There is a certain kind of magic that happens when you step off a plane, train, or boat into a place you’ve never been before. A different language greets your ears, the scent of unfamiliar spices fills the air, and suddenly your world expands. Traveling internationally is a soulful experience that touches your heart, stirs your spirit, and profoundly transforms your understanding of what it means to be human.
When we travel to different countries, we are invited into the stories of others. We witness the beauty of diverse cultures, how people prepare their food, celebrate love, honor their ancestors, and raise their children. In all of these differences, something astonishing is revealed. We are more alike than we are different.
Across oceans and continents, we are united by the same hopes. We all want health, happiness, and safety for our loved ones. We all strive for meaningful lives. We all celebrate the birth of a child, grieve our losses, and laugh with friends over meals. Travel makes this universal truth impossible to ignore. In that truth, compassion grows.
When you experience life through another’s lens, your heart softens. Judgment begins to fade. You understand that someone else’s way isn’t strange, it’s simply a reflection of where they come from, just like your ways are a reflection of your roots. And in that understanding empathy, connection, and a deeper reverence for our shared humanity is born.
It takes the willingness to step outside of what’s comfortable and familiar. To leave the known in order to meet the unknown with an open mind and a willing heart. That’s where real growth happens. That’s where you meet new people and a new version of yourself.
One of the best gifts you can provide for your children is international travel. By exposing them to the ways other people live, they will be able to better understand people’s differences and appreciate all of the abundance they have in their lives.
When my daughter was eleven years old and about to enter 6th grade, my husband, her and I took off for a year to travel around the world. It was one of the biggest growth and bonding opportunities of our lives for our family and for each of us as individuals.
We saw foreign things we had no idea existed on the planet, observed natural beauty that made our heart skip a beat and were exposed to fascinating cultures that were so completely different from our own. We experienced challenges with the local language, we got lost many times along the way and made tons of mistakes. It was amazing and extremely hard. And, we grew…
If you’ve been dreaming of a place to visit, whether traveling solo, with a friend or partner or with your family do not wait. Now is the time to step out of your comfort zone and experience something larger than yourself.
The world is waiting to meet you, to welcome you, to teach you. And in return, you will carry the wisdom of those experiences back with you, enriching your community, your relationships, and the way you move through the world.
Looking for a little guidance to assist you in your travel vagabond journey? Well, I have the perfect thing to inspire your travel dreams. We learned so much on our year-long trip around the world that I felt compelled to inspire others to do the same. So, I wrote a book Just Plane Crazy: The Ultimate Guide to Affordable, Adventurous World Travel. Here you will find tips on where to go, what to pack, homeschooling for long-term travel and best of all how to manifest your travel dreams with ZERO debt. And, there are hilarious personal stories throughout that will make you say “If they can do it, I can too!”
Click the pic below and take the first step making your travel dreams a reality!
by Kim Goyette
This week’s 13-minute Hatha Yoga Class, Airport Yoga, is a perfect preparation before, during or after a flight. Through postures that stretch the low back, shoulders, chest, neck, hip flexors, quadriceps, calves and hamstrings we will bring blood flow to the upper and lower body and enhance our flying experience. Yoga with Meditation Mutha is for everyBODY. Please join me in this opportunity to open up the entire body, so you have comfort during your journey. Enjoy!
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