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Inspiration for Leading a Full and Successful Yoga Retreat

Manifesting a Successful Retreat   Your yoga retreat planning is in full motion and there is excitement, anticipation, and perhaps a little anxiety. Will I be able to fill all the spots? How will I get the word out there? All of a sudden, little doubts start to creep in. Well have no fear. Doubts are normal and will fade with some positive thinking and manifestation. Not to mention, True

Why Go on a Yoga Retreat? The Value of Disconnecting

There is something positively magical that happens when a group of individuals make the decision to gather together in a beautiful, pristine environment for the purpose of uplifting their lives and reconnecting with themselves. This was my experience, and the experience of the 21 other participants on the amazing yoga retreat I led to Costa Rica with True Nature Education last June. Why We Need to Let Go Sometimes Everyday

Life on Yoga Retreat With Us – Where Everything is Music

Adapted from the Mind|Body|Fitness Yoga blog. Update On-Retreat with Andrea Dyer on her 4th Annual Mind|Body|Fitness Yoga Retreat with True Nature Education: We came to Santa Teresa this year to listen. The sound environment in Santa Teresa is rich with layers of the ocean, wind, monkeys, birds and life in the hotel and village. I’m sitting in the hotel’s open air restaurant – using wifi and listening to layers of

Explorations of Self: A Costa Rica Yoga Experience 2015

The sun is rising through open shaded windows, and as I peer out onto the horizon I see beautiful lush green palm trees swaying in the calm whispering breeze. Beyond that is the sparkling swells of the deep blue sea. Infinitely undulating it’s majestic tides onto the pebbles  below. I have arrived to a luscious dwelling of sacred secrets and lucrative blessings from the nurturing Mother Earth, from Gaia. I

Letters from Lindsay: Corn Cake Traditional Costa Rican Recipe

Cooking is one of my favorite activities.  I enjoy it more when I am learning how to prepare new dishes from my mother.  She is not a chef, but she cooks with love.  To me, her food is the most delicious food in all the world!  She likes to stick to cooking a simple, traditional Costa Rican recipe that is a part of common tico cuisine.   Today at coffee/tea time she prepared what’s

Mindful Tips to Begin Your Year

Set Intentions (It is never too late!) Mindfulness is based on awareness in the present moment. This presence can also be utilized as a catalyst to set your trajectory into the future by focusing on mindfulness in the new year. From a space of stillness and clarity we often receive visions, ideas, and realizations. Invite your own intentions to sprout forth naturally until the next time you practice or find yourself

Letters From Lindsay: Being the Bridge

Dear Friends, A beautiful sunny morning, after almost a week of rain, rain  and more rain. I like rain, however I honestly enjoy when the sun shines! I am sitting on my table, typing this letter and baking a cake for my sister. A mom’s life is something like this… We can work, clean, cook and care of the kids at the same time… The cake smells delicious and it is also for