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Prelude to a Road Trip

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 08 26th, 2008 | No Comments

We are packed and just about ready to leave. T minus 12.5 hours. Our email announcement is finally ready, after a phenomenal week at The Omega Institute with Glenn Black. Tomorrow Beth and I leave for a wild ride to Salt Lake City, and plan to arrive there on September 14th. Stay tuned! Read More →

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 08 10th, 2008 | No Comments

Below is a partial list of my learnings. My philosophy can be summed up with two quotes: “Follow Your Heart” - Brett Dennen and “If you’re not learning or contributing, move on.” - Open Space EDUCATION MA Conscious Evolution: The Graduate Institute, Milford, CT, Spring...

Moving to Salt Lake City

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 07 10th, 2008 | No Comments

After months of trying to find a housesitting opportunity in New York City for the final six months of our masters program in conscious evolution, we’ve decided to go to Salt Lake City instead. While we are there, Beth and I hope to focus like a laser beam on our research. We also plan to develop...

Don’t get tackled!

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 06 14th, 2008 | No Comments

This excellent older video is of me demonstrating a self defense technique against a tackle. One of the first rules of self defense is: stay off the ground! While sometimes that’s unavoidable, we can redirect the attack in many ways. Here’s one: Read More →

How Not to be Stabbed in the Belly

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 06 14th, 2008 | No Comments

This older video is of me demonstrating a self defense technique against a knife attack. While I don’t practice or teach self defense much, I still encourage people to think realistically about self defense and continue to explore effective and efficient movement of all kinds! Read More →

Day 20 Saturday

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 23rd, 2008 | No Comments

The last Reflexology experience The Airport The longest day The toys in Taipei 2-23 Long Saturday, Reflexology, Airport Read More →

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

An easy day. 2-22 Friday, Funny Fish, Hardys, Mangos Read More →

Day 18 Thursday

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 21st, 2008 | No Comments

Breakfast at the Warung. Mmmm. We get ripped off. Spirit Café Heavy duty reflexology 2-21 Thursday Read More →

Day 17 Wednesday

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 20th, 2008 | No Comments

Breakfast with Bringin the Banyan tree Horse riding on the beach. Ah-choo! Sleeping off the allergies. Sniffle… Photo shoot dinner 2-20 Wednesday, Segara Village, Horses, Dinner Photo Shoot, Spirit Cafe Read More →

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 19th, 2008 | No Comments

Alex goes to Pura Segara Boys go surfing Off to Sanur! We move into Segara Village. Nice. Mango’s 2-19 Tuesday, Melka Morning, Sanur, Mango Read More →

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 18th, 2008 | No Comments

Raped by Dolphins So we go to Seminyak KuDeTa on the beach 2-18 Monday, Dolphins, Seminyak, KuDeTa Read More →

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 17th, 2008 | No Comments

We drive to Lovina with Wayan We get we at GitGit We eat lunch at Bambu. Poor dog. We visit the zoo and dolphin show at Melka We meet Balinese Sinatra 2-17 Leave for Lovina, GitGit, Bambu & Dog, Melka Read More →

Day 13 Saturday

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 16th, 2008 | No Comments

Our Last Day Twice at Three monkeys Doing Shopping Monkey get a slingshot Talks with David on the porch 2-16 Saturday, Last Day Read More →

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 15th, 2008 | No Comments

Eating lunch with Priscilla Our Last dinner at Café Wayan The days are winding down now. The morning sessions are still amazing and David Patten is feeling better. Beth and I took it easy, and met Priscilla for lunch at Komeneka, a very nice bungalow/restaurant establishment next door to Sri Bungalows....

Day 11 Thursday

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 14th, 2008 | No Comments

Now we are wearing Rings Uluwatu Temple Eating Fried Fish in Jimbaran Shopping for Arjuna mask Indus is Fancy Today is the first day of wearing rings. I have never liked rings, and as Beth and I were trying and looking for rings none ever felt comfortable, including the ones that we picked (that picked...

Hello Beth, Hello Alex

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 13th, 2008 | No Comments

As a result of our work with David Patten, and of this entire tour, and of our entire lives, here is how we greeted each other and friends to begin our wedding: BETH: Hello, I am the one who seeks continuous renewal, the one who will inherit the universe. I am the one who rests between the beginnings, the...

