I landed here the night before last but exhausted and with a migraine and blogging hasnt really felt like a priority. Its brought up a lot of emotions. I realised most of the stuff I was worrying about in London just doesnt matter here. I spent yesterday on the beach noticing how sore the muscles in my jaw were and how much I have obviously been clenching it. Funny the things we dont notice as they are happening...
I love Mexico. Even the air is like an embrace. The people. The smells. The colours. It has felt like coming home. The beach was stunning. I prefer playa in down season. Its quieter. More relaxed. People seem happier. Its amazing how much better sunshine makes everything....
Then I saw my buddy Alex and met Christine who might come and live with me in the evening. Really lovely to see them both. After that I headed to yoga. It was an interesting class for me. I feel like I have made such a commitment to doing the training that in some ways it felt quite scary. I kept trying to concentrate on making space. That seems to be a theme for me at the moment. If you make space, be in in your joints or in your life, you make the space for change to occur.
Yesterday was Ganesh's birthday. I cant help feel that this bodes well. He is the Lord (the one with the elephants head) of Obstacles from your path and the Lord of Beginnings. Could it be a better omen? He also has a pot belly as apparently he was too alluring before and another god decided that wouldnt do. I like him even more just for that. According to wikipedia (I know perhaps not the most spiritual of sources, but in a zen way wonderful in its simplicity)...
"Ganesha is Vighneshvara or Vighnaraja, the Lord of Obstacles, both of a material and spiritual order.[82] He is popularly worshipped as a remover of obstacles, though traditionally he also places obstacles in the path of those who need to be checked. Paul Courtright says that "his task in the divine scheme of things, his dharma, is to place and remove obstacles. It is his particular territory, the reason for his creation.""
[I have decided I am more about zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, rather than some quest for spirituality - sometimes simple and honest is better than a story after all...]
So I am hoping that Ganesh gives me a great new beginning here and provides me with the obstacles I need to grow and removes the ones I dont (which I am pretty sure are more of my own making than anything else).
I am sore this morning. We did twists and heart openers last night and I feel like someone has slipped their fingers between my ribs and given them a good pull apart. I couldnt quite find my flow tho. I suspect the jet lag and emotion. Yoga is such a good mirror of whats going on. I need to throw myself into it. Not hold back. Trust it.
This is the gayatri matra that we sang at the end of class as a happy birthday - it was also Yoga by the Way's third birthday. Please have a listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKigD3vY8A
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