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Peace within; Peace out!

Hey, thanks for tracking my journey here.   With 36 hours before leavin' on a jet plane, I'm feeling prepared and excited.  Volunteering for Mindful Medicine Worldwide requires a pre-trip "Mindfulness Retreat", which I completed yesterday.  I stayed in the very hermitage at the Portiuncula Retreat Center that I retreated to six years ago after quitting the music business not knowing what was to come next.  My routine involved Qi Gong, meditation, journaling, reading, mindful deep breathing walks through the woods, walking a labyrinth with a mantra, Spiritual Direction with Father Terry and kneeling to pray in a tiny 200 year-old chapel.   On day two of my retreat I awoke to find that my flight to Nepal (48 hours away) had been canceled.  I'm convinced that the aforementioned routine had prepared me to roll with it, not worry, and deal with it when I completed the retreat.  Sure enough, I was able to rebook a flight with a shorter layover time, earlier arriva

RWIB

I think Steve Winwood might owe royalties to the Nepali people for his hit of yesteryear "Roll With It, Baby" (#RWIB).  This posture/mentality seems to be an effortless strength of the locals that I've interacted with here thus far, and I'm excited to participate and pick up a thing or two from these folk about riding the waves collectively.   Day 1.5 and I am aligned with the rising and setting of the sun on this side of the planet.  RWIB   After some morning Qi Gong and a SIM card adventure (who knew you need a passport photo and the names of your father and grandfather to get one?) I met Hasta (MMW's Nepali organizer) for the first time at the Boudha Stupa.  There were some challenges to understanding each other when trying to find each other (and my phone was not yet fully functional), so I ended up circling the Stupa several times looking for him.  As I approached his intended meeting place three people offered me a taxi ride, and when he pull