Hiya. It's been a bit since I've updated people, or put to paper what's been going on with me this past month. Whew! Ups and downs and darkness into light. I love coming out on the other side. I'm so grateful for being faced with my fears and being pushed to my edges. I now know it's the only way I become free and my reality can truly shift. The only way out of anything is through it, and it doesn't always feel good. In fact, it hardly ever does, but the other side is something you could never imagine for yourself. Freedom, release, and that thing that is just one notch above happiness. Happiness can be fleeting, but this is something more sustainable. It's something you can still have even if it does get "bad" again. When I change, everything around me changes. Come to think of it, the most transitional and times of growth in my life were when I was coming out of the other side of a "devastating" situation. Ahhhh.
So what have I been doing and where am I?
Right now I'm in Santa Cruz, CA and have been here for a month now since we got back from Mexico. We are technically homeless (even though I don't think of it as that for some reason) and have been staying in our tent this whole time. It has been mostly good, but we are ready to root down into a space of our own that will hold us as allow us to pursue more of what we want for ourselves. Because we don't have a home (or much money at all) I have been eating more frugally and not as much fruit as I know feels good. I have been mostly eating smoothies/fruit/juices in the morning and cooked starches and salads for lunch and dinner. We don't have a home to keep perishables good for a bit, so I've been more lax on my eating. A lot of gluten free pasta! You know, I feel great too. I mean, we are totally anxious to make some money and get a home to be able to eat more of what we want, but I don't mind this for now, as long as I feel good.
I also started my coaching program to be an orgasmic meditation and life/relationship coach. This has been the cause of a spectrum of sensations and emotions. High highs, low lows, and everything in between. Ultimately, I am grateful for all it brings up and gives me an opportunity to burn through so that I can move forward in my life. I won't talk in too much detail about the practice on this website, but please feel free to ask me anything about it and hopefully I will have a separate page soon where I will spill more of the deets.
So what else?
I have a relatively new Instagram and would love to be followed...by you, of course. It's dedicated to all things vegan, natural hygiene, child birth, and some of my orgasmic meditation stuff. Check it out @ChantelNaturel.
Also, I'll be keeping up with this blog more and will be finishing the rest of the site soon so that I can show it to the public. I'm also on Facebook as Chantel Naturel, so "like" me on there too if you like keeping up with my content.
Anyway, here are some pics of my time in Santa Cruz over the past month. Enjoy 'em and you'll hear back from me soon.