photos from our last days in Thailand

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Inspired and rejuvenated

We have been so blessed to be able to come to Yoga-Thailand and teach at our friends beautiful dedicated Ashtanga Yoga Center. Our time here has been incredible; sharing yoga with wonderful people, having time with dear friends and meeting new beautiful souls.

Yoga-Thailand is going through a transformation at the end of the year as they are moving into their own purpose-build retreat center on the other side of the Island of Koh Samui. Paul and Jutima showed us the progress of things and it's going to be just beautiful. The story of how their vision has organically grown over the years is such an inspiration to us and we are so grateful to be spending time at their wonderful yoga home.

Life has been really good to us here which you can see on our smiling faces in the pictures below. Evan has charmed literally everyone and he has grown so much, we can't even believe it ourselves. He moves, he chats and brings so much joy! Lana, the residential teacher here at Yoga-Thailand has nicknamed him "Evan from Heaven" which says it all.... There are so many great pictures of him that it's hard to choose one but I picked one of him in the pool.

We are in the last days of our teachings here now and are flying back home next week. We look forward to that, feeling re-inspired, rejuvenated and excited about the next step in our lives: sharing our love and dedication of Yoga with fellow yogi's again back home, in a dedicated, well loved Ashtanga Yoga space. So much joy to share.

land of smiles

We are so happy to have arrived at Yoga Thailand. After quite a long travel (over 18 hours of flying time-even more including layovers, hotels, and taxis) we made it. All the credit goes to Heleen for organizing our family adventure. Also have to give a shout out to little Evan for not getting fussy once during the three flights- that guy rules. ( I wish I could say as much for the other screaming babies- but who can blame them, it's hard to fly.)

When flying to the island of Koh Samui, I felt this wonderful sense of peace and ease. It's like taking a deep breath without trying...Ahhhhhhh.....yes happiness is here for us in the land of smiles.

Our first of two retreats has begun- I just wanted to post this video of the boy and me having a swing. Enjoy!

I had to show off a few more pictures.....

between trips

Phew, just returned from Evans first trip to the homeland (Adarsh's homeland at least). We went to Georgia to visit grandma and grandpapa and then on to Florida for a visit with Guruji who opened his Ashtanga Yoga shala in the USA.

Evan is a natural traveller for sure, only got fussy on one flight out of 5 flights which is better than we did ;-). He had his first experience of the humid and hot south and stocked up on many hugs and kisses from everybody. We had a great time and are already getting ready for our next trip which will be to Thailand. Evan will be a happy camper over there as everyday will be naked time on the beach (see blog below). He's quite a little boy already with 4 months, rolling over and moving around more and more.

You can see new pictures on the slideshow to the right.

More soon....

Bath Time Baby

Everyday is Thanksgiving around here. Pretty much since we met each other, Heleen and I have been in the habit of counting our blessings and noting how lucky we are. Having a baby has dramatically increased these feelings of gratitude. It is so much fun to share little adventures with Evan, to watch his wonderment as he takes in the scenery and to see how much of a kick perfect strangers get by having some baby time.

This past weekend, we were able to drive south down the coast to visit with friends in Monterey and further still into Big Sur and the Esalen Institute. Esalen is world renowned for it's epic beauty, hot sulfur baths teetering on the edge of the Pacific, and enlightened community.

Baby E made quite a splash in the hot pools! We ran a family bath so he could enjoy swimming around- such a little fish that one. He looooves being in the water. We enjoy bath time at home on a near daily basis, but nothing beats the views down in Big Sur!

naked time

There exist a little ritual in our house- Evan loves to have his diaper changed to our hit song "Naked Time" sung to the tune of Flight of the Conchords "business time."

Feel free to sing along:


Oh if you want to see a recent photo shoot of the man, you can check the slide show in the right side bar of visit the link below:
http://picasaweb.google.com/adarshwilliams/NakedTime

c ya

horsin' around

I tried to feed the baby to Oz the horse (but I found out he's vegetarian.)

Whoa, really though this horse was soooo big and beautiful- He's leaning his head down here to greet us (because Evan is short) and you can imagine the wind from the nosebreath!

It was a very cute experience to be introduced to our friends horse and....to see her ride and jump the big fella- also props to K for the foto I snagged from facebook.

Adarsh

Lady Killler

Whew! Busy here....Evan is also busy....growing! As you can see he's almost catching up to mamma. And this brother has skills too. Most recently he's figured out how to maneuver his hand-usually to his mouth. He's always had a thing for hands though. For instance he loves to watch me eat. He'll sit in his little chair and enjoy as my hand places the food in my big (according to Heleen) mouth.

Presently, Easy-E is enjoying some belly-time and mastering the assisted roll-over. Like I said, he's got skills.

Stay tuned for more braggin' on my baby!

Fresh

I've finally got around to uploading some fresh pictures of The Man. We went out last week to the park and took some shots on "the green blanket" Have a look on the slideshow to the right. Enjoy!

I've been wanting to write an extensive piece on my new life with our angel Evan but somehow I don't get to it....surprise surprise..... Life has been busy with visiting family members. Both my sisters have just left on Saturday after spending 10 days with us. It was wonderful to have them here and I miss having them around already. Now Adarsh his mom is here for the week which is also lovely. Since Evans arrival I've been going through a time warp rollercoaster. I don't know where all of it goes but all I can say now (because Evan is calling ;-) is that I am deeply in love with our little man and there is nothing more I'd like to do then spend my time with him. I will do my best to write some of what I'd like to share with you soon so stay tuned. For now you can see three of my favorite pictures of my two favorite men.

Love to you all who have shared in our bliss so far,
Heleen