by Laura | Mar 21, 2018 | Argentina, Education, Meditation, Yoga
It’s a normal day at work for me. I enter a classroom full of enthusiastic 6-8 year old children. Unfortunately, it’s a rainy day so the children have little outside playtime today, which means their energy level is sky-high. So I let them run around for a bit before...
by Laura | Nov 29, 2017 | Brazil, Dance, Education, Meditation, Policy
Carefully, Luciana Amaral places three small wooden sticks into a pattern on the floor; one stick points forward, one sideways and the next one in a diagonal line. Twenty pairs of eyes follow her every move intensely. She stands next to her finished figure and...
by Laura | Nov 9, 2017 | Brazil, Dance, Education
The three dancers move beautifully across the stage. Suddenly, I see them coming towards me. I have no idea what will happen, but I know for a fact that I won’t be sitting still for much longer. One of the female dancers grabs my hand and pulls me up from the floor,...
by Laura | Oct 27, 2017 | Brazil, Dance, Education
Taking a flight from New York to São Paulo after spending eight hours on a plane from Amsterdam to New York and nine hours waiting around at the airport is well… how shall I put it… an experience. I was exhausted and had lost feeling in both my legs, shoulders and...
by Laura | Oct 12, 2017 | Dance, Education, Indonesia, Yoga
After completing my 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Bali, Indonesia, I still had two weeks to explore the many wonders of the beautiful island. In the months before Indonesia, I traveled to first world countries and I had seen inspiring movement projects with...
by Laura | Dec 5, 2016 | Dance, Education, Policy, U.S.A
During the three months I’ve spent in the States I’ve only met genuine, warm, kindhearted, wonderful people. They have opened their doors and hearts to me, have shared personal stories and treated me as if I were family. They have showed me the country and all of its...
