Have you ever woken up feeling terrible? Like really bad... so bad that you have trouble concentrating, and all you want to do is go back to bed? (#HUNGOVER) Well this day was one of those days for me, in the morning... but I knew I had plans to go on this hike with my best bud Kristen. I knew that if we would only get to the mountain, and get out in nature- 'bathe' in the forest, I would feel immediately better...
The 45 minute drive over was brutal, we had to stop at a deli to try to get some food in me - which didn't work because I just could not eat. We were amused though, by the lawn gnome theme of the deli, and I handed the keys over to Kristen to get us there safely, the 20+ minute rest of the drive.
We finally arrived, after many moments of my own inner struggle of pain and thinking, am I going to make it? Kristen asking me, do you just want to turn around and go home? NO! LET'S JUST GET THERE! I was not nice and not able to hold back my onery-ness. ( sorry Kris ) You see, once you have been flying high in the Vortex on a regular basis, felling joy and appreciation daily, and getting high off of that- to feel low, to feel bad in any way, feels waaaay worse... because it's all relative. You no longer accept felling bad as "normal" and you naturally know that you you should not be ok with what you are feeling.
Fast Forward to the hike. Immediately, entering the STH entry path, passing through beautiful fields filled with flowers, intoxicating spring scents, a dirt path mixed with beautiful stone steps and charming trees all around, I felt the healing power. Wow, look at this- and this, and this... how BEAUTIFUL! Appreciation is KEY!
It wasn't long before I was feeling fine and flying high. Kristen and I had a blast chatting and laughing. Inspirations continuing to pour in. Realizing that this is what Life is supposed to be about. JOY, FUN...APPRECIATION... I joked to Kristen- Guess what I just realized- "The Hokey Pokey IS WHAT IT"S REALLY ALL ABOUT!!!" She returned without skipping a beat- "And you know what? Row row row your boat gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily.." Together we say "LIFE IS BUT A DREAM" Giggling and truly getting it. When you can stay in joy, and be happy NOW in the moment, that is what you experience. More and more joy, more and more well-being. More and more bliss.
Later on in the hike we were talking about stress and Kristen brilliantly said- There is only 1 disease in the world. It's STRESS and it comes from our minds. SO TRUE.
We found an amazing full snake skin with the head and eyes still attached. I realized, wow, the snake is symbolic of transformation, and of awakening. The awakening of the Kundhalini energy in the energy body. Having just seen a Rattlesnake 2 days before, The meaning did not get lost on me. I am certainly experiencing this awakening and transformation. Kris too. We always joke how we are twinning our life experiences. My Wonder Twin best bud! ACTIVATE! lol.
So after our amazing hike, on our way out nearing the end of the woods. Kris is a few steps ahead of me. I look to the right and there is a huge fallen tree, all rotted out. I spy a reeeeeaally long black snake crawling within it. I react with a deep scared inhaling breath- loud enough for it to hear me... Before we could blink, the snake lunges out into mid air at us, as if it could fly! Kristen did a matrix move backwards and narrowly avoided the snake. NO JOKE! "WHAT IS WITH THE SNAKES!!" I scream... the snake turns around and crawls back into the log... Both of us, hearts pumping start laughing and going OMG, Did THAT just really happen?!?!? YES... yes it did. And it was amazing. Again confirmation of the symbolism, TRANSFORMATION.. and a reminder to stay on your toes, to be aware and to respect mother nature.
What a freaking amazing hike it was! ????⛰✨⛅️❤️