Earthy Juice and Waking Up Early :)

Green Apple!
Romaine!
Spinach!
Carrot!
Green Grape!
Lemon!
Celery!

Raw Juice!
YUM!

I have been eating better and going to sleep early (between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.) and have been waking up on my own at about 7 in the morning. (And feeling mostly fanfreakingtastic!) I've even felt a lot less crampy on my menstrual cycle this time around, and although I know not working during it has a lot to do with it, I am super thankful to my moon cup and all the fruits and veggies in my body that I know are helping too!

I am moved into Julie's driveway :) and Shadow is having a fun time chasing the new cat in the house (We have a 4th roommate for the month of October who has brought two cats with her :), while Moon insists that he play with him all day.

The furniture is all moved out of the "living room," which has been transformed into a beautiful yoga/meditation space, which I am excited to finally utilize today. (Yoga, especially during the first 2-3 days of my flow is usually a major no.)

Yesterday Julie and I did a huge Costco run and picked up a cart full of fresh, raw, mostly organic produce :) Holy grapes, raspberries, blackberries, apples, romaine, spinach, carrots, celery, etc. etc. etc. We created a beautiful juice last night that was one of the two best juices I had ever made! Amazing how something turns out so delicious when you are making it to share with someone you love!

Feeling good and this house feels like a home :) Everything happens for a reason, they say, and I am glad to have moved in to our little nook in Gypsum a month early! It would be swell if the Blu Ox was still starting, but maybe that is just another lesson I had to learn: If you buy a vehicle from 1979, you better be a mechanic ;) or dating one ... 

Peace & Love
Sofie K

Living with the Julesmaster :))))))))))))

Just got some good news ... Probably going to move in with my bffffff Julie this winter! Yay! Moon baby gets to stay!!!!!!!

Options for September

Here is what I have come up with for possible options at the end of my lease in September ...



Hawaii - working on a fruit farm/hostel/work-trade
Pros: I have been there before & loved it, amazing community interested in sustainable living/holistic healing arts, art, music. Sacred Land, Beaches, fruit, work-trade opportunities.
Cons: Expensive plane ticket (for me + Shadow + massage table), have to wait at least 5 months to bring Shadow. No snowboarding.




WWOOFing in Arizona :)

Pros: Lots of sustainable communities/permaculture farms, many centered around the holistic healing arts (I am surprised and delighted!), work-trade, warm climate in winter + sub-tropical climates in some areas, beautiful sacred land, can probably find a ride for me, Shadow, massage table, and can possibly drive myself. New experience + opportunity to learn about different plants. I LOVE the desert + arid climates, native american energies and desert wildlife, Shadow fits right in !
Cons: Uncertainty about going to a new place - will I like it? Will it be a fit for me? No snowboarding.

Stay in Vail, CO for 5th Winter season

Pros: Good job doing massage @ Vitality Center + free ski pass working part-time @ Starbucks. Snowboarding. Shadow loves the snow. Julie is here and she is awesome and I could live with her!

Cons: HUGE work week (4-5 days working with 3-4 of those days being doubles : 6:30 am - 7 p.m.) Cold winter, probably a lease or living in Gypsum, long commute and Shadow doesn't get along with Chihuahuas, cant grow food in winter, feel dis-connected

Conclusion: I am a free bird with many possibilities. Arizona is looking the most appealing to me at the moment, and I can't wait to get in touch with some WWOOFing farms and see what kind of help they need in the winter and whether or not they allow dogs. I absolutely love the Southwest and something about the Utah/New Mexico/ Arizona energy, and especially the land seems to call to me.

My intention is to find a farm on which I can live FOR FREE and hopefully eat much of my food for FREE as well ;) Meet a lot of interesting, compassionate, loving beings interested in art, music, healing, yoga, intentional living, massage, herbs, aromatherapy, color, MUSIC, love animals and connecting to the land, growing food, and interested in building sustainable structures and gardens that provide food year-round :)

Feeling positive!
Sofie

First Night Camping :)

Me, camping in 2011 in Crested Butte.
Hoping to have recent photos soon!

