Well only 5 more days until my first challenge is finished.
How has the experience been so far? Very good- I never had the perfect routine of going to bed by 10:30 and waking up at 6:30 as I had planned down but I had a lot more consistency to my days.

Yesturday was Sunday, and I woke up and it was a struggle to try and do my  routine, as 5 minutes after waking up I had the opportunity to go out in the boat… “RIGHT NOW.” So I felt super rushed, I managed to do many of my routine really quickly- however, the feeling wasn’t the same because I was really rushing. I left the Neti pot on to long, so then I added cold water to my water/salt mixture to cool it down- but never added enough salt back to the mixture so my nasal passage was burning instead of feeling the glorious. I made a cucumber juice drink and lemon tea- but never waited 30 minutes between drinks. I was so rushed I never relaxed enough for a B.M and there was no time for meditation or pranayama. However, once we got out in the boat- it was very peaceful and super beautiful. I went snorkeling and I also went to a very beautiful beach with no around for miles! I enjoyed watching the fish over the corals,and all the beautiful blue and greens of the sky and ocean. The Mayan Riviera is just beautiful. I also had a very nice day with my partner, which was really needed as he has been working so hard lately we haven’t had a Sunday to enjoy nature and each others company together for awhile. I was very conscious of the fact I needed to think about doing things to Pacify my Pitta in the morning so that I would be able to enjoy the heat of the day and all that comes with it. I brought berries and tea out on the boat with me- but when temptation of beer and clam and habanero flavored potato chips (so spicy) called my named… I answered.
It’s so interesting… I feel like I am really becoming sensitive to my body… I am being aware of the accumulation of a certain dosha (pitta, vata or kapha) and I know when it’s going to become aggravated…I am learning now how to alleviate the symptoms so that it returns back instead of overflowing into my rasa and rakta (blood and plasma) and taking the chance that it might settle somewhere in my body and manifest as a disease.
– Right now I am finding Ayurveda very, very interesting and amazing. I am also am finding it very interesting learning about myself… my imbalances, my tendencies… why I am attracted to certain things. How I have been doing certain things, choosing certain foods and activities throughout the years- thinking only about how I felt at the moment and not after… not listening to my body and just accepting pain, discomfort and disease. That was my normal. So many times in my early 20’s I went out drinking and had a combination of drinks and food, and took in all types of sights, sounds, etc… and the next day I just felt horrible. I made myself physically sick- and when I called my friends to talk about the night before, everyone else was in the same boat… and SOMETIMES we got together and made another party… further polluting ourselves. This was my normal.

I think it’s going to be super interesting to go back home this year for Christmas, New Years and my 30th Birthday. I’m not scared, but I know that I am going to make some bad choices for my digestion, but my hope is that I will really enjoy my time with all my family and friends, while still continuing my daily practices- so that I can be the best version of myself for these people I love… If I don’t take care of myself I face getting food and alcohol hangovers, being lethargic, getting a cold or flu, getting hot headed/short tempered, etc.

I am super excited though for hopefully later this week- because I am going to begin seeing an Ayurvedic practitioner that I met at the Tulum Vegan Fest. She will be able to help guide me to further create a routine, diet, etc that is best for me – as well as help me begin to try and treat certain “problem areas” that I have in my body that I have had FOR YEARS and just accepted. But now I realize, that these things symptoms that manifested in my body were created over time due to lack of understanding of my body and having overflow of certain doshas into certain areas of my body… AND I also know- that through, proper diet and lifetsyle and treatment of herbs- I can begin to treat these things… WHICH is were another interesting part will come.  I will be documenting my progress with this too.

Okay- well, I don’t really think anyone is reading this blog, it’s more for myself and my mom (Hi mom, I love you…) but incase anyone else is, I better stop typing now.

These are the screen shots on my routines from the last 2 days.