Second Week of the teacher training - when the going gets tough

It's only been a week and a few days but it seems like there has been quite a transition already: yoga has been part of almost every...

Yoga teacher training in NY - my first weekend

When I signed up, it still seemed far away (I signed up early to get a discount) and for some reason it wasn't that scary then. But a...

Winter storm Pax

Wow, we're already on p with regards to the storm list - winter better come to an end soon... But then again, a snow day once in a while...

Bye bye Cancun/Mexico - will certainly be back

So, this flight proved me wrong once again, after we had a chaotic start into our vacation with a cancelled flight and lost luggage (in addi...

Katrina and some more Mexican folk activities

So this lady is Katrina and she's kinda holy in Mexico, everyone knows her and she's everywhere, bringing good luck to people. We sa...

Impressions from Playa del Carmen

Turns out there is no real difference between cancun and Playa del Carmen - both are tourism hubs especially for gringos but also increasing...

Tulum - Mayan paradise

The last leg of our trip brought us to Tulum today - ranked one of the nicest beaches in the world and the only one with a view of old Mayan...

Ecoresort Mayakova

Turns out this is an ecoresort - I am sure because they built it in such a beautiful place they had lots if environmental requirements to fu...

Luggage is back & the relaxing part of the trip starts

After all the ruins we have now arrived at playa del Carmen at an amazing hotel with all of our luggage - pretty great end to the holiday in...

Chichen Itza - a mayan capital

Not only an impressive pyramid but also very well preserved platforms for the human sacrifices (and animals as well I guess), nun's mona...

Chichen Itza - more Mayan stuff

Impressive pyramid- turns out they didn't only use it for ceremonies and religious purposes but also as their calendar. The steps and pl...

Even the Beer is indigenous...

Went to this delicious Mexican place that my friend knew. On our way to chichen itza now - finally got my suitcase this morning - yay, let t...

Uxmal

They called this the nuns' monastery which is really weird since they had no Mayan nuns but as usual the Spanish got it wrong ;-) no one...

Uxmal- Mayan yogi

Since I forgot to take pictures at ek balan let me blog about our Mayan adventure today... Apparently the Mayans uses to sit cross legged l...

The rain god - and the sun was coming out for us

Chaak - the rain god is portrayed in this pyramid. The hair consists of corn leaves as corn was the basic food for the Mayans. The rain god...

Merida - Hacienda Misne

What an amazing hotel - such an oasis of quiet and tranquility - awesome pools make me forgot that my luggage is still not there...

Mexico without luggage

Due to a winter storm in ny we had major issues getting out of the airport, the first flight was cancelled and the second one majorly delaye...

Cancun - much prettier than expected