I am so happy and grateful that I got to hear about this amazing community (thanks @holisticmom). I’m so excited to be starting my Steemit journey.
Here’s some information about me:
I highly regard time as a resource in my life, and I have always worked towards having as much of it as possible, to feed into creative pursuits and my many hobbies. As a result, my twenties have been pretty dry on the dinero front. Hence, my DEEP dive into the world of freelancing, writing and blogging.
I have always written in some form or another, for pure enjoyment: poetry, short stories, articles for the student newspaper, a few stabs at a novel here and there.I figured; why not try to make money out of something I already do for fun? I am so excited for this next part in my writing journey here on Steemit.
Travel
I spent some time travelling and living in Central America, which was a fantastic experience. After volunteering at a Yoga and Permaculture retreat in Guatemala, the idea took hold that I could someday create something like that. I came to Spain full of excitement to learn to grow vegetables and continue learning and speaking Spanish.
These days, I love travelling in our van with my wonderful partner and our dog. We spend some of our lives living in different parts of the UK, and most of it living off-grid in Spain.
Passionately Curious
I am a passionately curious individual, particularly in regards to spirituality, meditation, and Yoga. The different ways that cultures and religions see the world are fascinating to me. I love to see if there are any useful bits that I can take with me into my own life.
It is my dream to write a book which ties it all together, a sort of spiritual patchwork quilt of my own design. But, before that I need to read a lot more books! I love reading. I have been known to have 4 or 5 books on the go, one for every different moment of the day.
I believe that there is a common ground between all religions, and it is possible that we all worship the same “great spirit,” the same energy, the same creative force in the universe. However, the ego likes to make us feel like we are separate. So, we formed lots of different religions out of the fundamental belief that there is something more to life than what we see with our eyes.
Yoga
Yoga Asana (posture) practice has been a part of my life since I was 16, I’m 29 now. What once was a purely physical practice, has grown to be so much more. I now love reading Yogic spiritual texts and exploring the other limbs of yoga rather than just Asana.
I have been teaching Yoga for the past 3 years, to the various people who pass through here. Once I had mostly gotten over my introvert revolt at the idea of teaching, (“what?! You’re going to stand in front of people and talk? Everyone focused on you? Preposterous!”) it has become a wonderful way for me to help support people, to watch them grow, and to expand my own knowledge and comfort zone.
Sketching
I love drawing very detailed sketches of yoga poses. It is an awesome way to connect with the anatomy of the human body in a different way, and through a different medium. The human body is fascinating! I love sketching animals, particularly dogs, as well as lions and big cats, or pretty much any animal really. I also try and draw human faces, to varying degrees of success: it’s not something that comes naturally to me!
Workaway and our Project
We have been Workaway (https://www.workaway.info/) hosts in Spain for the past 5 years. We have people from all over the world come to stay with us, and help us with our project in return for food and accommodation.
Off-grid Yoga Retreat
We want to create a place where people can come and experience the off-grid life, relax and unwind with Yoga and meditation, switch off from the digital life and reconnect with nature. We hope to hold yoga/creativity retreats, where during the day the participants work on their Prana, or life-force energy, with yoga and meditation; then in the evenings channel this into creative pursuits such as art, crafts and writing. We believe this could be a really healing and transformative experience.
My aim in this blog is to document our journey and process with the off-grid yoga retreat, and to weave in all of these things that I am passionate about. Thanks so much for reading!
https://www.facebook.com/krista.luton
https://www.instagram.com/offgridyoga/?hl=en
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@teamsteem/how-to-make-the-most-out-of-your-introduction-post
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Thanks! Nice to meet you. Take care 😘💚
Welcome! Best of luck, enjoy, expand! Your artwork is wonderful and your pictures are too. The one of you guys in the mountains is breathtaking.
All the best,
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Greetings logan! thanks for your lovely comment. Take care 👍😀
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Thank you! ❤👌
Oh yayyy!! @holisticmom said you were awesome, and it sure looks like you're my kind of awesome. I'm a yogi too, and though I dont teach much, I really love love love studying yoga. I've been doing it since I was 16 (on and off) so that makes - hmmm.... a few decades now!!! I love yin and vinyasa flow, which I saw is what you teach on your website. I'm so jealous of your place in SPAIN, and I really want to come visit and do yoga with you!
Also, please come over to @naturalmedicine and write a yoga article with that banner!!!! Yoga is the BEST natural medicine. We'd love you to enter our contest too - entering contests is the best thing to do on STeemit as it helps you grow and meet people! xx
Looking forward to reading more about you, but I'm sure @holisticmom will fill me in too! YOur place is so amzing!
Greetings! So pleased to meet you. It really does sound like we would have a lot in common. Please come pay us a visit, you would be more than welcome. I think you would really like it here. I would love to practice and learn about Yoga with you ❤ Looking forward to getting to know you here on Steemit in the meantime 😁
That sounds like a really interesting post to write. Thanks so much for including me. Much love 💕
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Nice to meet you. I am new here, also. I would like to read more about yoga. Thanks!
Likewise fellow Steemit newbie. See you around :D x
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Welcome to the community @kristaluton, you are a multi talented girl
Thank you! :) xx
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Welcome to steemit beautiful lady! So glad to have you here. 😊😊😊💗💗💗 A beautifully written introduction post too. 🤗🤗
Thanks so much! BIG HUG xxxx
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Hey there welcome to steemit! Such a beautiful introduction post. Following you now. I am excited to see your journey with the off-grid yoga retreat.
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You are lovely, and yes, there is root behind religions, a thing we go after, and I like to draw too, I love to travel, write, and nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too Joey! Thanks for reading my post. All the best x
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Post. All the best x
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Wow! You are truly inspirational! I love your outlook on life and I am looking forward to the offgrid retreat, I will defo be attending! :D I am not very bendy though, but I will certainly try my best with yoga, meditation however...I love it! :D
Thanks 😀You would be so welcome! You ARE so welcome. Check out offgridyoga.com for some more info about the retreat and what we can offer at the moment. We are still in the very early stages of development, but you can still come check it out! All the best 😘❤
That is awesome, thank you for the link! I am heading there now! :D I could do with a week away or at least a few days away from my norm haha xx
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Thanks. I hope so! I will certainly try my best 😀👌
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welcome to steemit @kristaluton, make sure to engage with others on their blogs so that everyone knows you are here, their is a great community on here and you are in great hands being a friend of @holisticmom she is much loved on here, looking forward to following your journey xx
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Welcome to Steemit my dear, so happy you have found a place to share your art and writing!
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Thanks for reading my post and the lovely comment. I am so happy too! I've spent too long hanging out on instagram, it has felt kind of soulless to be honest. This place seems so much more like what i've been searching for. All the best xxx
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when i saw your drawing i thought i was bigfoot at first lol