First the light stuff, sights and shopping in Beijing. When we arrived, it was late in the evening. We were all pretty beat. Our hotel was walking distance to Tiananmen Square. Asia and Suonllen went there the first night. I was content with the drive by we did because I was tired and so was Javier so I figured we'd stay in the room. I thought back to 1989, I remember being a senior in HS when the the hundreds of civilians were killed by troops in the streets and around that area, all because they were demonstrating for democracy and for freedoms. At that time, I was in my world of senior year, who to hang out with, who to spend my last days in AZ with as I would be leaving for NY soon...Coming and going as I pleased because I could. I did not think much of the incident at Tiananmen, I had no concept of why this would happen? FREEDOM, This is something we take for granted in the States. I can only imagine what this country, China, would be like if those demonstrations would have ended differently. It was sad for me to think of that time, people my age were killed as well as many ages and it could have been an earlier turning point to bring back the free thinking, the intellectuals bring forth great ideas all in the name of positive change.
I have started to see a doctor in accupuncturist to help everything. One of my goals coming here is to find my "Zen." I am determined to stay in shape and not get out of the exercise routine. We go on living our lives a certain way and one day realize it may not be the right way to live or do things. I have been teaching Zumba 5 days a week and because this body is not 20 anymore, I have been having some pains associated with jumping and shaking it till I can't shake it no more! Why you ask? if you are having pain do you do it? Are you crazy? YES! because I love it and yes, because I eat what I want which includes carbs and sugars! One of the Zumba girlies here asked me if I wanted to go to see Dr.Chen after class one day and I said yes, because I had been meaning to do it and just not gotten around to it. So, I meet Dr. Chen and he does this initial assessment by feeling pressure points, taking my pulse on both arms and just asking me what my main thing I want help for is. I told him the pain in my legs from working out. He says he can tell I accomplish whatever I put my mind to and that I am a very strong woman, that I have done great things in my life so far. Then proceeds to tell me, he thinks sometimes I have "flat" moods and that I push myself all the time, that my good energy is drained from doing this, causing me to have anxiety and stress which only makes things worse. He asks me if I crave sugar and my response is, "ALL the TIME!" and he says we can work on changing that. I'm thinking this guy is a miracle worker if that's the case because the ENTIRE Bechard side of the family is the same way! but I say to him, "my whole family is that way." He says, bring the whole family in, this is not the way it should be. He tells me there are many pressure points associated within the body and my pain in my legs is not necessarily from working out but from all the "life experiences" that I have gone through and how I have choose not to deal with them or have dealt with them. I am blocked and he can work on getting the blockages freed and that pain will go away and I will be more centered in how I am. Asks me to give him four weeks and of course I agree to it because I know accupuncture works from a time I did it when I was in Ireland in 2007 and woke up with the worst neck ache ever in my life and a trip to the accupuncturist there took away the pain! Now, I wonder if I would have gone to sessions to accupuncturist then if things would have been different now, would I have made the choices I made over the past few years? Only time will tell...
