As 2017 comes to a close, I must say....it did not turn out anything like I thought it would. I did not anticipate to still be living in Chiang Mai. At this time last year, I was planning to leave at the end of the school year--to either move back to the US or continue to travel. But something happened. A few things happened.
I found a community and friends that I absolutely love. And I wanted to challenge myself--I wanted to know what it felt like to choose to stay--to work and live and built a life as an expat in this foreign city where life simply flows.
I started working online. I started teaching yoga. I learned to read Tarot in such a way I understand and resonate with. I had past life regression therapy which not only confirmed those things I knew, but broke down all the walls I still had hiding inside of me--blocks that I thought had melted away those months of travel before I landed in Chinag Mai. And from here, having stayed, I can see a bit clearer than I did before.
And what is most clear is that there will be more movement in 2018--not constant movement like in 2016, but more movement and more posts. I am so excited to share 2018 with you--new countries, new experiences, new ways to exist in this challenging and messy and unpleasant (for many) world.
I won't reveal any plans yet--that will happen as we move through 2018, but I will leave you with something that a most amazing soul shared with me not too long ago. He ended his message to me with this: "shine hard light warrior, the world needs you."
What is your intention as you move into 2018? Whatever it may be, just remember to turn your heart toward the light and shine, shine, shine.
I found a community and friends that I absolutely love. And I wanted to challenge myself--I wanted to know what it felt like to choose to stay--to work and live and built a life as an expat in this foreign city where life simply flows.
I started working online. I started teaching yoga. I learned to read Tarot in such a way I understand and resonate with. I had past life regression therapy which not only confirmed those things I knew, but broke down all the walls I still had hiding inside of me--blocks that I thought had melted away those months of travel before I landed in Chinag Mai. And from here, having stayed, I can see a bit clearer than I did before.
And what is most clear is that there will be more movement in 2018--not constant movement like in 2016, but more movement and more posts. I am so excited to share 2018 with you--new countries, new experiences, new ways to exist in this challenging and messy and unpleasant (for many) world.
I won't reveal any plans yet--that will happen as we move through 2018, but I will leave you with something that a most amazing soul shared with me not too long ago. He ended his message to me with this: "shine hard light warrior, the world needs you."
What is your intention as you move into 2018? Whatever it may be, just remember to turn your heart toward the light and shine, shine, shine.
