How I ended up in a travel guide – and why this is something very special for me
Sometimes things happen quite unexpectedly.
A German photographer who was working on a new travel guide about Madeira found me via Google. He had come across Paul do Mar – and initially thought it was just a sleepy village where nothing much happens. But then he saw that I was offering yoga here.
He asked if I could tell him something about my work.
And of course I could. Because for me, Paul do Mar is much more than a quiet fishing village. It is a place full of energy, contrasts and small wonders. I told him about my journey here, how I started teaching yoga and what makes this place so special for me. I sent him a few pictures – and then it was quiet for a while. A few months later, I was actually holding his travel guide in my hand – and there was a whole page about me: Yoga Lena do Mar. That was a moment that touched me deeply. Not because I was in print somewhere – but because I realized that my small offering had found its place here on this island. That people see it.
And then came the best part:
The first yoga students stood in front of me and said that they had discovered me in the guidebook – and that’s why they were visiting my class. That was a very special feeling. Not because of the guidebook itself, but because something I had built with my heart had found its way to others. Sometimes it’s enough to show yourself – honestly, without a lot of frills – and the very people who feel that will find you.
Click here for the travel guide https://www.amazon.de/dp/3000743782
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