A week later....

Hey loved ones -- back for a little over a week now and due to your curiosity, interest and encouragement I have decided to continue the blog and chronicle my post John of God experiences. I hope you have been entertained, enlightened and engrossed: you just sit there and let me do the heavy lifting!! When I got home and read the blog from beginning to end I was amazed at my own transformation! You can clearly feel the skepticism and anxiety I had at the start of my journey and the awe and joy I felt (feel) at the end.

As you know, if you've been following, I didn't "feel" much while I was in Brazil and was almost at the point of whining and complaining about it like any good self-entitled upper middle class American (where is the transformation I paid for???) It reminded me of that song in A Chorus Line about the actress (Miranda?) who is the only one in her acting class who doesn't feel something. All the experienced J of Gers said not to worry that I would probably feel something when I got home. Well I do!!! The first week I had terrible diarrhea (TMI?)which I attributed to either Montezuma's(Entities?) revenge or a virus. But this was different. Go with me on this one.... I really feel that my system is being cleansed or rebooted in order to live a more healthy lifestyle. I am eating consciously and deliberately. Seriously, hardly any crap (no pun intended) but lots of whole, healthy, real meals. I am craving balanced meals instead of noshing all day in front of the fridge.

I think I understand why there is a 40 day post op period after spiritual surgery -- I am exhausted! Not normal exhaustion, or even post trip exhaustion (there is only a 3 hr time difference), I feel like I am actually recovering from something. Its not good or bad, it just is. I am sleeping 12 hrs a night and napping in the afternoon before Oprah. My movements are languid, my speech much slower and my yoga teaching more wordy than physical. I almost feel woozy yet I also feel solid. The most significant feeling is the sense of joy and contentment that permeates my entire being. Who is this person????? I may have been nice before but now I really mean it!! Yes, I am laughing as I write this.