Marie-Christine on being in Ecuador During the Earthquake
Four hundred and thirteen people (at time of writing) have been killed and a further 2500 have been injured after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit coastal Ecuador around 7pm (GMT) Saturday night. Salty Souls co-founder Marie-Christine Amyot was about 160 miles from the epicentre in the town of Ayampe, where she manages the Ecuador destination for surf and travel company Barefoot Surf Travel. "It was about 7PM, we were in the hotel and everything started to shake," says Amyot, 28. She says at the beginning it was just [...]
You Can Only Lose what you’re Holding On to.
I’ve lately found myself questioning why letting go of what hurts us is such a difficult process, only to realize that it’s often because we don’t want to. We too often choose to tightly grasp to suffering because it is comfortable and validates our pain. [...]
How to meditate if you’re bad at meditating
I'm bad at meditating. There. I said it. We know we should do it. We know it reduces stress, anxiety, promotes clearer thinking, enhances self awareness, lengthens your attention span, makes you a person that says 'namaste' a lot (optional.) If you took one look [...]
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Everyone can agree that everything related to surf is pretty cool. So are surf competitions. They're fun to watch, they connect us to our surfing inspirations and it's pretty nice to see people killing [...]
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“I Crave a Love so Deep, the Ocean would be Jealous.”
L.O.V.E. That shit is fucked. We say that “in the end, only 3 things matter: How much you’ve loved How fully you’ve lived How gracefully you’ve let go of the things that were not meant for you.” This nomadic lifestyle, I’ve chosen it, as others [...]
Renae Saxby: Globe-Roamer, Photographer, Makeup Artist, Travel Writer and Renegade Badass.
Interview by Caitlin Creeper Renae Saxby used to own a day spa. She was good at it, had beautiful clients, and had a spa set on 100 acres in a major, scenic wine-growing region in New South Wales, Australia. She had a good income, and [...]
When Breath Becomes Air
Motivation creeps in on us at the most inconvenient times and inspiration comes from the strangest places. Plans often need altering as we try to tell ourselves to expect the unexpected. No matter how much we prepare ourselves for the unpredictable thing called Life, we [...]
Costa Rica : Realizing that I’ve become THAT girl
Here I am, back in Costa Rica, 5 years later. It is always a funny feeling, coming back to a place where you’ve been before. Memories come back to mind. You think of who you were with, and how things were at that moment. It allows you to measure [...]
Finding Your Tribe
If you're here it's probably because, like us, at some stage you found yourself searching for a little somethin' somethin' more out of this life. As spiritual teacher Ram Dass explained to a crowd in San Francisco over forty years ago, sometimes this thing happens [...]
The Salty Souls Experience: What Was it Really Like ?
It has become a habit of mine to embark on long trips to distant places, simply to displace myself, to uproot myself from home. I used to think that I left to escape, but now I realize that sometimes I just need to leave, to [...]
Ninja Tricks: Travel Hacks!
Booking the flight Airlines track when you're interested in a flight, so if they see you going back to it a few times they'll keep bumping up the prices. Cause they're slippery little snakes. Beat the system and always search for flights in incognito or private browsing mode to [...]