Work to live or live to work?
The whole work-life balance idea is something that I personally struggle with, especially in this day and age.
And although moving from NYC to “paradise” has helped, it didn’t exactly eradicate my never-ending to-do list. (darn it!) It seems like there’s always an urgent email, a meeting, a skype call, [...]
Nixa DeBellis, one of our teachers at Round Hill in Jamaica this winter, had her class at Exhale reviewed in “Best Yoga of NYC”. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and can personally attest that Nixa teaches a thought-provoking class, blending in a flowing sequence of powerful poses with a deep understanding of how our practice [...]
In the anticipation of our upcoming Yin & Restorative Yoga Retreat, I sat down with the ever-inspiring, very articulate Annette Knopp a few days ago to discuss the “other yoga” and the retreat she will be co-teaching with Jane Fryer in Nosara, July 12-18, 2009. See below for my questions and her very thought-provoking responses [...]
This blog entry was written by a friend during her Raw Juice Cleanse and Fast Retreat experience – I was so inspired by her words that I asked her if I could share it on the site…enjoy!
First of all I can’t believe it took me so long to visit Hacienda del Sol.
What an amazing place [...]
During January/February, I assisted/co-taught a month-long Interdisciplinary Teacher Training, led by my teachers, Amba and Don Stapleton, PhD at the Nosara Yoga Institute. I love these trainings for many reasons, but mainly it is the principle of inquiry-based education, and what it inspires, that brings me back time and time again.
In these [...]
Your body is immersed in warm tropical water as your feet slide underneath you and a perfect wave carries you to shore. This is followed by an afternoon stretch to ease sore muscles and yoga poses to invigorate the body.
So what is it that makes yoga and surfing such a great combination?
Hmm…without too much thought, [...]
As I look down at my planner, I can’t believe it says 2009! Each year seems to pass a bit more quickly, doesn’t it? Why is that? Is it the busyness of adulthood, career demands, children, endless choices and options, being too “connected” (in the technical sense) – where is our time going? And, are [...]
I am THRILLED to launch our new site which includes this blog that I will be updating weekly and our highly anticipated store that will feature the Leila Yoga collection and other lovely items from Bazaar de Nosara, Gonca Gul’s store. You can browse and find out why all the girls in Nosara look soo [...]

