In a few days now it’s going to be March- wow! I went a few months without updating my dear Blog… why? Well because I was busy, being busy- and although it’s no excuse- I just wasn’t in the place to write.

What happened in the past months?
I will break it up into a few categories to help myself remember:
Work/Study: I did some digital media work for Holistika in Tulum, I finally manifested making my posters and flyers for self promotion (today I will put some around town), planted my garden and set up a room to be able to do Reiki and massage in my house. I taught a few yoga classes, had a few massage sessions with the Ayurveda Practioner who is teaching me 4 handed Abhyanga massage that I will be able to give with her- I also assisted in one Shirodhara massage and learned how to put Ayurveda medicine into capsules. I wrote my school midterm (passed) and now am working on another chapter of study- which takes a while because it’s through practice that you really can begin to diagnose properly. But I am learning how to diagnose myself and others by various factors including questions for Prakruit and Vikruti, physical structure and evaluation of the body and it’s fluids as well as tongue and pulse diagnosis.

Fun: My parents came to Mexico so spent time doing certain things with them. My friends from Canada visited and I was able to enjoy a day with them and their kids also my dear friend from France visited me for 4 days. I went to a the Tulum Vegan festival, I went to one (Women Only)Kundalini Yoga event in Playa Del Carmen , I went to visit my friend who just got back from India and we spent the day at the beach in Cancun then shared a picnic supper. I had a few BBQs with my family, a few nights out with my boyfriend and his friends and I enjoyed going to a few more beaches around my area. Overall I was pretty much enjoying the slow pace of living by the beach.

Health: I continued to cook my own food and eat out very few times within the two months. Eating primarily a vegetarian diet, but with some eggs or fish. I continued to use my Jala netti on days when I felt I needed to, I did a few eye washes with Triphala tea and I also made 3 batches of Kombucha tea! I began drinking Kombucha a bit during the week as well.

Room for Improvement: I was failing to practice self Abhyanga and giving myself the space and location to practice a lengthy meditation daily.
I was eating late at night a lot and I also ate more junk food this past months than normal… In Canada on vacation I got a taste of different junk food and drank alcohol there more than I do in Mexico- and when I came home, I still felt in the mood to eat some junk food and to have more drinks than is good for me.
There is something addictive about a beer a clam… even though I am physically bloated every time I drink it.
I also was exercising every week- but because of certain imbalances, I was feeling tired and lazy and I didn’t exercise as much as is best for me… so I ended up gaining weight over the past 3 months… which the weight gain isn’t a big deal. But- it just makes me realize how easy it is to gain weight and how I feel when I am gaining weight. I am at a point in my life that I am now 30 and it’s very easy for my to gain weight and to get busy, doing stagnant activities and work. However, living here in Puerto Aventuras is a lot easier to do exercise than if I was living in Saskatchewan, especially during the Winter months. 🙂
I had vitiation of Vata and Pitta throughout the month. Symptom of this: Chapped lips, Vata Stools, Hard to Focus and to manifest… sometimes Yellow bodily fluids, loose stools, critical thinking/hot head. I am beginning to work towards finding balance and peace again.

Only if I can live an Ayurvedic lifestyle- everyday…will I be able to inspires others to live one as well- to help them with their imbalances.  That is why I am sharing so openly in this blog- I am a student… I am learning… I will continue to learn for many years… if not my entire life. But I want to share my knowledge with others who don’t have the time to study- but prefer to have someone teach and guide them. I am manifesting that in a few years when I can hopefully begin my internship as an Ayurvedic Practioner- I will be healthy…. and confident with my lifestyle. Who knows, by that time, I may even have a child- who I also would like to raise by the guidelines of Ayurveda and Philosophy of Yoga.
But it’s not easy to change your routine, your lifestyle… if you normally wake up, brush your teeth, head off to work- grab breakfast in the car … it’s going to be hard to wake up earlier and make the time to have a drink of juice, or make a juice- meditate or practice yoga… but the thing is- it’s not impossible. We just need to make the space for the things that are important to us. It’s especially not easy to change your lifestlye, when you are healthy “enough”. You don’t have any disease, you eat vegetables every day and can exercise when you need to.
I am the healthiest person that some of my friends and family know- yet I feel although I am just at the tip of the iceberg.
And I know there are some people who have many health problems and they complain about their problems, feel limited by their diseases and are spending a lot of money and time on prescription medicine- and they want to feel better so that can probably do more things- to feed their egos…but our Svastha… our perfect health isn’t about our Ego. It’s not about taking medicine to feel better today- it’s about finding the route cause of the disease and changing our lifestlye to avoid this disease to continue. It’s also not about eating a box of chocolate if we feel down or having a glass of wine before bed to help us relax… it’s about learning how to deal with our emotions and our imbalances through diet, exercise and sleeping properly. It’s about getting to know yourself… and loving yourself. Self love- is something many people really need to develop. I know I still do.

After years of self abuse… negative thoughts and name calling, polluting with smoke, alcohol and fast food, no routine, lack of sleep, over stressed… the list goes on… my body is a warrior and it survived and I never really had any health problems, except being a bit chubby some years and not having the best lung capacity due to cigarette smoke. I was constantly going from one substance to another. Whether it was juice, alcohol, food or cigarettes. Always thinking about the next tasty or fun thing I should do in the day. A great day was when I was exhausted still working or still out with friends. I didn’t fully respect myself. I didn’t always make time for spiritual practice or connection… sometimes I even went weeks without connection…constantly feeding my ego and my imbalances.

It’s very interesting- studying Ayurveda- because to study Ayurveda- you can not just study something… you need to be something. What I mean by this is- I can’t just read my book, watch my classes and do my home-work. Every week of course I need to do read from my text book, watch the class video and do my home-work based off of this information, but there is also another part of my home-work which is personal practice. This is what I was focusing on for the last 9 months since I started my program and especially during my last 21 Day Routine that I did in December. From the initial effort of creating this routine- then going to Canada for a month… and coming back- I successfully continued fragments of this routine, but not successfully implementing another “routine”.
I was mildly suffering these past two months of doshic imbalances due to this… due to lack of enforcing the knowledge that I had already gained for what is best for myself.
I chose not to follow a routine, I chose to eat and drink things that weren’t the best for me and at times that weren’t the best for me… I chose to stay up until 2am and sleep in until 9 instead of going to bed at 11 and waking up at 7. And then, the positive came out of this experience… I began to choose to observe my imbalances and begin to correct them through diet and exercise. And tomorrow I now know that I need begin another challenge for myself to get myself to the healthy- physically, mentally and spiritually.

This means that tonight I need to make myself go to bed by 10:00 p.m.
This is the challenge.

So my new plan for the next week- it to begin my first detox of the year.
Only fruits and vegetables for the entire week.
Wake up at 6:00 –
Shower
Scrape my tongue
Jala Netti
Drink a warm glass of water
Yoga Practice for 45 min
Reiki for 30 min
Drink a glass of of warm lemon/apple cider vinegar/honey
9am Take my dog for a walk: 30 minutes (Nature)
Make my fresh juice for breakfast and lunch
Work/Study
6:00pm Eat/Drink Supper
8:00- Take my dog for a walk
15 minutes of asanas
9:30- Self Abhyanga
10:00- Bed