Paget’s Belize Journal #14

October 5: Dock Activities, Yoga and Nightlife

One of the reasons I will be very sad to leave Pelican Beach
Resort (when I finally find a house) is the dock. It’s about
120 feet out into the ocean and 8 to 10 feet wide. The water
underneath is quite shallow, no more than 2-4 feet until
the very end of the dock. It has a nice little thatched side
deck with hammocks and is always breezy and usually cool out
there. Plus, the sand fleas don’t go there. So every morning
I take my coffee out and gaze at the horizon for a while to start
my day. If I get tired of that, I gaze into the water. Twice
I’ve seen jellyfish wafting by and there are usually little schools
of fish and pelicans fishing and so forth. Very pleasing, even
when the guard dog boys come out to visit and show off their
swimming and shaking off prowess.

But it’s best at night. I regret to report that I’m not being
very good about doing my yoga. A few stretches in the morning,
downward dog for a while, tree pose if I’m feeling up to it.
But in the evening – savasana! Aaaahhh! After dinner I walk out
on the dock almost to the end and sit for a while trying to see
the little birds that land there. At first I thought they were
bats, but they’re some kind of little swooping bird that appears
to be eating insects – apparently the kind that don’t bite,
because I never get bitten out there. After eating their dinner,
they settle down on the end of the dock just like me. I can get
to within about 10 feet of them, but no closer. And I can’t really
see them. Mostly it’s just companionable.

After a while I lie down in the middle of the dock. This is
very soothing and relaxing. The water is shallow enough that
no Jaws or Deep type monsters can get there. The dock is wide
enough that even an octopus would have to have a very long reach
to get to me. No one can sneak up on me because the dock is creaky
and the water is splashy and the little birds would fly away
if someone came. I know this is silly, but it’s amazing how peaceful
this feels to have thought of all the possible and impossible
things that could disturb me and to have dismissed them. And
the stars! I know the relaxation techniques say you’re supposed
to close your eyes, but it’s much better to just let them take
you up, up, up and out into the sky. Cradled by the earth. Now
THIS is savasana!

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