One of the greatest perks to living and volunteering at the La Española yoga retreat was getting the opportunity to connect with so many amazing people.
Stephanie and Mike
the couple that transformed the property and hosted the retreats at La espoñola.
Stephanie
a beautiful, inteligente and inspiring yoga instructor, writer and chef.
Mike
an extremely skilled, hard working, caring and compassionate handyman and artist.
Thank you Both for the love, support and inspiration that you gave me. I love and appreciate you ❤️🙏🏻
Zeff
a wise old soul, super fun and loving artist, with a light hearted happy go lucky presence.
Mellisa
Zeff's cool Mom. So sweet and easy going, ended up loving Ecuador so much after visiting that she returned to live.
Katie
a beautiful, classy yoga instructor that came to Ecuador to spend a short period of time with Stephanie. I had the pleasure of taking her yoga class. We cooked and hosted a party together and shared moments of laughter on the beach.
Angela
another bad ass yoga instructor and friend of Stephanie that also came and spent some time at La Española. Her yoga classes are very unique, playful and challenging. I enjoyed making her breakfast and our morning conversations.
Marie
a beautiful young lady that stayed at La española during her travels through Latin America. She was only 20 years old and arrived in Olon alone. I was so inspired by her free sprit and we share an incredible connection.
Kuntur
a magical Ecuadorian musician and jeweler. He is an amazing artist and has a divine connection to Mother Earth. He took me and Marie on an adventure through the jungle. We hiked for 2 hours in the dark, barefoot and with candles to a small cabana where we camped for the night and enjoyed swimming in the pools of dos mangas by candle light. It was like something out of a movie. One of the most incredible magical moments of my life. Unfortunately I have no photos of this place because we didn't even take our phones. We were so present with nature and each other.
Elba, Juan and Luan
The sweetest little family that I fell in love with after a group meditation for the healing of Venezuela. Elba is an impressive yoga instructor with the most angelic voice and a kind open heart. Juan is a compassionate heart centered surf instructor, and musician. They are both healers and amazing parents to their beautiful son luan. Luan is so fun and free.I feel a special bond with these beauties after sharing magical profound ceremonies together.
Roy
A young and inteligente entrepreneur with a yoga/surf/plant medicine retreat in olon. We have also shared some very profound experiences together and share a special connection. He helped me out and supported me through friendship, facilitating deep healing and work opportunities.
Annie and Garry
A sweet magical couple that I adopted as family, Annie is a retired ciropracter and Garry a retired bee keeper.
This is only a fraction of the beautiful souls that I had the pleasure of connecting with while volunteering at La Española.
Extremly grateful for all of you amazing humans including those who weren't mentioned. 🙏🏻
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