lunes, 21 de junio de 2010

All Good things come to an End

As Nelly Furtado Sings: " Why All Good things come to and End" Well I suppose this is the beauty of life ,enjoy those things, make the most of it and hopefully many ,many other good things will bump in to your life.
I am very sorry I have been spaced out for a while, but this course is very intensive,physically,emotionally,,,,,vow demanding 200% of oneself. Our schedules are at full since 07.30 in the morning until 09.30 in the evening, with hardly a time to enjoy the healthy food around here (healthy is good,but GOD how much I miss a good steak,a good hamburger,a good piece of chocolate,,,,,ahhhh).
The hardest bit ,I think for everybody, is the morning class, 07.30 is to early for meeee!! and with and empty stomach,with a superstiff body and with your eyes still half closed,,,,,but not impossible of course.It's amazing how your body gets used to everything so quickly, and so our bodies too. Sweating and sweating is the most common action of the day: you sweat in the morning class,you sweat after the morning shower, you sweat in the class (coz u have to speak in front of 23 people and u feel bl**dy nervous ),you sweat after lunch,sweat,sweat,sweat,,hehehehe!!! But well is all worth it!!!
Although the hardest week is about to come and the challenge is not over yet, my feedback is very positive. The connection of the group is good,people so different from each other but with something in common: willing to run a 90 minutes hot yoga class sticking your personality in it.
A rollercoaster of emotions: happy,feeling like shit, excitement, tireness,powerful,emotional,vulnerable,cheerful, frustration, amazement,,,,,and so many,many more!!!
We are working very hard but we are spoiled : the staff here is fantastic, the teachers, food is served every day for us, we don't have to clean, to worry about tidying the rooms(thanks God!!)
Only studying,studying,,memorizing,squeezing the braing, stretching bodies to the maximummmm!!!
Uauuuuu,,,,,my biggest fear before starting this course was how I was gonna feel here, with the people ,with myself, with this new thing in my life that is nothing to do with what I am doing now,,,,Am I doing the right thing????
Am I gonna able to one day teach a hot yoga ckass? Do I have to be boring teacher???
But well answers have been coming all the way along this course: I feel blessed coz life has given me this chance,coz I took the decision of doing this,coz I follow my heart and coz I have met people that otherwise I would have never met in my entire life.
Life is not about what people say,is not about who you must be, is not about getting married at 33 and having children before 35 (Oh Godd!! being a mature mummie in her 40s is such and awful thinggg!!)
Life is about being yourself, having your principles,your ideals, your dreams,and fight for this.Otherwise ,where is the wonder??? Follow your heart using your brain, but do what u think is the right thing to do , even if it looks like the impossible. Nothing is impossible, believe and work it out.
But of course the easiest things are the non challenging and the ones are not being appreciated.
So the most difficult ones are the ones staying with one forever, I believe!!!
It took me 13 interviews,to be able to work as a cabin crew!! And here I am ,this job has given me many good things:my friends, all the places I have been,all the people I have met,,,,,,,,
If I followed what the rules of life say, I would still be in my hometown ,married to a nice guy that works in the local bank, and knitting nice socks for my babypeas,,,,,
I respect everybody's decission, Everyone is happy in one way or other!!!
But I must say I am happy that,I feel lucky ,I feel bliss!!!! I am 33, (upps 34!!) ,single and with difficulties to find nice guys, I dunnot have children, I dunnot have a bloody driving license, I am a terrible housewife, I am clumsy and messy. But I have a wonderful sister, a lovely dog,the best mummy in the world ,the best friends of the universe ,a bycicle and a heart to feel,to dream and will to be who I want to be.
Be yourself and don't let anyone to break your dreams. I will always follow what Mr Steve Mcqueen said with a cigarette in his mouth:" When I believe in something ,I fight like hell for it"

lunes, 7 de junio de 2010

choose your life,do not let life to choose you....

Ohhh Godd!!! This is what I am thinking while I am immerse in this fantastic adventure,,,,,I dunno why, but all the good things and best in my life have always been a both good and hard choice, but so worht it!!!!!
Thanks to my stubborness (well I must say is not always an advantage) I have come accross fantastic people,fantastic places,fantastic moments ,,,,and definitely I am grateful for that!!!

I have chosen to come to Thailand,to do something is not related to what I am doing but something I think it will make me happy and it is making me happy.
So I think for people who still wanna be singers,dancers,actors,actresses,happy wives,happy husbands,sexy litte things and whoever you want to be in life,,,there is always a chance ,,,you only have to look for it an work it outttt!!!!

Welll I must say that this week is been quite harsh,,,I must apologize for not been able to work out in my journal. I really want to share this experience with you all, my friends ,my blood,,,,whoever is reading this. But I have not found the time to seat down and press my fingertips in my pc keyboard.
Waking up at 7am everyday,start the day with a 90min yoga class,sweating like a PIG!!!! Well it takes time to get used to it ,with an empty stomach,,,,People have come out the class feeling dizzy, feeling like puke,,,heheheheh!!
But the food here is fantastic,,,is not only veggies,we also get chicken and fish and coffeeeeee in da Morningggg!!! (coffee,coffeee,,,,,love itttt!!) But you dunno have that much time to enjoy with so busy schedules: if you dunno have to study,you have to lift your legs or study philosophy of yoga ,or do a yoga lab,or talk how to be a good teacher,,,,,The study is not easy,so many things to memorize,,and in English ( which is not my first language) but the teachers are fantastic: so experienced,they have taught all around the world, they have been working with athletes,training all kind of people,,,,,it feels so good to listen to them!!!

