Random Facts about a Yoga Gypsy

Suburban Yogini today posted a lovely list of silly things about herself, and asked for some in response.  Which inspired me to share this little list of silly facts of my own, at complete random and in no particular order.

1. The first time I was ever on a sailboat, I was 3 months old.  My parents rolled me up in a huge blanket and stuffed me tightly into a shelf so I wouldn't fall out when the boat heeled over.  I've been a sailor ever since!
2. Sometimes country music makes me cry.  Sign of my heritage - I was born in Calgary, Canada, cowboy country!
3. I have lived only 11 years of my life in my native country (and most of that was between the ages of 0-8), and lived the rest in 7 others.  So I have always been a bit of a Gypsy!
4. I originally came to East Timor for 3 months.  That was in August 2004. ;)
5. When my partner goes on holidays I revert to being a terrible bachelorette and have a tendency to eat beans on toast for supper.
6. Although yoga encourages us to stay away from stimulants, my 3 favourites are: Timorese organic coffee - (the best coffee I've ever had!), New Zealand Sauvingon Blanc, and dark chocolate.  Mmmmmm.
7. Since working for myself, I discover I have developed an absolutely allergic reaction to 9-5 employment.
8. I have crossed the Atlantic ocean twice in a sailboat.  Magical.

 What can you tell me about yourselves, readers?

Celebrating being back with a blog graphics giveaway!

Home sweet home!

I'm back today after a fabulous 2-week break on my mom's boat in Thailand and Malaysia. It was wonderful being away - and I got to spend time with my fabulous mom, who is a sailor, diver and yoga-teacher! One of the wonderful things about sailing is the simplicity of it all - the wind and waves making up your universe for the day. Sailing has always been to me a metaphor for life - we are like little boats: will you simply drift or will you harness the wind you are given, set a course and sail?

As always I have come back feeling refreshed and I have SO much to blog about... my mom and I doing yoga, some Yoga sequences for balancing the doshas, the Yoga for Runners workshop I'm putting together for next weekend, why we should stretch, the overfishing of the oceans...

In the meantime I am feeling refreshed and full of love for my yoga blog community (also in between contracts) so I've decided to celebrate being back with a yoga-blog-title-bar-giveaway!! Yep, for the first 3 commenters I will offer my graphic design skills to redesign or tweak your blog header bar or logo, photos, make you an award, or any other graphic element you'd like for your blog. :) (Oh, if you want to comment but have a great header already, feel free! I'll only count those who request).