Yoga Teacher Training at Lake Atitlán: Everything You Need to Know Before You Go
Yoga Teacher Training at Lake Atitlán: Everything You Need to Know Before You Go By Carrie Hoffman · Founder, Bigger Life Adventures · 100+ retreats in 7 countries · Lead teacher, Bigger Life YTT 2027 If you’re weighing a yoga teacher training at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala this is everything I wish someone had told me […]
The Cacao Ceremony – Sacred Origins, Mayans, Lake Atitlán, & Yoga
The Cacao Ceremony – Sacred Origins, Mayans, Lake Atitlán, and Yoga It is hard to imagine a life that hasn’t at some point been touched by chocolate. Cacao, the raw form of chocolate, comes originally from the Central American highlands of Guatemala and Mexico. Before being turned into the ultra-processed chocolates that are most common […]
Why We’re Offering a Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training in Guatemala
Why We’re Offering a Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training in Guatemala (And Why It’s Different From Every Other YTT Out There) By Carrie Hoffman, Founder of Bigger Life Adventures · Bigger Life Adventures 200-Hour YTT · March 1–22, 2027 · Mystical Yoga Farm, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala I’ve been teaching yoga for 8 years. I’ve co-taught two […]
Plant Medicine and Psychedelics for Addiction Recovery and Healing
Plant Medicine and Psychedelics for Addiction Recovery and Healing The conversation around psychedelics for addiction recovery is evolving but there are still many common misunderstandings. In many recovery spaces, especially traditional 12-step programs, the idea of using psychedelics or plant medicines can be met with fear, judgment, or outright rejection. To some, it’s automatically seen […]
Plant Medicine and Recovery: Being Sober and Healing with Psychedelics
Plant Medicine and Recovery: Being Sober and Healing with Psychedelics In traditional recovery spaces, sobriety is often synonymous with total abstinence from all mind-altering substances, included plant medicine. But what if some of those plant medicines, used intentionally and ceremonially, could help us heal the root causes of addiction? Where do we, as people in […]
How to choose the best ayahuasca retreat at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
How to choose the best ayahuasca retreat at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Ayahuasca, “the Grandmother”, as it is known, is a potent psychoactive brew that many are using to go on an inner journey. The medicine, when used properly, has the potential to unlock fresh perspectives for those on a healing journey. There are a lot […]
We end where we began?
Summing up La Aventura Project in one post has left us here staring at a blank page for weeks now. The same questions run through our heads: “What did we do?” and, “What did we accomplish?” The jump back into life in the USA was quick, and we were immediately left with little time outside […]
The Final Superlatives
We’re still working on a big, cleverly and intelligently written sum-up of the whole darn adventure. It’s hard though! It is coming soon, but for now enjoy the final edition of our La Aventura Project superlatives! Days in South and Central America: 217 Dollars Spent: $10,586.14 Average Dollars per day: $70.45 Countries Visited: 10 Books […]
Write for La Aventura Project/Stay in hostels for free
Write for La Aventura Project/Stay in hostels for free A big announcement today, everyone! Since we are back in the US now, working real jobs again (boo) and editing the documentary, we don’t have as much to post here! Thus, we are looking for current travelers in South or Central America to write hostel reviews […]
Lago de Atitlan – Shopping in Panajachel, Guatemala
Lago de Atitlán and Shopping ’Til We Drop Lago de Atitlán has a way of slowing you down whether you plan for it or not. Surrounded by volcanoes and small lakeside towns, the lake carries a kind of quiet gravity. Even on busy days, there is a softness to the air that invites wandering, lingering, […]