I am sorry if I cannot stop saying nice things but well this is how it is,,,,The yoga sessions are good experiences,practice and learning,everyday you learn something ,not only from the books,or from the teachers but also from the people .....People come from all around the world: Ireland (hip hip from Ireland,,,God ,Mary is hilarious!!),Finland (Jarna and Laura have come our new good friends,,,,),Singapore,America,Canada,Holland,Korea,Thailand,,,,,I thought that all these people were going to be a very ,very yoga "freaks" like only living for the yoga and being superexperienced in it... but nooo!!! They are normal and very nice people,,,some of them are very good ,some of them no as good!!! But all of them with something in common : willing to learn how to be better and be able to teach one day. Every one is different but I think what it counts is the intention and how much effort you are willing to put in it!!!
Santi and I are getting along, although he gets on my nerves sometimes coz I look like the Mamma (Santi you have to eat,Santi wake up,,,bla,bla,bla ) Maybe I should learn to relax and breathe in and out ehhh!!! Am I such a hard girl or are Men such a softie human beingsss??????
Well besides of all that,Santi is a good company and I am happy he is with me coz we are having a laugh and we can have our humour session moments,,,, I am sure he thinks I am such an hysterical and crazy girllllllll!!!ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
But well I guess life is not only about oneself but about share and learn with the others ,,,keep the good and leave the not as good on the way ehhh!!!
Well yesterday was our first night off ,,,we wanted to have a long night,drink tequilas and have a dancing crazy night,, We went to a beautiful restaurant in the beach and had few bottles of wine but afterthat we were all deadddd!!! So went for foot massage and BELIEVE OR NOT ...I FELT SLEEP!!!! ahhhh noooo!!!!!
I promise to be better next time and last for long and enjoy more the night life ( God I am such and old lady likeeee!!!)
For the moment ,today I am going to have a beach day,,,,,feel the Thai sea water in my skin and relax with a beer,,and maybe have a Pedicure eh???
I will leave the study for later,,,
Promise to write soon, my friends!!!!!
Loveeeeeeee

martes, 1 de junio de 2010

International Yoga Class,,loving it!!!

Aiiii,,,,,where did I leave u last time??? Well maybe few miles away from where I was yesterday,,,Bangkok!!! Well last night is was a train journey.We boarded the train thinking we were going to come accross a decent and clean 2nd class train,,,but unfortunately we were a little disappointed with what we found,not air conditioning,old seats, dirty, little insects running around mixed with a sticky and humid air floating around the cabin. But well this is
adventure,so let's be ready and cope with it for the next 12 hours.
Anyway after a while, the guy who was checking the tickets and arranging the beds (wonder of seats that become bunk beds in less than 1 min) came to us and ask us whether we wanted to sleep in a better wagon with air conditioninig and decent beds...of course we say yes but of course we had to pay (only 3 pounds though),,,,,

That made a difference and help us to feel comfortable to lie down and enjoy the rest of our journey ( well try to close the eyes for few hours).Our thai guy tried to convince us many times to go to the toilet with him what forrrrrrr??? well to get stoned with joints ....this is what he does all the time after making the beds of the all train,,,he saw our happy faces and thought maybe we could share a smoky time with him,,,poor thing!!! After a while he passed through us and he could hardly opened his eyessss: bad,bad,boyyyyy!!!!

I was surprised I could get few hours sleep, even though it was very cold and all the lights were on,,,,!!! But well at 8 in the morning we arrived to Surathani where we were picked up by a bus ,that accidentally or unanccidentally broke down and thus we had to change to another one,where we had to seat next to a rare_couple of : young-thai-sweetgirl with a suspicious-young-man-that-in-europe-will-be classified-as-a potential-freak???? maybe I am wrong thinking this and if so My apologies then!!!
Anyway the guy behind us could not stop banging his head against the seat??? Coz finally we found out that he was not retarded but had only many very few Singha beers....God ,when u travel the people u find around,and all the characters they are showing is extremely amazingggg!!! Are we all crazy in many ways??? Well maybe I dunno bang my head against seats but I can shout like a viking and eat like a beast,,,this is not very normal either.....hehe!!!
Blaa,bla,,,,,and we took finally the ferry to Koh Samui,,,God in the ferry I was tired,jet lagged,feeling hot and feeling like kin of hungryyy...I bouth a packet of oreo and I ate it all,,,feelinf stuffed like a pig later on and getting cramps in my stomach that with the sticky and sweat does not really help isnt'????
And another hour and finally we got to Koh Samui around 10.30 and took a taxi to our little Sanctuary,,God I could not wait to have a shower and go to the toilet to get rid of all the oreos I was eating before,,,,So yeah,,,We are here now,,probably u have already seen the pictures in facebook, so you can have an idea what does the place look like,,,It's charming and beutiful and relaxing ,,,and the swimming pool is pretty and clean...
We met our next month mates few hours ago and have a conversation with all the teachers.The vibes are good and people come from everywhere: Holland,Finland,Australia.America,Singapore,Thailand,Canada,Austria,,,,We are 24,,,so I think is the perfect amount of peopleeee,,,,,But we got many books,ahhh,,,I have to study philosophy,anatomy,all the yoga postures,,,,,hard,hard work!!! But Ilike it,,,Tomorrow wake up call 7 a.m,,starting our first yoga class at 7.30( with and empty stomach noooooooooooooooo!!!)
then breakfast,,,plus busy schedule until 09.30 pm (with another 1h 30min yoga class between),,,And two breaks between for study or for taking a dip in the pool??? What would u do??? I know,I know,,,,I will get my bkn,,,,
Santi wants to sneak out at nights and go to the center to have few beers,but well I dunno if we can do sooooo,,,, At the moment,until we manage a plan,,we were satisifed making friends with the finnish girls and dipping our feet in the ligthened pool while watching at a beautiful sky full of stars.Let's see what brings tomorrow.,Have a good day,have a good night.xx