Spending time in airports seems to make me reflective. So many people milling around, many a little stressed, most just wanting to be somewhere else. Me? Well today I am feeling just a little relaxed as I sit waiting on my connecting flight. All that yoga has paid off! I finally rolled up the yoga mat … More Reflective and grateful
Time is getting precious as I am leaving Central America this week, but I decided to stay on a little longer in San Marcos. The guys at Love Probiotics were running a 3 day workshop so I signed up. It wasn’t a hard decision to make as the eating and preparing more natural food has caught … More Fermentation anybody?
Another week of easy living and yoga in San Marcos – bliss! Since all the workshops last weekend I have been giving some thought to food this week, it’s something I haven’t spoken much about. Over the weeks here a routine of sorts has developed – the daily shop. Round the corner from where we are … More The Corner Shop
On any given day there is a course or workshop running here in San Marcos but at the weekend, it was taken to a new level with The Festival of Consciousness. The what? Yes, you read correctly, The Festival of Consciousness. When I got here a few weeks ago I saw the signs around town for the … More Conscious Learning
I had thought about moving north this week for some hiking, however my yoga love won out. So that’s what this week has been all about yoga. I have always enjoyed it but now I think I love it. Such a simple activity that can improve the mood of any day. And you hardly need … More Yoga Love
Am very excited to let you know that Marta at Daily Exploits has nominated me for my very first blog award! I love surprises and this was a great one to get. The Liebster Blog Award is described as; “ An award to spread blog love and draw attention to blogs with few followers”. So big thanks to Marta … More I love surprises!
Hello again from San Marcos, I’m still here! It was beginning to niggle me that I’ve been in the one place so long while there are so many other parts of Guatemala I have yet to visit. Should I be on the move? Was I making the right decision to stay here? Then I realised, I … More Why so serious?
I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it myself, but this is where I was the other day. Am still at the lake and slowly getting a little better at yoga and Spanish. The other afternoon I took a boat across the lake to the town of Santiago Atitlán, to see for myself what … More What do you make of this?
Time to stretch the legs. San Marcos is one of 13 village at the lake so it was time to see some of the others. We took the boat to San Pedro for a mosey around but mainly to hike to the top of the volcano that looms over the town. One of the downsides … More Coffee, cabbage & clouds
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