Archive for category GOA Trip

I was asked to write a short article about our trip to Goa for the Yoga Atlantic newsletter.   I sent an email to the group and asked them for their feedback.
Please tell me

What you really liked about the yoga
What you really liked about the resort / area / tourist aspects
What you would like to see [...]

During one of the evening conferences that Nancy Gilgoff held in Goa she talked about Saturday being a rest day and how this came to be.
When western students started arriving in Mysore to be taught by Pattabhi Jois, he found that he was teaching yoga in his shala every day from 5 am until about [...]

In the previous post heading home attempt #2 post I told you about the problems we had with our first attempt to get home from Goa.  Our flight was delayed for 12 hours and Michele had left her purse in the taxi.
The delay of the flight was a good thing.  That allowed us to get [...]

The Ashtanga practice is an energitic practice, fueled by the breath. Movements are done to the breath.  The inhale and the exhale of each breath should be the same length.  One complete breath to the next can be a different length but the two parts of one breath should be the same length.
In the sun [...]

The first day I did primary series. It seemed most appropriate after two days of sitting up in an airplane seat.
I got a very strong adjustment from Nancy in Mirachyasana D.  She was able to get me to twist a little further and get me to bind comfortably behind my back.
In the standing forward fold [...]

There is another batch of pictures on Picasa.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jack.godfrey49/GoaTrip2#
http://picasaweb.google.com/jack.godfrey49/GoaTrip3#
The previous bunch of pictures were taken by Sarah.  These pictures were taken by me.
There are more pictures to come.

You may recall that we had some fun with our flights to England on the Friday that we left.  And now the adventure continues!
Lost Purse
This morning (Sunday) we left for the Goa Airport at 8:00 am for a 12:00 (noon) flight.  Shortly after we got there and joined the line to enter the airport Michele [...]

Well, its been amazing to say the least. At first it was a little hard to adjust to all the sounds and and crazy drivers and heat. Now I am a little sad to be leaving.
Nancy and her assistants have been fantastic. We have our last talk tonight… [...]

Call Home
I will be going to the German Bakery on Wednesday with Erin.  Erin is one of the group of 8 that came from Halifax to Goa.  We will be calling home via Skype at supper time here which will be early morning in Halifax.
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While at the Bakery, I will be uploading a bunch [...]

We’ve been doing some meditation while we have been here with a women named Katie who has studied with Buddhist’s for a very long time.
She talks a lot about emotional states and the “stories” we create in our mind and how they affect us and other people energetically. Meditation becomes a door [...]