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My Morning Ritual: Warm Lemon (or Lime) Water

My Morning Ritual: Warm Lemon (or Lime) Water

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos. ~Thich Nhat Hanh First, apologies for being MIA for a while. Time got the better of me over the last few months with an abundance of VIP visitors (ie. family and BFFs) plus the start of many...
Being fearless

Being fearless

Abhaya mudra (or mudra of No Fear). Represents protection, peace, benevolence, and dispelling of fear. Photo credit: Me (Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, circa 2007) Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a...
Take a bold (or baby) step out of your comfort zone

Take a bold (or baby) step out of your comfort zone

I resolve to… The new year is well on it’s way. So I may be a little late in announcing that my New Year’s resolution was to continue to push myself out of my comfort zone. To honour my resolution, the first thing I did was run off to the Amazon jungle....
Oh happy day! …Small ways to make your day a happier one

Oh happy day! …Small ways to make your day a happier one

I’ve been offline for almost 2 months. Deep in the Amazon jungle. Disconnecting in order to reconnect with Self and Nature. So much insight and learning that I hope to share with you over this and upcoming posts. I should preface this particular post by stating...

la chocolatada: holiday giving in peru

It’s my first Christmas in Cusco. And my friend Elizabeth and her husband Erick (who own two of my favourite restaurants in Cusco – Uchu and Marcelo Batata) helped organize a chocolatada in the Sacred Valley. And they needed help. So I volunteered without...