This One’s for B . . . . . . ssshhhhhh!!

Two significant events today. The first is that it was our last day of the course where we can speak. We have a day off tomorrow and then our 5 day silence and fasting retreat begins. The second was that it was mine and B-Rod’s 10 year wedding anniversary!! It’s not ideal that we don’t get to spend it together, but at the same time I kind of feel like it sums up how our marriage works. We have never really been ones to place a great importance on one day – we try to make every day a day where we feel special and loved. Our marriage has also very much been about allowing and encouraging each other to do our own things and be our own person (we have very different interests), and knowing that when we come back together it’s all good. Besides, we may have some ideas of how we are going to celebrate our 10 years . . . . stay tuned to see that adventure show up on the blog at some point : )

The past week in the course, we were learning about different topics, some of which I know a bit about, some of which was new to me and some of which I would like to delve a bit deeper into in the future. Continuing with my theme of “while in San Marcos . . . . . ” I had a Reiki treatment by a local Guatemalan woman and I have been practicing my Reiki skills – I think I’ll be ready to give treatments when I’m back!! I also had a biodecoding reading/treatment. Something I haven’t heard of before, but it was all about working with the family tree and looking at ancestral patterns and how they affect you. Pretty interesting stuff. Again, feel free to ask me about it when I’m home.

Besides classes, events and treatments, DawnO and I have done our fair share of exploring. We’re both similar travelers and it is important for us to get out of the tourist areas and see how people in the country actually live. Thanks to DawnO’s constantly improving and evolving Spanish skills, we have gotten to know the owners of our local food shop we frequent. The sister (it’s a brother and sister who own the restaurant) was quite pregant, and when we stopped by and found out she had her baby, her brother invited us to the neighboring town to see her. We loved the town so much, we went back again later to explore it on our own. We also spent some time exploring the actual town of San Marcos which is a bit further up than the tourist town of San Marcos.

Tomorrow is a jam packed day, but I’ll let you in on the details of that later. As of Monday I will be in silence and away from all technology & communication. SSSSSHHHHHHH!! See you on the other side : )

The pyramid where all our classes, yoga and meditations are held.