We hosted a yoga retreat this past weekend at the coast. It was a great experience. This was one of the warmest weekends in March I have ever experienced since living in the Pacific Northwest. The walks on the beach felt dreamy. My toes sank into the warm sand and [...]
I lead an annual Pre-Holiday Yoga and Wellness Day Retreat at Crystal Creek Studio in Issaquah, Washington. The studio and house where the retreat takes place sits on a mountain. It is a green peaceful getaway, less than an hour drive from Seattle. The studio looks out over trees and [...]
Every year, I celebrate Winter Solstice a little early by leading a yoga retreat the first full weekend of December! I spent this past weekend with a group of lovely yogis. We did some very long rejuvenating yoga sessions and beautiful walks on the beach. The full moon graced [...]
Our guide Graziella recited a poem, written by an anonymous poet in ancient times, which describes the legend of how Sicily came to be. She recited it first in the Sicilian dialect and then translated it into English. I cannot find the Sicilian words, but it was the loveliest of [...]
Today, While sitting in the hot October Sicilian sun, While overlooking the Ionian Sea and La Montagna (Mt. Etna), While looking at my fellow yogis basking in the sun, While listening to the next-door-villa’s lovely Italian music filling the air, While feeling my heart sing and my eyes about to [...]
