https://grrrltraveler.com A Female Solo Travel Blog | It's not a vacation until you survive it! Sat, 25 Oct 2025 09:18:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://grrrltraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/favicon.gif https://grrrltraveler.com 32 32 https://grrrltraveler.com/ultimate-guide-to-yoga-in-india/ https://grrrltraveler.com/ultimate-guide-to-yoga-in-india/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:38:57 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=32125 Almost a year ago, I'd traveled to India. It was my second visit, but my first time exploring it through yoga. At the time, I wrote some light posts from a travel perspective, giving readers a brief peek into what it was like staying at a yoga ashram and getting my yoga teacher's certification at a school there. ]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/ultimate-guide-to-yoga-in-india/feed/ 21 https://grrrltraveler.com/pilgrimage-to-lumbini-buddha-birthplace/ https://grrrltraveler.com/pilgrimage-to-lumbini-buddha-birthplace/#comments Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:05:59 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=51323   Lumbini is said to be official birthplace of Siddharth Gautama, otherwise known as Buddha. I wanted to share a Lumbini travel guide because you might ask yourself, what are the best things to do in Lumbini ? and only see that the best things to do are temples and monasteries. Also, Lumbini in Nepal...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/pilgrimage-to-lumbini-buddha-birthplace/feed/ 8 https://grrrltraveler.com/phuket-vegetarian-festival-guide/ https://grrrltraveler.com/phuket-vegetarian-festival-guide/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:48:47 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=49635 Phuket Vegetarian Festival | Documentary Video . . The annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival occurs on the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar (often, around October)  and spans nine days, where participants – usually of Chinese ancestry-  undergo a strict vegetarian diet during the period. Various gory spectacles, perilous events and parades taking place, from sword piercings, fire walking, etc…...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/phuket-vegetarian-festival-guide/feed/ 5 https://grrrltraveler.com/monk-abducted-thailand/ https://grrrltraveler.com/monk-abducted-thailand/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:27:25 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=31333 I have a fascination with Buddhist monks. India and Southeast Asia are rife with them. Maybe it's the shaved heads, robes, spiritual aspiration and ascetic lifestyle. Whether they're wearing a Tibetan crimson or Theravada orange and brown, whenever I see a monk, my eyes zero in with intent focus as if they're human puzzle pieces, walking on a waft of incense.]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/monk-abducted-thailand/feed/ 20 https://grrrltraveler.com/should-you-be-a-monk-in-laos/ https://grrrltraveler.com/should-you-be-a-monk-in-laos/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:58:58 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=13868 "The monk life is very hard. I spent 6 years as a monk and I am thankful to grow up in the monastery, but I couldn't wait to leave!" cajoled my 24-year-old Laotian tour agent. - You didn't enjoy it or have fun? I asked. " It's not that it was bad. There are many boys there with you. ]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/should-you-be-a-monk-in-laos/feed/ 24 https://grrrltraveler.com/studying-abroad-a-yoga-ashram/ https://grrrltraveler.com/studying-abroad-a-yoga-ashram/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:41:34 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=16925 Yoga can impact people's' lives in a powerful way: awakening meaningful connections with our bodies, uplifting spirits, increasing flexibility, strength and health, releasing stress, offering insights and a new outlook on life... As a result, it's only natural that some yogis feel inspired to teach this goodness. So where does one begin? ]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/studying-abroad-a-yoga-ashram/feed/ 31 https://grrrltraveler.com/ayutthaya-vs-sukhothai-park/ https://grrrltraveler.com/ayutthaya-vs-sukhothai-park/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:09:21 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=13754 How many times can I look at Buddhas and temples? Ordinarily, my tolerance isn't high for seeing the same things over and over. Variation is key.]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/ayutthaya-vs-sukhothai-park/feed/ 12 https://grrrltraveler.com/love-letter-13-silence/ https://grrrltraveler.com/love-letter-13-silence/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:08:49 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=10660 Dear Love, Words and thoughts often get in the way of us achieving our greatest potential for awakening. My destiny is out there. Occasionally when I travel, I catch wind of a resonant "feeling" that takes me to where I should be next. But then, outside thoughts enter the picture pushing me to define the why's and exacting outlines of goals; and within an instant, I've thieved its potential for greatness. My dream should be simpler. What do I want to do next? If there are no words, no thoughts but only feelings and impressions, I know the answer. Silence is hardly silent...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/love-letter-13-silence/feed/ 4 https://grrrltraveler.com/yoga-ttc-in-india/ https://grrrltraveler.com/yoga-ttc-in-india/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:00:13 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=10379 After a month long yoga bootcamp at Himalaya Yoga Valley in Dharamsala, I finally graduated. Woot! Muscles aching, belly battling waterborne parasites, while hurdling through two asana classes a day and intensive schedule of studies and teaching practicums... It was a lot! Along the way, you accept your body's shape-shifting as your foreign environment molds you-- injury happens, bad diets take form (carb-loading cause you can't eat veggies), India initiates you with horrible toilet habits. But good things come from it as well...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/yoga-ttc-in-india/feed/ 9 https://grrrltraveler.com/staying-at-an-indian-ashram/ https://grrrltraveler.com/staying-at-an-indian-ashram/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:55:29 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=10432 At 6 AM. the morning fog was lifting off the lake. Devotional music poured joyously over the loudspeaker of a neighboring temple and echoed eerily, as fly-by birds bore life to the serene setting. Sitting in silence I felt the sun spreading it's rays across my body with an exquisite orange and gold. I inhaled....OM.]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/staying-at-an-indian-ashram/feed/ 62