origins

The altar at the Ananda Pavilion pays tribute to Roatan's aboriginal Paya people and yoga's Hindu origins.

all I am

All I am I owe to my mother.

- George Washington

Poignant words from a man no less than the 'Father of the United States of America.'

wow! what a view!

This week the Grounds Team completed the floor of the hamaca station being built at one of the most magnificent spots on Paya Bay's property. Overlooking idyllic Bliss Beach, the view to the East is spellbinding! This photo barely begins to capture the dramatic beauty one beholds from this exceptional point of land. Definitely one of the top three best vistas to be enjoyed on Roatan. Once we add the rustic shade solution, it will also be a perfect location for small, intimate weddings and other love-inspired ceremonies.

I discovered this amazing spot as a teenager while exploring my parent's property. I recall back then thinking that one day I'd like to do something really special at this site. Something simple, rustic, and low-impact like a hamaca station. It's truly amazing how 'thoughts become things.'

Wow. I'm so very happy and grateful for my astonishing good fortune.

And... It only gets better!

thinking of mom

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

- Jewish Proverb

caribbean bliss

Bliss Beach looking all delicious and inviting this afternoon. Paya Bay Resort, Roatan, Honduras.

the new hamaca stations

Special daughter and mom guests, Daria and Zenona, check out the site of a new hamaca station (under construction) that overlooks Bliss Beach. This is just one of seven (yes, seven!) new, strategically-located hamaca stations we are adding throughout the Paya Bay property. All the sites have amazing views and great exposure to the cooling sea breezes. Each station will have its own unique, rustic, eco-appropriate shade solution. The hamaca stations are one of Paya's 2012 projects rapidly and beautifully materializing. Special thanks to team leader Cesar Villanueva for the impressive dedication, effort, and skill he and his fellow team members are putting into this project.

wound up as picasso

My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if you become a monk, you'll end up as the pope."

Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

- Pablo Picasso

the colors of paya

Photos taken at Paya Bay Resort, Roatan, Honduras.

thinking of mom

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

- Mark Twain

I suspect the same goes for me and my mom. Despite our occasional "struggles," however, I don't think I've ever been inappropriately disrespectful to my mother (well... maybe once or four times as a teenager). Let's put it this way: she's never had to 'slap me down' for being disrespectful to her. In my current adult headspace, I would rather a thousand times 'lose the battle of the moment,' and walk quietly away from any mom-son confrontation, than be an insufferable jerk and make nasty, hurtful statements to a person for whom I hold such profound love and respect. I really, really don't think I have it in me to be jackass to this being of brilliant light who -- as she often reminds me through her heart-centered, selfless actions -- is an angel walking among humans.

Happy Mother's Day, Mamá! Thank you for your beautiful, infinite, unconditional love.

photo of the day

View from the Sky Trail. Paya Bay Resort, Roatan, Honduras.

who do you love?

Sanity. Reason. Truth. Courage.

appreciation attracts the happier and better

To allow the Universe to move you in your life to happier and better things, you are going to need to look around you and appreciate the good things here and now. Seek the beautiful things and count the blessings of where you are. Dissatisfaction will not bring the happier and the better into your life. Dissatisfaction roots you to the spot where you currently are, but appreciation for what you have attracts the happier and better to you.

Remember that you are a magnet! Appreciation attracts appreciation!

- lessons from The Secret