Happy Valentine's Day

While we are learning a new prayerdance, light pours into our classroom. It is a beautiful day, and the lake beckons. At the end of the morning, I ask Eva when she thinks the lake will be warm enough to go for a swim. In twenty minutes, she says. We look at eachother and a pact is made. While I go to the laundry room for beach towels, she goes into the Boutique, to find a free bathingsuit to wear.

At the beach, the water is crystal clear, but the pebbles are frozen together. Walking in, I feel the chill move up my body, up my spine. Keep breathing, I remind myself. Keep breathing. But my mind seems to have gone into a winter shutdown. I quickly dip my whole body in, while Eva is brave enough to dive underwater. COLD we yell. Either this is very healthy, or the start of a heart attack.

Out of the water, the sun is there to warm us. I start to warm up, and tingle with energy. We stand in the sun and do a light ritual, filling our whole bodies with the warm glow of light. When we are dressed again, Eva looks at me and says "Happy Valentine's Day".