2017 Newsletter |
2017 was a year of surprises and adventures. |
As 2016 was drawing to a close, we found ourselves wanting
to ‘get away’ for the New Year’s holiday. With much good fortune and the
gracious offer of a good friend, we found ourselves in Yelapa, Mexico on New
Year’s Day. We first met Judith Roth years ago as a student at our dojo, where
she attained the rank of 1st degree black belt. She now focuses on yoga, and
more than a decade ago moved to Yelapa, Mexico, a small coastal village
accessible only via a 45 minute water taxi from Puerto Vallarta. There, on a
steep hillside above a small bay, she built a beautiful home/yoga retreat center
she calls the “Sky Temple”. Spending the week there was a week in paradise.
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Yelapa trip photos
(left to right, below: Dinner with Judith - Sky Temple - ‘Flying’ on the morning breeze (Sky Temple) - Yelapa ‘beach babe’) |
Later in the week we made a trek up into the jungle, with
one of Judith’s local friends as our guide, to see the waterfalls and
cascades. Two hours into our walk, Michael’s sandal broke! With him now
half barefoot (and at times totally barefoot), we nevertheless journeyed on for
another 6 hours! (left to right, below: Jungle walk – Broken sandal strap – cascade "Paso de Quimixto" - Danielle crossing the Tuito River) |
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