At Alchemy Tours we love to invite our clients, friends to share their own thoughts on our trips. Here is a neat 3 point summary from Michael Young about his experience November 4-7, 2010. Enjoy!
Michael Young writes, "What can I say:
I'm not one to take on a trip like this...I thought I'd rather be on a desert island sipping pina coladas, enjoying the sun and water, then food sleep and whatever.
To my surprise and after many second thought excuses -I decided to head to Moab with family memebers Jake and Nathan.
My description is this:1st I was shocked at the high level of bonding I did with my sons,but more so with my fellow Moabiters whom I never knew. Experiencing close encounters with situations that you normally don't come across,beautiful scenery,and chill factors that can make you think twice before trying it out.
2nd this was a trip of first for me: going on a mountain bike up and down a rock slope,climbing cracks, crevices and ridges, hiking and enjoying wonderful preselected hot spots to visit.
3rdly the Yoga was awesome and secretly I had ideas that it was for wimps....ugghhhh was I wrong! It was the first time I had done Yoga with an instructor.
This is the greatest exercise that can be. Our instructor/teacher was incredible-I wanted to take her home for private instruction to my wife & I. I stretched,sweat, and was soothed from this ancient exercise. What a fantastic learning experience overall.
I would do this again in a heartbeat.
Thanks to Alchemy Tours and fellow Moabites! Love You!"
Your Yoga will be taught by Silvia Mordini whose loving Anusara-inspired Vinyasa Flow teaching style is influenced by more than 10 years of Hatha yoga study. She studies primarily under Shiva Rea. With over 7,500 hours of yoga teaching experience, as a nationally recognized Experienced Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT) she owns and teaches at Total Body Yoga, a 3,900 square foot Chicagoland yoga center with over 200 monthly classes and countless weekly workshops as well as for a fifth year teaching a Nationally accredited 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program. Silvia also enjoys working privately with athletes of all ages applying her knowledge of therapeutic yoga to aid healing old injuries or preventing new ones. Silvia’s dedication to her students makes her classes upbeat and fun, serious and informative, supportive and authentic.. When her students leave class, they have been inspired to be good to themselves and thereby kinder to others. Silvia finds healing in the beauty and stillness of Moab and considers nature and the relationship of human spirit her greatest teachers!!
Jacob is an avid cyclist, runner, and lover of all things outdoors, involving people. With over 10 years of guiding experience, beginning on Mt. Rainier, he has broadened his horizons by transitioning to guiding cycling trips around the world. He has been living in, and exploring the Olympic & Cascade mountain ranges of the Pacific Northwest for the past 11 years, and can often be found cycling, trail running, hiking and skiing in the greater Seattle area when not practicing yoga indoors. Jacob is a Certified Carmichael Training Systems coach and is CPR/First Aid certified, but his real experience comes from his passion for showing people new places and exploring along with them.
Kendra is a soul rider. She adores nature, yoga, snowboarding, rock climbing, surfing, people with adventurous spirits and playing in the mountains, desert and beautiful bodies of water. Kendra has studied yoga with Silvia Mordini in Anusara-inspired Vinyasa flow as part of the 200 hr Nationally accredited Yoga Teacher Training program and teaches at Total Body Yoga in Mundelein, IL. She has been snowboarding over 12 years with humble beginnings at Wilmot Mountain, WI to living the ski bum lifestyle in Aspen, CO. Kendra is Avalanche I certified, and has her CPR/First Aid and Outdoor Emergency Care certifications. Her love for snowboarding, powder and mountains has led her to the mountains of the West and South America. You’ll find her passion for the mountains and her wonder for nature contagious.