I just had my third drink of the night… churna of triphala, ginger tea and earlier I had a coffee with cardamon, cinnamon, pepper and coconut milk. I was pre-reading for Pancha Karma module that I am beginning next Thursday and I found it very interesting. I called about the energy of Lord Dhanvantri to be with me as I read, on the beach – watching the beautiful sunset. I am so excited for the future to be able to administer Pancha Karma and all the different healing techniques appropriately, along side with proper coaching and guidance and recommendation of herbs and foods. Tonight I just finished watching the advanced pathology module that I took last year, with making formulas for different symptoms for different Vikrutis and imbalances and I am able to understand so much more now, then I did a year ago the last time I took this class. Still, I need to study now to get everything memorized- and I am wanting more knowledge and deeper conversations about things. One thing about being an online student- is that sometimes I feel like I am not getting enough answered… I know there is a method to the teaching and how classes are – building up, but I also wish that sometimes instead of needing to wait until internship – we could learn more deeply about certain things and have certain answers now. Have more personal conversations… but well. Patience is a virtue, and there is nothing stopping me from seeking the answers from other sources as well- including the ancient texts themselves.

`Today I woke up at 5:30- I was a bit tired as during the night I was being eaten by mosquitos- the first time since i’ve been here. I hope tonight it’s better as they even bit my face- which is super rare, in my experience. I did a my kriyas, jala netti, tongue scrape, triphala churna, bhrami drink, herbal pills ashwaghanda and at 8:30 I had 3 tostadas with quinoa and lentil curry and veggies over carrot and corn tortillas.
At 9, I had my first yoga class with Alejandra who is a great teacher, patient, and very present and efficient and I taught her a basic yoga class and figured out how to say a lot of the commands and explanations.

Tomorrow I am going to go over all the notes and try and teach the class again. My goal is by the end of March to be able to teach a Yoga class to some locals here, for free- but I just want to be able to express myself better as following along in a class- especially when new- will be a lot easier and more affective. I know this- as I was following along in Spanish classes for a year in Mexico City, and still didn’t understand what they were saying, except a few commands like inhale, exhale, right, left…and was just constantly looking at the people around me- which is fine, but it’s better not to need to look at others, this can cause judgement towards yourself or others. Yoga is best experienced when you just focus on yourself- your breathe, your body, your feelings and sensations.

Today we had some coconuts downstairs and my neighbour, Nymph, taught me how to use a machete properly to open a coconut and her son, Carlos, taught me how to sharpen one. I needed to sharpen my machete, this is why my mom and I had one heck of a time trying to open one the previous day.

We went to the beach and watched people surfing and it look really fun and soon I am going to be ready, then we bought some food at the health food store (ingredients for kitchari) and came back. Then I went to the hardware store, with my list of words to ask about and the man and people there were so nice. Even though it was a struggle to understand me, some people gave me compliments on my Spanish… MEXICANS ARE AMAZING and so generous and helpful. Estevan, was even teaching me new words to my vocabulary list that I had written down. I wished more people had these experiences and knew how hard and how much courage it takes for someone to not know the words in a language and need to do things… new comers to a country. Learning a language isn’t easy- but it sure is a lot more fun and encouraging when I go out and practice that people still talk with me even though they only understand around 80% of what I am saying.
I am blessed.
I then picked up my curtains for my room with the seamstress/artist, Angelica down the street and my Laundry from Jessica who gave me tips in how to get the oil out of my sheets better before taking them to get washed and was really sweet.
I then met Gi-Gi my new neighbour that will be above me and she seems like a great French lady and well- I continued to study more until I couldn’t concentrate anymore.

Studying about herbs and imbalances though, made me learn more about the herbs I am taking and realizing why I am really taking them…. and I hope this encourages me to keep taking them every day as long as I still have my symptoms as well as work harder on following my dietary suggestions and eating guidelines to have proper digestion and less or no ama showing up on my tongue or in my body. I can do it… the hardest for me the past weeks is not, not eating before 10 or eating after sunset… or even eating between 12-1pm, however, I have not followed all of these guidelines every day either- it’s not the mindful eating, or three breaths before I take my first bite…. oh well, actually that is part of why I am having problems while I am also snacking in between meals- which I am not suppose to do as my food doens’t have time to fullly digest before I add more on top. But I keep buying such delicious food and then I am bored so I am eating… it’s all healthy, but still- I am over eating and without ritual.
Tomorrow I am stopping that. I need to follow my guidelines and see how I actually feel when I am not producing ama anymore and notice that my digestion is strong again. I feel like the last time I never had any signs of ama, beautiful easy to pass stools, great sleeps, loss of extra stomach weight gain and improvement of my samama vayu marks on my tongue was over 2 years ago when I gave myself a 21 or 40 day challenge.
I guess I am going to need to challenge myself again.

Starting again on Monday…tomorrow, I will write my goals. Even though my sister will be here so there will be temptation of snacking as it’s so fun to do when you are a tourist, over eat and drink and try new things, at different places… I will try my best and be honest about my successes and if I have gone against what I know is best for me.

Well, that is all I have for today. Hari om.