uncharacteristically nonchalant

ok, ok, ill write something!

update. life here is busy. many things going on at once...

firstly mum is here, which has been great so far. im not used to having ALL my time alloted... but its great to see her and i really love the fact that she has made the effort to come and see where i am and what im doing. its funny to see her sitting on the floor in the back of my yoga classes... not doing my yoga classes, but just sitting and watching. shes a hit with my friends and they all want to know where she is if shes not directly by my side.

having my cello here has been lovely as well... its nice to pick it up again after so long.

weather here has been inconsistant. warm in the sun, and really crappy otherwise.
mum and i have been shopping from everything from down jackets for Tibet at the end of the year to bikinis for hawaii next week.

oh year... this weekend is a biggy, its the first anniversary of my little company getting started. its a year since i moved into this appartment, and yip, its my birthday... all over again! can you believe its been a whole year? so this saturday we are having a pot luck for some friends to come and hang and do the multiple celebration thing.

also... the little project that i mentioned a few blogs ago is almost done... i have recorded a CD. A sun salutation cd. chanting the mantras for each asana (posture) 6 rounds at a time... so that people can do it to mantra at home... and make it a moving meditation. the cds will be hopefully ready in about 3 weeks. with the "official" release date being the 3rd july. very auspicious in my numerology...

with many blessing, i have already sold enough pre-sales to cover the manufacturing... so im absolutly stoaked. now i just have to recoup the costs of the studio... but it will come! also ive decided to donate $2 from every CD sold to Sivananda Math to help them with thier endevors in India.

anyway... thats about it... well most of it... in a "nonchalant" kinda way... you might say.

love and pixie dust.

gratitude and tulips

so today is the 9th May. "yeah... so..." i hear you say. today it has been exactly one year since i arrived in vancouver.

upon my arrival on this day last year, i knew of one person in the city. i had met her for 30 mins about 6 months beforehand.... not exactly close friends.
i was able to stay with students of one of my teachers (who i had never met) for the first 5 nights. no home, no work, no friends. just me myself and my aspirations to live by the water.

and that i have achived. i wanted to write this note in gratitude as im well aware that sometimes i can be alittle on the whining side of life. ive been feeling out of sorts for the last month or so, and even my classes have been getting a little stale. but the last couple of days have reminded me of why im here, and what im doing.

in one year i have started a company that month by month is holding its own. i live 1 block from a beautiful, fairly quiet beach. 5 mins in the car from downtown vancouver. 20 mins from some awsome hiking in the forest. i get to teach in two of the most beautiful yoga studios in vancouver to people who want to learn what i have to share. (im starting to realise how much of a blessing that really is) not to mention i get to run my little workshops out of my home as well.

i have a lovely group of friends who embrace Divinity in all its glory. who expect high levels of communication and commitment, who never quiver at putting me in my place, and who give full respect and love in return.

in short... im really happy. im happy with where i live, what i get to do everyday, how i make my living and contribute to the world and who i get to share it with. (theres only one thing missing... but if its going to come it will come) im not sure there are alot of people who can say they are content with all of those three aspects of thier life. im also well aware of my friends in toronto, and my friends in new zealand who never let me forget where i came from, and how much i have been able to achieve in the last 4 years since i came to north america and for that i thank you.

so... lets take a moment to bask in sunshine and tulips.

in love, pixie dust and gratitude...

"all the way..."

morning (she says with a foggy head)

ok so sinatra (or the vegas guy that sounded just like him) and the symphony was awsome... it was toe tapping, butt wiggling and shoulder jigging - all the way (which was my favorite song of the evening.) allthough they did all the classics. new york new york, my way, ive got you under my skin.

then it was onto salsa dancing... which was closed. due to change of ownership. boo. so we tried somehwere else and that was closed too! so we went to a restaurant at 11pm and ate perogies and dip with garlic bread. never eat at 11pm. never... its just not worth it... but perogies... oh so good...

right... well better get my butt out of bed.

love and pixie dust.

saturday night fever...

ah... saturdays. for a long time i have been working saturdays. between 2 and 5 classes usually. but since i left one of the yoga studios i was working at... i have had saturdays free. and omg! i love it.

saturday mornings are now filled with hiking in the forest. today my friend Jim and i got together for the walk though the forest and out onto the beach... just lovely.
then a dash of clothes shopping (more teaching clothes... the joys of sweating in hot yoga studios...) supermarket. and then home to take out the trash.

have you seen the peaceful warrior? if you have then you know what im talking about... the "i cant take it anymore!" purge. the kind when everything you look at reminds you of the past.
jim, maki and i spent 2 hours going though all my clothes (admittedly i dont have that many to start with... but i have some that are from my days in new zealand and my time in toronto) its amazing how different pieces of clothing remind you of different people. things you did, the good times, the bad times, and the Goth times...

then was for the cleaning... yip. i did it. and im exhausted... you would think that bathrooms (like soap) would be self cleaning... seeing as all you do in them is clean anyway... you think they would last alittle longer before they needed attention. but apparently not.

tonight... i actually have a life. usually i like to stay in on saturdays with a video, food and maybe some conversation... but not tonight. im off to the symphony (my friend ryan has tickets and his wife cant go! - sweet!) to listen to some sinatra and vegas jazz...

then afterwards fiona and i are going salsa dancing... oh how its been a long time since ive been salsa dancing.

ill let you know how it goes...
love and pixie dust...

ps. i had to put a brush though my hair today... it must be time for the clippers!

the only constant thing in life is change...

and dont i know it.

ive always thought it werid that a woman like myself who is in need of much grounding and a "home" insesantly travels and moves so much!

since costa rica ive been feeling alittle out of sorts and mentally stressed. my plans for November and December have changed back, then forth, then back and then forth... not knowing wether im arthur or mather at times. so i would like to take the oppotunity put out a public appology to my dear friend Toni for not being there in November. (im asumming that you got my email even though you have not replied...) i will however make sure im there in spirit, sending many hugs and blessings from afar.

work has died down alittle since my return as well... which although makes money alittle more stressful, it gives me time to breath, rest and catch up on the accounting, paperwork and preparations for the workshops coming up and another little project that i will tell you more about at a later date. 14th may! big day!

18 days till my mother arrives... yip... she coming... and it will take me almost that long to clean the house. im looking forward to it, it will be good to have some mom cooking and hugs. maybe ill even get time to kick her ass at cards if she so feels up to it ;O)

then its off to hawaii with my mother for my bday - aloha!. how old am i you ask? dont ask... older than i look, younger than i feel. Then from hawaii im off to sydney for a couple of days to surprise a old friend - did you crack a smile? you know im joking... dont call me that under your breath! breath is sacred, dont waste it on obsenities (im sitting here in fits of laughter. - i have such a warped sense of humor - yes im feeling better today) no no... im not going to australia...

but it does look like im returning to costa rica for another week in july to facilitate a one-on-one retreat for a week - very excited! - then back to vancouver for the weekend... then off to toronto to participate in the retreat that Ammachi is doing. catch up with some old friends, eat some rolos... (oh you so know it!) toronto in the summer time... yay yay yay! (for those who dont know what "rolos" are... they are the ice cream version of the chocolate covered caramels... the have a chocolate cone at the bottom and are soooooo good. my friend Adey and i are officially addicted and will resume endulgment of eating one a day for the length of my stay!)

then its back here to be head down and bum up working until i return to India and Tibet at the end of the year.

wow... can you believe that its almost half way though the year already? i cant... but at the same time i say BRING ON OCTOBER! - halloween of course!

love and pixie dust.