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Cross Training: Full-Body Strength using Long-Loop Resistance Band

Cross Training: Full-Body Strength using Long-Loop Resistance Band

This is a quick and effective full-body workout using a long-loop resistance band – a great one if you're short on time (you could also repeat the sequence for a longer workout) or if you're traveling and have minimal equipment or space.

A Hint of Salt: Reflections on Travel & Coming Home

A Hint of Salt: Reflections on Travel & Coming Home

Traveling, for me, always tends to bring with it bursts of inspiration and creativity and a heightened sense of connection to myself & the world around me. The challenge tends to be carrying this inspiration and connectivity with me as I begin treading down those familiar roads of routine that make up the map of regular, everyday living. 

Yoga for Surfers: Easy + Effective Pre-Surf Shoulder Warmup

Yoga for Surfers: Easy + Effective Pre-Surf Shoulder Warmup

I love this one because it’s quick, easy, and an effective way to mobilize the shoulders, fire up the core, and turn up body awareness. Helpful for surfing, before a workout, or to just begin your day! Grab a yoga strap or long-loop resistance band and check out this shoulder warmup.

Make a Wave: September Sessions for SurfAid Support

Make a Wave: September Sessions for SurfAid Support

I’m joining the Make A Wave Challenge to help raise awareness and donations for the SurfAid programs that bring healthcare, clean drinking water, and food security to communities in remote surfing destinations.

Travel Journal: Mexico + California

Travel Journal: Mexico + California

Mainland Mex has been on my list for a while now, so I was super excited when this trip came together. I went into it with few expectations, and after planning this trip months in advance, we just so happened to luck into one of the better swells of the season…

Travel Journal: Surf + Yoga in Nicaragua

Travel Journal: Surf + Yoga in Nicaragua

A three-part travel journal featuring a few stories and some insights from my recent trip to Northern Nicaragua for the GLOW Surf and Yoga Retreat, plus a little post-retreat adventure with my honey in search of some beach-break barrels and uncrowded waves…

Upcoming Retreat: Surf + Yoga in Nicaragua with GLOW!

Upcoming Retreat: Surf + Yoga in Nicaragua with GLOW!

I’m stoked to be a part of GLOW’s first ever Surf & Yoga Retreat and this one is all about cultivating presence on the mat & in the water. This week will leave all students feeling invigorated, confident, and connected as we dive deeply into the healing power of yoga & salt water, alike.

As Lineups Get More Crowded: A Little Bit About Surf Etiquette

As Lineups Get More Crowded: A Little Bit About Surf Etiquette

Crowded lineups are relatively unavoidable these days. And we all get it, yea!? Surfing is awesome!! But, much like the ‘rules of the road,’ the unwritten but very much accepted ‘rules of surf etiquette’ are there to ensure everyone’s safety, as well as to help create some order to make sure that everyone gets their fair share of rides. So here are 6 tips that I think are most important to know.

Travel Journal: Bali, Lombok & West Sumbawa

Travel Journal: Bali, Lombok & West Sumbawa

Taking full advantage of jet-lag and rainy days, and recommitting to regularly posting authentic content to this Journal page! Plus, I kinda wish I had done this on our previous trips while the memories and sensations were still fresh in the brain… Click through to take a look into our recent trip to Indonesia!

Bali Magic

Bali Magic

Off the plane and out of the airport, the humid air wraps me in her warm embrace. The sun is bright, really bright, and feels so lovely on my skin. The smell of incense and frangipani and clove cigarettes fills my lungs, as familiar faces welcome me back to a place that, at one time, felt so incredibly unfamiliar…

10 THINGS I've Learned From My Time in Bali

10 THINGS I've Learned From My Time in Bali

Like everywhere in the world, Bali has its fair share of issues, downfalls, and straight up ugly sides. But, for me at least, the positives greatly outweigh the negatives, and I credit this little slice of paradise to teaching me some extremely valuable life lessons, lessons that seem to be deeply rooted in the people, the culture, and the sacred lands and waters found on, in, and around the Island of the Gods…

MOVING MINDFULLY: An Accessible Guide to More Sustainable Travel

MOVING MINDFULLY: An Accessible Guide to More Sustainable Travel

Because for those of us who itch to see the world, surf perfect waves, and experience the beauty and diversity of other cultures, not traveling is simply out of the question. So, the question then becomes: How can we travel more mindfully?

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: Our week in G-Land

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: Our week in G-Land

Take a look into our week spent surfing and exploring life in the jungle of G-Land. A place I grew up reading about and watching on movies. A place I never though I'd get the opportunity to experience.

5 WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

5 WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

Within two weeks of each other, the Caribbean Islands were devastated by Major Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The Islands NEED our help as water, food, and supplies are running low. Here are 5 ways that YOU can help.

INDO ESSENTIALS: WHAT I PACKED FOR 2 MONTHS IN BALI

INDO ESSENTIALS: WHAT I PACKED FOR 2 MONTHS IN BALI

Because the truth is, you really don't need much, and packing light means less to schlep around the airports and more space to bring some goodies back with you :)

SOLFUL YOGA + SUP YOGA RETREAT: ONE OF THE TOP CARIBBEAN RETREATS

SOLFUL YOGA + SUP YOGA RETREAT: ONE OF THE TOP CARIBBEAN RETREATS

Soul Seed Media has listed our upcoming SOLFUL YOGA + SUP YOGA RETREAT this March as one of the Top Retreats in the Caribbean! We still have a few spots left. Join us in beautiful Rincon!

TAKING A STAND FOR THE LAND

TAKING A STAND FOR THE LAND

One of the most pristine, wave-rich stretches of coast here in Puerto Rico is under threat of being completely devastated by the proposed building of an unnecessary Mega-Resort + Casino.

BALI BLISS: RECAPPING 6 WEEKS ON THE ISLAND OF THE GODS (PART I)

BALI BLISS: RECAPPING 6 WEEKS ON THE ISLAND OF THE GODS (PART I)

Bali is a place that had always been on my list of places to visit before I die, but it’s a place that also seemed so far away, so foreign, and somewhere that I didn’t think I was quite ready for… Not just yet. That is until, about a year ago now, I received an email from Go Light Our World Founder, Kayla Nielsen, that would change everything.

READING LIST: MY TOP 5 BOOKS FOR INSPIRATION + EMPOWERMENT

READING LIST: MY TOP 5 BOOKS FOR INSPIRATION + EMPOWERMENT

Because words do hold power, and the words within these pages, to me, seem to be extra potent. 

I'M GOING TO BALI! WON'T YOU JOIN ME?

I'M GOING TO BALI! WON'T YOU JOIN ME?

Join us for 7 days and 6 nights of a balanced yoga retreat that weaves the introspective practice of yoga with travel, adventure, and cultural experience. 100% of the Proceeds benefit the Go Light Our World Solar Projects!