Early Mornings!! Today I was up super early again after being awake since 3am. At 5:30am I did my meditation practiced and although my mind was racing I did get a few moments of calm and awareness. As today is another day off everyone was up early and it was a big communal breakfast again. A few of the guys had organized to do a bit of a day trip but I decided to hang around and do a little study. Mid morning I was feeling restless so I took my camera and walked ...

Day off!! After 3 full-on weeks of yoga I decided to take a break today from my practice. I woke up quiet early so I did my meditation in my room and then joined everyone for breakfast. As today is one of our two days off everyone gets up early and makes the most of the day. I surfed the Internet a little and then realized I was wasting time so headed into town to have a look at the little market that was going on. I ran into a few people I new so after a short c...

Tapas & Discipline!! Today's class was all about Discipline - something that I have been lucky enough to have instilled in me since a child from my parents. My mind unfortunately was all over the place again - specially thinking about what I might do now if I don't go straight to Mazunte and also the fact I need to put on some weight as I have been wasting away on the vegan diet. I started the day with a huge bowl of porridge, fruits and nuts and felt energiz...

Contentment!! Finally a good nights sleep on a bed yeehaarrr!!! You really can't appreciate a nice warm bed until you have sleapt on a cold damp mattress. Meditation started today and we learned a new technique that seemed to work well for most of the group - my mind was still all over the place but I did find small snippets of peace. The yoga today was a little difficult and I really had to keep my focus internalized which also proved challenging at times. We mo...

A Real Test! I literally did not sleep a wink lastnight and I am convinced it was once again because of the cacao. I laid awake thinking of many things lastnight and around midnight I was overcome by hunger and thirst - signaling maybe my diet is not as good as I thought it was. I thought a lot about the upcoming retreat in Mexico and if its really what I should be doing? My crazy mind got the better of me and when sunrise came I was up and lacking serious energy...