After touring the ancient city of Teotihuacán near Mexico City, my tour guide Alejandro invited us to his house behind the Pyramid of the Moon for an energy meditation. There were 12 of us gathered around drinking Pulque, an ancient drink made with corn and cacao, and talking about the energy of the pyramids when Alejandro made a proposition. “Would you like to go to a cave for meditation?” (This is part 2 of a three-part story. Read part one, about the pyramids, and part three, about the shaman here.) I hesitated before answering. I thought about how safety regulations in Mexico were laxer than in the U.S. and I worried about my claustrophobia. This wouldn’t be a “regulated” or monitored cave. This would be a cave somewhere within walking distance of his house. It had probably never been assessed for safety in any way. It was like he was reading my mind. As I thought, he talked about the caves in the area, the ancient rituals his Nahuatl family still conducts, that he’d been in the cave many times, and we didn’t have to do it if we weren’t comfortable. Part of me already knew my answer, as much … Continue reading Energy Meditation in a Cave Behind the Temple of the Moon