Many people here in Bali - The Island of Gods, have already heard of Terra Natural Water Filters, a company founded in 2020 by American entrepreneur Christine Manson. Christine and I had a sit down chat about Terra and about life here on the island. In her own words, Christine told me the story of her incredible company which has caused quite a big splash.

The word 'Yoga' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'Yuj', meaning 'to join' or 'to yoke' or 'to unite'. As I was taught during my teacher training, the highly physical forms of yoga such as Vinyasa (asana/posture practice), are actually considered the ‘lowest’ form of yoga. The ‘highest’ form of yoga is actually meditation. It is in preparation for meditation - to sit still and focus the mind - that the highly physical disciplines of yoga come into play.

Nik and I bonded over a quick session where he showed me how to do things “properly”. “If you punch like that they’ll break your arm”, “If you don’t guard your jaw with your other hand like this, they’ll smash it to pieces” .. clearly a no-nonsense MY kind of guy.