Tag Archives: Guatemala
Living in The Places that Scare You
For the record, I love the Guatemalan culture. I live here. I adore traveling around this breathtakingly beautiful country. It is colorful, fascinating, complicated. I love the Spanish language, the lush gardens, the mammoth volcanoes, the diverse, kindhearted people. I do not particularly like the city. The crime, poverty, ignorance and repression in Guate are [...]
What are your Special Needs?
“All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I’m not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are. I’m meant to say that they have learning difficulties or that they have special needs. But this is stupid because everyone has learning difficulties because learning to speak French or understanding [...]
Yoga Freedom Retreats
Deepen your practice. Connect with the present moment. We invite you to our empowering, rejuvenating yoga retreats. These unique getaways are designed to help you begin or deepen your spiritual practice by providing: – tools for healthy living and personal transformation – time to reconnect with nature + enlighten your spirit – a vacation from the [...]
Yoga Workshops @ Earth Lodge
Yoga & Mindfulness Workshops @ Earth Lodge Saturday, Nov. 13 | 2 pm Sunday, Nov. 14 | 8:30 am Q150 per workshop For all levels | tel. 5703 3989 Check back soon for information on retreats and workshops at Earth Lodge in February and April 2011! Namaste.
star students need a helping hand.
For the past twenty years, the school where I work has awarded scholarships to high school students from area public schools. These kids apply and are selected because of their high academic achievements, despite a dismal education system in Guatemala. Each year, around two hundred students submit applications and essays. Fifty are interviewed. Twenty five [...]
land of eternal contradiction
“If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for human freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. That’s your choice.” ~Noam Chomsky ζ Before moving here, I was totally [...]
