Home away

While away I have promised myself to always create a sense of home. Be it decorating the room with a garland of fresh jasmine flowers or just to have my own cup to drink from. I feel now very comfortable in my little hut near the beach, it is good to rest here for a while. I am re-creating healthy routines to balance work, play and relaxation. I try to live with the elements, here and now. My initial restlessness being in India has vanished, and I have settled quite well into this Aram-bubble! Shanti, shanti.

I have happily reconnected with the ‘Norwegian tribe’ who also are staying in and around Arambol. It has been long time since I saw most of them, which only makes the reunion sweeter!



The hangout-place is Magic Park, which is not only a fancy name, it is a Magical Park indeed! Especially when the coloured lights come out at night. Here I have had the privilege to look after Alva’s sweet daughter, Ayana, a true little ‘Espírito da Floresta’. I am so astonished and inspired by the intuitive communication you have with a 1 1/2-year-old. Spending time with a child gives true insight about just how precious the present moment is.

A good home requires good neighbours, and I have been blessed with that. People are of course coming and leaving, but Urs from Switzerland and Orlando from Colorado have both made my days brighter for some time now.



Most things are indeed very shanti, but I have had to face my immense annoyance with the constant contest for attention from people who want to sell me this or that or men who just want to chat any western woman up. I have been working hard to find a non-reactive response for these situations, and think I have reached at least a fair distance down that road.

In early March elections are coming up in Goa so there are restrictions in how much alcohol the restaurants are allowed to store and how late they may be open as a precaution that votes are not bought by free drinks. So everything closes about ten in the evening, but the parties often end with a fanfare of fireworks before the quiet of the night, which is much to my delight! But then suits me quite well that it gets quiet early. Have definitely chosen a perfect time to come here!

Not so much more to report this time, that’s how it is when emphasis is on being rather than doing...