tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565410152858813786.post8555510099235210389..comments2023-06-15T09:00:08.293+01:00Comments on catch the trade winds || lifestyle, travel, dreams: The reality of things....TheBotanicalCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411626193300997421noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565410152858813786.post-48472666182697183212013-09-20T10:35:58.506+01:002013-09-20T10:35:58.506+01:00What a fantastic blog you have here! I love your w...What a fantastic blog you have here! I love your writing style and visually the site is very impressive! <br /><br />To offer a little bit of reassurance, don't be scared. That wall will disappear the second you get on the plane, trust me. Yes there are things you will need to prepare beforehand, but they are easily done one step at a time, and if it helps Thailand is perhaps on of the best places in the world for a first time backpacker to turn up without a plan and wing it, because the traveller/backpacker infrastructure is so good and so used to inexperienced travellers that you feel like the country is holding your hand a little sometimes. (In a nice way, of course). So if there is something that you haven't planned, forgotten or maybe if things just change on the road, don't worry, you will be absolutely fine sorting it out on the ground. <br /><br />As for the relaxation techniques, I have a few. Personally I do a lot of martial arts, and find the kata and the meditation techniques extremely relaxing. Since you don't have the time to learn that then yoga is absolutely perfect! (You do have to actually practice it though I'm afraid, it doesn't work if you just stare at the mat with a cup of tea!) Alternatively do you have a gym? Do they do Tai Chi classes? Out of the two I personally find Tai Chi the more relaxing art over Yoga. Why not take a class or two? Or find a punchbag and beat the living hell out of it! That always relaxes me when I'm stressed too! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565410152858813786.post-64055841129021710562013-09-19T17:24:26.749+01:002013-09-19T17:24:26.749+01:00I know how you feel sweetie, even thinking about g...I know how you feel sweetie, even thinking about going travelling for a year by myself brings up all of the same feelings and thoughts you are describing...its like we are literally exactly the same :)<br /><br />Have you tried alternative nostril breathing or meditation? That and yoga is how I find my inner calm.. it always immediately helps calm my nervous system.. xxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980520429534557561noreply@blogger.com