by Jacalyn Prete | May 20, 2014
After teaching five workshops in three days I was treated to a day off that included a lovely tour of a "Flower Park" in Ibaraki and a delicious lunch by the sea next to a fish market. The fish was fresh and the Beer went down really well. We walked...
by Jacalyn Prete | May 18, 2014
Dear Yogis and Yoginis, I was invited to stay my first night in Japan with my dear friends Madoka, Utaka ,and their sweet 4 year old, Aoi in Chofu,a suburb of Tokyo. Madoka has been a buddy from my first visit to Japan 10 years ago. I am so grateful for her love and...
by Jacalyn Prete | Dec 16, 2013
The last 5 days of my trip to Japan were spent teaching the Immersion I program in Osaka hosted by Anusara® Inspired teacher, Tomoko Oda. These 16 advanced yogis are very strong in thier studentship. They arrive for the seminar 30 minutes early. When...
by Jacalyn Prete | Dec 5, 2013
Here is Madoka-san and her sweet 3 year old daughter Aoi in the bamboo forest in Kyoto. The day was gorgeous and sunny. There was a fall nip in the air. We got off the train and Aoi saw a map that showed that you could visit monkeys if you hiked up a mountain behind...
by Jacalyn Prete | Dec 3, 2013
Dear Beloved Kula, I just finished my first weekend in Okayama with a group of enthusiastic and very strong yoga teachers and students. Naoko has a lovely studio in Okayama that attracts intermediate and advanced yoga practitioners. This is quite rare in Japan as...
by Jacalyn Prete | Sep 5, 2013
I just read Christina Sell’s blog and was blown away that she and I started teaching and studying yoga at around the same time. I started teaching in 1991 and realize that yoga has changed dramatically since then. Yoga was hippie dippy in those days and not so...
