#watchmefly - road trip - the 3 b's

I spontaneously planned a last-minute road trip. I made a split decision and started to pack instantaneously. I had 24hours to pack, organize, and prepare for my departure. I was looking forward to adventuring out on my own and just taking in what may come. It felt exhilarating, fun, fearless, stomach-dropping, fearful, peaceful, and like i was on cloud 9 getting high on life.
I was headed south to a 1-day yoga-training in McMinnville, TN.
I would pass through Indianapolis, Louisville, and Nashville. Now I have travelled before, and have always preferred planes and nice hotels. This was far from and all i needed, brought, and experienced. It was great. The new me was starting to emerge. I guess all the self-help, letting go, meditation, and spirit vs. ego work was paying off, because this journey was a great experience.

 I had just finished a 7-day online course called Inner Engineering by a guy name Sadghuru.  To my surprise, he had the same message as another guy named Markus Rothkranz. I have been reading tons of books, listening to audio books, watching videos, and reading. These 2 guys have a great message and is just what i needed at this moment in time. Take a look at them (in the pictures below) and if you find yourself judging, try to stop. I am telling you, they are BOTH really out-of-the box from what I know and they are super awesome! This is not about religion, it is about your life and how you live it and what you choose to believe. Not about the labels we put on your god, my god, their goddesses, your jesus, my astrology, your prayers, my meditation, etc. It is just about the simple act of BEING. My new motto... "Breath.Believe.Be." It's purrfect!  Isn't everyone searching for happiness? Of course. Who wants to feel like crap? NOBODY! Everyone is continually searching for that happiness. It is right in front of us, as I am learning. I was restricting my own self with my own ideals and thoughts. Sure there are always rules and regulations, but you can still be free with your own thoughts and how you choose to live and what you choose to think and believe. 

These 2 guys could not be any more polar opposites and LOOK totally different than each other, but YES they deliver the SAME message.  I am not saying go read all their books and soak up their message. You will search for what you want and need in your own time. It is not for me to push it on you. I am just telling you about a very vivid example and experience I am having with letting go and dealing with our egos, thoughts, emotions, our physical body, and our consciousness.  As a humanity, a family, we have become so addicted to being UN-conscious day to day, same rig-a-ma-roll, same electronics, same food, same small group of people, same daily routine. Perhaps if we just think of adding some spice AND like on Halloween when you buy a pumpkin and carve it, what do we do, we create our own vision of what the pumpkin should look like, right? That's all we have to do with ourselves! It's fantastic!

So I left on my road trip and passed some big-ass billboards that were advertising, zip-lining, caves, ropes, dirt bikes and it looked REALLY fun! I thought, I have to go. So , I did. I stayed in Louisville and ventured to this place. ​http://www.louisvillemegacavern.com/. If you like to be physically active like i do and/or if you have kids, this place is great AND it is less than 5hrs from Chicago AND there are cheap hotels you can stay at by the airport.  Besides the FUN factor, I have been working on conquering my fears. Any time you try something NEW, I think we all get that weird feeling in our gut, right? Our ego is saying no don't do it, i feel uncomfortable, but your spirit says, go for it!  I was tormented all weekends by these 2 thoughts/feelings. I know repetition is good when you are trying to change something, so I kept ignoring my ego that was telling me no, and went with my rah-rah- cheerleader spirt that said yes!  AND, I am happy to report, I feel great! I tried to capture my zip-lining for you, the video is dark, but you can imagine. The depths of this cave were huge and you cannot see them but please imagine.

​How many ways are there to FLY? I shall find out! I now feel the need to hang glide or parachute or sky dive.  This puts a new meaning behind a Fly Girl. Looks like I am gonna have to up my game. Taking these restrictions off my mind and out of my head is turning out to be wonderful!  And I called myself open-minded and non-judgemental.... phfff... i don't think i truly understood what that meant until now.  I think that zip lining scared me straight! :) I am entering much un-chartered territory and it is wonderful happiness. My karma got me here and I will gladly take it! Thank you very much for this cancer my friend, but it is now time for you to go.

​I packed lightly with only the bare essentials, which consisted of drastically different choices from previous travels.  There was so much GLAMOUR to this trip in an unexpected way. It's pretty freeing to wake up and just go without worrying about your hair or makeup or what you are wearing and what you smell like or what you are gonna eat, or if you exercised, or if you got all of your to-do list done, or answering the phone or texts, or checking facebook a zillion times, or wondering what everyone is thinking. It was worry-free. A feeling that I have not had in years! I am still a City girl, but I believe my priorities are shifting.  

I had a very ZEN and peaceful weekend at the Yoga training. I learned and re-learned and re-appreciated many things. As a teacher, the most challenging and rewarding time was accomplishing the training because of HOW they teach.  In America we depend on textbooks and lectures.  THIS was all about visualization, repetition and memory and example.  I won't go into depth, but just know it was a way to learn that I had never experienced before. It is crazy how QUIETNESS and STILLNESS can calm the mind and body and how that can effectively CHANGE YOU in an INSTANT.   I was grateful for my experience but was ready to be on the go again. I think I was thinking about the Dirt Biking I could potentially experience the next day.  It was a blast, check it out!

My trip was a great success and adventure.  I have a lot of clarity. I have regained a sense of trust and confidence. I have a solid meaning for my life and know my purpose. I will keep on building my new daily routines, adventures, and experiences. I am remembering to live in the moment every second.  I am speaking my truth and moving forward in a new way.  I am still human and will fail and fall and persevere.



- ​Tami xo

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