Here we go again…

Back on the mountains of Northern California. This time for a little more than three months. I’m staying at the Center at least for one year, until next Christmas. If necessary, I’ll go back to Portugal for vacation, if not, I’ll stay here for a few years more.

I arrived January 14, late at night. The next day was off. We just cleaned the houses, organized our stuff and prepared everything for the beginning of the semester.
January 16, Friday, the training started early in the morning with meditation. After that, Qigong, followed by Taijiquan and Chinese. In Qigong class, we already realized that a few days off with less or no training, makes the body rusty. On the afternoon, running the mountain felt like climbing the Everest. Well, it wasn’t as bad as the first time, but still hard to run. While swinging my almost healed arms on the ropes, I felt good, tired and jacked. On the end, it was like if they were going to blow up. It felt goood!!
Almost on the end of the training time, we had an unexpected guest asking for a ride. She was a little bit rude, but we solved everything peacefully. But people who act like that, makes us feel like they don’t deserve respect!

Other than that, the training was very good. Saturday morning, I felt a little sore, but good enough. After the Qigong class, all my muscles increase their soreness exponentially. We had a tumbling class, jumping, rolling, doing kick-ups, etc. On the end, I couldn’t even straighten up my head. My neck was really really sore.

Today, Sunday, I still feel all my body alive. Each movement awakes a sensational feeling of pain and soreness on the muscles used. It’s that sweet pain that I like. Tomorrow is the day of days. The first day of the first complete training week, of the second semester. Wish me luck!!

By the way, I just want to thank all my friends and family for this vacation time. It was a very unique experience for me. A sum of good, bad and unexpected news. But on the end I enjoyed it. I just want to say I love you all, and that this is my home now. But no matter how long I stay here, you will still be my friends.