Insights and Inspirations from Around the World
Deeper Travel: India 2015 (4 spots remain!)
I love to travel and take the opportunity to deepen my education, whether it's formally or informally. The last time I was in India, I had an amazing experience with my friend Barbra. We've now turned it into a unique format for a trip happening January 25 - February...
Walking the Edge
There is a way in which I get repetitive and rote in my approach to living. And then some place in me gets louder and louder with discontent. It feels tired and bored. This place feels dulled by the minutia. Resents doing over and over the little actions that make up...
The Tree
It seems like yesterday that I bought the home that I live in and planted a row of Cutleaf Sumacs on the parking strip. I planted several other trees as well, which are now taller than the roof line by many feet. When I bought this home there was only one solitary...
Disengage & Reconnect
This October I travelled to Galliano Island, B.C. It was my second year attending a very small retreat with the same group of people and I was very excited! I had been looking forward to getting away all summer, specifically because it was such an active summer! I...
AlohaSi in Tuscany…..
I am in Tuscany with my friend Patrizia Gavoni to retreat and collaborate on the AlohaSi project coming soon to the US...... Please check out the article on the Italian Yoga Journal and our video ( in Italian, of course!) www.alohasi.com
Floating back in time……
Floating on a houseboat along the Kerala backwaters was one of the most relaxing experiences yet as I sat watching the village life unfold : women and man fish right in front of their homes, coconut fish curry smells waft in the air, and between quiet moments of...
Yoga for 50+ Retreat on Whidbey Island, March 1-3, 2013
You spent the first half of your life becoming somebody. Now spend time working on becoming nobody - which is really somebody. For when you become nobody, there is no tension, no pretense, no one trying to be anyone or anything. The natural state of the mind...
SPRING TUNING on the Big Island of Hawaii March 18-23, 2013
Bringing their many collective years of movement, music, and embodiment explorations together, collaborators Lara McIntosh, Chiara Guerrieri, and Marla Simms invite you to their Spring Tuning retreat at the Kalani Oceanside Retreat Center on the Big Island of Hawaii....
Italy 2013
I have found a great new location near Florence and would like to know when YOU would like to be there.....I am thinking May-September 2013. Check out this location......
India 2014: who’s up for it?
Two weeks of relaxing India: can you imagine that? We will start with a week on the beach at a beautiful Ayurvedic facility........ Every day simple yoga, treatments,walks on the beach..... The next week we will go on long boat rides just sitting on pillows,...
Five Excellent Yoga Retreats
Few forms of escapism are as wholesome as yoga. As its millions of acolytes attest, regular yoga practice not only alleviates stress and improves strength and flexibility (recent reports even credit it for enhanced sexual health), it's also an activity that can be...
NYT Article: “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” – Here’s How NOT to Wreck Your Body
(by Susi Hately, Functional Synergy) Earlier this week, I received a request from a Facebook Fan to comment on a recent New York Times article, How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body, that has created quite a stir in the yoga world. I posted a short comment on my facebook page,...
In One Section of Beth Israel Hospital, Some Patients are Saying “Om,” Not “Ah”
Medical advances sometimes happen in strange ways. Someone finds a fungus in dirty lab dishes and — eureka! — penicillin is born. Now a premier Manhattan hospital is turning a cancer-treatment floor over to a world-famous fashion designer in the hope that serendipity,...
Dedicate Yourself to the Study of Yoga: Breitenbush Advanced Training Retreat
8 Limbs Yoga Centers has been offering outstanding quality yoga programs for Seattle communities since 1996. 8 Limbs teaching staff includes some of the most highly trained and experienced teachers from the Northwest including Melina Meza, Anne Phyfe Palmer and Chiara...
Harness the Energy of Hawaii Where Transformation is a Daily Occurrence
On the Big Island of Hawaii, the earth is constantly changing, stretching out to create new ground upon which new life will grow. What better place to create new ground for yourself by harnessing the tremendous energy that comes from such a natural...
Focus on the Feet
In the Pacific Northwest, every season offers opportunities to get on your feet and enjoy the bounty of nature that surrounds us - even if it's cruising around Greenlake or walking to your favorite pedicurist for a little pampering. But have you ever thought...