EIGHT YEARS 336 DAYS / DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN: THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER 2024

I went to another new yoga class at 7am, then after breakfast walked Otto through the park to town to buy more yarn for my tufting and onto my studio where I finished a painting I’d started last year. My studio mates also came in and it was lovely reuniting with them as we hadn’t seen each other for a long time. I enjoyed the walk home seeing this beautiful carving, one of a whole series along a church.

Busy day at work and feeling extremely tired when I came home. Still went to the Dojo and practiced Aikido and had a great time.
Managed to move a mountain; one of my training partners is 2 meters tall and +100kg, still managed to (un)balance him for a second and then tumble him over, in a technique called koshi nage.

EIGHT YEARS / TEN DAYS: SUNDAY 10 DECEMBER 2023

Enough was enough. Got myself out of bed and walked 9 ks up to see 180 degrees of Himalayas. A great journey with my guide, Santosh. Back down the 9ks and then packed my bags and moved to Kasar Devi, a place of resounding beauty visited by Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Cat Stevens etc back in the day. So happy to be feeling positive again and to laugh. Not 100% well but mentally back and inspired by life again.