My First Week in Bali

The Soft Launch

By Jodi

April 09, 2017

Hey hey. I’m back for my weekly post. Although I’m just going to put this out there now; I am not going to be able to hold to my weekly post commitment until mid-May.

I say that because I am now in Bali, knees/mind/body deep in a 200 hour yoga teacher training (YTT) and it’s going to be a bit more intense than I had imagined.

I would like to be able to put a lot more effort into this blog, so I am going to be non-committal (my MO) and consider my original April Fool’s Day launch the ‘soft’ launch.

Not a bad setting to be practicing yoga for a month.

I intend to fully dive into this after I’m done with the YTT and silent meditation retreat, which I am doing after completing the YTT. Who knew this whole blog thing would take so much time? 

Ironically, I did, which is one reason I held off for so long on launching it. Eventually the weight of not launching it overcame the desire to do nothing, so here we are. Stuck in a soft launch. But hey, at least it’s something!

Things are going very smoothly so far here at the YTT. Here you have a photo of the pants I wore on my second day, where I realized after the day was done that I had created a huge hole in the crotch region while practicing. Note: was not wearing underwear.

This place is so damn relaxing and we are learning so much, and I want to focus on learning. Who knew yoga was so deep? Well, that’s what I came here to learn more about, and I have certainly received what I wished for.

I admit that it has been challenging to learn the Hindu-based meditation practices since I am trained in Buddhist-based insight meditation, but it’s not as though I actually have to teach. After all, I am just doing this for me. It’s all about the knowledge.

That said, I would like to leave you with a few casual photos of what I’ve seen so far during my time here in Bali. 

Rice field view from the first hotel I stayed at. Not too shabby.

Looks like it might rain.

Making a stop back at my favorite cafe in Ubud (was here last July).

Private (with one roommate) villa I’ll be living in for the next month.

Channeling my inner Hindu at a water temple near Ubud, Bali.

YTT partial group shot from the water temple.

One of my favorite action shots at the water temple taken of another YTT participant.

As my father would say, “Catch ya on the flip slide!”

*Cover photo also taken of the YTT participants at the water temple near Ubud, Bali.

Namaste,

Jodi