I finally got out of town in 2019! I was feeling a little blue…we call them the
Lusaka blues here. I love Zambia and am quite content but
breaks are a necessity. I suppose that’s
true anywhere you live. Anyway, I
had heard about this yoga festival from a friend that takes place off the coast
of Kenya on a little island called Lamu and was intrigued. It looked legitimate although I had just
watched the documentary on Netflix about the whole Fyre Festival (if you haven't watched you definitely need to!) so was
a little bit skeptical about flying to some remote island for a festival. But, I’m here to say that we survived and there was actually a semi-organized festival
(I mean we are in Africa so I was expecting a minimal amount of chaos).
To get to this island we had to take two flights and a boat
ride. There aren’t any cars on the
island. But there are lots of
donkeys. The majority of the island's population is
Muslim and we saw some of the most beautiful mosques. The yoga classes were sort of spread out throughout
the island so you never felt like it was too packed and it was fun to see and
experience a bunch of different spaces and classes.
It was very hot so most of the classes were pretty sweaty but it was
manageable. I took my first Acro Yoga
class (so fun!), learned how to do a little Thai Yoga massage, played around
doing some SUP Yoga (this is where you do yoga on a surf board) and then did some fun flow classes. It really was a great week despite a few minor glitches and I’d recommend
checking it out if you ever make it to this side of the world
(www.lamuyoga.org). I did learn that Kenya
is quite the hot spot for yoga (much more than Zambia) so if I ever need a
little yoga fix I know where to go!
We also spent a couple of days in Nairobi which was
interesting. That city is hectic! It’s just so big. It took us several hours to navigate the city
(although we were stopping to shop along the way) and I enjoyed seeing
another part of Africa. If you don't already know this…Africa is huge! :)
