Monday afternoon. July, 2022. Everybody is a bit stuck at work, school or catching some waves. On top of that, it’s rainy and humid — AKA wet season. A sort of random day to celebrate the third anniversary of the Entangled in Costa Rica documentary… But July 11th is the exact date whenon which Innoceana’s team rescued a whale and her baby calf from discarded longline fishing nets out on in the open sea. The date has to be honored, even though it’s Monday. Yet, that doesn’t stop me from thinking nobody would show up. My worried thoughts are quickly blown away by the most cheerful sound ever: car wheels approaching.  

New faces start popping up around Synergy Costa Rica’s beautiful open-aired wooden room. Even though the excitement is pumping, Jen’s yoga class invites so much calmness in. The shortly-arrived guests drift away into a collective stream of deep breaths and conscious movements.  

I have probably been to more yoga classes than I could ever count, but there is something special about this one in particular. Hard to say whether it’s the coziness of the freshly-bathed tropical jungle blanketing us, or Frankie’s playfulness and his dog fellas laying down on the yoga mats and offering kisses while we are in shavasana that makes it so special. Or yetmaybe, just the simple fact of that we were sharing smiles while practicing together. Probably, a compilation of all them.