Connecting with Nature on a Costa Rica Yoga Retreat: My Transformational Yoga Retreat in the Monteverde Cloud Forest
If you’re considering joining us and connecting with nature on a Costa Rica yoga retreat, here’s a real, unfiltered look inside what a week in Monteverde can feel like, written by one of our guests. This is Rhonda’s Costa Rica experience which is full of nature, adventure, mindfulness, and unexpected transformation. We didn’t solicit Rhonda […]
Why Alcohol Free Yoga Retreats Are Growing & Who They’re For
Why Alcohol Free Yoga Retreats Are Growing & Who They’re For In a world where alcohol is often positioned as the default way to relax, celebrate, cope, or connect, choosing an alcohol free yoga retreats can feel unfamiliar—or even unnecessary. For many people, the question isn’t “Do I have a problem?” but rather “Is this […]
2022 Recap: Acceptance
2022 Recap: Acceptance 2022 was a very mixed bag for me. High highs and super low lows. For many months it felt like we couldn’t catch a break. Isn’t that life, though? We take the bad with the good and do our best with it, even if our best feels completely incompetent. The beginning and […]
Notes from one month traveling in Mexico
This is a summary of traveling through Mexico for one month.
Capitalism, van life, and yoga retreats
Capitalism, van life, and yoga retreats The first one, from Dec. 1, 2021: LIFE UPDATES!!! 🚐🏜🧗♀️🧘🏼Zach and I live fully in our van again now, on our land @grandcanyonecoretreat , with lots of desert trips on weekends to stay warm. Off season is treating us well and it’s nice to enjoy the simple things like […]
Living in the Gray Areas
Living in the Gray Areas Lately I’ve been pondering life’s contradictions, and how we have to squeeze out a life that reflects our values in between them. The real substantial, relatable, change-making actions of our lives are usually somewhere in the gray area, the in between. Black and white, all or nothing thinking, divides us […]
Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica!
Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica! Traveling to Costa Rica for my advanced YTT in January (at the Sanctuary at Two Rivers) , I knew I needed some type of life-altering experience. Yoga was starting to feel stale and cliche and not enough in the face of all the world’s problems. I had no […]
Forever Tries
Forever Tries Some thoughts inspired by Facebook memories (Omg, why are they forever reminding me of things I’m not necessarily proud of?) and all the different selves I have been: Why would I post this photo? I know why; because I thought it was really cool to slam beers and then go cliff jumping. A […]
Year 5 so far
Year 5 so far Climbing on the Via Ferrata, in Telluride, Colorado In recovery for me each year seems to have a theme. Year 4 was all about digging deep, uncovering what was buried and facing the roots of my trauma and addiction. Bringing the darkness to light. Recovery year 5 so far looks like […]
Coronavirus: Ascension or Regression?
Coronavirus: Ascension or Regression? My energy is super split right now: On one side there’s this hope and readiness for a new way, and on the other side there’s this temptation to regress. Ascension or regression/repression. My higher self is down for this. I signed up for this. I’m ready to be at the forefront […]