10-May-2012
Category : Other Activities, Yoga
It’s so good to be home! When I bought my apartment in Les Deux Alpes I had a few requirements; the new apartment had to have a balcony, a separate bedroom, space for my books and… a bath.
For someone who loves baths so much, I’m really not very good at them. I find it hard to sit still. My life as an avid ‘do-er’ has had its rhythms of fast and slow, its changes in pace, but it was only when I started taking my yoga seriously that I realised the important part pauses play in that rhythm.
25-Apr-2012
The season is nearly over. This means it’s time to pack, clean and move. We’re not moving far, just across the valley to Les Deux Alpes, but I’m mentally preparing myself to pack all that we own into boxes and bags and clean both the new and old apartments.
The yogic path encourages us to pay attention (4th Niyama: swadhyaya – self-study) and to look after ourselves and our environment (2nd Yama: ahimsa – non-violence). With this in mind – and at the request of a dear friend and US-based yogini – I’ve prepared a post on homemade cleaning products, that have a minimal impact on the environment.
20-Dec-2011
Category : Alpe d'Huez, Featured, Snowsports
So, here I am, back in Alpe d’Huez. I know, I know… not exactly what I’d had in mind when I wrote my last post in September.
I can’t deny that quitting my job, abandoning my yoga-teaching plans and leaving The Boyfriend to pay the rent while I hid-out in India or Les Deux Alpes wasn’t a huge temptation; but in the end it seemed all to easy to run from my commitments and turn my back on the challenges I’d set myself.
After all, nobody forced me to move here in the first place. And let’s face it, I’m so blessed to have a job, a home, a partner, clean air, hot water and fresh food. Then of course, there’s the view…
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