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It's the Holiday Season

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It's the Holiday Season  WOW! It’s December…how in the heck did that happen?! Connor and I were just reunited this week after our respective trainings and retreats. I completed my 200-hour yoga teacher training here in the Sacred Valley, Peru for 3 weeks, and Connor went to Argentina to complete a Vipassana meditation retreat for 10 days. Our first time separating in a long time, but a beautiful experience to each get time to progress our spiritual development and pursue our passions. It has been an eventful last couple months, but we are so so grateful for these opportunities and experiences.  My yoga training was jam packed with unique experiences! I wanted to understand more of the philosophy and theory behind yoga, more of it's roots and spiritual practice... And I definitely got that! The place that I chose was of the Hare Krishna religion and so there was a lot of time in the temple singing Kirtan and chanting mantras. Quite a unique and jarring experience coming from a ...
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Barefoot Kids

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Barefoot Kids  Hi everyone! Time has been flying here in Peru, and we are loving it! The people, experiences, and environment have truly exceeded our expectations. We are already going on our 4th week here!  Our main tasks here have consisted of a TON of gardening. We have been enjoying so much getting to be barefoot, hands in the soil, reconnecting to this beautiful earth we live on. We have become transplant masters, giving all the little seedlings the best care possible so they survive when moving them from the seed trays to the earth. So far, I think we have close to a 97% success rate haha. We have also been learning about making organic, home-made fertilizers out of things such as banana peels, fish, egg shells, and aloe vera. Each one containing a different nutrient that helps the plants. Our host also makes his own manure tea from cow and cuy (guinea pig). Guinea pig is a real popular animal here in the Sacred Valley. They eat them as one of their main sources of meat....
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