what doesn't kill you...

Here I am, sitting in the restaurant of the hotel here in Leh Ladakh..

Thankful to be here..

It wasn't such an easy start upon arrival.

It seems as though the program I am in accepted far too many students and they didn't have the rooms for them.

There were quite a few unhappy Yogis and Yoginis.

I was brought to a hotel that I never booked into and the room was like dark prison cell and cold. SO COLD!!

I was bundled up in a down jacket, gloves, wool socks and full clothing and under a wool blanket and my teeth were still chattering.

I went to the people who were in charge letting them know that I was in pain being in that room..literally. I have arthritis and that cold was chilling me to the bone.

After much back and forth with them (and 8 other guests who were equally unhappy)

they moved us to the hotel we were supposed to be in in the first place.

I think I cried my body weight in tears and after just arriving and being at such a high altitude it was not a good situation. 

I woke up in the middle of the night and thought I was going to have to go to the hospital.

My head was throbbing so bad and I felt so nauseous and dizzy and my mouth was so dry and I had been drinking water All Day Long.

So I started deep breathing and took an Ibuprofen and drank even more water and somehow, after much prayer as well...I pulled through it.

I woke up this morning and felt so much better and when I pulled back the curtains the sun was beaming into my room and it was so bright and warm.

A new day. A better day.

I'm going to go forth with a positive mind set and get through my program.

It's not going to be a cakewalk thats for sure. 

There are going to be so many challenges ahead of me on this journey I am embarking on.

But you know that old saying..

What doesn't kill you Makes you Stronger.

I'm still standing.

Sat Nam

New Delhi, New Friends

11 hours of sleep
and I feel zero jet lag.

I'm staying in the sweetest Air BnB that Ray found online for me and other than the location, I love it here.

It's immaculate and the hosts are extremely accommodating and have made me feel right at home.
I'm so lucky I stayed here as there is a fabulous little 3 table restaurant right out my door and down the stairs and it's all inside, so I never have to leave my building. 
My hosts live up at the top of the marble staircase and they are such a cute couple.

It's quite an unusual story in regards to their relationship actually..

Geeta and Vivek are their names and they are 20 something and she is a tall, slender gorgeous Indian woman with a cute short haircut and he reminds me of the actor Dev Patel who played in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel..
speaking of which...their relationship is quite a lot like the couple in that movie!
Let me explain...

Geeta lives upstairs with Vivek and she told me that they have been in their relationship now for 3 years and her parents as well as his parents know of this and are fine with it..
they have just decided they will marry in one year.

Viveks parents have the restaurant downstairs and she helps out there with Vivek and she also makes Chai for me 

she comes to chat with me in my room and she told me that she loves to go to Rishikesh when she can as she loves the yoga there and she would love to go there with me one day.
She does her worship of Lord Krishna and she enjoys it very much~

It's so nice when you find a like minded soul like this all the way across the world and you just happen to connect in such a beautiful way with similar interests.

They have both helped me so much since I have been here to make sure I have everything I need..even to the extent of topping up my phone with minutes, bringing me bottles of water and booking my Uber to the airport when I leave for Leh on Saturday.

Upon my return to New Delhi on my way home, I have one more night here with them and I'm so glad I do, theres no place I'd rather stay to finish up my trip back here in India.

Manifesting what we want

If there is one thing in this life of mine that I know to be true, it is just this.
You have the capability to Manifest Whatever You Desire.

Let me repeat that.

You Have The Capability To Manifest WHATEVER YOU DESIRE.

I have done it numerous times in my life. From living in countries that I love, to moving to new places that I really wanted to live, to trips that I wanted to take that seemed Impossible to go on.
I Manifested each time to make each one of these dreams and thoughts a Reality.

You can do it too.

It is Not Impossible..because actually that word Impossible broken up is

I'm Possible.

You are! We are! And everything you truly desire is as well.

I am now out of that Darkness and Rain of Washington and in my new home in SUNNY Palm Springs.

I am in a Vintage Retro Park about one mile from downtown Palm Springs and this particular park is one I had been researching and wanted to live in more than anywhere here...
the thing was, was that these places Very Rarely go up for sale and when they do, they usually sell in a day or two because people are watching and waiting...

We were here for two weeks and we found ONE in the park and it was only for rent..
I asked if they would sell it and they said "Regretfully not at this time. We want to rent if for at least one year"
So we signed a One Year lease..
but everyday I kept thinking in my mind.."I really don't want to rent for a year, I just want to buy it"!!

We were in here for one week and the owner came to our gate one morning at 10:00 am and he told us that he was thinking about things and he felt like he was taking our money and it wasn't fair. He told us that he would be back in one hour with the papers and we could buy the place!!!!

Did it Again!

We are in the park I wanted, in the cutest place imaginable, with RENT CONTROL and the Funnest Neighbors and the Best part of town and we Own our Place!

Never underestimate the power you hold in your mind and your thoughts.

Never.

Coming back to the Light

I have to be completely honest..
as if you didn't already guess..

I've been sad lately.
It's so not my character and some days I didn't even recognize myself.

I'm the kind of girl who wakes up in the morning and sings.
But not these days..

It's been a very long and very sad 7 months.
I tried most everything I knew to try and pull myself out of it, but nothing seemed to work.

I ran.
I practiced Yoga.
I meditated.
I did Pranayama.
I walked.
I read.
I prayed.
I asked for guidance from the Universe.
I asked the Angels to help me too...

but then I was just there, in the sadness still.

It all started when we moved back from Thailand.
When we moved to the PNW.
It's so gloomy most days and it rains when it really shouldn't rain (at least not where I come from)
It snowed...more than it ever has in the history of this town, so they all said.
It was cold, so cold that my body ached from the cold.

I've never been the type of person who doesn't go outside.
Every. Single. Day.

but I didn't go outside for a lot of days..
days that turned into night and I thought they would never end..those days.

But things are beginning to change now.
We are having some sunny days, and yes, it still rains on days when it really should not (at least not where I come from)
We are getting this Tiny House we bought back on the market.
There are so many people who drool over our place when we tell them about it.
People who live here and Love it here..
I still don't get it, but I have come to realize that thats a good thing.
Just imagine if everyone was unhappy in the same place..
can you?
It would be terrible.

So this girl is starting to smile more and on some days you can hear her sing in the morning again.
She's excited about her new future.
Sun.
Warmth.
Outdoors...

Everything takes time.
The hands of a clock never stay in the same place.
She won't either..
at least not here.
It's not her place.

Oh this life.
*deep sigh*
Life goes on and on and on.
Some days are just better by the moment.
And she likes these days.

A Lot.

With hands in Prayer..

Getting ready for some more changes in my life once again...
Always anticipating and embracing the new and sending out the old with a hug and hands in 
Prayer. 
Thankful for it all...

Time to get the blog opened up again..
it's been a bit.

The Himalayas are calling and I will go in September, but first we sell our Tiny House in the PNW and move to warmer and sunnier climates. It's always where we are the happiest.

Stay tuned..
more to come shortly!