Gustavo's interest came from a close friend whose father was deeply involved in climbing and decided to share this love with his son, who then proceeded to show Gustavo the art of climbing.
I need that, I need to be shocked and inspired by something different and original. Except the food. I am not excited about the food.” There is reason to dread - the menu in the retreat is exclusively vegetarian, something Gustavo is completely unused to. “I don’t know if I’ll come home and be some kind of yoga nut, or I’ll just be happy to eat meat again!”
understanding. He still pursues his interest in Literature which he started learning in University, but it doesn’t take as much of his time as yoga does.
“Yoga, of course, is the reason I’m going to India, but the place alone seems so magical and I'm hoping to experience it in depth while being there. Berlin is sterile and cold, bureaucratic if you know what I mean, so India is going to be the exact opposite. The mystical nature of the place, the colourfulness, the exotic smells that make each place unique!
“I hurt my sciatic nerve rocking climbing about six months ago. I tried everything that was suggested to me, physically therapy, chiropractors, and even acupuncture. Non-e it worked. I decided on my own to try yoga, and it’s the only thing that has helped!”
Anyone who has ever walked through a gallery of paintings knows that art really does imitate life. And when you have a background as serene and stunning as a tropical island, the end result is a portrait that makes you long to kick off your boots and sink your feet into hot sand. This is my thought every time my eyes rest on the painting given to me by the eccentric Gustavo Woltmann, a free spirit and artist who I met on a trip to the Island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. He and I shared drinks and stories over cold Gustavo Woltmann in Buenos Aires beer last year, and it is likely an encounter I will never forget. Wearing pink flops and a broad-rimmed hat, Gustavo Woltmann wastes away his tropical days painting scenes from the beach that he calls home.
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Os últimos anos de vida de Whitman foram marcados pela pobreza, atenuada somente através Facilita do amigos e admiradores americanos e europeus.
The particular retreat Gustavo is attending practices Ashtanga yoga, a very comprehensive classic form of Indian yoga that combines many elements of meditation, breathing courses, and chanting, creating a mind and body healing experience.
“The yoga classes I attended at my university in Berlin helped me in so many ways. Obviously, my back pain lessened but I came out of each class really feeling mentally better too. I had accomplished something and could be proud of it, and I had a fulfilling sense of being again.”
Being raised around volcanoes which are vary similar to the ones in Iceland, it was easy to see why he moved to Iceland to study.
A yoga immersion and teaching centre retreat in Goa, India, has just accepted Gustavo’s application. He will be joining them in a few months in order to learn the essence of yoga, and how to share teach it to other people once – and if – he returns to Germany.
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