A Broad Abroad

Where’s that yoga that makes you stronger? That saves your life? That transforms you from a horrible person to a gentle peaceful graceful enlightened being? I don’t want to practice advanced asanas anymore. I don’t care if my arms are weak and my back is stiff. I want my mind to be steady and my heart to be strong. Im so sick of a sad baseline and only fleeting happiness. I want peace dammit. #utpluthih (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BwVUaxvF3RN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l1wdvtmfvje2

🇺🇸 Hola America!!! 🇺🇸 And #Garol!!! 🇺🇸 (at Calexico) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BwBGIxwFIQd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sohsgsyyox9v

Ciao Milano!! 😘😘 I have certainly completed the EAT portion on my EAT PRAY LOVE trip!🤤🇮🇹🍕🇮🇹🍝🇮🇹🍦🇮🇹 🥪 🇮🇹🤤 grazie mille! @carolynferreira 💜💜 (at Piazza Duomo Milano - The Duomo Square Milan) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/Bv1zT7uBY7H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j5ec4ottwaew

Ciao Milano!! 😘😘 I have certainly completed the EAT portion on my EAT PRAY LOVE trip!🤤🇮🇹🍕🇮🇹🍝🇮🇹🍦🇮🇹 🥪 🇮🇹🤤 grazie mille! @carolynferreira 💜💜 (at Piazza Duomo Milano - The Duomo Square Milan) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/Bv1u074FJ_A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8r51odn1y2lz

Una notte a Roma 🇮🇹🍝🇮🇹🍕🇮🇹🍦🇮🇹 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 (at Rome, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BvuCkdblI8z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17jx58atb9top

One night in Roma 🇮🇹🍕🇮🇹 🍝🇮🇹 🍦🇮🇹 (at Fontana Di Trevi-Roma) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/Bvt94AxlTat/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xelikuneebrd

Mysore has been my biggest “what if” for the last 7 years of my life. I thought about it, talked about it, wrote and sang about it, prayed about it and hoped that it would change me. It was always in the back of my mind when making big life choices, saving or spending money, moving states, changing jobs. And it finally all came together, it finally happened. And all I am is grateful. ✌🏻 #excelsior 🙏🏻 (at Mysore, Karnataka) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/Bvq3uDBl9kv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cnnpx8f93kw4

Okay okay, I took one asana photo in India! (It was that dam! I just couldn’t help myself!) And to accompany the stereotypical yoga photo, here is a quote by the greatest yogi who ever lived: “Thank you India Thank you terror Thank you disillusionment Thank you frailty Thank you consequence Thank you thank you silence” -Alanis Morissette 🤓💜🤗🇮🇳😛🙏🏻🕉 Until next time.... ✌🏻 📸: @heidi_janes (at Mysore, Karnataka) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BvoJOn8F1Ne/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pjb9zyspy1ot

A few of my favorite people! And two of my favorite pups! 🤗🐶🐶🤗 #kpjayi #mysore #india #desidogs (at Gokulam, Mysore) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BvmSkYKlIYC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iqmaq31prw86

Never slept in a bed before and this is how she spent most of her first night... (and morning, and afternoon) 🐶 #desidog (at Mysore, Karnataka) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BvjL0EnFjRJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d2zsaxq62ihq

Today was fun! Operation Shanti is such a special place and now it’s a little bit brighter with origami fish and crabs and peacocks and boats!! 🐠 🦀 🦚 ⛵️🐠 🦀 🦚 ⛵️ (And last week we played sing along songs on the ukulele and a few kids even learned how to play! Easily one of the sweetest moments of my life!) (at Mysore, Karnataka) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BvhJ856F0xe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k88jsnp4ygwd

this is how you make coconut milk 🇮🇳🥥🤓🐮🥥🇮🇳 #kpjayi (at Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI)) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/Bvd2d_UFgaW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17p6wyb7ertnk

The Green House Cafe: the food is so good that they’ll have to bribe you with some to leave! 🇮🇳🐮🇮🇳🐮🇮🇳 (at Green house) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BvbMQUnh_cC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2t56zbosbcfn

It’s so BOARing here... 🤓🤓 💜🐗🇮🇳🐗💜 #india #nofilter (at Kukkarahalli lake) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BvYBjNalnxI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1crojypenw5fd

🥥 Ive got a lovely bunch of coconuts! 🥥 (Deduledee) 🥥 🐶There they are, all standing in a row! 🐶 (bum bum bum)🐶 🥥 Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head!! 🐶 #indianpariahdog#mysore#india (at Mysore, Karnataka) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BvWmV53FfVo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s9d7093cu48e

It’s ruff out here on the streets of Gokulam ☺️💜🐶 I love this sweet happy girl (at Gokulam, Mysore) https://www.instagram.com/nataliewow/p/BvTjzl0FXWP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pzpa6nltvnyg