| For the past two years we have been spending | | | | center at lake Atitlan - which turned to be the |
| the end of our NYC summer on retreat at lake | | | | ideal place for ourselves and the three busy New |
| Atitlan in Guatemala, which Aldo Huxley termed | | | | Yorkers (in desperate need for an end summer |
| the most beautiful lake in the world. | | | | get away) who joined us. |
| In June of 2004, we were looking for an exotic, | | | | From the moment we arrived to Guatemala and |
| not too popular and remote place overseas for a | | | | started our journey to lake Atitlan, we kept falling |
| summer meditation / yoga retreat and vacation. | | | | in love with the beauty, colorfulness, simplicity and |
| My partner Stan who teaches a form of yoga | | | | diversity of this country. The weather in August is |
| and qi-gong which he developed called qi-yoga and | | | | perfect for those who don't like it too hot, too |
| myself, a teacher of Living in the Present / | | | | humid and who don't mind a little afternoon |
| dynamic mindfulness meditation, found Villa | | | | shower. |
| Sumaya (heaven on earth in Arabic) - a retreat | | | | |