ourselves, Mexico and life. It was so nice. We were just so on the same page. They showed me their backyard and the development project which was going on there. That looked really good. They are a Canadian couple who are here in Mexico for good. I admire people like that, who just come and change like that! We also shared some fun stories about Mexican time!
I must have spent more than an hour there. I got home, had a nice cold outdoor shower, fed the cat, who was so happy that took off right after. I myself had another additional bite to sit down and write this.
It just works for me to adventure a little bit every day. Find new places and give my body some new possibilities to move and discover new ways.
This morning I did Organic StretchingTM and the topic for today was ‘multidirectional movement’ and I had a nice session on the floor. I guess what happened was that I also got that ‘multidirectional’ into my bicycle trip. I got back home safe and was totally multidirectional.
Now the body is tired and feels like I would love to go to bed early tonight. Early for me is like midnight (usually go to bed around 3 am). I even thought of starting to have these morning bike rides every day. I will see what the body says in the morning for this. As during the day it gets so hot, it is impossible to move.
The body was happy, the mind was happy and the elements were in total balance and also got some social input, which I have had quite a lot this week. During the last 3 days I have adventured every day – Friday the PV trailer filming. Saturday the eco community visit and today the bike. I have also discovered I am most effective when I have some adventures and then work again. Too much of the same does not really work for me. I am happy to get it confirmed over and over again.
Tell me about you and your adventures?
When was the last time you adventured?
Do you have your weekly, daily small adventures?
Would you love to adventure with me one day?
Check out the Hawaii adventures. Still some spots available!
Check out the nice gallery of the journey!