YOGA IN PARADISE

Laureen led a yoga retreat on the beautiful island of Dominica. The links below will give you an idea about the island and accomodations.

  • Meditation in Motion Retreat Itinerary
    March 26 - April 2, 2006

  • photographs from the 2006 retreat

  • the yoga retreat site -- Jungle Bay

  • a tourist guide of Dominica

  • Dominica's tourism website

    Namaste, Laureen


    ARTICLES

  • Check In / Check Out: Jungle Bay, by Mary Billard
    (from New York Times, Oct 29, '06)
  • Jungle Living, by Abbie Kozolchyk
    (from Martha Stewart's Body & Soul, Aug '06)
  • Hot Properties #6, by Kate Siber
    (from Outside Traveler, Winter '06)
  • The Wild Life,
    (from New York Post Online, March 7 '06)
  • Ecotourism & Jungle Bay, by Jeffrey Zaslow
    Ecotourism & Jungle Bay (continued)
    (from Wall Street Journal, Travel section, Jan 28, '06)
  • Om Away from Home, by Bonnie Tsui
    (from Outside Magazine, Dec '05)
  • Dominica At Its Wildest, by Nick Heil
    (from Outside Traveler, Winter '05)
  • Adventure in New Frontiers, by Jill Davis
    (from Men's Journal, Sept '05)
  • Hiking Dominica's Peaks, by Jeffrey Gettleman
    (from New York Times, Travel section, Feb 6, '05)
  • 10 eco wonderlands, by Ty Sawyer and Jackie D'Antonio
    (from Sport Diver Magazine, writing for msnbc)


    BOOKS

  • The Dominican Story by Lennox Honychurch (Macmillan, 1984). A complete history of the island. Highly recommended.
  • Dominica & St. Lucia Alive! by Lynne Sullivan (Hunter, 2002). Hunter Publ travel guidebook.
  • Diving & Snorkeling Dominica by Michael Lawrence (Lonely Planet, 1999).
  • Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica & St. Lucia Alive! by Lynne Sullivan (Hunter, 2000). One quarter of this travel guidebook (134 pages) is devoted to Dominica.
  • Eastern Caribbean (Lonely Planet, 2001). A travel guidebook that has 27 pages devoted to Dominica.


    DIVING IN DOMINICA

  • Sport Diver Magazine At this website you can find five articles specifically about diving in Dominica: Unusual Sightings at Dive Dominica, Dominica Dive Guide, Dominica - Natural Thrill, Dominica Guide from Lonely Planet, and Destination Dominica.