The GET IT BACK System Makes it to Africa

Local writer Aimee Heckel wrote a recent article in Boulder’s Daily Camera about her personal experience using the GET IT BACK system. She then took what she learned to the Kyangwali Refugee Camp in Western Uganda where she shared her new passion and jump rope skills with the kids in the village.

Now’s your chance to really make a difference in the world. GET IT BACK…and then GIVE something back!

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Backpacking to Gain New Perspectives

A couple of years ago I spent time with my flip flops, jump rope (yes, jump rope!) and backpack exploring Thailand. I went in search of new personal experiences that would expand and reshape the limited view of the world I grew up in. I was also looking to learn some ancient health secrets of the East, as well as hoping to find some common threads that link all of us on this planet together.

On this quest, I meditated, fasted, detoxed, ate fried fish heads, got into the world’s largest water fight, and experienced a new way of being. I spent 10 days in a Buddhist monastery, never speaking a word, sleeping on a wooden pillow in a tiny cement cell, and meditating for about 10 hours daily. I also learned Tai Chi from a resident expert and taught jump rope to a young Thai tennis team that didn’t speak a word of English. What did I learn from these experiences? (more…)