In 2008, I retired from my job as the manager of an inbound call center in the Midwest and my husband and I reinvented our lives in beautiful Ecuador, South America. It is from our beautiful serene home in the mountains that we continue our life's work of helping others rediscover who they really are and to find meaning and purpose in their lives. Our passion has taken us to many different places in the world and this blog is my way of sharing with you what we have experienced and learned along the way. From an early age I have pursued Truth and have explored many spiritual paths. I was raised in the Roman Catholic tradition, in which I immersed myself in the mystical aspects of the faith. Later I studied other major world religions with a particular emphasis on Buddhism, Taoism and the more recent Wisdom teachings brought forth in the 19th and 20th centuries from the ascended masters. Over the last 37 years, I have taught taught Hatha yoga (a discipline learned early that has served me well over the years); have taught spiritual truths and conducted leadership training in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe; was a participant and leader in a contemporary spiritual community; and have written two mini-books with plans to write more. In 1999, I completed my Bachelors degree in Liberal Arts. Part of my education included the Washington Semester program at American University in the fall of 1998. There I was, a student older than the professor and in a class of students younger than my own three sons! Nevertheless, it turned out to be one of the richest experiences of my life. Their vitality and idealism was complemented by my maturity and experience and we all gained from our time together. The focus of that semester was on Peace and Conflict Resolution and our chosen topic was the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For three weeks we traveled to Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, the Golan Heights, and then to Egypt. We met with and interviewed leaders and citizens on both sides of the conflict and learned firsthand their hopes and dreams for a peaceful future. My passion with this blog is to share my travel experiences and to inspire you to do and learn new things about this exciting world and universe we live in, as well as the universe that lives inside of us. I hope you will join me! Nancy