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Yoga Journey to India, and becoming a CIYT
I was living in Midtown Atlanta when I discovered Iyengar Yoga. Before that, I had heard of yoga, and I was curious to know more. In 1999 I was a newlywed, and my husband was in graduate school studying International Affairs at Georgia Tech. As a 23-year-old wife I had the perk of taking free…
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Lost Laptop Lessons
Two days after Christmas 2024 I departed and spent a month in India practicing Iyengar Yoga. India is more than an adventure and far from a vacation. It is an awakening. But it was time to go home to my mom life with four daughters. I carried my 16” MacBook Pro with me on this…
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Where have we been?
Since the last travel post of Summer of 2021, we went a lot of places. After losing and recovering my laptop after traveling home from India, I have spent days organizing old photos and revisiting past years. There’s a post on that. Looking forward, I have new hopes for documenting travel but with the same…
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A New Beginning
This is the first yoga studio I ever visited. It was Stillwater Yoga in Atlanta and my teacher was Kathleen Pringle. She planted the seed for me to be a life-long learner of Iyengar Yoga. I took this photo during one of my last visits before this special space closed. I’m grateful for it, along with…
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Being a runner again
It still sounds strange to think of myself as a runner again. I haven’t defined myself as a runner since before I had kids. But I loved it then, Walkman and all. Last month I found out I love it again. I was fine taking my daily walks. Until I felt the need to be more…
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A summer spent in the water, being brave
One positive thing about Covid was we spent a lot of time outside and at the beach. By Summertime we were ready to travel beyond the beach and mountains where we had family to visit. Since our 20 countries in 20 years Scandinavian wedding anniversary trip, we had to postpone a scheduled trip to Cuba as well as…
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Rebecca’s Yoga Schedule
The doors to my home yoga studio are open again. It’s a beautiful space that I’m grateful to have and grateful to share. If you live in Knoxville and are interested in joining a yoga class or scheduling a private session, I’d love to hear from you. Class offerings at my home studio. Thursday at 9:30…
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Reykjavik, Iceland
We flew in and out of Iceland for our Scandinavian trip mainly because Iceland Air offers the cheapest flights in and out of Europe. Especially when booking a last minute trip in July. So from Sweden, we went back to Reykjavik for two nights before flying home. On our first stay in Iceland we did not visit…
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Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden was our 20th country visited for our 20 Countries in 20 Years Anniversary Trip. Traveling with four children presents it’s own unique challenges but we find it worth every penny to experience this life with our children. Prioritizing experiences over things has become a way of life for us. I envy young families becoming…
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Tallinn, Estonia
One of the reasons I love my husband and we’ve been married 20 years, is because when I say things like, “Hey honey lets go to Estonia this summer.” He says, “Okay!” And he knows I’ll really do it! So just like that, an overnight ferry to Estonia was added to our last minute Scandinavian…
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Flying out of Faroe Islands offered five options of destinations to visit next. Since my goal for our 20 Countries in 20 Years Trip was visiting four new counties, while avoiding peak travel crowds in July and European heat with no AC, Copenhagen was the perfect next destination. Planning a trip with four children ranging in ages from 3-14 requires strategic actions to meet…
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Faroe Islands
In the last five years the Faroe Islands has had a 10 percent increase in tourism each year. They are in the beginning stages of navigating how to welcome people on their remote soil where generations are used to having the mountains to themselves, and how to control how many people they want to welcome to this untouched…
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Iceland, The Golden Circle
Since we were seeking cheap last minute flights to Europe in July, I decided Iceland was worth a look. I’ve been warned about the crowds now visiting Iceland and one of my goals for this summer trip was to avoid Europe crowds in July. Our base was an Airbnb in a non-touristy town called Hverageroi, near…
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20 countries in 20 years, Adventures for Six
This month is our 20th wedding anniversary. Brian and I have traveled to 16 countries since we have been married. This month we’ll visit four new countries to make it to 20 countries in 20 years of marriage. Most of our traveling was done before children through study abroad programs and backpacking in Europe before the days of…
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Hang tight a minute
The Yoga Life section is taking a breather. When school starts back in August, I’ll post offerings for yoga classes and private sessions out of my home studio. As for Summertime, I’m on full-time mom duty having fun with my family.
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Cool Summer Camps
Chauffeuring around multiple children to multiple camps isn’t always worth the effort and daily commotion. Instead I usually savor the long lazy days of summer at home. This summer is different. They girls have all found cool summer camps that fits their personalities and it’s been wonderful. Lydia attended a scuba camp where she learned to scuba…
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Gluten Free Pumpkin bread and more
For about a year I’ve been experimenting with Gluten Free and Paleo baking. However I am not super committed to the no grains aspect of Paleo because ruling out rice flour is tough. I like using nut, bean and coconut flours when it works. Sometimes I make up my own flour mix. Sometimes I use Bob’s…
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Fall fun with leaf play
We took a walk in the fallen leaves the other day. They were wet. Next time I’ll wear better shoes. But I didn’t care in that moment of wet boots and damp wool socks. The sounds of the leaves and the two toddlers running together, taking turns holding the dog leash…was all I needed for…
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Messy toddler art
I love to engage my children in art. When my bigs were all little, it was a daily routine in the summertime to eat breakfast, than paint in our pajamas. Now I get to do it all over again with my fourth daughter. I’m very thankful for that. And I’m grateful to stay home with…
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Pumpkin Carving Birthday Party
I don’t love carving pumpkins and I’m not over the moon about Halloween. We do however live in a neighborhood where we get 1500 trick or treaters. Kids love the holiday so I’ve learned to embrace it. When my 8 year old said she wanted to have a pumpkin carving party I said sure, why not?…
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Birthday Traditions part 2
I love to celebrate birthdays with my girls. With each year passing for each child, I feel like it’s my birthday too. I made it around the sun another year with them. I was there the day it all started, the moment they were born. So crafting a special day for them is something I…