Bali day 5 including Yoga

On Tuesday morning I had received some really upsetting news from home so it was to be a day of contemplation and not a hectic day of sightseeing.

After breakfast we went on a bit of an ill fated mission to the supermarket.  Rachel had given us some clear directions - go to the statue and turn left, but we went left for a long long time as we totally missed it - I think our Western views of what a supermarket might look like had probably not helped us as it was not a hugely overly labelled place.  We turned back eventually after about half a mile and found it and stocked up on presents for back home in the form of vanilla pods and spice sets.

We then wandered back through the rice fields over to Rachel's house to see her and the kids for a bit and so Anna could investigate options of buying a huge wooden table and benches and exporting it back to the UK!  Maya was being amusing spent the time tidying up and Kiran did a very cute waking up face for about 10 minutes!

We had lunch at a lovely restaurant with beautiful views over the rice fields where we got to see guys flying kites in the rice fields and worked out that the whirring noise that Anna had thought was frogs was in actual fact the kites!  I had an interesting drink of "green juice" which was pineapple with greens - Maya was keen to try it, but her scrunched up face said it all - it was very full of chlorophyll!  Kiran and Maya played nicely on the slide and the swing and then demolished Rachel's lunch between them!  I had a lovely grilled chicken dish and fish soup - I've very much got into soups since being over here.

We walked back to Rachel's house and Anna went for a wander with a plan of visiting the gym.  I was entertained by both Kiran and Maya playing with a big bucket of water and bubbles!  In Bali playing with water is considered a no-no as it's thought to give diseases, but Maya and Kiran seemed to love it and it's easier for them now they don't live in the family compound with disapproving looks from the in-laws!

I was then off to a yoga class - restorative yoga - at Yoga Barn.  Again Rachel gave me some great directions, but I did the thing where you doubt yourself, double back and then realise you were in actual fact right all along!  By the time I got to the 6pm class it was 6.02pm and I needed to change quickly and was almost in tears - an overreaction I know, but I think it was the result of a lot of things going around in my mind catching up on me.  I got in there as they were starting the class so it was fine and just what I needed to calm down my racing heart and busy mind.  

Yoga Barn have loads of amazing props to use - belts, blocks, blankets, mats and bolsters.  The first part of the class was lying on bolsters and breathing - I could manage that and in fact pretty much all of it was lying down and stretching and breathing.  At the end of the 1.5 hours my heart rate had slowed, my breathing was even and I felt a lot more at peace with myself.  

I walked up Monkey Forest Road back to the hotel and met up with Anna who had swapped the gym idea for a trip to the ice cream parlour!

We went to a more expensive restaurant for dinner and had yummy guacamole for a starter and then I had a monstrous Balinese specialty for my main course and even a dessert of chocolate mousse - gorgeous!  We had an early night as the next day was to be our exciting adventure to Gili Air!