Feestpaleis/Wellington blog

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a storm is brewing

July 6th, 2008 by gert

Winter in Wellington… it can be fine and sunny in the morning and change drastically in just a few hours. I shot a few pictures from our most recent storm - we couldn’t sleep at night because of the howling winds that battered our house. Everything was shaking. I got up before sunset and watched the waves crashing over Island Bay’s seawall. Here’s the video:

yoga

July 1st, 2008 by gert

I’ve started doing yoga about a year ago. Willemijn and I go to a class twice a week, which has been (and still is) improving my strength, flexibility and balance tremendously. It has improved my surfing as well, which was one of the reasons I started doing it. Also, Bridget is simply the best yoga teacher imaginable. Her website is called Yoga By The Sea. I stole a great photo from her website showing Bridget on the beach in Oriental Bay, doing a pose called Natarajasana (Dancer pose):

Bridget our yoga teacher