This past weekend at Little Renaissance was stormy and rainy! We held our annual Winter Solstice Yoga Retreat. We always hold our Winter Solstice Yoga Retreat a few weeks before the actual Winter Solstice because the following weeks get so busy as we approach the holidays. We had the woodstove [...]
Last week, we had another houseful of yogis at Little Renaissance for our Sicilian Heritage and Yoga Weekend Retreat. Imagine a weekend of homemade Sicilian vegetarian meals, Hatha Yoga sessions, beach walks on the west edge of the continental USA, and immersing yourself into a natural setting where you are [...]
Yoga in the Dark. No, it's not a typo. It's yoga done in the "dark"and not in the "park" and it's an entirely different experience from the light-filled atmosphere of doing yoga outdoors in the summertime. Yesterday afternoon I taught a yoga workshop in the dark. Long before I started [...]
I have not yet written about Yoga in Iceland. You might think it odd that there are no photos of the indoor yoga classes, which were held twice daily in a warm room near our cabins, but I prefer not to take photos while I am teaching. In fact, it [...]
Fridheimar Greenhouse yields 300 tons of produce annually in an interior space, run electronically, covering 5000 square meters. Produce from the greenhouse at Fridheimar's consists uniquely of tomatoes and cucumbers. The tomatoes at this particular greenhouse contribute 18% of Iceland's tomato market. Tomatoes are vine ripened, and immediately sold in supermarkets [...]
