Peter will be leading a workshop in Nicaragua On May 5, 2012

More info here: http://cocoberryspa.com/yoga-teaching-training-in-nicaragua/

and here: www.facebook.com/cocoberryspa.medicinaalternativa#

Yoga North to South

On August 26th I started a bicycling expedition/pilgrimage/tour from Haines Junction in the Yukon through the Americas to the tip of South America. The finish will be in Ushuaia, the southern most city in the world. Total distance is approximately 25,000 kilometers. It will take about one and a half years to complete the journey.

The main theme will be "Yoga North to South". I am also hoping part can be a documentary about the trip, the people, the landscapes (urban and rural), the wildlife, the environmental issues, the outward and the inward journey. I will also be posting photos and videos on the website.

This journey will also be a fund raiser - a number of potential benefactors are being explored. Both my parents died prematurely from cancer and so I am definitely looking at ways to raise funding for organizations such as Hopespring Cancer Support Centre. I also see this as an opportunity to raise peoples' consciousness about the benefits of cycling, yoga, good diet and living simply.

I am going solo, although I already have one person who wants to join me for part of the journey from the Yukon to Mexico and several friends will be joining me along the way. So far Costa Rica, Peru and Argentina.

I hope to visit many yoga centers on the trip – teach and especially spread my views of yoga as an opportunity to become more aware in every area of our lives, to live life fully (hopefully this journey will be an example of that), exchange views, make a little money, perhaps have a warm bed indoors, etc. I hope to become a sutra or thread that ties yogis together. A new paradigm is emerging in the world based on personal freedom and not tied to any ideology or dogma/doctrine. It is my sincere hope that I will be a representative of this world view; or perhaps one could say non-view. I intend to write about the state of yoga in the Americas from this perspective.

One of my teachers is Frank Jude Boccio, who lives in Tucson. He has invited me to come to teach. I intend to write articles for yoga and bicycling magazines and maybe a book will emerge out of all of this as well.

FUND RAISING FOR HOPESPRING

Part of this journey is to find a way to support others. I have chosen to support Hopespring Cancer Support Centre.

Both of my parents died of cancer, my mother of colon cancer when I was only 26 and my father at 85 with prostate cancer. My first mentor was the first person I knew to die of cancer. I was only 20 and he was still a relatively young middle aged man. Several other members of our family have had breast cancer. So my life has been affected by this. How I came to Hopespring is rather interesting. Some one gave my name to Catherine in Cambrdige but she was unable to reach me. A year later I installed a phone system for the Cambridge centre and she remembered my name and asked me to teach yoga. I have been teaching at Hopespring for about the last four years.

It has been an amazing experience to see people come and make changes to their lives. At Hopespring they have been to explore aternatives to treatment, which gives them options and more control over their healing process. I discovered that cancer is not a death sentence, people are changing their lives – adopting a simpler and healthier lifestyle, including diet, exercise, yoga, meditation or mindfulness, etc.

So if you are interested and want to contribute in some way to my journey go on the Hopespring website and see what they have to offer and if you feel inspired to donate, press the donation button and follow the steps. Click here for Hopespring