For ten years, I’ve watched you. All of you. I’ve watched you walk into this place wound up tight, and leave days later somehow lighter. Like magic, or clockwork, maybe. Lips unfurl and creased brow-lines relax, subtle smile lines return. Sinewy muscles in cricked necks lose their muster against...
This week, I had the distinct pleasure of teaching yoga for Dream Trips’ Dream Body retreat at AmaTierra. It was a full house, with guests from Texas, Colorado and Alabama, Baltimore and Orlando, France, Japan, China and Curacao. Men and women, young to middle-aged, both tall and short, some...
Gratitude. by Jill Ruttenberg How do you feel inside when you are truly grateful for something someone has done for you, whether they have listened, helped you in a crisis or even made your favorite food for you? Does it make you feel warm, happy, humble? In my Native...
Many people ask us “How did you end up in Costa Rica?” “What’s Your Story?” We know that you are curious, and some of you might be dreaming of taking a similar path someday, so we’ve decided to write it all down. After raising our two daughters, Amanda and...