Brilliance

Yesterday was my day off.  Have you ever been to a place, a city, a town, a village, and thought, “Wow. This place is so beautiful and brilliant. Everyone must be ecstatically happy to live here every moment!” That is what I experienced in Swanage. How did I get there when it is on the other end of a crescent moon gulf you ask? Well, I will tell you…

I am blessed every time I travel whilst teaching Bikram yoga, to meet some of the most generous and kindhearted people on this earth. It’s amazing the way people go out of their way to help you when you give them bendy spines J Well, I had the pleasure of meeting Sean, a Bikram practitioner, health oriented person and a life coach at that. Sean has a bike. A BMW motorbike. And we raced it up and down the coast! We went across to Swanage, we saw the castle of Korfe (1000 years old) and drank traditional English tea with apple tea cake, sat in a traditional British pub and drank cider and vegetarian (yes vegetarian) pie and watched the chickens pace around,  and on our way back across (through Poole) we “ran into” a bike night, where everyone rides down to harbor and shows off their bikes and admire other’s. It was just 1 pound so we decided to join the 1000’s of other bikes down there. What a site to see! Every one walking around with fish and chips, drinking beer, making googily eyes at bikes and yapping in that brilliant Enlgish accent. As we were about to leave, we ran into a couple that we mutually know from the studio! Chris, a magician, and his wife Karen, not sure what she does, but at the least a wonderful lady and good company. We decided to have a sit down meal and enjoy each other’s company a bit before we parted. How lovely! Just this beautiful coincidence made my day. These are the meetings I will think about when I am away and miss. This is one of the reasons I travel. I have to admit, I felt a bit bad ass as I was strolling through the sea of manly men and their bike helmets, seeing them look down at my helmet and noticing I was one of them. HA…. so fun.

Update on the leg: I feel the antibiotics kicking to work inside my veins. It’s a gross but scientifically interesting feeling to see all the poison, or whatever was released inside my leg, rise to the surface of my skin and almost literally bubble at the top in red. Yum. Some people predict it’s a fly. Yup, you heard right. A fly. They say it is tiny and looks harmless, but when it bites it releases a poisonous saliva into the human system and it can be very harmful if left untreated.  I’m treated, and on the way to recovery. Less pain, less swelling, and the doctor confirm my predictions.

P.S. I love their Mochas here! They are more bitter than the states and I love it that way. 

I'm off!