http://ecosalon.com/guatemala_volcanoes_sugarcane_and_yoga_mats/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://ecosalon.com/guatemala_volcanoes_sugarcane_and_yoga_mats/#comment-2192 Sarah I Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:05:33 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/wellness/Guatemala_Volcanoes_Sugarcane_and_Yoga_Mats#comment-2192 Lago Atitlan is beautiful and once home to traditional Mayan villages. There are still a few Mayan villages now, but now many European/American owned mini-hotels and villas. It's an enchanting place, but the please be very respectful if you visit, the local people are wary of outsiders -- and they have a right to be. There has been a lot of injustice done to Mayan people and Guatemalan's in general over the past few decades. If you'd like to read an incredibly gorgeous book about an Atitlan Mayan culture, read "Long Life, Honey In The Heart" by Martin Prechtel. It is absolutely the most gorgeous, heart-breaking, ecstasy-inducing poetic book I have ever read. Lago Atitlan is beautiful and once home to traditional Mayan villages. There are still a few Mayan villages now, but now many European/American owned mini-hotels and villas. It’s an enchanting place, but the please be very respectful if you visit, the local people are wary of outsiders — and they have a right to be. There has been a lot of injustice done to Mayan people and Guatemalan’s in general over the past few decades. If you’d like to read an incredibly gorgeous book about an Atitlan Mayan culture, read “Long Life, Honey In The Heart” by Martin Prechtel. It is absolutely the most gorgeous, heart-breaking, ecstasy-inducing poetic book I have ever read.

]]> http://ecosalon.com/guatemala_volcanoes_sugarcane_and_yoga_mats/#comment-2191 Sara Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:33:25 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/wellness/Guatemala_Volcanoes_Sugarcane_and_Yoga_Mats#comment-2191 Hmm...ecosalon yoga retreat fundraiser? :) Hmm…ecosalon yoga retreat fundraiser?

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