One of my favorite things about having a fixed life is how much easier it is to maintain friendships. I've made some incredible friends around the globe, but it's tougher to sustain when you're constantly moving: having a home base means that I...
One of the best things about yoga teacher training (even though I didn't appreciate it nearly enough at the time) was that it was such a fantastic forced container for healthy habits. When you're practicing yoga for eight hours a day twice a week,...
One of the reasons why I blog is simply to have the space to write: getting things “on paper” helps me to process my feelings and organize my thoughts. I also love having a record of my life over the past few years: a place that holds all of my...
I grew up surrounded by greenery and open space. Our backyard featured a pool, a tiny vegetable garden and about a million flowers and bordered a wildlife reserve. A few blocks south, there is a tree-lined park with a playground, soccer fields, a...
Yesterday on my Facebook page, I posted: Today I taught my first real yoga class: one hour of teaching strangers how to stretch their bodies and calm their mind in exchange for money(!). Last week, I had a meltdown while trying to teach my boyfriend...
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Christine Amorose Merrill
C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.