Day 10 Wednesday - We get Married!

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 13th, 2008 | No Comments

Day 10 Wednesday Temple at Batur Pedanda’s blessing A Wonderful Wedding 2-13 Wedding - Susan Saralegui's Ceremony Photos It’s wedding day, but I’ll get to that in a moment. A large group of us drove to Batur, which is the name of both the village, the temple, and the volcano. The temple...

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 12th, 2008 | No Comments

We freshen up at Nur Salon A meeting with David Beth enjoyed a four hour treatment at Nur Salon that included an hour and a half massage, pedicure and manicure, facial and hair treatment. I went only for a manicure and pedicure. Fun! I had my right fourth finger painted purple, and right pinky nail painted...

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 11th, 2008 | No Comments

We go to Temple We spend time with David Patten We are blessed by healer I get sick at Tutmak… 2-11 Temple, David, Healer Blessing, Procession, Tutmak 2-11 Healer's Blessing- Christian de Quincey's Photos Read More →

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 10th, 2008 | No Comments

David’s message: watch out for the other. Bumbu cooking class with Made. Trip to Blue Lagoon gets sidetracked. Dinner at Murni. Beth’s bachelorette party. 2-10 Monkey Forest, Cooking Class, Murna, Bachelorette Party Read More →

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 9th, 2008 | No Comments

Temple with 13 fountains. Reflexology massage lesson. Dinner at Dian. The day is bright! The healer’s magic has clearly done its job. Now we began our day by going to the temple of 13 fountains to bathe across these. There were three we did not move to, the first, the tenth and eleventh. The way things...

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 8th, 2008 | No Comments

We meet the Healer. Today we visited a healer. I wasn’t skeptical, but I did think I might have an idea of what would happen. Something magical. I was wrong by longer than a long shot. Beth and I visited with two colleagues from our group, and the experienced really defies description. I suppose...

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 7th, 2008 | No Comments

Being a teenager. Temple. Woodcarving and Painting with the chesire cat. Campan David Patten’s morning talks are phenomenal. We are going through the Ogama and Agama that predates Christianity and other religions, and his story telling is simply amazing. Today we look at being a teenager. Of course,...

Day 3 Wednesday

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 6th, 2008 | No Comments

We grow up. Batur mountain and volcano hike. Kecak The lesson and theme for today is about the meditation of the child who is the center of the universe. At this stage of life we have the opportunity to understand where we fit, or else we will live all of life not understanding where I fit in the universe....

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 5th, 2008 | No Comments

Dreams. Wedding planning. Pedanda. Temple. I have had a dream Monday night and one last night. I won’t say much about them, but will say that they were more vivid than I normally would have. It seems that many others in our group are also having vivid dreams. We’re getting married! Yes, that’s...

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 4th, 2008 | No Comments

The pattern of David Patten. We start with Reflexology. A stab at our wedding vows. Today we began our program with David Patten. He took us to meet a famous wood and mask artist, and then to meet a very well known painter whose wife is an equally known Batik artist. Nyoman, the painter, bore an uncanny...

Sunday - Getting Adjusted to Bali!

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

Blue Lagoon The new Nur Salon addiction Carl, Luan, Susan, Maggie, Christian and Beth and I traveled to the Blue Lagoon an hour taxi ride away from Ubud. We hired a driver for the ride, a three hour stay (not tour), and the promise of a return ride. All together, we each paid $5. I won’t say too...

Saturday - Arrival!

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 2nd, 2008 | No Comments

Dinner at Cafe Wayan with Christian and Reba. They are just wonderful. We ate at Cafe Wayan and tried Brem. Brem is their local rice wine and it is ridiculously good. 2-2 We Arrive in Bali Read More →

Coffee in Taiwan

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 02 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Yes, we want coffee. There’s much to see in this airport, and it’s so big that perhaps we’ll get an hour of walking in. It has been 14 short hours. This is the first stop of our trip. The Taipei airport is clean, fresh, full of nice little sample snacks, and accomodating with these...

Photo Albums on Flickr

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes on 01 25th, 2008 | Comments Off

We’ve signed up with Flickr to prepare for our trip to Bali. Be on the lookout right here at iglecia.com for upcoming photo albums. Hopefully I’ll get it integrated on the site itself. For now, visit the photo albums here. Read More →

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