the last few days have been spent baby wearing, running through Central Park with my running group, volunteering with the under 5 crowd at the MET, and helping a handful of my clients with different stages of their breastfeeding journeys. recently there was this awareness that these truly are the golden days… never have I experienced a season of life that is so gentle with me. my mental health is a different story but recently the realization came that my external reality is peaceful, my work while always in flux/changing is abundant and anything I could ask for is here. my subconscious is simply vigilant, so I keep repeating to myself “it’s safe” and I firmly believe my mind will catch up one day.
in other exciting news, I met my new acupuncturist who is lovely and waltzed into the room with a tenderness that I recognized so well — postpartum. she expertly traced my body and found the spots that ached or made me recoil from pain, after so many births…my back needs the help. I woke up the next morning pain free and it was revolutionary.
my marathon training is ebbing and flowing, the set backs are mainly my conservative approach to prevent injury but I have decided so long as I finish the marathon, nothing else matters. the real gift this marathon season has been my running group, we run and grab breakfast and I am reminded that runners are a different type of human athlete….so optimistic.
And in jump up and down exciting news — I’ll be in Nicaragua in less than two weeks. I even found surf lessons, well….more like a local man with a board who can teach me and a place I can rent a surf board from but it’s basically the same thing. I wasn’t too keen on signing up for a formal surf school since it felt like I’d be feeding a chain versus the local economy. my dream of riding horses on the beach may even come true and I was so overwhelmed with joy that I practically bursted into tears seeing the website videos. anyways it’s a bit more to go, and I’m grateful for these slow days left here in the city.
