It was an amazing time. Both Matt and I agree it is the place we want to return to the soonest - how nice to have Arizona as your neighboring state :)
As for the feeling, it sort of started on Friday as we drove down the mountain and into Sedona itself, and then grew overnight and into the next day. I had a pervading sense of calm, I felt light and good and happy and easy. Things were simply pleasant and I can understand why people flock to the area if they all had the same sensations that I did.
To get into the spiritual mood of the place on Saturday we went first to a place called the Mystical Bazaar to have our Aura photos taken. This was a move inspired by Harry and Linda who had theirs done recently and I was super interested in it. I also thought it would be a good time to go because Matt and I are very much in transition mode right now and I think if we have them done again in 6 months or a year it will show growth and change and be real interesting. I am not the most meditative person so mine is a little fuzzy in spots but I think it was really accurate (I'm a yellow). Matt, who can be still and calm always, had an amazing picture and impressed the woman who took the photos (he's an orange). So if this was a competition, he totally kicked my aura photo's ass. I hate not winning, but yes, yes I realize that's not the point . . .
Next on the agenda was searching for a vortex. I've lifted the following definition straight from wikipedia because I'm not sure how else to explain it:
In fluid dynamics, a vortex is a region within a fluid where the flow is mostly a spinning motion about an imaginary axis, straight or curved. That motion pattern is called a vortical flow. (The original and most common plural of "vortex" is vortices, although vortexes is often used too.
Now thats not exactly what they are meaning in Sedona but it gives you the idea of spinning in either air or water. Kind of like an invisible tiny tornado that lives in a certain spot. Now imagine that it's not water or air that spins, but energy. They believe that Oak Creek, which runs through the whole town, carries energy with it and it permeates the valley from the flowing water outwards. At certain places the energy spins and gets stronger. That is a Sedona Vortex.
There are supposed to be four vortexes that people agree on and we wanted to see a few of them because we were curious. Also, it is so beautiful everywhere that even if we didn't find energy, we would still find a great hike and scenery. Our first walk was a trail out to Bell Rock which is surprisingly enough a rock shaped sorta like a bell.
This was our first trip to a vortex sight - Bell Rock itself is on one or is one - but it was kind a far walk without changing much. The views remained the same for over a mile and we had so much more to see that we decided not to go the whole way but try another place. Our list of things we wanted to do was very long anyway.
As we were walking back to the car Matt spotted where a snake had slipped out of his skin. A little piece is now part of our car display, anchored by the alligator so it won't blow away.
This is when we took a break for lunch - nothing fancy, just a little Chinese for him and Japanese for me. Yes, I did eat sushi in Arizona. It wasn't bad. We had left overs which we dropped off in our room and then it was off to the next sight.
On the road to the Sedona airport there are two things to see. The first is the view from the lookout.
The second is a spot where you can pull of the road and park next to a rock called Airport Mesa. This is another vortex place and it is the easiest to get to. We got out and scrambled up the rock to sit on the top. For as busy as Sedona was - there were people everywhere - we were able to sit at the top of the mesa in relative quiet with only 3 other people. It was very pleasant. Matt was super amused with my particular version of climbing up the rocks. It was a hybrid of trying not to slip out of my sandals, not looking down, and making an effort to breathe normal - high altitude isn't really my friend. Here I am at my most graceful.
I don't want to over scenery you but the view from this spot was brilliant so I'm going to anyway. I just lay down on my back at the top and relaxed in the sun. Matt sat with me for a bit and then took the following 5 pictures which are a 360 degree view from the Mesa summit.
On the way back to the ground we climbed down the back of the hill instead of the steeper front. I found an obliging tree to rest in about halfway.
I don't know if I felt a vortex at this spot, but then I am a rather pragmatic person and I think I'd have to be literally knocked over to know for sure. The subtler vibrations in the world are often to mild for me to notice. But I'll tell you all this; I felt good when we came down off the hill. For the first time in weeks my back felt ok and not sore from horseback riding over a month ago. Being an overly analytical girl I could attribute this to the exercise of the day or the laying on my back on the warm rocks. Or it could just be that I was healing all along and just really noticed it then. What I do know is that I felt movement like I hadn't been able to in a long while. And I was really happy, too. If that is a vortex, then go vortexes! If it was just happiness and relaxation at being in a wonderful location with the man I'm crazy about, that's alright by me, too.
Now we made the decision to not search out the other vortex locations because it was getting later in the afternoon, but instead go straight to the source: Oak Creek. If this is where the energy comes from we should check it out. There is a spot called Crescent Moon Park which has a great view of Cathedral Rock and a path along the river itself.
When we got to the park we left the car and walked down a paved path to the water. As soon as we get close, and Matt sees that it is rather shallow, he's got his shoes off and is in the creek! That boy has water in his veins I swear. He just needs to be around it - or in it - to be happy. I'm a fan of the wet stuff, too, and he persuaded me to wade in with him. Let me tell you - it was Cold. So cold my toes were numb in mere seconds, but I'm glad I went in. The bottom of the creek was slick with claylike mud and it felt neat under my feet. Matt stayed in much longer than I did. He says that the view from the middle was simply amazing. It was too cold to see for myself, but he had his camera :)
The walk then took us into the woods where we saw -
wait for it -
DUCKS!
That's right, the Food For Duckers encountered actual, in the wild, cute as a button ducks. I figured I would spell out FFD with ducks in the background because, why not? Matt doesn't like my 'D' but I'm not a contortionist so this is as good as it gets.
I simply had to dance through them. Here are two really amazing ones:
It was at this point that the mosquitos came out and decided I was dinner so we turned back towards the car. The sun was setting and we wanted to be somewhere higher to see it. On the drive out of the park and back to the main road we passed a spot where a lot of other cars were pulled over so we got out to look. It was perfect. A nice couple took our photo and we got to watch the mountains turn a lovely shade of deep red in the light.
For dinner this night we wanted something low key. The night before had been so fancy, and now we were a little tired from all the hiking around and there was a brewery within walking distance. Luckily we hadn't brought a gun so the bartender served us (joking people; it was hidden in my purse).
That was our amazing Saturday. We had a big day planned for Sunday so we hit the hay early. I slept like a log - it was nice.
No comments:
Post a Comment