Category Archives: GOA Trip

Goa Trip Feedback

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 […]

Saturday is a rest day

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 […]

We made it home at a last

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 […]

What have I learned in Goa

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 […]

My Practice so far in Goa

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 […]

Heading home attempt #2

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 […]

Last Day for Vanessa and Sarah

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… details to come. Vanessa and I […]

News from Goa

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. Upload pictures While at the Bakery, I will be […]

Loving Kindness

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 way to […]

First days in Goa

We got here on Sunday afternoon.  All of a sudden it was HOT.  About 30 c and we all started to sweat.  We were all given our rooms and quickly settled in. I will put some picture up in a few days.  I am planning doing a photo diary for a day and putting them […]