2015 Top 10: Highlights From the Year That Was

These aren’t necessarily in any order.

 

1.) Trekking the Great Himalayan National Park [June]:

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2.) Teaching kids at KAMMS and Socare [September & October]: I finished my RCYT course in April and have been teaching kids when I have a chance:

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3.) Completing Level I Examination at the Muay Thai Institute [September]:

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4.) Riding camels at Pushkar and Jaipur [November]:

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5.) Boating on the Ganges in Varanasi [October]:

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6.) Wandering around a coffee plantation near Chikmaglur [April]:

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7.) Completing the Level III and IV reviews in Kalaripayattu [February & August]:

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8.) Touring the Glenloch tea factory in Sri Lanka [May]:

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9.) 108 Surya Namaskara Against Child Trafficking [March]:

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10.) Junk boat tour of Ha Long Bay, Vietnam [December]: This may be jinxing us to put it on the list,  before we’ve been (we leave tomorrow) but I’m optimistic that our three weeks in Vietnam will be awesome, and I’m told Ha Long

 

 

What to expect in 2016? Lilla and I will be moving back to the States around mid-year. (To where, exactly, remains a mystery.) In January and February I’ll be doing an RYT-300 course to round out my 500 hour yoga teacher certification. I plan to make at least one more trip to Thailand to MTI for Level II. I’d also like to complete the 10-day Vipassana meditation course before returning. Lilla and I are thinking about another Himalaya trek for the summer.

I’ll also be continuing to work on press handstand progression, as that’s been a focus for me of late and I still have a ways to go.

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DAILY PHOTO: Mountain Shrines

Taken in July of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

Taken in July of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

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DAILY PHOTO: Rocky Ridgeline

Taken in July of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Kullu District

Taken in July of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Kullu District

DAILY PHOTO: One Mountain, Two Lightings

Taken in July of 2015 at Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

Taken in July of 2015 at Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

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DAILY PHOTO: A Himalayan Columbine

Taken in Great Himalayan National Park in June of 2015

Taken in Great Himalayan National Park in June of 2015

DAILY PHOTO: Mountain Scene

Taken in June of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

Taken in June of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

DAILY PHOTO: Across a Great Valley

Taken in June of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

Taken in June of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

DAILY PHOTO: Blue Butterfly on a Green Leaf

Taken June 12, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

Taken June 12, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

DAILY PHOTO: Rushing Glacial Runoff

Taken on June 8, 2015 in Great Himalyan National Park (GHNP)

Taken on June 8, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

DAILY PHOTO: Snow Pockets

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

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Most of the snow that we saw during our trek last month was well above us, but we did have one day in which we had to cross through pockets of snow many times as we rounded a mountain at about 4,000 meters.

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