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"Remember my dilemma: to go on a yoga retreat alone or to sit on my a&amp;amp;%! in my freeeeezing NYC apartment? Well, you guys unanimously agreed it was a no brainer&amp;amp;#8212;Viva Costa Rica! So, I&amp;amp;#8217;m throwing my tax return (and a little bit of savings, and a little blue plastic card) toward the Jungle&amp;amp;#8212;and heading to the Osa Peninsula for a yoga retreat in 11 days! What better Valentine&amp;amp;#8217;s Day gift to myself, I thought, than a getaway to nurture myself, recharge, and get some stillness in my life to do some of the internal renovations I&amp;amp;#8217;d like to do in the new house I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been building over the past year or so&amp;amp;#8212;my body! And the best part about it is that there&amp;amp;#8217;s yoga and surfing. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve never even touched a board, but surfing has been on my list of Things to Try Before I Die for a long time (I really, really love the water) so even if I wipe out before I even see a wave, I&amp;amp;#8217;m psyched to just try! And, who am I kidding, a tan in the dead of winter: Sign me up! I just got a picture of what&amp;#x27;s going to be my loft bed in the house! I hope I don&amp;#x27;t fall out of here: Has anyone ever tried surfing? Is it an amazing workout? Am I fooling myself thinking I&amp;amp;#8217;m going to be able to do this?! P.S. Can this be my body by the time I return? I am going to close my eyes and visualize! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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