I have not written much this last month and a half as traveling was more demanding than I’d anticipated and then settling into our home again has taken a lot of time and attention. Nevermind the heat and humidity! That made it so much more challenging to get things done. It was so hot and humid that I just lay around sweating and I barely wanted or needed to eat. It’s good weather for a cleanse! I am grateful that it’s starting to cool off a bit.
I’ve also been going through a variety of emotional experiences, some of it unexpected layers of grief regarding my mother’s death, and some of it frustration and sadness to do with ending a working relationship that was not in alignment and dealing with unexpected aggression on that front. Being the deeply introspective person that I am, I can see a connective throughline, and how these experiences are here to serve my healing and evolution. It doesn’t make it less difficult, but it does allow me to move through it with more ease.
Part of the return to my home here in Baja is a noticeable shifting in the energetic interaction between myself, the land, and the Mexican people. We felt it almost immediately when we crossed the border.
A lot has happened over the last year living here, and my nervous system being allowed to down-regulate has brought amazing levels of healing that I knew was possible, but am still a little in awe of. And it continues.
I am looking over my own expectations for this newsletter and will be adjusting some of them to reflect what is present as I slowly find my writing and art practice and daily routine structure. There’s definitely more art to share!