by Yo Play Yoga | Apr 19, 2018 | Bhutan, kids yoga, Kids Yoga & Mindfulness, travel, travel with kids
Our family just spent 2 months in the country of Bhutan. If you are unfamiliar with our wanderings you can check us out at Byers Without Borders and if your geography needs help, you can find this little gem of a country nestled between India and China. You may also...
by Yo Play Yoga | Feb 14, 2018 | Bhutan, For Parents, Health Volunteers Overseas, kids yoga, Kids Yoga & Mindfulness, Medical Volunteers Overseas, Mom Blog, travel, travel with kids, Uncategorized
As many of you know we left the comforts of home to travel to the other side of the world to do volunteer work with the organization Health Volunteers Overseas in the country of Bhutan. My wonderfully talented husband, Bill, has been writing (his true passion) about...
by Yo Play Yoga | Apr 12, 2017 | Bhutan, Health Volunteers Overseas, Kids Yoga & Mindfulness, Medical Volunteers Overseas
And just like that it’s over. A decade of wishing, a year’s worth of hard planning and scheming, and here we are looking out at the frighteningly short and narrow runway of the Paro airport, awaiting our departure. None of us want to leave, the time went...
by Yo Play Yoga | Apr 10, 2017 | Bhutan, Kids Yoga & Mindfulness, Uncategorized
Prior to my arrival in Bhutan, I reached out to the Early Learning Center, in Mothitang, to organize some volunteer work for the girls and myself. Having spent two years teaching English in Japan, volunteering in ELC’s English Literacy class was a no-brainer....
by Yo Play Yoga | Mar 30, 2017 | Bhutan, Health Volunteers Overseas, Medical Volunteers Overseas
Bhutan, Advanced Settings: Bhutanese consider it impolite to say no. So they have many different forms of yes ranging from “very unlikely” to “it is certain”. If they say yes three times it’s definitely not happening. Bhutanese Ngultrum...
by Yo Play Yoga | Mar 23, 2017 | Bhutan
Bhutan basics: National Bird- Raven Favorite Food- Anything with chilies Fridge settings-Winter, Summer, Monsoon Toilets- squat (bring paper unless adept at the Asian bidet, water bucket and a scoop) They drive on the left, so step off a curb and look RIGHT not left...