Yoga Teacher Training pt. 4

I'm currently in my villa in Bali writing to you from my queen sized bed in white sheets. To my right are full glass windows where I can see birds of paradise trees, fallen plumerias (the kind of flowers they have all over Hawaii) and my own private pool. This is a vision I have …

i am the sun & moon – a poem

the sagittarius in me wants to travel and explore, leave without notice and explore both the inner and outer world of sandalwood incense and cypress trees and markets in morocco and oceans in australia. she wants to experience and think deeply. she wants to know herself from exploring outside herself. she wants to go deep. …

Yoga Teacher Training pt. 3

Good morning loves and happy Diwali! Today is a special Indian holiday, called the "festival of lights" and people have decorated their houses with colorful string lights all over and keep shooting off loud fireworks throughout all hours of the day and night that sound like gun shots to me (the joys of being an …

drinks in India – a poem

we walk through markets and smells of sandalwood and burning plastic and cooked, oily dough. we finger mala beads and soft pants they call trousers we stop at cafes for drinks - in america, we refer to "drinks" when we want to go out for happy hour for glasses of wine and fruity cocktails but …

Yoga Teacher Training in India pt. 2

Helloo my loves! It is Sunday and it is currently almost 9 am. I woke up on and off this morning, but officially woke up around 8 am which was a dream since we've been waking up at 5 am every morning. Today's our only day off, so I am so excited to have the …

Yoga Teacher Training in India pt. 1

I feel there has been so much that has happened the last 5 days that I don't even know what to begin with, but here is an update on my Yoga Teacher Training so far. INTERNATIONAL SISTERS There are 19 women and one man also attending the training. I had no idea who was going …

Landing in India and Learning what it means to TRUST

aaah where do I even begin. I last left you at the airport in Kiev, Ukraine as I was about to make my last leg to India. I was feeling a mixture of anxiety, homesickness, "what am I getting myself into" and wanting to turn around and go back home to anything familiar and comfortable. …

thoughts on brave – the journey to India begins

I’m currently on a plane flying from JFK to Kiev, Ukraine and onward to New Delhi, India. Before I turned off my phone for the next 30 hours, I got a bunch of messages and texts from loved ones saying things like “safe travels” to “have fun” to “I’m so inspired by your bravery” Bravery. …

musings on feelings//mini loving lately list

Hi my loves. Feeling the call to do a little musing/life update. It's a really weird feeling when your life is about to drastically change and since you have no idea of what the unknown will look like you keep going, business as usual, and find it super hard to imagine that in just one …

life transitions//quitting my job & going to India

I'm quitting my job to go to India... I'm leaving my first big girl post-grad job to go to India to take a month long Yoga Teacher Training Course and then will be traveling around Bali & Thailand for six weeks then returning to the states and moving to New York City. It feels good …