This week was an adventure.
It rained a lot hmmm well we are in rainy season. A lot of planning for the summer programs coming up.
I will be starting another blog for the teen summer dance camp that me and Ghandi will be teaching.. Yesterday we were at the tv station promoting through dance and interview it was fun.
We will be teaching urban dance to teenager 12-17 for 8 weeks taking no more than 40 kids and then a big performance at the end of the program.
I'm also teaching at Eco Irie Summer camp for 5-10 yearolds 5 days a week. It's gonna be a kid filled summer.
I got to go to a yoga class up at Shangr-la where Diann from Gray Bear Lodge in Tennessee is staying for 2 months and teaching. It felt so good to do a class have someone telling me what to do with my body....ah having a teacher feels good. It took be over 1 and half to get up there but was so worth it. I stayed after and chatted and had breakfast with her and Analisa(from St. John who is here for a month teaching textiles) It was great connecting with yogi's and inspiring ladies.
Dive week is coming up here and i'm looking forward in doing some dive courses. I'm in one of the best places to learn and do it here I heard is amazing.
I had 4 in my african dance class on Wednesday hopefully it keeps growing. and then only 3 in the hiphop how do i get these people out to my classes. My kids class was the biggest on saturday ever 8 kids.
I had one lady who kept dropping her daughter off and not paying i ran into her this week and she said she thought the class was free hmmm interesting she paid me though for the classes and said she wasn't bringing her daughter anymore cause it cost something. ....wow
I have discovered roti in this country certain places have it on certain days yummmy.
I spend quite a bit of time in the organic shop with Melanie she is a real hoot and i'm always learning something about food and teas. The new one was using organic pinepple skin to make pineapple tea. Just boil water and toss the skin in and let it steep for a good 20 minutes does not even need sweetener.
Next week I'll be spending some time on the east side at Oh la la teaching african dance for my friend Debra's bday and a day away from all this before the big week follows with 2 camps starting...
Get ready for photos and fun
Friday, July 2, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
forever ago
Wow Sorry to all my followers for not keeping you up to date.
Well Dominica I'm still here things have really shifted. I have moved back into Jerry's as my place was a bit too expensive and i was gonna sublet an apartment for a friend and his landlord went a bit cra cra on me so moving forward. My mom was here visiting and it was so much fun wish she could have stayed longer. I have met a lovely boy named Ghandi who is my breakdancer in crime...and boyfriend. He's super sweet and more aware than most people I have met from here
EVen got to do some energy work on and he and his body were super open to it!!!
We practice nearly everyday together and we have a perfomrance at the prom coming up next weekend. Yoga classes are no longer on the rootop but in a lovely covered space 2 minutes from where i live. I just had 2 new students this week. And it's so cool cause now most people when they come once they are hooked and buy 10 classes at once.
I started teaching basic african dance classes and have a drummer who plays for it once a week. I am doing a cardio hip hop class and then my kids hip hop class continues every Saturday. I teach them at the Alliance Francaise and with the word of mouth and my ad in the paper should be getting lots of students.
my visit with mom we went to the east side of the island staying at my friends place OH LA LA. http://web.mac.com/ohlaladominica/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html
Check it out so amazing and beautiful. We hiked to Vicotoria Falls which was absolutley stunning. I will be uploading photos once i get them from her... hint hint mom
Yeah staying at Jerry's well he's doing remodleing on the place so it's noisy and dusty but i'm not home too often with all my classes and dancing. I'm finally saving money in hopes to go to Mali this winter for the drum and dance festival....
Mangoes are high in season and so delicious and sweet there is a plethora everywere next is avacodos.
;i found some new breakin shoes similar to chucks and yellow only spent the whole day looking for them along with a sushi restaurant i finally found yesterday that was very good. expensive but so damn good.
It's really the wee little things that get me excited. I had Ghandi bring me a pau pau (papaya) the other day it ws the size of a melon and so ripe and sweet.
ok enough computer time today. I will be updating more freqeuently so keep posted.
Well Dominica I'm still here things have really shifted. I have moved back into Jerry's as my place was a bit too expensive and i was gonna sublet an apartment for a friend and his landlord went a bit cra cra on me so moving forward. My mom was here visiting and it was so much fun wish she could have stayed longer. I have met a lovely boy named Ghandi who is my breakdancer in crime...and boyfriend. He's super sweet and more aware than most people I have met from here
EVen got to do some energy work on and he and his body were super open to it!!!
We practice nearly everyday together and we have a perfomrance at the prom coming up next weekend. Yoga classes are no longer on the rootop but in a lovely covered space 2 minutes from where i live. I just had 2 new students this week. And it's so cool cause now most people when they come once they are hooked and buy 10 classes at once.
