UVITA - a hidden beachy jungle town

Uvita is a town in the middle of Marino Ballena National Park. In the ocean there’s a sandbank that resembles a whale’s tale on which you can walk across shallow waters.
As soon as the sun sets water floats over the tail from both directions making you look like Jesus walking on water.

The park was created to protect marine life such as turtles, dolphins and humpback whales. There are tours for 75$ on which you can see them. I considered it as too expensive but one girl from my dorm went today and saw a mommy whale with her baby.

Uvita is burning hot! When I walked along the beach I was drooling in sweat. Earlier today I inhaled the sweat that was drilling from my nose I’m not even kidding.
The beaches are the most beautiful I have seen in the world (except for Australia!). Green lush jungles stretch along the coast line. Black sand and endless waves. A little mist above the water. Beautiful. Don’t even start about about the sunsets. Drop dead gorgeous. Contrasting my whole body being a huge sponge that has been wrung over and over again there is no way I can have one decent looking picture with me in.😆

Apart from sweating I’ve been meeting up with a friend I had met in Costa Rica 5 years ago when I was a working at Junglar del Jaguar in Corcovado National Park.

He used to have short hair, which has turned blonde as has grown longer than mine now. So much time has passed. So happy I am to meet up with him again.

Apart from hanging out with him and reconnecting with the two girls from Munich (I had met in the hotel in Manuel Antonio and who funnily now stay at the same place as I do 💜💜💕) I have been focusing on Yoga.

Each morning one Yoga class. Classes are located on a rooftop and the setting couldn’t be more beautiful. Teachers are outstanding and they work with good shamanic music as well as aesthetic oils and Sage.

“Scientists have observed that sage can clear up to 94 percent of airborne bacteria in a space and disinfect the air. When sage is burned, it releases negative ions, which is linked to putting people into a positive mood. The Latin word for sage salvia stems form the word heal” @Brooke Bob (Vogue, 2016)

This morning we had a sacred cacao ceremony combined with a slow Vinyasa. You drink the cacao and set an intention. While your body absorbs the raw cocoa you can feel your heart rate increase. I loved the practice as I can tap more and more into my core.

One thing our teacher said while we were stretching into rather impossible poses:

“Sometimes people struggle to feel negative emotions when they come up.” It is important to lean into these in order to let them pass. “Sometimes it’s hard and we distract ourselves with alcohol, watching tv, scrolling on the phone. But when we’re present it’s important to lean in, feel them, soften and breathe. Lean in, soften and breathe. Lean in, soften, breathe.”

While I incorporated that in my stretch I leaned in (pain!) leaned in as far as I could (pain!), Allowed my body to soften to a point where the pain is there but isn’t sharp and breathed. Lean in, soften, breathe.
All of a sudden I could feel the resistance pass and I could stretch way further than I had ever done it. That’s amazing.

When life gets hard, or your heart aches. Lean in, soften and breathe.

Yoga is powerful. I will definitely build it into my daily routine when I’m back in Berlin.
And then I’ll just need to find out where I want to be next in my life.

But for now all I need to do is lean in, soften and breathe.

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