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848 days. That’s August 12, 2026. In Iceland. 5:48 pm. Maybe we will be soaking in the geothermal waters at Sky Lagoon. Perhaps we will be standing near a glacier at Snæfellsjökull National Park. 17 hours of sunlight that day will be reduced by a few minutes when the moon covers the sun completely, creating a darkened landscape at a time when Iceland is bathed in sunlight. It will be startling, exciting, otherworldly.
How lucky am I to have a partner in Iceland to help make this dream a reality?
This newsletter is called Ayurveda Got Me Here. Heiða Björk Sturludóttir came to me through Ayurveda. As a student and now author of a best-selling book on Ayurveda, Heiða contacted me way back in 2020 to talk about translating one of my books into Icelandic. In the end she wrote her own beautiful book and we became great friends. When I decided to travel again with groups after COVID, Iceland came to mind as the perfect place. Easy to get to, incredibly beautiful nature, wonderful, kind people. (And yes, you can sit on the toilets, drink water from the tap, and eat food without worries. These things are high on my priority list.) So Ayurveda got me there with our first two Write & Roam trips in October 2023.
And then I got the eclipse news! Heiða and I are planning a spectacular trip, August 8 - 16, 2026. Part Write & Roam, part eclipse chasing, 100% amazing. I have a list of about 20 people who say they are IN! Let me know if you want me to add your name and I will keep you all up to date with tour details, pricing and the itinerary.
This Sunday, April 21 at 11 am ET, join me on a Zoom call to learn about all the upcoming trips, as seen HERE. Email me at susan@susanweisbohlen.com and I’ll send you the link.
So many exciting travels, opportunities and bucket-list items coming up! Early-bird pricing for Bhutan is available until May 1. In addition to 10 nights in Bhutan, we will also have one or two nights, (or more if you want!) in Nepal. Before we descend into the quietude of magical Bhutan, September 7-17, 2024, we can explore the alleyways and temples of bustling Kathmandu together.
Iceland, October 19-26, 2024 includes 8 hours of daylight, which almost guarantees Northern Lights at night. Visits to geysers, waterfalls, black beaches, lava tubes and craters will spark your muse as we settle into writing sessions most days, for a few hours.
In India, February 2025, we will make our way across the southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and over the sea to the Andaman Islands. Not only will you earn bragging rights of being one of the few foreign tourists on earth who have visited the Andamans, you will be astounded by the unique beauty of the entire region.
Learn more about all the journeys on Sunday, April 21, at 11 a.m. If you can’t make the call, let’s set up another time to chat. I’d really love for you to take advantage of the Bhutan special pricing - so be in touch!
And now on a completely different note! I mean so completely different.
Two people I know have written personal accounts of their encounters with weight loss drugs.
Why reading this and this is SO depressing to me. Seeing a card with dates and weights (as seen in the second article) reminds me of those depressing, awful years I spent going to Weight Watchers, presenting the multi-fold card to the skinny person at the scale, so incredibly nervous, feeling like I was going to throw up (and maybe already had), starving because I hadn’t eaten all day, wearing the lightest clothes possible. Being judged. Seeing her write those numbers on the card, and handing it back to me. My stomach hurts just thinking about it.
And reading this is so fucking uplifting.
thank you. I can exhale.If you have my books (https://bookshop.org/search?keywords=susan+weis-bohlen) you have read about my weight, weight loss and bulimia. I joke that I wasn’t a very good bulimic because I weighed 237 pounds at my highest! I’m penning a memoir about how my bulimia happened and how it ended. It has to do with meditation, Ayurveda, loving food, and loving myself. It’s taking shape.
For now, I will let others take the reins. What are your thoughts? I’d love to know.
and…thank you to my 5000+ subscribers here on Substack. You rock! Your support of these words and thoughts is magical. Thank you! If you’d like to upgrade to paid, I would not only appreciate it, but I will send you notices on trips and classes before anyone else.
Love you all,
Susan
P.S Write with me EVERY TUESDAY, 10:30 - 12:30 at Atwater’s in Catonsville, Loft space on the second floor. The gathering is so fun, the writing prompts creating paths to memories and fictional creations and moments of true awe of our words and others. See details here: https://susanweisbohlen.com/events-1
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