Colorful Jodhpur!

The day started with sunrise yoga.  We are in the high desert, so the mornings are cool and the daytime temperatures comfortably warm and sunny with no humidity.  This morning, as we did yoga, a peacock landed nearby, flocks of crows flew overhead, as did parrots.  Last night, we did [...]

Inside Fish Eye Temple

Written today about yesterday and posted today from Kerala: We are in Madura, South India.  Our local guide for today stood up at the front of the bus and introduced himself: My name is Mudu. My name means "pearl". I have only one wife and two children. I love my [...]

2018-01-13T17:45:40-08:00January 13th, 2018|Culture, India, Travel, Yoga, Yoga Adventure|

Ajanta’s Buddhist Caves

The day started with sunrise yoga.  Yoga in India!! The sunrise, the grounds, the yoga was all very dreamlike.  The sun rose as the moon set.  We practiced Salutations to the Moon. Imagine hiking along a ridge and spotting an unusual formation in the far distance. This strange rock formation [...]

2018-01-06T17:05:44-08:00January 6th, 2018|India, Yoga, Yoga Adventure|

Friends, Yoga Challenge, Fog, and Stepping Out in the Unknown

One day in early March 2010, Linda Tally said, "Fran, you should start a blog."  And I started one that very month. My blog has been going strong ever since.  I may not write a blog post every day and, certainly, weeks go by without a blog peep out of [...]

2017-12-12T05:19:32-08:00December 10th, 2017|nature, Photography, writing, Yoga, Yoga Adventure|

Celebrating Winter Solstice

I know we are still days away from the Winter Solstice, but this weekend, we had our annual Winter Solstice Hatha Yoga Retreat, always held the first weekend of December. For me, this time of year is an opportunity to seek light, a time to put up Christmas lights and [...]

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