it is my last day in frankfurt. since the trip to new york i spent about ten days in berlin and then hopped in a car (on my very first autobahn ride) to frankfurt. the drive was mostly white fields of snow, six hours of fields of snow and a stop at mcdonald´s where all i got was a mediocre cappucino. not so bad hurtling across germany at a rate of 120 km/h (once i got used to the speed, which at first made my stomach lurch like on a rollercoaster).
my visit to frankfurt has been very good. i gave a massage (or several) every day but sunday. so many backs transformed. so many tight hamstrings loosened. i watched so many chests exhale and release, so many faces and tight jaws relax and open. most of the feedback i got was that people felt "new." what a nice start to their new year. it has been lovely and i look forward to next time. i also celebrated my friend´s birthday with her and made a super rich dark chocolate flourless cake. and a lot of khichari (mung beans and rice with vegetables like carrots and sweet potatoes, an ayurvedic staple and my favorite dish on earth). it has been a full couple of weeks, very full of work and also relaxation, some good wine in the evenings and great company. i feel very blessed.
now i go back to berlin and live a bit of the nomad life until my next trip back to frankfurt. what i enjoy about work and life is that it is so mobile, that i don´t need so much to have a good existence and to have good exchanges with people. i am looking forward to having a temporary home in march though, and also to searching for a flat of my own in berlin, though a new york trip is also in the works... so who knows. i am flowing with life right now, enjoying the work, enjoying the practice of thai massage and all of the things i am learning both about the bodywork itself and about myself through the practice. today i really understood the idea behind working on the legs first, as if i were squeezing the sap, the life force of a tree back up from the roots to the center. transforming a stiff body into a fluid body from the bottom up. i am able to make quicker connections about how things work because i have given so many massages in a row. my work is clarifying itself and my energy is growing too. it is good, i like what i do and the opportunities for learning and being present that i am presented with through it.
