Category Archives: Travel

BALANCE YOGA IN BALI!

Tour Dates: March 12-19, 2011 Location: private villa in Ubud, Bali Cost:  $1,775 single occupancy EAT,PRAY,LOVE! We are incredibly fortunate to be able to hold this year’s yoga retreat at a fabulous personal villa just outside of Ubud, Bali.  You will not only have the experience of daily outside practice in an incredibly gorgeous setting, [...]
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Body Tuning: Pt 2 Ankle Sprains

This is part of a year-long series on injury prevention.  Part I was on Metatarsal Spread.  Please click on the title to view the entire article if you’re viewing this on Facebook. Many of us can relate to this one and quite a few of us live with weakened ankles on a daily basis.  Once [...]
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TWO FACES OF THE ALPS: FRENCH & ITALIAN

Bend Library Wednesday November 3, 2010 6:30-7:30 pm Sunriver Library Wednesday October 27, 2010 1:00-2:00 pm Join me this year to delve and explore two very different aspects of the Alps, both magnificent.  The grandeur of the rugged Dolomiti in NE Italy take us deep into a Tyrolean feel and reflect the trauma of many [...]
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Italian Langa Photography Exhibit

CORK CELLARS Wine Bar & Bottle Shop     161A Elm St. Sisters, OR 97759 541-549-2675(CORK) Edit
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Maximizing Your Vacation Experience with “Open Jaws” Flying

Next time you spend the bucks to fly to your vacation, consider flying into one area and out of another.  This not only eliminates having to return back to where you started, but adds on the ability to see more during your precious time there! For example on my last tour in France I flew [...]
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Intentional Vacation Musings

Vacation ~ holiday, break, trip, rest, retreat, leave, escape ~ Intentional Vacation ~ a vacation that renews, rebalances, revitalizes and positively changes one’s life ~ As I ponder over these definitions of “vacation” many conflicting images come to mind…. So how was your last vacation? Perhaps the truer question is “when”?  Did you know that [...]
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Welcome to my newly updated website!

I invite you to visit my updated website.  It’s full of new photos (all my own), tours, retreats and new Onsen offerings.  In addition you can receive my blogs on your Facebook account by becoming a fan.  Fitness, health, exercise & travel articles will appear weekly on this blog page as well as inspirations on [...]
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Experiences make people happier than possessions

According to recent studies, psychological research suggests that, in the long run, experiences make people happier than possessions. Part of the reason for this finding was that most of our life experiences involve other individuals. People were fulfilling their need for social bonding while having these experiences. Another reason for increased happiness in experiences, the researchers [...]
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Hiking Poles- “A Man’s/Girl’s Best Friend”

When I started using poles for hiking, people would make fun of me and ask me silly questions like “what kind of wax are you using” or “where’s the snow”.   The other mindset I encountered was “poles are for old people”.  Pretty soon as I was popping up a steep incline people would say [...]
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The Magic of Monte Bianco Tour 2011

Over 15,000′ Le Mont Blanc massif towers over Europe.  Sitting near the adjoining borders of France, Italy & Switzerland, the massif unites 3 cultures in it’s majestic splendor.  This is a place dreams are made of! Join us July 1-11, 2011 for the journey of a lifetime. * Small groups * Close to nature * [...]
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