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mama me-timelong relaxing day of yoga, trips and food.Oh the life! In Bali, I learned to eat so muchand in a healthy fashion. Balinese are veryflavourful people and really enjoy food withsavour, delicious spices and light cooking. Ithoroughly enjoyed the different sea foodand chicken that they love and really misstheir exotic salads and desserts.played yoga with them and danced withthe little children. The mother was laughingand enjoying the scene while her children,relinquished in the joy and love they received.Sadly however, the mother had clear wrinklesand lines on her face, tired from the days sheworks hard every day to feed her family. Thevillage has its own culture and the situation isvery poor. The family work hard together tomake the most out of their situation. It was avery humbling and heart-warming experience.In Bali I also experienced something ratherinteresting—poo coffee! Apparently Baliis known to make delicious coffee andchocolates. Quite the like if you ask me! Aspecific animal they have there is bred topick out the best coffee beans and eat them,extracting them from below. The Balineseferment these beans extracted from theanimal and finally the coffee is drank—oneof the most expensive coffees in the world.They are well known for coconut coffee andmoreover many more flavours. That was quitean experience.Bali is known for its night life, bars, andrestaurants. We experienced quite that andenjoyed the delicious exotic cocktails after aIn Bali I learned of the importance oflaughter and fun and that it’s ok to keepeating without guilt and how easy it is tofeel relaxed again. I learned on how vitalit is to take breaks and keep sane in thisfast-paced life we live in today. Learningabout happiness through the Balinesesmile, their attitude and their kindness andwillingness to help, evoked a feeling ofadmiration within me and truly made mefeel just how much a student I am in thislife—our so called school. I learned aboutthe importance of loving those aroundyou and treating them like brothers andsisters truly and whole heartedly, enjoyingyour surroundings and making the best ofthem and that feeling true happiness withinevokes a certain energy that is easily felt,seen and transcended to others includingnature. If we all collectively accumulated thispositive divine energy, felt it heart felt andexerted this energy, the world would be agreener healthier place as a whole.To sum up this journey, I tattooed“Happiness is everything” in my arm and“Love. Live. Laugh” on my upper back.What a lovely end to a great trip! I highlyencourage you Mummies to endure thisamazing expedition yourself and learn athing or two about happiness, peace andtranquillity—it may just be the thing youneed!87mother, baby & child october 2013