back from maui

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arrived back home on tuesday after two full, glorious, intense, beautiful, inspiring, transforming weeks in maui.

highlights:

being in maui again

staying at peace of maui again

eating ahi shoyu poke again

going to savers in kahului again

spending 6 days with katie and keith, taking them to a couple of beaches

camping with them for 3 nights at 8000 feet on haleakala

catching two sunrises and a sunset from the summit

seeing the shadow of haleakala fall across land, sea, and molokai

seeing the tops of mauna loa and mauna kea on the big island above the clouds from haleakala

hearing a man spontaneously begin chanting in hawaiian at the first sunrise

hearing nick goodness tell the legends of maui and pele

bird songs at hosmer's grove

meeting up with fellow travelers at milagro's in paia

driving to hana with glenda behind the wheel--she couldn't stop smiling

stopping at the kea'nae peninsula to see the waves crashing against rocks, and then seeing the full moon just above the horizon

meeting up with the rest of the group of 15 at wai'anapanapa state park

setting up my tent above pai'loa beach with an ocean view and soundtrack

all the learning and practices from tom best, my teacher

the heartbeat, birth canal, turtle walk, big mama, koki beach, hamoa beach, alelele waterfall, waimoku waterfall (and the banyan tree and bamboo forest on the way)

painting mud streaks on my face, jumping out and shaking a bamboo branch and yelling at fellow travelers on the way up to waimoku

getting up EARLY and watching the sunrise, especially starting when it was completely dark

doing sun salutations on the beach, on the rocks, on the grass

the talking rocks at the beach

hawaii night at the hana aloha festival and all the wonderful hula and music

being invited to fake the hula along with a singer who was also a great hula dancer at the bar at the hana maui hotel

being told by bobbi that she and tom noticed i looked like i was floating when they saw me walking--being that relaxed and centered, and having all the bodywork pay off

all the great energy surges, feeling deeply present and alive

driving the hana highway back with glenda, who couldn't stop smiling

stopping in paia at mandala for two fabulous tunics, on sale for 50% off

getting two pretty rings, of mother-of-pearl and blue topaz, and a spiral shell necklace at nahiku ti gallery

somehow managing to startle kathleen, who picked me up at the airport, with how much being in maui had changed my energy