This one is about encouragement. And the trickle effect it really can have… The other day I posted about how I was catching more waves with a little help from my friends… A push here or there allowed me to end up in the exact place I needed to be to ride a wave right back to the beach. But last night, surfing to sunset, I watched myself catch all of my own “green waves,” without feeling - for a second - like I was “alone.” Instead, I was surrounded by the many beautiful peopl

Patience. The waves teach me about patience. As does yoga. So far, my time at Vikara is revealing to me what I need to focus on. And that’s ironically to stop trying so hard to… Focus. Instead, I am being shown by the ocean, the beautiful people of Vikara, and Ecuador as a whole, to simply relax into life. I need to let mySelf be, allowing my mind to roam as free as the pelicans flying over the ocean... For instance, on my surfboard, I am watching myself be so eager and so ke

He tells me to paddle out when there isn't a set of waves coming in... Of course I do not listen. Instead, what I try to do is muscle my way out past the break, giving myself anything but a break… It’s called looking for “the window.” A brilliant surf expression applicable to all things in life. What it means is that you paddle out when there are no waves. Essentially... You Move in Stillness. Like the ocean turns onto Herself, this is a lesson I continuously learn over and o

Ok, so here's the re-KAP on last night's session. For those of you who read my last post, Venant Wong, "transmitter," is here in California offering his KAP, Kundalini Activation Process, as a means of awakening to the natural "life force" living within, in conjunction with the shared experience of non-duality. For me, as a preface, I was once a journalist traveling the world looking for the most effective forms of healing, and ultimately, making the world a better place. As

There's the quiet, innocent child that really just wants to play. The "tomboy," who most certainly, does not take"no" for an answer. The traveler, who no matter what, finds herself most at home with strangers. The dancer, who need not be anywhere else. The student, who studies, and loses herself in her books. The nature-lover, who longs to be connected to Mother Earth. The healer, who transcends all problems with a more expansive mindset. The writer, who's a friend to herself

We start by sensing our whole bodies. Sitting on our butts, legs apart and extended, we then draw our awareness to our feet. "They should be active," our instructor explains, "Never let them fall sideways." Little by little, our teacher breaks down the fundamentals of yoga. And how the secret of practice lies in the micro-skills. "It's in the details," he says to the class, "If you nail these, you can do any pose in the books..." "It's an innercise!" In learning about the fun