SERIES: Lifestyle and Health

EPISODE: 9

Riviera Firefly is your online guide to living on and visiting the French Riviera and the Côte d’Azur. We cover topics such as Education for children and adults, Places to visit, Health and lifestyle, hobbies and leisure and have lots of fun here in the Alpes Maritimes. We also talk to inspiring local entrepreneurs and small businesses about how they started their careers in France, dealing with administration and what brought them here in the first place. Topical issues such as Brexit and what this means to expats will also be covered in 2017. Our online directory and magazine can be found on www.rivierafirefly.com

In this Riviera Firefly podcast, Episode 9 Antonia chats with yoga teacher Faye Villalba about her career in the film industry and setting up her own yoga classes and workshops here in the South of France. Why not set up your own health retreat while on holiday in the South of France #cotedazurliving #cotedazurfrance

[01:00] What to expect from the programme? ? ?

[02:00] Join a mum and baby club!

[03:20] Childhood memory and power of the mind

[04:30] Faye and the film business ..Mickey Rourke, Robert de Niro, John Travolta, Henry Darrow

[08:50] Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest Nick Cave, Ewen Bremner

[09:45] Becoming a mum, juggling work and changing careers

[11:00] Make your passion your work .. be paid to do what you love

[11:45] Different types of yoga Hatha, Ashtanga, Bikram,

[13:00] Faye’s yoga is Iyengar awakening the spine.

[15:30] Balance is so important. All ages .. yoga is for everyone you just have to find the right yoga style.

[17:00] Lucy Moore Groove Yoga Studio ..

[17:50] Timing and mind need to be right.

[18:00] Retreats , workshops – set up your own spa ..come on holiday , rent a villa and organise the practitioners to come and run courses, boot camp for you and your friends. eg Julia Child’s villa.

[20:00] A funny French custom “les bises” going back to England and when you are 2 men!

[21:40]  Place to visit: Les Courmettes and the old oak tress .. views of Corsica.

[22:45] Favourite books.. Hilary Mantel ‘Wolf Hall’ ?Caitlin Moran ‘How to be a woman’

[23:20] Tip: Set up a book club!

[25:15] Inspirational Quote: I have suffered many terrible things in my life, most of which have never happened!

Now listeners it’s time to smile 😉

Thanks Faye.

Riviera Mums find a baby group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/377881652292141/

Website: www.fayevillalba.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!YogaFayeVillalba

Groove Yoga: www.grooveyoga.guru/yoga-studio-valbonne-village/about-groove-yoga

Julia Childs http://www.biography.com/people/julia-child-9246767

Les Courmettes : www.courmettes.com/en/

Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Hall

Caitlin Moran How to be a woman http://www.caitlinmoran.co.uk/how-to-be-a-women/

Rumblefish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Rourke

Henry Darrow : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darrow

Rhinoceros hunting in Budapest : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117472/

This episode was brought to you by KidooLand The Little English School on the French Riviera. Running classes and holiday camps for children age 0-16 years and workshops for grown ups too!

In Vallauris Sophia Antipolis and Biot and with AdoLand visiting the Côte d’Azur www.kidooland.com
#yoga #southoffrance #robertdeniro #fayevillalba #henrydarrow #yogaretreat #cotedazurliving #cotedazurfrance #hillarymantel #caitlinmoran