Well, designing the school is getting there. I'm almost finished with one of the classrooms and personally I think it looks pimp!!! We have gotten a lot of lectures and practicums done in the last few days as well. Yesterday alone we made soap, a worm farm, a square meter garden, talked about the sustainable revolution in Cuba (forced upon them in part by sanctions and the world economy after the Cold War), got some recipes for soaps, balms, and cremes . . . The other day we talked about bee keeping and went around opening some of the native hives they have at IPEC. One of the native bees here (has no stinger) produces a honey that is said to have medicinal properties; the honey goes for about US $100.00 to $150.00 for approximately one liter. There is also a gigantic bee here that does not live in hives, flies solo, sleeping on mounds of dirt and such. It is the only bee that pollinates the passionfruit flower. We also discussed various aquaculture techniques (for maximizing food production). We discussed soils: their components, structure, how long it takes Mother Nature to produce (I'll put numbers up later) and its ability to be destroyed. Sigh. . . depressing considering how fast we are destroying fertile soil that can actually produce food.

Happier side note, tonight I am getting my third reiki session from Mirim. The last one we did was a joint session with two other females. Ally, the yoga instructor here was one of them. It was her second session as well. She told me later that when we were sitting next to each at the beginning of the session, my energy was really intense and was causing her body to shake. I felt the bench moving, but I thought someone was swatting a mosquito. I was glad to hear that from her though. I was really trying to focus good energy. The first time Mirim worked on me, he kind of insisted I let him do work on me. I was pretty heated. So, I'm glad I could share a different energy with him. On Sunday, he is coming back to initiate Ally and I into reiki. With some focus and meditation, we should be able to pursue and achieve the next levels and begin to practice on other people or ourselves. Exciting.

Off to relax, let go, release for a bit. Session three is soon. . . .