November 22, 2005
TRIP NOTE: Just Another Day Down the Hill...
Planning to visit Flagstaff? The Grand Canyon? Wanna make a cool stop along the Highway before you climb up the Mogollon Rim to the Sacred Mountain? Got just the Deal: Pull off Highway 17 from Phoenix just past Camp Verde. Use your WF Awareness and hunt for signs saying; Montezuma Castle and Montezuma Well. These two Power Spots are ancient dwellings from the Hohokam and Sinagua cultures and their setting is impeccably, mysteriously, beautiful. Gentle walks, vaulting skies, enchanting riparian paradise...in the middle of "nowhere"...or "everywhere"? Guess that depends on your Perspective of Ancient Ways! I took Ananda to these two Sacred Places just several days ago...chakras were shifted, appreciation was deepened, and a fine Recovery Day workout yoked the Body/Mind Experience....enjoy.
www.nps.gov/moca
May All Beings realize the fast pace of a human life span and GET OUT and play their Fitness among the Ancient and the Wild Ways...
namaste,
the mountain yogi
prehistoric Native canal system. 600 pounds of lime are carried from a 55' deep limestone sink each day in this miracle of tomahawk shovel and hands. 
flipping out over a trout that, swear to Buddha, ask Ananda...was the size of my THIGH! 
"Walking The Dragon"...i strike an Ai Imawa pose above Montezuma Well; you can see some ruins etched in the cliff band.
Arizona sycamore; now THAT'S a Tree Being!
in case you forgot where your water comes from; never flush a toilet or take a shower without Sacred Pause for Father Sky and His Gift of Rain and Snow. 
in case you forgot where your clothes come from; never pull on a pair of pants without Sacred Pause for Mother Earth and Her gift of plants like cotton.
Your Workout is Everywhere; i find a "No Hands" route up a retaining wall.
Montezuma's Castle; a Castle In The Sky. Think "True Functional Fitness" if you lived here...perhaps, once, you did!?