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Restorative Shiva Powers: Expat Retreat

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I “Sometimes,' she said, 'it takes a woman to bring out the best in a man.”  ―  Christopher McDougall ,  Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen  (goodreads.com) Lately, I have been feeling the need to run away. I needed to discover a voice to assure me that running away was not a metaphor for fear but a testament to strength when faced with adversity. From the first page- I was hooked; this idea of being lost in pursuit of a mystic, an aberration and legend drew me in. At different points in my life, I too became lost in big beautiful spaces. Caballo Blanco's character,  an ultrarunner of Copper Canyon drew me in and reminded me of that yearning to let go of time, place, and politics to focus on one pure thing.  When the opportunity arose to join a yoga retreat on a mountain top in el Limon, the Dominican Republic, in a Shiva cave, how could I resist the signs? Every day here is sort of an ultra marathon; I'm