“Yoga is not a work-out, it is a work-in. It guides me into the present, opens my heart and brings me home.”
While I was away in Scotland with friends, family and wedding celebrations, it felt like home.
The rocks and earth, air and breeze, salt and sea, trees and flowers, lochs and rivers…. all fill me with deep joy and contentment. I didn’t do my regular yoga practice, but spent time being present to what was unfolding around me and within me.
Enjoy these moments with me.
- Be the tree
Find Your Middle Ground 
Enjoying it all Val!
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Thanks David 💛
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I love your explanation of yoga. The photos are wonderful especially how you tied them to Yoga poses. 🙂 It looks so beautiful.
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Thank you Marlene 💕
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You fit well with nature. Lovely photos
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Nature is very becoming when we take time in her presence. Thank you Dan and Maddie 💛
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Beautiful pictures, Val! I love your downward facing rock! 😉 The landscape there is stunning. So glad you enjoyed your home with some great yoga poses! 🙏🏻
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Thank you Carrie 💕 It really was a special time of connection and appreciation 💛
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Welcome home Val! Such beautiful poses in nature! And what a beautiful part of the world. Connecting in this way always balances our energy. Thanks for sharing 🌻🍀🍁🍀
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Thank you Karen 💛
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It is a beautiful country Val. Ancient energy for the soul especially in those tree’s 😀
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So glad you have felt it too Mark. Thank you 💛
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That definitely defines “one with nature”
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Thank you 💛
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Love this. Love the photos! 💗
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Thank you Bela 💛 It was a special trip.
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I will bet. 💕
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Lovely place to find peace and to practice your yoga Val. Really beautiful surroundings 🙂
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Thank you so much Irene. Its aways good to be back home! Hope you are doing well my friend 💕
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You are welcome Val and yes, I’m doing better, thank you ❤
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I would like to climb into that first scene with the bridge! GORGEOUS!
Also loved seeing your modified yoga routine. Happy you had such fun.
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Thanks Nancy. I felt moved by the landscape, rocks and rushing rivers that we encountered. So grounded and so alive! Had to include yoga poses for the blog you know 😉
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Sweet photos, Val. Glad you had a wonderful time visiting family, friends and old haunts. ❤
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Thank you Eliza 💛 what I enjoyed the most was exploring off the beaten path and finding new places to explore.
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I love everything about this, Val! Thank you so much for sharing! ❤ I wish I could lay cradled in the roots of that awesome tree…
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Thank you Julie. It was lovely to lie there for a few moments 💛
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So Lovely, Val…it looks like you had a wonderful time!
I had a chaotic dream the other night, and you were there, bringing order to the chaos.
It says a lot about your wonderful “middle ground” blog…
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Thank you so much Ally. You are an inspiration to me too 🙏
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Thank you, Val! xxxx
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I so enjoyed this time with you, out in the nature of Scotland, Val. You have such good form in your yoga, it is easy to see you would be a great teacher. I love that photo of you in the roots being the tree, your expression is so balanced and relaxed. And that old bridge in the first photo is magnificent, that is a REALLY old bridge, wow. Like the new look of your site, too. Welcome back, and many thanks.
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Thanks so much for your kind words Jet. Its aways good to connect to nature and nurture our souls in this way.💕
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great photos. we had a chance to visit Edinburgh for a few days last year, and loved it.
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Thanks Jim! It’s a great place to visit … and to hail from 😎
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and to have an Innis & Gunn!
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There were some Gunns at the wedding. Nice peeps – circumspect and intelligent. 💛
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Sounds like my kind of wedding!
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Beautiful.
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Thank you Vicki 💛
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Very nice Val 🙏
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Thank you 🙏
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