Wk 1: Have I experienced time slowing down or speeding up?

Well, last week, I took a few days off to celebrate my birthday at the coast with my sweetie…and boy did time fly! I spent the time reading and studying for my various classes, and while I inhabited the ‘left’ side of my brain…it seemed that the hours were speeding by. Even though I was in a very relaxed state, being in the linear part of my brain kept me in that logical space ruled by time and space.

By comparison, the last time we took a few days off at the coast we stayed at the same place for the same amount of time…but there was one difference: we created a sacred space and had a ceremony with plant medicine. I spent the day in the right side of my brain meditating and doing yoga…and conversely, time seemed to stand still. It seemed as though I was inhabiting a timeless space outside of the normal linear paradigm, and the experience was refreshing and rejuvenating to my body, mind and soul in a very deep way. And my experience of being outside of time (as a mental construct) was radically different as well.