by Jeni Martinez | Feb 12, 2024 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Ex-pats in Spain, Family, Friendship, Language, Love, Relationships, Retirement, Spain, Travel
Like the fall-run Chinook Salmon which spend 3-4 years in the ocean before migrating to their spawning grounds in the fall, Rocky and I will be returning to the Pacific Northwest at the end of September. While we do not plan to spawn or die right away on our return,...
by Jeni Martinez | Jul 3, 2023 | American Yogi in Spain, Ex-pats in Spain, Food, Health, Hiking, Kindness, Spain, Travel, Yoga
One of my favorite quotes to share on a Hiking & Yoga Retreat is from Ellen Degeneres. She explained, in her most serious voice, ” You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven...
by Jeni Martinez | Feb 14, 2023 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Ex-pats in Spain, Family, Health, Hiking, Language, Life and Death, Love, Relationships, Spain, Travel, Yoga
This year Valentine’s Day is not only a day to exchange boxes of chocolate and read the sweetest love poem that Rocky wrote for me in Spanish, but a chance to express my gratitude for a mostly-healed heart. Last September, while leading our Spain Hiking &...
by Jeni Martinez | Jan 3, 2023 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Ex-pats in Spain, Family, Life and Death, Love, Relationships, Spain, Travel
On Sunday, Rocky and I buckled up in Row 7, locked our tray tables in the upright position and stuffed our personal belongings under the seat in front of us. Our Iberia flight was waiting for the all-clear from the tower so we could fly from Boston to Madrid after...
by Jeni Martinez | Nov 14, 2022 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Family, Food, Health, Kindness, Language, Retirement, Spain, Yoga
The phrase, “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away” is not a popular saying in Spain. However, in Asturias where we live, Sidra, a beverage made from fermented apples is touted as a health drink and recommended for daily consumption. “El amor y la...
by Jeni Martinez | Jul 16, 2022 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Ex-pats in Spain, Family, Food, France, Hiking, Relationships, Spain, Travel, Yoga
Rocky and I recently returned from France where we hosted three yoga retreats over a six week period: two in Bordeaux and one in Chamonix. Between the pre-retreat prep and the post-retreat laundry and recuperative downtime (aka collapse), I was not inspired to write...
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