Last night was my first night camping out since I've been back in Vail :) I thought I was on-call at 9 a.m. this morning, so I figured I would spend the night a bit closer to work and save the extra bike ride in the morning, possibly go to the free community yoga practice on the Solaris lawn.

I hiked up to a special location that I found after creeping through waist-high brush, set my tent up right next to a little stream, and lay down for the night. My hips where aching though, and my mummy-style sleeping bag did not allow for much movement so I kept crawling in and out of my bag to stretch into frog and half pigeon pose in the middle of the night.

The next morning I woke up to discover why my hips where in so much pain: I think being in Nature invited my flow to start early. I was crampy and achy and just wanted to get my things packed up and start heading back to town. I then discovered that one of the dogs peed in my tent last night! I bet it was Moon. My bike ride home tonight was supposed to be really easy - now it looks like I've got to lug my sleeping bag and tent home to wash. How do you wash a down sleeping bag anyways?

I'm tired - achey - and am not on call until 11 a.m. which means I will have to stay in town until at least 3 or 4 p.m. Didn't make it to yoga. Just want to sleep. Not really in a writing mood, but I figured I should come to this blog and be honest about how I'm feeling - not just write about the days when I'm in an ecstatic mood.

Overall the camping trip was fun. The hike was fun and the dogs got to run around - a LOT. I met some people before leaving that might want to adopt Moon. I hope they do.

Peace & Kindness
Sofie

My Current Shelter Situtation

Currently, I am on a lease for the room I rent in Minturn. I pay about $750 a month for rent and utilities and this includes a huge room in a big house with full use of the kitchen, fenced-in yard, washer and dryer, parking, and storage areas included.

Although it is cozy and convenient, it seems silly to work SO many hours - simply to pay for a place to (essentially) sleep and cook.

The lease is up at the end of September, and after that I get to decide upon a new (money-free!) way of living. Camping? House-sitting? WWOOF-ing? We will see ..

Welcome to the Freely Living blog!

Welcome Friend!
Did you know that you are a truly amazing human being who is capable of living a spectacular life? So what is stopping you? 

Me, Adventuring in the Holy Cross National Forest near Vail, CO in 2010

The Freely Living Blog aims to re-claim our innate freedom, energy, and desire to live the life we LOVE and dream of.

"If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear. " - Joanna Macy

How do we do that?

Freely Living aims to be a lifestyle blog following my journey as I attempts to use resourceful creativity to utilize a wide spectrum of modalities to live more freely.

Reducing, re-using, re-cycling, DIY-ing, bartering, foraging, hitch-hiking, and employing strategies of Freeganism to live with more financial freedom.

"Earth provides enough to sustain every man's need, but not every man's greed." Ghandi

Practicing yoga, meditation, self-help techniques, spirituality, mindfulness, and letting go of belief systems that no longer serve me to live with more mental and emotional freedom. Freely Thinking, exploring, and questioning.

Finding health, vitality, and flexibility in a more physically free body through nutrition and exercise :)

Freely sharing information openly, without reservation or fear of judgement.

Freely allowing myself to engage in the present moment.

Freely giving and freely receiving.

Freely giving and receiving love and support wherever and whenever it is needed.

"Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking; where it is absent, discussion is apt to become worse than useless." - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi - (1828-1910) Russian writer Source: On Life and Essays on Religion 

It is my intention that other people who are also interested in Freely Living, sustainably, and with great passion toward the life they choose to live will learn from this blog and offer me helpful tips and support along the way :)
Check out the different sections of this blog to see how I am manifesting Freely Living on all levels of my life! You may sometimes find the same post in more than one section since I write in a free flowing style that tends to touch on a variety of subjects throughout one stream of thought / post. 

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Bunches of bananas grown and harvested on property at
Hedonisia  Eco-Hostel and Rainforest Retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii
where I volunteered for six weeks in the spring of 2012.
Cant get more local or Freely-Living than that!
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