October is flying by. This was about the time that we used to arrive here, and now we have been here for over a month.
This week I went to a yoga class...the last one that I went to was about 22 years ago. Yes I am stiff. I will be going to yoga 3 times a week and walking twice a week.
The yoga class is led by a women who is about 60. She was a yoga/ballet teacher in Mexico City. She has relocated to Patzcuaro. What an energetic person!!! I think she must do this for her own edification as we only pay about $1.00 per class.
The class is a wonderful mix: every age including a little Down's syndrome girl of about 8 to women of about 70. There are about 20 in all, and of those 3 are Canadian women. Today we did not do yoga...we worked on balance and dexterity with a finale of zumba.
Friday promises to be exciting. First a group of us are walking to a Yoga retreat (about an hr). Then there is an hour of yoga followed by 30 min of meditation. Then breakfast. Apparently the retreat is in a forest so we will probably go for a walk in the forest. After that I believe I will take a cab home.
Every Monday I go for a massage. The woman who does the massage has the tiniest hands but she gives a great massage. I also opt for a 'treatment' of some sort after the massage. Three weeks ago I had the 'hot rock' treatment. It was wonderful..little pebbles (hot of course) all over your body. My muscles were smiling.
Last week I had the honey, orange and lemon skin treatment. She applied this warm mixture to my whole body using a paint brush. What luxury! This past week she did an exfoliation (total body) with yogurt and rice. The rice acts as an abrasive and the acidity of the yogurt is great for the skin.
Who knows what next Monday will bring?
She also does Reiki. I had never experienced Reiki until last year. The first time she performed Reiki on me, the hairs on the back of my neck prickled, and I felt a tingling all over. Sometimes I feel nothing when she does the Reiki. Apparently it all depends on your state of mind as to what you feel.
What a wonderful life I have here.
Bob and Patches continue to walk up the mountain 3 times a week and we meet for breakfast about 10 am. On Tues and Thurs we walk but more on the flat. I have a walking companion this year. Her name is Gemma. She moved here from Quebec about 5 yr ago. I asked her to join me in my walks. She and I joined the yoga class ...we are planning to be fit!!
Bob and I will go to Mazatlan on Nov 7 and return on Nov 28. Now that I have a yoga and walking routine here I am really not looking forward to going to Mazatlan..I will enjoy it there I know. Bob was showing me how to coil a rope and throw it. My first lesson in sailing. He wants me to learn how to tie knots. I suggested that for every knot that I learned to tie, he should learn to cook something. This was met with a certain amount of resistance...those who know Bob will not be surprised at his response.
Our little garden is looking good except for the gardenia. When we arrived the gardenia looked great. In fact it was covered in buds. Now it is just a stick. After I fertilized the garden all the leaves and buds fell off the gardenia...I am leaving the stick to see what happens. The roses loved the fertilizer, but I suppose it was not right for the gardenia. I love gardenias but I have killed 2 in 5 years. If the stick does not produce in 2 weeks, I will be off to the flower market to find another gardenia, and we will see how long it takes for me to kill it.
About 2 weeks ago I started tutoring my neighbour's grandson..in English. I was going to do this 3 times a week. After meeting on Monday I decided that my life was too busy to tutor 3 times a week. Besides it reminded me too much of my former career.
That is our life at the moment, and I can think of nothing much to improve it.
