Thailand: week at a peak #4
Peak risk of attack week and birthday celebrations all rolled into one.
Day 22 – Wednesday 25th January
Just past my 3rd week here and coming into the 4th.
Beach yoga with Liz, followed by a co-working sesh with breakfast. Sent an important email I’ve had on my “to do” since Autumn!
Went to bed all aft. Head not so good but managed to sleep it off. Early night too.
Day 23 – Thursday 26th January
Happy birthday to me! 43 today.
Got up early to go visit an elephant sanctuary – a home for rescue elephants. Went walking with them, joined them in a mud bath then washed them down in the river.
Back home for 11am and in need of a lie down already. Enjoyed lunch by the lapping waves followed by another lie down. Got up, typed a blog then had another lie down.
Birthday banana cake then birthday tea with Liz. It didn’t feel like it was my birthday until there was cake!
Liz and me did week 2 of our new Thursday night class together (Thursday lunchtime in the UK). Last week was sorceress with dance to a playlist to suit this energy and archetype – this week, Warrioress kick starting the dance sesh with “I am woman”, yee-ha!
All the lie-downs served me well today and head was “ok”.
Day 24 – Friday 27th Jan
Beach walk and brekky with Liz again.
Thought I might as well co-work with Liz again even though I’d planned to go to the main beach for a massage, coinciding with day 1 of my period.
Spent the rest of the day in bed. Failed to check in with myself at first warning. My body did try to warn me but I overrode it and kept on working.
Day 25 – Saturday 28th Jan
Good day physically, mentally and emotionally. Insights, connection and wisdom from my own body coming through thick and fast.
Spontaneously did an energy centre check in of each chakra. Awareness, for the first time, that the energy I had was best kept for myself with me just coming into winter week and the start of a new cycle, menstrual wise.
I took a very slow and mindful walk where I had to take a few rest breaks (reminded me of back when I was chronically ill, disabled by illness with my power walking days far behind me. I had to start out the same way in order to rebuild my strength, a little at a time, doing what I could, when I could). Chronic fatigue lay waiting for me at the other side of chronic pain. Today, it was a foot and leg massage at the end of this slow intentional walk and a shit ton of gratitude for how far I’ve come.
Day 26 – Sunday 29th Jan
Head mildly not so good on waking. A coffee and some gentle yoga on the beach helped shift it. Plus, an affirmation meditation and another gentle, slow and intentional walk to the main stretch of beach for a 2 hour full body massage. I don’t say this lightly….I was amazed to notice that I felt BRAND NEW about ¾ of the way through the treatment.
Day 27 – Monday 30th Jan
A new connection I made here messaged the other day saying she felt she would very much like to have the full bodywork channelling treatment I offer and would I consider doing one on her before I leave. It wasn’t my plan for paid work to be part of my trip here, but the idea lit me up and I felt excited so I said yes. I did my usual energy work and preparation beforehand and connected with an anxious energy I wouldn’t have tuned into at this level ordinarily. My period has finished and the change in hormones at this time in my cycle most often leads to a migraine attack. Feeling sure the anxious energy is my body’s response to this increase in hormone. I wonder at that and the connection to the potential of this triggering attack from a root cause perspective? One of the known root causes from a medical perspective is an “inability to regulate emotions” (alongside an abnormality to the brain) and although there is a clear link to hormones and it seems they often get such a bad rap (learning to rebalance my hormones has had a hugely beneficial impact on my mental, physical and emotional health), hormones are not the culprit – to me it’s always been about the imbalance in hormones. So, it is on this basis and for this reason that I am often looking at migraine disease from an emotional (root cause) perspective.
Bed rest before sunset kayaking in the Mangroves with Willow (from the goddess retreat the other week), Liz and her girls. Swam in Mirror Lake and had a very different experience to kayaking than I’ve ever had before.
It was EPIC.
Day 28 – Tuesday 31st Jan
Yesterday’s client shared her experience with her husband, he wants a full bodywork channelling treatment too! Going ahead with this one too was a really helpful process and exercise in many ways. I realised, for the first time, that a 2.5hour treatment requires 4 hours work on my part, due to the preparation beforehand (energetically speaking) and post treatment energy work too. For this type of treatment, it is imperative I manage my energy and protect it so that I don’t feel depleted afterwards and also so that messages channelled come through only for your highest good.
I spent the day ridiculously excited at the prospect of husband and wife embarking on a treatment of this nature and magnitude and wonder at the acceleration to their growth, healing and alignment. Limitless potential and exponential growth on all levels is all I can see and imagine for these two.
Final day and night at Pine Bungalows and still in winter week of menstrual cycle so was sure to rest after 2nd epic treatment of the week.
One month in and over the half way point of my time here. What a time and adventure it’s been.
Happy Birthday Amber!! 🥰🥰🥰