9.26.14

staycation

2.10.14

prasarita padottanasana

2.8.14

hiding out at the crocodile paradise

1.16.14

yjsf

it's been a busy new year so far and so i haven't been writing as much.  devin came to visit, we've had various health challenges going on, the new class started, i've taken more of a leadership role creating a yoga program at the school and now we've made our way to san francisco for the yoga journal conference.
nikki and russ are working hard debuting holistic expeditions, while i get to sample alot of yoga.  i have 18 hours of yoga scheduled over the next three days.   i'm going to be studying with dharma mittra, kathryn budig, ana forest, sean corne and annie carpenter.  i. am. so. excited.  
i can't wait to be a yoga student all weekend.  namaste bitches, xx.

1.15.14

straight to kabuki

it was a much shorter trip to san francisco.  oh san francisco; even after all this time you still have that same spot in my heart.

3.28.13

coffee in bed

3.26.13

                                                                                                                   playing hooky day

there is such an abundance of chaos.  sometimes you have to find some stillness and rest there.

3.21.13

new home number 30

hanging out at ban kong rao - "make our home your home"

"...the air quality here - never very high - has taken a dramatic and decided turn for the worse.  it is so damn smokey right now.  here are the various rumors we've heard as to why overnight visibility has dropped to less than a kilometer:

    - burma is burning and the smoke has drifted over the border.
    - there is a nearby forest fire.
    - the officials enforcing the "no burn" law have been paid to look the other way and burning has been taken up in earnest.

   what do i mean by burning?  just exactly that; burnable waste is not composted here, it's cremeted.  in the hills the farmers burn brush and plant waste, in the town people burn their trash.  it happens constantly in costa rica as well but when you factor in a population of millions and combine it with cooking smoke and tuk tuk fumes and motorbike exhaust, not to mention cars and trucks and planes and factories... you get the picture.  the air is unbreathable. 
    we spent most of the day in hiding, venturing out briefly but mostly staying in the cool dark of our air-conditioned room.  of course we can't hide forever and i imagine that soon i'll be scootering around in a face mask like a thai ninja.
  oh and yoga classes will now be held indoors at the studio across the street.  no more rooftop sessions.
  luckily our hotel is an amazingly comfortable place to hangout at.  in fact after all our searching it may end up being the location we've been looking for.  i can picture it.... and i like that my first home in thailand may end up being my ultimate home in thailand..."

1.18.13

hotel hideout 3

i love this gypsy life of mine but god damn do i get sick of packing.

1.17.13

hotel hideout 2

"...it's always a funny thing, being on the precipice.  things have already changed - you just don't feel it yet.  you're going over the edge of the thing.  it's certain.   you just can't see what's rushing up to meet you.  so for this brief moment you're balanced between old and new and neither really applies.
   for just this instant that you're on the edge of both, neither past nor present exist.  it's just you about to change your life again and nothing you're used to and nothing you're imagining is of any real help.  there are no handholds, no oh shit handles and no safety nets on the edge of the next unknown adventure.  you just have to throw yourself off and remember that you can fly...."

1.16.13

hotel hideout 1

".... one other thing is for sure - as we were descending through the pink clouds to san jose i thought, 'i can't wait to be home.'
so i guess somewhere along the way and without really registering it, costa rica became my home..."