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What’s in a name?

Culture, Family, friends, Italy, Sicily, Travel, writing

What’s in a name?

I grew up hearing my flustered mother say: NU GIA N'TO ZI FRAAAAAA! Get over here! Mom was going through the first syllable of each of our Italian nicknames (Nu for Nuna short for Onofria for Nora, Gia for Gianna short for Giovanna for Jeanie, N'to for N'tonia short for [...]

Fran Gallo2017-03-31T20:48:39-07:00June 13th, 2012|Culture, Family, friends, Italy, Sicily, Travel, writing|

My Mantra Story

When I first arrived at the ashram in Nepal in 1996, where I was about to do an intensive month long teacher training program, I met one of the new yoga instructors who had just finished her month-long intensive with the previous batch of teacher trainees. She was all packed [...]

Fran Gallo2014-07-20T03:31:11-07:00September 6th, 2011|Favorites, India, Travel, Yoga, Yoga Adventure, Yoga Phlilosophy|

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