by Maria Cook | Mar 17, 2024 | Kayaking, learning, retreats
Danzante Between sun and shade, we dance all day. The breeze so gentle, comes to play. And then the wind, the flapping tent… No sleeping and the poles are bent. The orange sunrise joys the day, Alas my head on pillow stayed. Each morning coffee beckons...
by Maria Cook | Apr 10, 2022 | empowerment, Kayaking, learning, retreats, Rituals, Travel
What does it take to create a transformative experience? On our kayak journeys we like to present the opportunity to paddle across Rich Passage and set up camp on Blake Island as a kind of rite of passage, something that will inform us of what we are truly capable...
by Maria Cook | Aug 3, 2021 | empowerment, Kayaking, learning, retreats, workshops
What does it take to create a transformative experience? On our kayak journeys we like to present the opportunity to paddle across Rich Passage and set up camp on Blake Island as a kind of rite of passage, something that will inform us of what we are truly capable...
by Maria Cook | Nov 14, 2019 | Belize, Curanderos, empowerment, Kayaking, learning, retreats, Rituals, Travel, workshops, Yoga
Why travel? Here are 11 good reasons: •Cultivate more mindfulness as new experiences bring you into the moment, very present and engaged with new things •Enjoy simplicity as you do a lot with just a few things and recognize how little you actually need •Relax deeply...
by Maria Cook | Apr 13, 2019 | Belize, empowerment, Kayaking, learning, retreats, Travel
“NO PROBLEM” KAYAK, CAMP AND FABULOUS WOMEN Adventure Travel in My Fabulous Fifties April 5, 2019 by Laureen LOCATION: BELIZE It was convenient, since I was already in Belize. When I heard about this kayak, camp Belize trip I asked Arne if he thought we might...
by Maria Cook | Aug 11, 2018 | empowerment, Kayaking, learning, Yoga
When I was 24ish, I was in so much physical pain from car-snowboarding-skiiing-soccer-ice skating-crazy teenager accidents that I thought I’d be in pain my entire life. I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to not get days-long migraines, feel a knife...
