"I AM" Back from our Costa Rican Retreat
Dancing through Costa Rica: Pura Vida We had an excellent time hiking, watching sunsets, dancing, journaling, practicing yoga and barre class, singing, playing with guitars, sharing good food with friends, and appreciating the beauty of this tropical paradise. Somehow, the wonder of living life gets lost in traffic, pressured schedules, and a hurried work pace. Costa Rican locals have a saying, Pura Vida; it means Pure Life. That's how a waiter at a local Dominical restaurant, Mono Congo, can stop what he's doing to dance with one of his customers. Our daily lives can drive our body and mind into chaos when we forget to be human. When we get caught up with "making" a living rather than living to make a life, we forget to breathe. We stop tasting the bittersweet flavors this abundant earth offers us, shut out the loving touch and kindness of our family and friends, become deaf to the sounds of chirping birds and howling winds, and stay blind to the g