I got in touch with my heart and came up with some top words to guide me through 2018; words that represent what lights me up and empowers me to give my best to the world.  Three of those words were:  Travel.  Adventure.  Yoga.

This set things into motion in ways I couldn't fathom.  

As these intentions gained momentum, the Universe serendipitously outlined my tentative itinerary for the rest of the year and through to March 2019.  I say tentative, because I am open to change.  The first few legs of my trip are locked down and paid for.  I leave at the end of March.

The tentative itinerary is to visit 9 countries and 3 continents over the next 9 months, ending with another round of Yoga Teacher Training, followed by an Advanced Yoga Teacher training and volunteer work.  What comes next, who knows?

Practicing what I preach, I am releasing my apartment, heading off with a backpack and one suit case, and trusting Divine to deliver me right where I need to be.  This is the culmination and unfolding of prayers I have been saying since my father passed, but if you would have asked me just three weeks ago if I'd be doing this I would have given you a strange look.  My first stop:  Africa.  Egypt, to be exact; followed by Asia.

Holding spiritual retreats has been a dream of mine since I returned years ago from my one-year adventure through India.  If you've seen this video (below), you've witnessed the combined power of Sacred Sites and the Sacredness Within.  This experience was such a life-altering experience for me that I want to take others to have similar experiences abroad.

My intention now is to discover more sacred sites while I continue to attune more deeply to the Sacredness Within, listening for the revelation of locations to lead Spiritual Retreats for my Tribe to experience the same kind of magic.

A word on yoga:  Yoga is so much more than 'how far you can put your leg behind your head'.  The word has many meanings, one of which is: "Union with Divine".  Not as a religion, but as a way of life.  The physical practice is designed to prepare your body for the energies of awakening to your most authentic and Truest You; one piece of a much larger practice of what is called yoga.  

If it brings you closer to the Sacred; closer to knowing yourself more deeply; closer to Divine, it is yoga.  So when I speak of yoga, I am not speaking of purely a physical practice.  At the time of writing this, I weigh 206 pounds; have grown out of most of my clothes, and have not had a consistent physical yoga practice for a few years now - yet I practice some form of yoga daily <3

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