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Well - I have been arriving... A long #flight from #Denmark to #Kelapa Cottage in Bali, what a #world of difference. I have met so many #wonderful #persons, #helpful and #giving! I have a restored #belief in humanity:-). This is what met me when I left #morning #yogapractice this morning. I am #learning, #meeting, #facing #fears, developing, teaching, studying, talking, thinking in a second language...and I am #tired.  So, I am out until tomorrow - this is my day off:-). Namaste!

Today is the day - in more sence than one! I have now checked in at BLL #Denmark bound for #Bali via #Amsterdam. I have said my goodbyes with my boys and with my hubbie - knowing they will do just fine without me for 4 weeks. Oh, but I will miss them - and that is ok.  The terrible news from #Nice, France, makes me think about what safety is. Is it being free of danger? Is it avoiding crowds? Is it loving and being #loved? I hope that all my love for my family can give them freedom and space to move. I feel their love. I love you guys, Karsten, Georg and Alfred! Who would have thought, I'd have 3 men in my life? Lucky girl, I am!

Packing - YAY!  I love it and I hate it. I always bring too much...how much #stuff do you need for 29 days in #Bali? Certainly #books and a straw hat and Danish candy and a hair dryer and clothes and note books (note plural) and chargers (also plural) and more clothes and bikinis and....For once I have not packed heels... only practical #footwear! This is quite mature of me. AND I have not reached the airlines #limit of 23 kg - yet. I have never in my life packed so much #yoga wear, let alone a yoga mat. (The last two times I travelled with a yoga mat, was from #Hamburg (from #Luluemon store - have no good yoga store in DK. I am so looking forward to visiting the #goyogi store in Aarhus after Bali) to #Denmark). #Tomorrow I leave my #husband and best friend, Karsten, and my to boys, Georg and Alfred. My "mind is racing while I pack - I am starting an adventure without the loves of my life, I am leaving them behind. I am going to miss them awfully - but I will return a #stro...

I have been busy; busy planning and worrying about things. I didn't even notice the sun. The past weeks have been rainy and a bit cold, actually. The Danish summer is known (for Danes :-)) as unreliable to say the least. That is why we often worry about the weather - just I have worried - not about the weather, but a number of other things. But no matter how much I worry and overthink, it will not change anything. So, instead I will try to be present now - and not have a field day in what I #worry will happen. Can I do this? Let the #sunshine in!

So - 5 days left until depature from Denmark Bali bound. Everything inside me cries "YEAH BABY!" and at the same time a whisper echoes "what are you doing?". I recognize this feeling - it is what drives me and what stops me. It is up to me to decide the direction that this feeling is to lead me. I choose the "YEAH BABY!" fully aware of the #wonders and challenges that lie before me.  And what a thrill - those steps that lead you on the path of new adventure. 

So, touching the floor is not the goal in itself. The goal is to extend to my limit, knowing my limit without letting it stop me before even trying. It is a balance between what I know - and what I think I know.