February 2011 Twisting Triangle (Parivritta Trikonasana)
After month of lotus (did your knees survive?) and the month before on wheel (how’s your lower back holding up?) I wanted to shift the focus: a standing posture, something that would allow us to work on length and extension, something a little more clean and straightforward. Twisting Triangle (parivritta trikonasana) is the first twist […]
Getting to Tulum
We have had many more adventures getting to Tulum and I will definitely elaborate soon. However, for now, the internet connection is slow at best and non-existent most of the time. That is okay because we are here at Maya Tulum, our home away from home. We have been greeted with incredible love and warmth […]
Water slides, Washed Out Roads, and Wrong Fuel
What Do These Three Things Have in Common? Traveling in Mexico, that is what. Everything changed when we crossed the border. Remember the photos of Steven, siphoning and huffing gas in the past post? Well, Bimbo is a diesel rig. Yeah, I am totally getting the RV lingo down. On our way down to the […]
Maps
Are you into looking at maps? If you are, here is where we have been so far. Frontera to Tampico on MEX 180 Tampico to Casitas (Costa Esmerelda) Veracruz on one of the worst roads ever Casitas to Catemacos on another of the worst roads ever This is from Mexico on the Road in- http://www.ontheroadin.com/gulfcoast/northerngulfcoast.htm […]
What a Long Strange Trip it’s Been
I don’t know why the Grateful Dead have popped into my head. Perhaps it is that this trip feels a bit drug-like. We have only been in the country of Mexico for 4 days but I am completely overstimulated with beauty, color, noise (I am listening to the sound of many dogs barking, roosters crowing, […]
Fear, Hope and Crossing the Border
Fear I have been thinking about this for a long time. Our culture has become ruled by fear. In yogic philosophy, fear is a form of avidya, clouded perception or misperception. Fear is a healthy emotion when in the context or real and present danger. Fear kicks in our fight or flight response, flooding our […]
Crossing the Border
We are still in Austin doing some last minute preparations. We will travel to South Padre Island tomorrow and spend the night. Friday morning, New Year’s Eve, we will be crossing the border at about 8am Central Standard time. Please send us some good thoughts and love! More to come. Next up, photos in Mexico! […]
North Carolina to Texas Woo-Hoo
Natchez Trace Parkway Well, we got hung up in Asheville for a few days with a broken fuel line on my 1985 Cabriolet. Poor old girl, being dragged behind an RV is rough! She is all fixed up now. We left Asheville on 12/23 and made it to the Natchez Trace Parkway. It was beautiful. […]
Beginner’s Mind
Being a Good Student When teaching teacher training, I often suggest to people that it is important to be a good student. Being a good student means staying in learning mode. Being on the road means that I take classes with teachers and at studios that are unknown to me. So far, I have taken […]
On the Road First Days
FIRST COUPLE DAYS 12/17 We slept in the RV in our driveway so we could take off bright and early. 12/18 6am drove along 1A and watched the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean for the last time in 2010. Dylan and I sat in the co-pilot seat drinking coffee and chatting about our trip. Hit […]
