True Nature Travels Blog
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
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
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
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
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
At first glance the holidays exude a joyful and spirited time of year. Parties and merriment abound while ’tis-ing the season to give warms and fills our hearts. While this may be true for some, for others the holidays can bring up challenging and negative feelings and emotions around the excessive commercialism of our society, grief and sadness over the loss of loved ones can be especially hard during this
