Author: myhomepractice_3tfts5

We went out to the village after hearing about 21 kids being intercepted on the way to being trafficked. Earlier I posted that they were rescued from a brothel. Later it turns out they were on the way to the brothel but were staying in the village on the way. Four COSA volunteers (including Mickey) headed…

After breakfast, we did yoga together! In the girls new home, we laid all the mats out practiced. We started out with handstands and it was awesome to see them laughing, giggling and being playful with each other. Today, I am going to Chiang Mai to visit the Sunday Night Market. Night market is an…

Today is Saturday and I feel LAZY!!!! I didn’t go for a walk today but I did get up early, so I went anyways. For breakfast today we had porridge with ginger. I don’t know why rice makes me so happy but it does. Today is hotter than tolerable. We made hanging mobiles for their…

Now that all the volunteers are back, when I wake up at 5:30am I can’t just turn all the lights on and do yoga next to my bed. I snuck out (loudly) and went for a walk. The neighborhood is pretty quiet in the mornings. Today I walked a little further than yesterday and made…

Today I woke up much later and still early enough to practice yoga. I’ve been practicing morning and night because the other volunteers I would be sharing my room with are gone for the days off and will be back Wednesday. I woke up and outside it’s raining pretty crazy. Outside you hear all sorts…

Monday and Tuesdays are volunteer days off. Today, Rahel and I chose to go into town (Chiang Mai downtown). COSA is located in a rural area. We got dropped off at the Song Tao station. Song Tao is a Mitsubishi pick-up truck with two benches in the bed of the truck and they built a…

The travelling to Thailand wasn’t bad. Thanks to in airplane movies the time passed surprisingly quick. One negative was that I have a cold and my nose was running so I kept having to blow my nose which was obviously kinda sucky.  have arrived to Bangkok and it’s about 11pm when I land. Wide awake…

FREE2WORK, is an organization that helps people like us (consumers) get more information on products out there and those under fair trade guidelines. You can see ratings based on the companies so you can be a better consumer. It doesn’t mean, go throw your iphone away because it was made with parts from different countries…

Volunteering OC Fair July 17th, I will be a leader at a booth for Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force! We will have various volunteers, if you are interested in volunteering please let me know! All volunteers will only require a 2 hour training hosted by myself or Kristina Sachs, another gal. The purpose of…

Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) stated: “Give me the power to create a fever and I shall cure every illness.” I thought I knew what to expect since I had been here before. There was so much I had forgotten and so much endurance required I underestimated the power of mother Earth. I joined a group of yogi’s…