by Jeni Martinez | Feb 13, 2021 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Downsizing, Family, Letting Go, Marriage, Relationships, Retirement, Spain, Travel, Yoga
In February 2018, Rocky and I decided to put our house up for sale and start the downsizing process so we could eventually move out of the country. At that point, we were not sure if we would end up in Ecuador or Spain but knew we wanted to travel more and become...
by Jeni Martinez | May 26, 2020 | Dogs, Downsizing, Food, Letting Go, Retirement, Spain, Travel, Yoga
Many of you have asked recently if our plans have changed due to the quarantine. I don’t think anyone’s plans have remained completely untouched by the global pandemic, ours included. We are just taking one day at a time, like the rest of you. In the last...
by Jeni Martinez | Apr 7, 2020 | Alzheimer's, Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Downsizing, Family, Kindness, Letting Go, Life and Death, Marriage, Yoga
Lately, hearing the word unprecedented has felt like a trigger. That and the word uncertain. I’ve been trying to figure out why I am so pushed by these words? Is it just the frequency that they are being used by politicians and newscasters? Or how they are...
by Jeni Martinez | Mar 22, 2020 | Alzheimer's, Caregiver/daughter, Family, Food, Kindness, Letting Go, Life and Death, Yoga
Mom would’ve been 87 this Wednesday, March 25th. Of course, I didn’t always think she was right about everything, but it turns out a few things she taught me have stuck. I’ve felt so grateful these past few weeks that she died in March 2019 and not...
by Jeni Martinez | Dec 29, 2019 | Family, Food, Travel, Yoga
Gijon, Spain 2019 Starting January 1st, 2020, Rocky and I will begin a one year countdown to our move to Northern Spain. While it may seem sudden to some of you, this is a plan we started working towards in September 2017. After hosting two back-to-back hiking and...
by Jeni Martinez | Aug 7, 2019 | Kindness, Politics, Yoga
After the news of two mass shootings over the weekend, I arrived at my Gentle Yoga class Monday morning asking myself, “How does my yoga practice inform my response to these tragedies? What could I share with my students that would make them feel less powerless...
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