I went away for the weekend to Wilbur Hot Springs for some healing. Ahhhh... so blissful! I am creating new patterns of delicious self care.

I sat in the steaming water under the ripe, full moon. It was amazing... the water all around me seemed to be glowing a luminescent green which made me feel like a plant! Frogs were singing. Pine andother trees were rustling. And the moon was so bright! I couldn't remember the last time I sat naked under the moon in the water.

Tub time is kind of like hooping time, for me. I log in and connect. I spent 3 hours in on friday night soaking, almost 6 hours on saturday and 2 hours on sunday. I sit there with my pink 32 ounce water bottle full of spring water, sliced cucumbers and lemons floating at the top. Once I finish the entire bottle, I force myself to exit the pools and get more.

While I soak, I stare at the water currents. I observe my breathe. I thank thoughts when they appear and let silence happen for a while. I play with thoughts for a while and turn them around, Byron Katie style. But mostly, I do absoluetly nothing. I sit, crouch, lay or otherwise unfurl myself. I love it. I love that I am absouletly alone with no one to socialize with or talk to. I love that I can just enjoy getting to know my body, my skin, my feet, my calluses.. all of me.

This is a radical experience for me. I am a person who can easily fall into compulsive workaholism. I love what I do, so it is hard to set boundaries and create time for play. How ironic! My life path of hooping is about play, and yet I get so caught up in the "biz" sometimes, I forget. I geuss we teach what we most want to learn ourselves.

The water smells stronger than any other mineral water I have ever soaked in. I imagine that the minerals are soaking into my body through my pores and entering my own body's water chemistry. I visualize it re-patterning the structure of my body's water with fresh, pure, healing essence of nature. My blood getting cleaner. My skin cleaner. My soul cleaner. Like my body is a liquid crystal recalibrating, reorganizing. Creating a higher order to hum symbiotically with those blessed waters. Wow!

During the days the sun shone so bright! I actually got a sun burn! It's been years since I had that happen. A hummingbird kept appearing and humming so close to my head, and then it would disappear again. What a magical little green and pink bird with such a bright heart! Little nectar beings drinking flower essence all day long. What a neat life.

During down time I read the entire book of The Secret from start to finish. I just can't get enough of that information! I've watched the movie, listened to the book on tape, and now reading it helps me take it in on a whole other level. Amazing.

I also read from Byron Katie's A Thousand Names For Joy. She is either totally enlightened or totally insane. Either way, she has inspired me to unpack my thoughts and stories for a fresh perspective on life. Her work, actually called, "The Work" is remarkable. She asks you to evaluate the truth of your percieved reality with 6 radical questions. You can learn more at www.thework.com

So I ended my little retreat two days later by writing myself a wonderful thank you card, thanking myself profusely for taking some time out to nurture myself. I can't wait to get it in the mail!

When I got back, I felt grounded, present, and renewed. And then .... the workweek hit me! Monday was hectic, but I got a gift in the mail.. the latest issue of German SHAPE magazine which has a feature on HoopGirl. Publicity is such a gift!

Now everything is in flow again. So much to share, but I will leave it with this and tell more later. Kramer just poured a glass of wine and is waiting to spend a nice evening with me... he is folding the laundry I didn't do since I have been sitting at this desk way too long. It is time to stop.

Thank you Universe for all the abundance which you shower me with! I am so happy with my wonderful life. I am so happy to have a wonderful body which works so well. I am thrilled to be surrounded by such great friends. Thank you for providing for my every need! Thank you for so many unexpected miracles. And thank you for revealing the true transformative power of gratitude in my life!