26/07/2025
🌿 Burnout on a tropical island… who would have thought? 🌿
When I first moved to Moso, I imagined my days filled with soft ocean breezes, barefoot walks on the sand, and the kind of calm that only comes from living close to nature. And yes, those moments exist here. But what no one tells you is that even in paradise, life can pile up.
It started slowly. I was teaching 18 online yoga classes a week, which I loved, but it left very little space for me. At the same time, we were knee-deep in renovations, dealing with unexpected challenges and endless decisions. I was also running a tourism business and managing Airbnb guests, always on call, always available, always thinking ahead to the next thing that needed to be done.
From the outside, it probably looked like I was living the dream. But inside, I could feel the exhaustion creeping in. I would wake up already tired, my mind racing with to-do lists before I’d even had my first sip of coffee. I ignored the little signs—skipping rest, pushing through classes even when my body ached, telling myself I just needed to “get through this busy patch.”
And then one day, it hit me. I was completely burned out. On a tropical island.
It felt strange at first—how could I be surrounded by so much beauty, so much stillness, and yet feel so depleted? But I realised something important: burnout doesn’t care where you live. It doesn’t care if you’re in an office tower in the city or on a beach in the South Pacific. When you give too much without replenishing, when you constantly pour from an empty cup, eventually it catches up with you.
So I stopped. I stepped back. I sat with the discomfort of slowing down. I let the ocean hold me, I listened to the birds, I cried a little, I slept a lot. And I reminded myself why I fell in love with yoga in the first place—not as a class to teach, but as a way to live.
I’m still finding my way back to balance, one deep breath at a time.
Maybe you’ve felt this too? That moment when you realize you’ve been running on empty for too long?
I wanted to share this because it’s easy to believe everyone else has it all together, especially when they’re living somewhere that looks like a postcard. But the truth is, we’re all human. We all need rest.
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