Cupping, Yoga, 100% raw!

Trolls on Brother One Feather’s Van in Santa Barbara, CA

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Long time no post. I’ve been keeping myself pretty busy with checking out South Korea, going to nore bangs, yoga and Korean lessons.  I’ve also gone 100% raw…. yet again.  Except this time it feels like the perfect time to do it, and so far so good.  I’m in the process of setting up a separate blog to document my raw food journey.

I’ve really gotten into cupping since I’ve been here. Basically, I lay on a massage table and this woman puts suction cups on my back to get my blood moving.  I definitely feel the pumping until she starts heating ceramic mugs and placing those on my entire backside, butt and feet included. She’ll eventually move some of the ceramic mugs and put the suction cups in a new position. I get a painful massage too, but then she puts the suction cups on and it feels so good. I’m not used to pain, and Korean massages are as painful as they are pleasureful. I have noticed that I can definitely breathe better. It hurts a teeny, tiny bit, but the pain goes away after a few seconds and the pain turns into relaxation.  I’ve actually fallen asleep during the procedure. The purple marks lasted a week after my first session, but since then they disappear in a day or two. Next I want to try acupuncture. I’ve always been interested in Chinese medicine and it’s so accessible here.

I’ve been doing Yoga sporadically for 2 months now.  I still have a hard time sleeping at night so if I manage to get to bed at a decent hour, I’m at my morning Yoga session. If not, then I’m at home sleeping. I LOVE YOGA!  Another thing that feels so good. My instructor is this adorable Korean woman who always wears pink and has a pink yoga mat.  She’s so sweet and printed off a sheet of yoga phrases translated into English so she could point and explain Yoga to me. I do have to sit in front to watch her since I can’t understand her, but it seems to work. I’m definitely a little more flexible than when I started!!