Yoga and More

Last week I went to a Yoga class. Its been almost two years since I last did Yoga (pregnancy, birth and other excuses as such)

We received an email from the farm community saying that an Ashtanga Yoga class was starting up in our neighboring village. Yay! Now that there is a class right under my nose, I have no more excuses.

The class was weird, wonderful and different. My body has been screaming and begging me for months now to start moving, I'm tired of feeling like I'm atrophied… as the class progressed I felt my body remembering the positions, the feelings, the muscles that haven't been stretched in years…I could actually feel my body whispering thanks to me while it indulged with every twist, stretch and relaxation.

It was a wonderful class. At the end our instructor brought in some hot herbal tea and dates and the atmosphere was relaxed and enjoyable.

This week I went to class and more people had joined and even a few from my village. The class was wonderful and difficult and I enjoyed every moment. Afterwards, while drinking my hot tea I asked the girl who exercised in front of me where she was from and she answered "Sarona", my village.

I hadn't known her before, I'd never seen her, she's quite new here having bought a house only a year ago. 

We chatted a bit about the upcoming "birthday" that our village is celebrating (74 years old!) and how lovely it is that a cake exchange had been organized to celebrate.

A draw was held and each family received the name of another family that they had to prepare a cake for. I don't even know who I'm baking for as I haven't checked my mailbox yet.

On the way home I thought to myself how we are sometimes attracted to certain energies in certain people…there was something about that girl that made me start talking to her, and lo and behold, she lives in the same village as I do! It's nice.

When I got back to the village I stopped at the post office to check my mail, there was the note showing the family that was drawn for the cake bake, I didn't recognize the name of the family at all. Just then the nice girl entered the village in her car; she stopped, asked me what family I got to bake for, I looked at the note and told her the name that I didn't recognize. She looked at me surprised and said "It's me! You got us…! unbelievable... 

I love it when things like that happen.

Our village is not that small either, there are many families, and how could it be that out of everyone I got her in the draw!? And I had just met her minutes before... It's funny and wonderful and these incidents always make me stop and look up at the sky, and smile.

Here are cupcakes I made for her.

Have a sweet and magical week...

:-)

Maayan

 

Days of reflection

These are days of festivities, days of joy, days of blessing, days of gratitude for everything I have.

Yes, this is going to be a little sentimental….it usually happens to me on my birthday. I celebrated my 34^th birthday yesterday and this year it fell on Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) so there….

These are days of reflection, the past year so much has happened and changed my life.

In the past year:

·        I was pregnant. it was amazing, exhausting, exhilarating,difficult and blessed.

·        I gave birth.  a perfect labor, moving to tears, painful, natural and wonderful, through which I realized the power of Reiki and how much it is part of my life.

·        We started renovating the old house on the farm and turning it into our dream home. After years of deliberation and hesitation and various obstacles we decided that here is where we want to stay, surround by acres of arid land just asking for love, creation and new energy.

·        I spent six months of intense, daily work in the studio and another six month where I barely stepped foot in the place.

·        I watched my little girl grow and blossom like I never saw before. She made new friends; fell in love with the world of fairies and fairytales as well as with a boy in her kindergarten.. She's growing and changing and is so wonderful.

·        Gefen was born and we began our journey together. The first year of her life. I learnt to know her, her needs, her sensitivities and her need to always be close to Mummy. I love her with all my heart.

·        I tried to keep my Etsy store up and running. but it was different, the lack of time spent in the studio was taking its toll and sales were understandably less than before but I have faith things there will go back to how they were before.

·        Gili and I dealt with two huge "projects". Raising a little baby (certainly life changing) and renovating the house which Gili did by himself. It's exciting, challenging and mostly difficult.

·        There were moments I just wanted to leave everything and take off to the mountains for a day or two. On my own.

·        I found myself on quite a few occasions with tears in my eyes. Tears of gratitude to the universe. For everything it has given me.

·        Oh, I also started a blog. I love it.

Just want to say thank you. 

Happy New Year!

Maayan

Happy New Year in Hebrew