Yoga away from home

For this summer holiday my family chose to go to Spain. We travelled along the coast, visiting Barcelona and Valencia, and then settled down in a small town of Albir for 10 days. During those 10 days I've realized that I have been missing my yoga practices so I set myself a target to find a yoga center to continue my practices away from home.

Nearby the apartment that we were renting I was lucky to find an absolutely wonderful yoga center with most beautiful halls I've ever had a chance to practice at. I have had four practices during our stay with two different teachers and it was fascinating to me how their methods of teaching differed so much between each other and to what I was used to with my teacher in Moscow. I have learned that there are different types of mudra and that you can build up your practice solely through a series of Sun Salutation variations and that some teachers choose not to follow the chakra method that I am used to (although my teacher taught me that going up or down the chakras is the only correct way of practicing yoga). In short, I have realized that the art of yoga can be pursued in various different ways. I was also able to develop my strength and flexibility from frequent yoga practices.

In addition to that, I:
- shown perseverance and commitment to yoga
- developed new skills

Recycling Capsules. Literally.

About a week ago, my dearest friend and an IB student Polina Orlova told me that I can directly recycle my Nespresso capsules at one of their stores. As a very proactive recycler I got very excited about this and called up Nespresso stores in Moscow asking whether I can really do so. It is really possible!

Today I went to Nespresso "boutique" at Novinskiy Passazh and gave away a whole bag of capsules. The lady at the store kindly explained to me the whole process of recycling and shared with me some of Nespresso's plans for the future, that is so recycle coffee machines too. She also offered me a free cup of delicious cappuccino which was ultra nice of her to do!

As well as indulging myself with coffee drinking I:
- considered ethical implications of my actions
- increased awareness of issues of global importance
- shown perseverance and commitment to recycling