I had a burning desire to live in a hot and dusty foreign country for a long time before the opportunity presented itself. I craved chaos and uncertainty. I wanted to be free and clear of television, shopping malls, Christmas and snowstorms. I felt suffocated. I thought this crazy vision of living in a far off land was something I would fantasize about but the probability of it becoming a reality seemed as likely as taking a second home on another planet.

In 2005 and I completed a teacher training program at the Downward Dog Yoga Center, in Toronto.