The beginning of the big KT adventure!

The beginning of the big KT adventure!
I just got married to the most amazing man! Life is bliss!

Monday 28 June 2010

Yoga Retreat!

Last weekend I went on a yoga retreat that was offered to me by a Canadian yoga instructor (also an EPIK teacher) here on the island. I was excited to be asked to join the retreat so definitely said yes and am so happy that I did. It was an amazing weekend!

The retreat was from Friday night to Sunday evening with 20 other women at the Seogwipo (south part of the island) Recreational Forest very close to Mount Halla. For only 30,000 won (about $28) I was able to learn so many types of yoga, learn belly-dancing from a Canadian-Egyptian friend, spend time getting to know a bunch of wonderful ladies from all over, had some delicious food that was all prepared by all of us, (we made Mexican burritos, Thai curry, omelets, sandwiches, etc, and most importantly….I was able to relax the entire weekend!!

Some types of the yoga that I learned:

-Walking meditation
-Chakra meditation
-Hatha yoga
-Mantra meditation
-Yoga Asana
-Restorative yoga
-Sun salutes
-and more!
-journal and creative writing
-Reflections and sharing time

It was also the first time ever that I watched a sport’s game (a Korean world cup game) with only all women….now that was an experience of its own!

During the first yoga class on Friday night, my mind was racing with thoughts on wedding plans, school projects, vacation trips, etc! However, by Sunday I was as relaxed and happy as a napping and purring cat! I felt like my mind was strong, cleared and refreshed.

Although it was raining the entire time, we slept inside these pretty cabins in the beautiful forest. There were about 8 girls, including myself in the bigger room, which also had a kitchen and bathroom/shower. Then there were about 5 girls to the smaller rooms. And then we had all of our yoga classes in a building with windows covering all sides of the walls, out in the middle of the recreational forest surrounded beautiful trees, plants and flowers. With the rain pouring down in the background, the weather made the experience even more magical and soothing. We did though get very wet each time we ran back and forth to our cabins and the yoga room. Oh well!

What a great experience!

Sunday 20 June 2010





POLO TOURNAMENT on Jeju??


The polo tournament was so much fun yesterday! Yes, it was a real polo
match....the first one ever in Korea...here on Jeju Island! They just opened a beautiful and large stadium here and since our friend Jon writes for the Jeju Weekly, he was able to meet the owner/ architect of the place and interviewed him. The owner, who is originally from the mainland of Korea, now living in Singapore, and soon one day will be retiring to Jeju, put in a FORTUNE for the stadium. He
had all the horses imported from Argentina, he had $400,000 worth of North
Korean sand imported (underneath the field which allows for the field to
be dried 30 minutes after a downpour), and he's currently building condos and bungalows around the resort. Check out the article our friend who
writes for the Jeju weekly wrote.

Luckily, after the interview, Jon was invited...along with a few of his friends (including me and Keith!) to go to the first polo tourney! Only about 6 of us went and everything was free! We were the only ones there who weren't polo members. Another words, we had to "pretend" like we were very wealthy and fit in. My role was to play a former WNBA player...my career ended after my recent shoulder surgery. Keith was a car-dealer :)


Check out Jon's article:

http://www.jejuweekly.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=734 (our friend,
Jon's article)


Everything was complimentary.
Here's what we were able to experience.....

-delicious little miniature food/ appetizers
-drinks...wine, wine, wine
-mongolian horse show
-polo match
-dinner party (crab legs, salmon, shrimp, other sushi, etc)
-famous korean singer...SG Wannabe/ we had comfy couch seats right next to the
performance
-watched the world cup match (Korea vs. Greece) with koreans going insane because they won
-partied in our downtown area with the polo players (players from
singapore, australia, england, korea, philippines, argentina )


What a night! We didn't make it back til about 4 in the morning!

Here are a few websites you should check out if you're interested in learning about the polo stadium....

http://koreapoloclub.com/eng/main/ (the official site)
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu