lunch on one of our hikes

Roland giving us the Intro Tour

Oh dear Randall, I wrote Roland

And last, but not least, two of several beauties I caught on camera! Tuscan cats are mellow!

and am so computer challenged I cannot correct it! So sorry as you work tirelessly with Francesca and the others to make Spannocchia the amazing place it is, though hard to spell! The olive oil tasting, the history and beauty of Tuscany and the beauty of the lands, people and animals will be well remembered.

Tuscan pigs we love!

 

 

 

Another beautiful Tuscan walk

 

 

 

Fall Is In the Air, Beautiful but a bit Melancholy

Down Dog in Full Season

With less than a month before we close until Thanksgiving and Christmas, a few more guests and the first of our 3 teacher training installments (Oct 10-18) things begin to feel a little like another closure here. We truly met some amazing people at different stages of life this season and enjoyed and learned from all of it. As the colors turn, as we look forward to Shakta’s Womens’ Weekend Oct 2-4 I enjoy every morning walk with blind kitty Lucy because I know before long, and after Italy, I will be in NYC living a different teaching life for our off season. Thank you for reading and being a part of Sewall House.

Brian gave us a truthful account of his Sewall House experience!

Look under links to see Brian’s new blog, inspired by his fellow Sewall House retreat guest Sonia- good (and quick!) job Brian and multitudinous gratitude! Here is Brian during his first Sewall House stay!

Wow it is no longer summer! We are still open until Italy!!

We have been having a wonderful season; here is a group chanting Sa Re Sa Sa in an evening Kundalini Yoga class. This week Angela La Spisa came to record with Kent but had so much going on that rather than rush  the recording project we had the honor to have her lead  three morning Ashtanga classes in the pure Ashtanga tradition as taught by Patabhis Jois. While I practice Mysore style with Eddie Stern in NYC here at the retreat I teach more free style in the am class (based on what I also study with Dharma Mittra and Genny Kapuler) so it was a chance for our guests to have a fabulous guest teacher and presentation. We look forward to more guests until we close Oct 18 and to our first third of teacher training Oct 10-18. Italy starts Oct 27. Good news! Brain, who visited us two years ago and is now returning to NJ after 5 days here with us to start HIS teacher training (yeah Brian) is our 3rd cat allergic guest who had no problem this summer despite Lucy, Annie and Shanti!

SEWALL HOUSE 1/4 inch thick mats are HERE!

Sewall House 1/4 Inch thick yoga mats with logo for sale now!

Not on the online store yet but e-mail us and you can order one now! $40 plus shipping..to your health! Green or Purple!

LUCY IS HOME AND NO ALLERGIES SO FAR!

Blind Lucy Found Her Way Home to Us!

When we wrote on the blog that we were looking for a home Kent decided no shelter for our Lucy so we drove to Mass (where we had found her another home for 4 months) in the pouring rain when we had two days off, which we have not had much of so it was meant to be, and picked up the dear one. Fast forward to a vet visit to Canada and some “cat grooming”, change of litters and types of boxes and diet, Lucy is healthy and happy and taking walks with me first thing every morning after I make coffee and yogi tea to put out for the guests! My time with her is my sadhana before I go do my practice and teach! I LOVE LUCY!! Our two allergic guests thus far have had no reaction, we vacuum the studio twice a day and keep the house CLEAN!

Some Shots from our 2009 Season Thus Far

childrens yoga at summerfest

Self Portrait on the Beautiful Lake in the afternoon

Belly Dancing Today! and all weekend!

Four And A Half Year old Claire knew to do this between each pose! She said she just knew!!

Tree Pose in Our Studio with Yogi Bhajan's poster

Our newest mascot Annie!!

We have had so many great moments! Thank you all and we continue until Columbus Day! Our Yoga Family continues to grow thanks to you all!

Getting Ready for August at Sewall House

We have had such a nice steady flow of guests at our little yoga retreat. Many discussions about life. Last night it evolved into gun rights, legalizing drugs and euthanasia, whew! Politics is not a great thing to talk about at a Yoga retreat we have found and yet it still happens from time to time, teaches us to tolerate our differences. As Yogi Bhajan says, patience pays. One guest watched the DVD Yoga Unveiled this week; great background on the history of yoga, Krishnamacharya (sp?) had the Yoga Sutras memorized by age 5!! Talk about thirst for knowledge.

Guests and Kent

Some Recent Moments at Sewall House Yoga Retreat 2009

Childhood Friends Journey to Sewall House!

July 4 brought guests from Canada to Michigan to Mass...

Our youngest yoginis so far this season, twins Lara and Rebecca, age 11!

Some things at Sewall House

We had another great week with another one of our small retreats; we like to think of it as quality not quantity!

One guest came here to write while going through a divorce, a fabulous

Yoga and a neon leg at Sewall House!

Food time is Fun!

Kent photos our fabulous couple Manish and Asha!

couple came to do more yoga together and next week brings us more interesting people and stories/lives to share; the update on Lucy the blind cat- we took her back! Working with some of her issues we have still been looking for a home but we really think her home may be with us- time, and our other cats Annie and Shanti, will tell! (ps our bedrooms are cat free and we already have a few cat allergic folks booked).