November 14, 2016 Bali's beauty blows me away. It's on display in a variety of places across it's 2,200 square miles, but no more so to me than in its rice fields and waterfalls. From our Jiwa Damai retreat center where I teach yoga I often walk through the nearby rice fields. The minute I … Continue reading Rice Fields & Waterfalls = Freedom
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Writing about a Yoga World
Morning Yoga, Bali. October 2016This is the view on my first morning in Bali, October 5, 2016. I’m sweeping the area where I’ll teach yoga for the guests and workers at the Jiwa Damai Retreat Center I’m calling home for the next two months. Mostly I’m sweeping up any little pieces of gecko poop that landed … Continue reading Writing about a Yoga World
Bali Sacred Painting
November 9, 2016 "Selamat pagi semuanya semoga damai dan berbahagia!" We are visited today at Jiwa Damai Retreat Center by a local priest. His name is Made Swaba, but asks to be called Mr. Mangku. His opening greeting is in Balinese. In English that roughly translates to, "Good morning everyone may you have peace and happiness." … Continue reading Bali Sacred Painting
Working in the Organic Garden
October 17, 2016 "Watch out below!" After yoga each morning, I often work in the vast organic garden at the Jiwa Damai Retreat Center. There are over 300 towering coconut trees on the grounds. Occasionally during a day I'd hear a random coconut fall from a tree's peak, sliding loudly through the palms to crash with a thud … Continue reading Working in the Organic Garden
Money in Bali
October 19, 2016 Let’s say you’re at the Seeds of Life Raw Food Cafe & Tonic Bar in Ubud, sitting on a pillow by the open front entrance – you know, by the big plants and cool statues – glancing at the menu. You note they have pizza made with zucchini, sprouted seeds and herbs topped with veggies and ‘rawmesan’ cheese. Yummy! … Continue reading Money in Bali
The Barong
October 15, 2016 Here comes down the stairs my co-workers in Bali, Hussien (from Spain) and Juliana (Brazil), dressed and ready for tonight's Barong! We are so very honored to be invited by our other Balinese co-workers at the Jiwa Damai Retreat Center. Bernardo (also Brazilian and my co-yoga instructor at Jiwa Damai) and I are helped next … Continue reading The Barong
Getting around Bali
November 21, 2016 I received an email from the retreat center I would be teaching yoga at in Bali. It said: "After you arrive at the airport in Denpasar a driver will greet you after you exit customs. Look for a sign with your name. Please pay the driver $35 U.S. directly." Easy enough, I thought. Except...there were … Continue reading Getting around Bali
On the Indian Ocean
November 3, 2016 The Chicago Cubs won the World Series today! I got the news earlier this afternoon because the time difference is 11 hours between Bali and Wrigley Field and the game ended there just after midnight Chicago time. I'm walking the shoreline of the Indian Ocean now, my feet in about six inches … Continue reading On the Indian Ocean
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