I started teaching basic african dance classes and have a drummer who plays for it once a week. I am doing a cardio hip hop class and then my kids hip hop class continues every Saturday. I teach them at the Alliance Francaise and with the word of mouth and my ad in the paper should be getting lots of students.
my visit with mom we went to the east side of the island staying at my friends place OH LA LA. http://web.mac.com/ohlaladominica/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html
Check it out so amazing and beautiful. We hiked to Vicotoria Falls which was absolutley stunning. I will be uploading photos once i get them from her... hint hint mom
Yeah staying at Jerry's well he's doing remodleing on the place so it's noisy and dusty but i'm not home too often with all my classes and dancing. I'm finally saving money in hopes to go to Mali this winter for the drum and dance festival....
Mangoes are high in season and so delicious and sweet there is a plethora everywere next is avacodos.
;i found some new breakin shoes similar to chucks and yellow only spent the whole day looking for them along with a sushi restaurant i finally found yesterday that was very good. expensive but so damn good.
It's really the wee little things that get me excited. I had Ghandi bring me a pau pau (papaya) the other day it ws the size of a melon and so ripe and sweet.
ok enough computer time today. I will be updating more freqeuently so keep posted.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Bush lady
Hey everyone
Where do I begin again....
I'll start from today and work backwards..I was feeling sorry for myself wondering what am I doing here blah blah blah and then I got it together did some laundry. although the water seems to be having a spitting problem pressure problem. I made mango smoothie this morning with lime, ginger and cherries YUmmmy
with cocoa tea and toasted coconut toast.
I headed for the bush ( up into the rainforesty area) I walked right in and up the river it was so beautiful a litl gray overcast really makes the green pop out at you. I found this great flower I cut and put it in my bag. I bring the big kitchen knife with me since I don't have a machettee yet. I was getting real sweaty so I had dip in the river got dressed and continued upwards. I found some peppers and man are those some hot guys. and then I found some big plump green bananas with a bit of fanagaling i managed to cut a bunch down. I went a bit further and saw some really nice plantains but they were way to far from my reach. I started to head back slowly and found a big ol coconut. I took the time right there with a big fat stone and after many tried attempted to crack it open and get the coconut from inside.
I saw another flower which was gorgeous but had too many ants all over it I already had been bit in the armpit and back so I thought twice about it.
When I arrived home I had a coconut to get open drink, grate and make milk. That is quite a process, but now I have made a delicious mango, pumpkin coconut curry for dinner.
Last night as I was relaxing with the door open a centipede about 8 or 9 inches crawled into the apt. Now if that thing bites me I go to the hospital. So i grabbed the knife and just started chopping away at it. Fast bugger even when it's cut in 3. I choppped and chopped and threw him outside. This morning I found his head still wriggling around I took care of it.
Update on dance classes... WE started Krazy Koconuts classes every Tuesday Latin Hip HOP. We had about 10 students this week. Wawu (another location) is still slow But my Kids Hip hop class had 3 students and is growing for next week.
I started Rooftop Yoga tonight, had 3 ladies. And will continue to offer them every morning and 4 nights a week. Just gotta get the word out there.
I'm gonna indulge in my dinner now and for dessert I'm gonna make pumpkin smoothie with cinnamon and coconut milk. I gotta use it cause it doesn't stay fresh so long.
signing off
Charity JOy
check out my yoga blog
http://charityjoyyogaclass.blogspot.com/
it's in the works
Where do I begin again....
I'll start from today and work backwards..I was feeling sorry for myself wondering what am I doing here blah blah blah and then I got it together did some laundry. although the water seems to be having a spitting problem pressure problem. I made mango smoothie this morning with lime, ginger and cherries YUmmmy
with cocoa tea and toasted coconut toast.
I headed for the bush ( up into the rainforesty area) I walked right in and up the river it was so beautiful a litl gray overcast really makes the green pop out at you. I found this great flower I cut and put it in my bag. I bring the big kitchen knife with me since I don't have a machettee yet. I was getting real sweaty so I had dip in the river got dressed and continued upwards. I found some peppers and man are those some hot guys. and then I found some big plump green bananas with a bit of fanagaling i managed to cut a bunch down. I went a bit further and saw some really nice plantains but they were way to far from my reach. I started to head back slowly and found a big ol coconut. I took the time right there with a big fat stone and after many tried attempted to crack it open and get the coconut from inside.
I saw another flower which was gorgeous but had too many ants all over it I already had been bit in the armpit and back so I thought twice about it.
When I arrived home I had a coconut to get open drink, grate and make milk. That is quite a process, but now I have made a delicious mango, pumpkin coconut curry for dinner.
Last night as I was relaxing with the door open a centipede about 8 or 9 inches crawled into the apt. Now if that thing bites me I go to the hospital. So i grabbed the knife and just started chopping away at it. Fast bugger even when it's cut in 3. I choppped and chopped and threw him outside. This morning I found his head still wriggling around I took care of it.
