Ubud : Somehow it feels like coming home

Though I had no idea what I could expect from Ubud, this sentence or a part of it was in my mind on the way to Ubud. I could really feel this sentence after my first Yogaclass here in Yogabarn. This was such an inspiration, the centre, the view, the floor, the sound, the smell, the people, it was all there, I was whole there...and I'm still. Every morning I join a class either at 7 am or 8.30 am. But not only the Yoga feels that great, our guesthouse is just a dream! It's a small place with only 3 bungalows and 2 open space houses, situated in a lovely garden, away from the street with nothing else to hear as the sounds of animals and thunder. Yeah thunder, because we've been in quite some thunderstorms already, even one on the rice paddies! That was quite scary....

We have time to total come down and just life in the day, which is my everyday goal again and again.

There are two things I dislike about Ubud:
1 The most disgusting, scary, aggressive, ugly and loudest DOGS I've ever seen is the first one. They are everywhere, even on places where you don't expect and want them to be. A dog came after me in the morning when I was on my way to the Yogaclass, now I only go by bike. Janine and I got almost bitten by 3 watchdogs, when we were on a walk. A dog ran after me when I was on a bike tour. I don't like it to say, but I hate them.
2 Every 10 meters someone asks you if you want a taxi even when you are on a bike or a scooter! Sometimes they are probably so tired of themselves that they can only make the movement of rotating the wheel.

We found, well my sister found a great solution for Jesse. Every morning he goes to an international school here in Ubud. From 9 till noon, he can play here with other children and has full attention of a couple of lovely teachers. All the three of us are happy. Janine and I celebrated our first morning together with a relaxed shopping session on the market and having a nice chat with a lovely cup of coffee and lemon pie. 


I read a lot here, I finished the book Holy Cow, from Sarah McDonald. A very funny story about a woman who checks out the spiritual market of India.

Now I started in the Zahir from Paulo Coelho...again....I already read this book in German. This book I can recommend everyone, even if you don't like the writer. Simultaneously I'm reading about Integral Psychology, from Sri Aurobindo. I need some food for my brains :-)


So more things we hope to do here are: going to one of the vulcanos, do some swimming, make some walks, join more jungle-, hatha-,vinyasa-yoga classes. Keep on living the day, because that's what my heart tells me to do at the moment. And last but not least....keep on enjoying the balinese food. I'm still gaining weight ;-)

Then I could tell you a whole story about the Host, male of course, of the guesthouse...but I just leave it this way :-) maybe this already says enough.

Name of the Guesthouse: Guci Guesthouse in Pengosekan, it's worth checking their website before you go to Ubud.

have you in my heart....

carry