by Jeni Martinez | Oct 18, 2024 | Food, Friendship, Language, Moving Home, Relationships, Travel, Yoga
The number one question I’ve been asked this month is, “What’s it like moving back to the USA?” Most people seem surprised by my answer. I feel like I’m back home wearing pajamas! Two weeks ago, Rocky, Wilma and I flew out of Madrid,...
by Jeni Martinez | May 26, 2024 | Family, Food, Japan, Language, Love, Travel, Yoga
“Food is everything you are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparable from those from the get-go.” Anthony Bourdain Would it surprise...
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 | May 22, 2023 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Ex-pats in Spain, Food, Italy, Travel, Yoga
Poet Mary Oliver said, “Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” Rocky and I just returned from 12 fantastic days in Puglia, Italy, leading the Walking and Yoga Retreat. Mary Oliver’s quote was on my mind more than once...
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 | 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...
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