December 5-10 I was lucky enough to travel to Costa Rica to perform at a beachside wedding. Even from the airplane before we landed, the land was fascinating. We flew over mountainous, hilly land parcels with amazingly ordered farming plots, then estates with pools, and then to the capital city, San Jose. 8 hours after landing, we finally arrived at our beachside bungalows in Santa Theresa, after hours of driving on dirt roads and a beautiful ferry ride.
The land is so beautiful and feels so clean and fresh. The people were so outgoing and kind. Everything feels so alive and there is so much wild nature -- jungle and beach, everywhere, overflowing with creepy crawlies and birds and sweat drenching humidity. It was a welcome relief after the chill of San Francisco!
Lots of mosquitoes. The scurrying of hermit crabs swarming on fallen coconuts. Riding a crazy school bus turned "Party Bus" which almost backed off the road into a ravine. Finding completly isolated beaches with Kramer and collecting bumpy, colorful shells. Sand caught on wet feet in flip flops. Purple flashing lightening illuminating the night sky before a storm...
Perfoming there was like a dream. We stayed at the same location as the entire wedding party for the weekend. Kramer djed in a thatched hut while I performed between the palm trees on the sand with my led hoop. The land was on an angle and I had to look up to make sure hoop tosses wouldn't hit the trees. Dancing on an angle is always an interesting challenge, but it worked out. I slipped a bit on the sand and rocks, but luckily remembered to breathe and slow down and just enjoy myself. Since there were few other lights aside from my hoop, I had to be careful not to whirl off center and into the crowd which was a dark mass surrounding me on all sides. Overall, it was thrilling and the crowd was mezmerized and very appreciative. I wore two different costumes and rocked the house with very interactive shows where I particularly engaged the bride and groom to come out and dance with me while I hooped... it was a blast!
The staff rigged up a whirling multicolored discoball in the roof of the thatched hut where Kramer was set up and everyone thumped and grooved to tribal beats late into the night.... even the grey haired parents of the bride and groom! It was one of those evenings of radiant, unbridled happiness and I just couldn't stop smiling.
The days there were spent swimming in the ocean, and hooping or lying on the beach, listening to, "Practicing the Power of Now" or other tunes on our i-pod speaker system while Kramer surfed. We chatted with tourists very different from ourselves, like investment bankers, and felt grateful for our lives.
It is easy to see why the country motto is, "Pura Vida", the pure life! it really is a gorgeous, green vibrant magnet for life saturating energy. We were lucky that the tip of the country we visited also happened to be relatively isolated and undeveloped so it really had the feel of being "out there", lacking any mega developments. I left having a clear feeling that I would return to the location where we stayed (Luz de Vida -- The Light of Life) and lead a hoop retreat of some kind there. The space is perfect! Also, I am thinking of staying on to shoot the second instructional DVD there as well with the Allstars. The cascading waterfalls, lush jungle and delicious beaches are exactly the type of environment I want in my DVDs -- whisking watchers into another land and a whole other way of feeling. Languid. Sweet. Relaxed. Peaceful. Sensual. Joyous. Strong! I am still working out the dates and the idea... you will know more when I do!
Creator, I want to really say thank you so much for bringing me to visit the radiant land of Costa Rica. I love the jungles and beaches and beauty and warmth! I am so excited to go back there and share this feeling of connection and sexy naturalness with as many people as I can by shooting my next DVD there and leading retreats where those attending can let go, relax and have fun! Thank you for bringing all the perfect people and events into alignment to make this happen in an effortless and joyful way. I so appreciate the gift of being given time to enjoy and renew my body temple. I am so happy to have so many opportunities to connect with inspiring powerful women who are co-collaborating on so many exciting projects with me! Yea for the pure life! I feel the sparkling essence of pure coursing through my viens and nourishing me on a deep level, no matter where I am. I carry the luminescent essence of Costa Rica in my heart and in the vibration of every cell in my body! I speak, dance, live and exist in ways which make my life the ultimate tropical paradise! I bring the resonance of paradise into the core of my being. I am healed. I am instantly rejeuvinated. I have access to an infinite wellspring of eternal youth. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!