Yesterday was such a beautiful day.

I woke up early around 5:30am to “potty” and when I returned to bed with the intention to continue my slumber, a flash in the window caught my eye. Another storm was passing through and the lighting was lighting up the sky with ominous god-like celebrity flash bulbs. It caught my attention in the theta, half sleep state I was in. It was hypnotizing to watch, giving a sense of the beauty and awe of nature. I didn’t go back to sleep. I fell into the intoxicating sensory experience, first observing the intermittent flashes of blue-pink-white, then as I stilled the sound of the rain, then the sound of the wind and the rain, then the sound of the ocean waves, the wind and the rain with the unsynchronized flashes.

Waves of gratitude started to roll over me. I left the darkness of my room to make some coffee. I left the lights off to best absorb the nature’s symphony so perfectly orchestrated and lye still in the dark now adding a man-made pleasure to the mix, a warm coffee steaming with delicious flavor and promise of awakeness. In the dark I inhaled deeply, I listened deeply, I watched deeply. I felt deeply.

This morning was such a gift, The few days prior I was out of tune, in mood, spiritually, physically. I felt grouchy, irritable, uncomfortable in my body. This experience was the mindful re-tuning I had been needing. With the unexpected glorious spark of lighting, “rayo” in Spanish, I was not jolted, but lovingly coaxed back into oneness, alignment, back into alignment.

The rest of the day followed suit. I had an amazing surf session at Burros, 4-6foot my favorite fun size. I had this endless pool of energy that is not usually available to me. Was it the coffee? The meditation? The healthy dinner I had the night before? The answer is yes.

As humans we are mind, body, spirit and they work in synchronicity, as systems all working together affecting and supporting the other. When one is “off” the other can go off as well. This is why it’s important to pay attention to all of them.

Admittedly sometimes I get a little lazy in my self-care, tending to my wellness. When things are going well, I may…. Eat too much sugar, not eat balanced, ignore my spiritual practice for work, or fear of what might come up, not wanting to disturb the good. But by ignoring these things, even the discomfort of something that may need to be dealt with is what sends us, me in this tale, off balance, leading to a state of groggy, grumpy and out of flow. YUK!

Being out of flow/alignment feels terrible especially when you’ve cultivated a life of mostly being in that harmonious state.

But getting back to the flow, the water was warm again all my senses were awakened feeling the warm salty water wash over my body with every paddle stroke, feeling the warmth in my face, the smell of the salt are, drinking in the white clouded sky and cloud sprinkled mountains across the grey-navy bay. At first I was in the wrong place missing the sets, but as I stopped “trying” and settled into my flow, the water, as I became fluid, I started to be in the right spot. I started to be. After a lull in the surf, it just kept getting better and better and takeoffs became effortless and more and more fun. Even enjoyed a party wave with plenty of open glassy wave for all with some smiling familiar faces. My surfing session continued to improve up until my very last and very best wave of the day that I energetically and gleefully rode all the way into the beach.

All the stress, tensions, sadness and dis-ease from the few days prior had been washed away, cleansed; I had been anointed  by Mother ocean.

I was left with a happily tired body, a deep feeling of gratitude for my health, where I live  and the blessing that I have the ability to experience the morning as I did…. and a smile stretching from ear to ear.

Being in the water is such if not healing, then an enriching gift to be able to experience.

On the beach I was greeted by the local vendors with warm smiles and greetings in Spanish, as they remembered me from chatting with them on visits past. It felt good to be welcomed back to land by the locals in a new town.

The good vibes continued to flow throughout the day until near sunset where the day began to wind down just as sweetly as it started and I finished the day in the water watching sunset to last light.

If you would like support in your wellness awareness and goals or want to use the power of the ocean to cultivate healing and self love I am here. I am a certified Surft Therapy Practitioner and Integrative Health and Wellness Coach. To find out more, schedule a complementary discovery call to see how we may partner in releasing dis-ease, cultivating joy and overall wellness.

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