About a month ago my daughter and I went to Arizona. We arrived in Phoenix a massive city in the desert. A hot, dry, sprawling, American city that appears to be growing approximately 300 newcomers every day. We stayed with a friend at his Air B-n-B, met up with another friend who drove us all over the state and south of the border to Mexico. Among the places we drove to or through were: Sedona, Jerome, Prescott, Scottsdale, Quartzite, Wickenburg, Tempe, Yuma. One of my favorite places we went to was a place called 'Slide Rock', near Sedona. The beautiful red rock of the area had been worn into a shape of a slide where a small river ran. We soaked up the sun here and got into the water and this is where I saw a mermaid! A beautiful young blonde mermaid with blue and green scales.
Ahh! It was so nice to get into some warm, dry, sun - I am missing it so much already. I am back in Kodiak in the November weather where winter is fast approaching and dark nights are getting longer, creating shorter days, so not much sun and warmth here. I am looking for a place to move to where I can possibly be a snow bird and return to Kodiak in the summers - or whatever works out best for me. I would love to set up my studio and shop elsewhere and continue practicing Ayurveda and start adding more classes. If you happen to know of a place, I do like the sun and the desert and the tropics. After all, I am the traveling yogini and I am willing to be that traveling Ayurvedic~Doula~Yogini!
I have a small space I use for seeing clients. It is where I can work on clients who want an Ayurvedic Body Therapy session; I can see Doula clients and have one on one Yoga sessions. Kodiak is a small, conservative town which is why I am "wearing many hats", as Doula, Yoga Instructor, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Mom, 'Sub' for the High Schoolers. Not sure this is the best community for me to be practicing in but it is a start and at least I am getting out there while I am here!
Being a doula is a very interesting work. I am doing both birth and postpartum doula work with an Ayurvedic approach. My background in Yoga and Ayurveda add much to my doula practice. I have enjoyed cooking postpartum foods which support lactation, are easy to digest and help prevent postpartum depression. Food truly is medicine.