Update on dance classes... WE started Krazy Koconuts classes every Tuesday Latin Hip HOP. We had about 10 students this week. Wawu (another location) is still slow But my Kids Hip hop class had 3 students and is growing for next week.
I started Rooftop Yoga tonight, had 3 ladies. And will continue to offer them every morning and 4 nights a week. Just gotta get the word out there.
I'm gonna indulge in my dinner now and for dessert I'm gonna make pumpkin smoothie with cinnamon and coconut milk. I gotta use it cause it doesn't stay fresh so long.
signing off
Charity JOy
check out my yoga blog
http://charityjoyyogaclass.blogspot.com/
it's in the works
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Changing Changing
Ok so this week I was ready to throw the towel in and fly back to the states. This place is s-l-o-w!!!!which means I could get even more done if I stopped making everything difficult, significant, and challenging. I talked to a friend of mine who made my whole universe lighter by asking a couple questions and getting me to realize who I am and that I've never failed anywhere I've been ...so why would I start to now. I have not been following the energy rather I have been cutting it off and not listening to my awareness. Now that I'm willing to listen and receive bring it on.
I met some very inspiring and fabulous ladies the last few days. There is so much going on here and I'm excited to be involved with everything I can be. I said I would give myself one month and if things are still not working for me I will make another choice.
Isn't life wonderful knowing we can change our mind every 10 seconds.
I am going to be in a health and wellness event, presenting a dance/yoga workshop and setting up station to promote my classes and thai massage!!!
Ok now it's time to get some flyers made and bios written etc...
I'm starting rooftop yoga next week at my place. Whats it gonna take to pull energy from all the people who don't even know they need me in their life??
Keep yourself informed
CHARITY JOY
I met some very inspiring and fabulous ladies the last few days. There is so much going on here and I'm excited to be involved with everything I can be. I said I would give myself one month and if things are still not working for me I will make another choice.
Isn't life wonderful knowing we can change our mind every 10 seconds.
I am going to be in a health and wellness event, presenting a dance/yoga workshop and setting up station to promote my classes and thai massage!!!
Ok now it's time to get some flyers made and bios written etc...
I'm starting rooftop yoga next week at my place. Whats it gonna take to pull energy from all the people who don't even know they need me in their life??
Keep yourself informed
CHARITY JOY
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
updates
Hey all who are following my adventures here
WEll I moved into my new apartment a few days ago and it's lovely minus the smelly fish refrigerator I'm currently airing out on the balcony which overlooks the caribbean sea and lush green mountains.
Dance classes were suppossed to start this last weekend but because of the holiday weekend the other teachers cancelled. I went for my kids class and the time was messed up by the secretary but worked out great because it runs right before a kids education class which I got to do a little demo for them and introduce them to my kids hip hop and movement class.
I taught a breakdance class to some high schoolers today it was so much fun.
i went and met Janet Taylor a chiroprator here on the island who owns a resort in the rainforest Its so lovely and I'm hoping to do some work there with energy, thai, healing the other things I love in life.
I had an interview on the local radio station here to promote the Latin hip hop dance classes. I was the only teacher who showed up but i had a good time doing it and the ad sounds sweet. Everything is starting to show up slowly here. How does it get any better?
oh i forgot to write about this a few weeks back but I went to meet my friend Phenier at the barber show now imagine this....In a barber shop all guys and they are jamming out to old school Whitney Houston....singing along ....And I will always love yououououo.
Hilarious .....I just started laughing right then and there I never saw or heard such a thing. Life is sweet hoping to start an herb garden and small veggies soon. awaiting a barrell from my mom yippeee surprises.
Ok signing off for now.
WEll I moved into my new apartment a few days ago and it's lovely minus the smelly fish refrigerator I'm currently airing out on the balcony which overlooks the caribbean sea and lush green mountains.
Dance classes were suppossed to start this last weekend but because of the holiday weekend the other teachers cancelled. I went for my kids class and the time was messed up by the secretary but worked out great because it runs right before a kids education class which I got to do a little demo for them and introduce them to my kids hip hop and movement class.
I taught a breakdance class to some high schoolers today it was so much fun.
i went and met Janet Taylor a chiroprator here on the island who owns a resort in the rainforest Its so lovely and I'm hoping to do some work there with energy, thai, healing the other things I love in life.
I had an interview on the local radio station here to promote the Latin hip hop dance classes. I was the only teacher who showed up but i had a good time doing it and the ad sounds sweet. Everything is starting to show up slowly here. How does it get any better?
oh i forgot to write about this a few weeks back but I went to meet my friend Phenier at the barber show now imagine this....In a barber shop all guys and they are jamming out to old school Whitney Houston....singing along ....And I will always love yououououo.
Hilarious .....I just started laughing right then and there I never saw or heard such a thing. Life is sweet hoping to start an herb garden and small veggies soon. awaiting a barrell from my mom yippeee surprises.
Ok signing off for now.
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