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 [...]
In 1958, Domenico Modugno, singer from the small Sicilian island of Lampedusa, wrote the famous song Volare. My guess is that most everyone knows the song, right? But what most people outside of Italy don’t know is that the original title of the song was Di Blu, Dipinto di Blu, [...]
Hello from Villa Saracena. Last evening's first yoga session of the week was dreamy. We focused on stretching our lower backs, hip flexors, and shoulders. We did a lot of side bending and yoga poses to decompress the well-traveled body. We focused on the breath and what a pleasure to [...]
We had a lively and loving group of yogis here to celebrate and experience our annual Yoga on the Beach Hatha Yoga Retreat 2014. One would expect blue skies and hot weather, the season being summer, but we had fog and mild pleasant temperatures in the low to mid 60s. [...]
It's been 20 days since my last post. With summer in full swing and long family visits, it's been difficult to keep up with my writing. This blog post is for anyone looking for ways to keep your back happy. Somehow, when I saw this photo of the giraffe, I [...]
