Ahh, Wanderlust!

Wanderlust Yoga and Music Festival 2010

I attended my first yoga retreat ever this past weekend. Wow, what an experience!

I am now officially a trained yogini. I mean, I have been practicing on my own learning from multiple teachers via DVDs, but this is the first time I actually took classes with live instructions.

I was so lucky to share this experience with Elle, my new yoga friend and companion. She is a yoga retreat veteran and a seasoned yogini, so it was nice to have her as my guide.

We had such a wonderful time, being sore and all. :)  I took 8 classes and she took 10. We were so fortunate to learn from the greatest teachers: Elana Bower, Jason Nemer & Jenny Sauer-Klein, Shiva Rea, Baron Baptiste, Sean Corn, Vinnie Marino, Brock & Krista Cahill, and Chris Ray. We learned Hatha yoga, self-massage with balls, acroyoga, hip openers, and Anusara yoga. We event participated in the Yoga Aid Off The Mat Benefit.

We decided to skip the Rock n Roll concert though. It was too crowded any noisy. After each long day of yoga classes, we just wanted to relax back at our hotel to get ready for the next yoga-filled day. The loud music seemed counter-productive on such a tranquil journey. We love Rock n Roll, but we'll save it for a separate occasion. This time, all we wanted to hear was the steady sounds of our pranayama.

With Jupiter and Uranus in Aries conjunct my Sun and Saturn and Mars in Libra on the opposition, ganging up to square transiting Pluto in my 4th house, I am ready for change, and this yoga journey is the perfect manner of traveling. Namaste!