Well, the Journey is all over and I am ready to begin reflecting a bit on what I have learned and where I am headed now. I do wish that I would have had time to write while we were on the Journey. But, c'est la vie as it goes. I am excited to spend some time looking back and thinking about the vast amount of information that came our way during the 10 days we spent together. So, I think I'll start with a few images from our first day together which was an inspiring experience for me. While at the same time, I was still in a place of holding on quite a bit. By the end of the week and a half I had loosened up a lot and come into my own. It's really interesting to look back at this first day, our day at Monte Alban - an amazing example of an ancient, indigenous society that was still filled with many contradictions that I noticed. I left with questions about hierarchy and the power that was held by priests and others close to these "spiritual" icons. On the one hand, I recognize that they probably did have some powers and abilities above and beyond the "common" individual, on the other hand, I question how much these people used and abused these special privileges.
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