Hunter, you inspire me! I'd like to go work on a fruit and veggie farm... *sigh* Was thinking of going wewoofing for a year or so, to be able to go deeper into practices.
I'm originally a researcher in public health, but quit to work as a teacher/coach at a special school for adults (from 16-17 to 60) with different difficulties to enter the labour market (immigrants, gypsies, former drug addicts and criminals, people with ADHD, dyslexia, mental health problems etc etc - often very intelligent people with lots of resources that has never been detected). I have 3 hrs a day on the train to get back and forth to my job, so there's not much time for practices. Much of my meditation is on the tube or train, but there are lots of changes on the way, so only short sessions are possible. I always feel I would need more time for practices.
However, on my job, I get plenty of situations where I practice yoga. [
]There's a lot of challenges to stay in silence/witness mode during emotional storms (mine or others), there's a lot of giving without asking for anything in return - outpouring divine love, there's a lot of spontaneous healing and cleaning of energy entitities in the room (these people bring lots of heavy energies), there's a lot of opportunities to tell about meditation and tantra, when the students ask about my ability to stay so suprisingly calm all the time!
And it's a place where the staff is into self-inquiry, where it's seen as something positive to self-reflect in order to improve. We are allowed to make mistakes and we support each other very much. It's a great place and I'm priviliged to work there.
But... I might change my work situation soon anyway... feels like I've learned what I had to learn there. Something else is coming. Just don't know what or when...