Lake Atitlan, Guatemala has definitely become one of the spiritual community hotspots of Central America. With all kinds of yoga, meditation, dance, kirtan and other activities, it’s easy to get in the workshop-retreat-festival swirl. These can be great to explore, but if you are not careful, you can miss the Read more…
What is the shamanic path and how does one go about exploring it? In my own journey in the last 10 years, I’ve found this to be not such a simple question to answer. And since it hasn’t been simple for me (and actually continues to be a question I Read more…
We are bouncing up and down in a local ‘collectivo’ bus, going down the mountain. I look out the window and get a glimpse of the incredible greenness and perspective of Sacred Valley. Wohooo another turn. And I start getting sick. I see the new friend I made this morning Read more…
It took me some time to gather the courage to start going out in nature alone. I kept hearing that it’s dangerous to go alone – on the streets when it’s dark, in another country, in nature. So why push your luck when you can find a friend to go Read more…
City-eating plants. Plant-eating humans. Human-eating cities. ???? Today I got a feeling that I need to go on a city quest. You know, like a vision quest, but in the concrete jungle ? Not sure where I got this idea – it just hit me that the city plants wanted to lead me Read more…