Blessings and lessons from Bali and Sri Lanka
I have been travelling through Bali and Sri Lanka for 9 weeks with my family. I have been intending sitting down at the laptop to share with you the lessons and blessing I have learnt, but to be honest there is not a lot of downtime with a 4 1/2 year old boy. My blog post was going to start off with how when we arrived in Bali we spent a few days at a cool resort called Komune in Keramas. We lounged by the pool and I had to de robe my 39 year old Mum body which had not seen the sun for a while. For the last few years I have really upped my self love and have been practicing daily to love and accept my whole self. It is pretty hard to live a joyous, loving life when you are hating on your body. So I was going to let you know some as my thought processes that I had as I lay my imperfect body next to some pretty perfect looking 20 year olds. As we travelled through Bali some of the bodies lounging next to me started to get a bit older and more fun shapes and sizes. Sri Lanka really stepped it up a notch with loads more different cultures, sizes, shapes, tans, ages and swimwear. Week 7 and my acceptance and love of my 39 year old Mum body had really improved. Then we had the unfortunate experience of being involved in a rescue of a young Man from Sri Lanka who sadly drowned. Jared was part of the crew who located him, brought him back to the beach and tried to resuscitate him. My job was to gather my Children in close and help them to make sense of what they were about to see. This was the first time the 4 of us where to experience a drowning where they didn’t survive. As I sat with this after the words of the amazing Dr Libby Weaver rang into my head, Life is precious, you are precious and treat yourself accordingly. I am de robing now with more gratitude for my perfectly imperfect body, and all perfectly imperfect bodies around me.
And a quick lesson from Bali, it is not advised to put mosquito repellent on your body and head straight to yoga. You will stick to the yoga mat and it will be really hard and embarrassing to pull the yoga mat off your legs while everyone is already standing.
Love your precious self and all those around you xxx
Leanne