11 February 2019 – First day of YTT-Tal
Where does it all begin? My love and connection to yoga started way back in early 2005 in Israel. That was the first time I took an Ashtanga beginnings couples course with my husband, and boy let me tell you, this was a love at first sight. For the first time I felt there is a way I can connect my body, mind and soul, everything made so much sense even though it was so challenging. Funny enough, at the end of 2005 life offered us an opportunity to relocate to Bangalore, India. We spend more than 3 years in India loving every minute, but mainly focusing on our parenting skills. I was trying different Gurus, different styles of yoga, but couldn’t stick to one. In 2009 we moved to Singapore and I continue with my Yoga inquiry, but was never able to commit to more than a few months. This past year I’ve been taking Coaching classes and seminars in order to improve my life and the life of people around me, and there it hit me; What I miss in my life is actually what yoga has to offer me and lacking the proper knowledge about the depths of Yoga sabotage my commitment. So here I am on my first day of YTT at The Yoga Mandala choosing to take this path in my life journey. Honestly, I’m terrified, but at the same time proud and excited. Welcome to the rest of my life.
Time just goes so fast…
Time flies, I can’t believe we have finished 4 weeks of YTT. Next week will be our assessment and examination week. Even though I have learnt a lot during the last 4 weeks, I know there are still so much to learn out there and I don’t want this course to finish so soon. I know I will miss “Grabbing” to Telok Ayer Street very early everyday Monday to Friday mornings and walking to get my coffee at the little Starbucks at Cross Street and Cecil Street. I will miss walking up that staircase into The Yoga Mandala studio, with body aches everywhere, to meet my fellow yogis with a big smile. I will miss our little chit chat and “people jam” time at our small locker area, and I will even miss how we line up to go to toilet. I can’t control laughing now as I recall how good my 2 fellow yogis’ digestive systems had became after practicing some of the digestive system boosting prone yoga poses, and I was a bit slow and “unlucky” to follow them to the toilet at that toilet break..and end up I had to wail for a little while and..hold my breath when I finally had my chance, hahaha! It just proved that yoga works!! I really enjoy my yoga journey with The Yoga Mandala. I am proud of myself for starting to pursue my yoga teaching journey at this stage of life. Even though I am still a bit nervous preparing for our next week’s assessment, I feel a lot more confident about myself. It’s amazing how we can apply yoga in managing so many aspects of our lives, including emotional control. I cannot thank Jessica enough to make me who I am today, in such a short period of time. Jade.
第六篇感想 体式跟理论的考试应该是及格了，最让我担心，也是我最弱的一个考试要来了，教课? 本身表达能力就非常差，记忆力也是3秒记忆，理论课时候，通常老师讲到第三句话我才把第一句话弄明白，然后就会很多提问?还好老师们的耐心都是杠杠的，不然被我气疯，急性子，健忘，粗鲁，表达能力不强都是我的缺点，这可咋办呢…… 周六，日到了，这两天有充分的时间去准备，周一就轮到我教课，可能会一塌糊涂，但是也还是会去尝试一下，万一就很棒呢?学会了教课这个培训班就差不多结束了，一个月还是过的太快了 我们这班同学都特别友好，每个人真的都非常好，很高兴可以认识她们，每次我说自己自卑，都会鼓励我，而且说我看起来真的不自卑，反而是个很乐天派的女孩，爱你们RYT200吃货班所有成员 这个培训课下来，自己改变很大，没有请过假，没有偷懒，从上课之前的迷茫，无助，孤单，压抑的心情变成上进，活泼，有目标，体质也很好的状态，非常感谢所有的老师?每一位老师其实特别辛苦，不是那么的容易，也非常欣赏她们热爱瑜伽的程度，还有Nicoel老师总说别人评论她特别凶，在我眼里她就是个很有趣，智商情商都很高的美女，喜欢你哦?
第五篇感想 体式虽然通过了考试，但是自己却是非常不满意，核心力量有点弱爆了，所以倒立体式的时候总是收不住，就会倒，很多体式也是坚持不久，希望自己能够持之以恒的练习吧，知道了每个动作的要点就是一件特别美好的事情，练对了才对身体有帮助，练错了可能在慢性谋杀自己? 接下来是理论考试，相对来说是比较轻松的，因为可以带上自己所有的笔记，基本我没有复习过理论，因为我觉得抄上去难道还不行嘛?进行了几十分钟的答题吧，时间刚刚好就交试卷了，交完之后有点像读书时候交卷的感觉，自我良好，读书时候老师发试卷的时候竟然30分啊50分的多了去了?读书时候的自我良好跟现实是相反的，而瑜伽理论课的自我良好“?老师说恭喜你，感觉的对了，大概的看了一下应该过关了……哈哈哈上天保佑，心里踏实多了，就得瑟的去后面休息室吹牛了 我们班最优秀的灵丹同学，学霸，给人最深刻印象的姑娘，不止很努力，很有自己的个性，体式，理论啥都好，还有她的吴彦祖，简直完美了，老师叫我们讲他缺点的时候，基本找不出来，她带的课我觉得我来办会员最起码是愿意的了，她出去马上可以进去教师的角色了，因为她旅游签一个月的时间到了，要提前回国，我们就去刷了一顿火锅，晚上我们上了学校的免费公开课两小时，几个老师都带了课，流瑜伽 双人瑜伽 阴瑜伽 高级呼吸冥想 还拍了很多美照，简直是赚到了，…最后跟老师，灵丹还有其它几位同学我们合照了几张，恭喜灵丹拿到证书，回国后的瑜伽路越走越顺。
第四周感想 因为这一周是要考试.拜一到拜三的心情都特别紧张，知道自己的进度不是特别大，担心自己不能通过考试，又担心又期待着拜四的到来，这一周我有尝试找工作，可是以自己现在的水平就当不了老师，希望可以在瑜伽馆有份工作，就打杂也可以呀，就是喜欢这种生活方式哈哈哈。从一个瑜伽小白三个星期要蜕变成一位瑜伽老师，一个翻天覆地的改变，上一次空中培训练习，老师说我是她见过的身体条件最好的学员，这也算对我的一种认可，让我更加有信心，小C老师也说我身体接收能力好适合在瑜伽路上一直走…….学了轮穴，七大轮穴，每个轮穴有代表的意义、我是属于缺乏信心，缺乏耐心，缺乏对事物有清晰的见解的人，应该多锻炼脐轮，腹轮，每个轮穴的缺乏都有它的调节体式，瑜伽真的是很博学精深的一门功课，学到老都学不完的，不断的进入新的阶级，提高自己。 该来的就一定会来的，周四到了，今天起的最早，比第一天开课都要早，平时差不多八点到教室，今天7.20分就到了，还是很重视的，准备热身考体式，记梵语，因为老师说梵语出来你就要把动作做出来，吼哈吼哈一个多小时过去了，考试完毕，自己认为做的很烂，也没抱希望，接下来同学带我们做序列，我们上完要指出她的不足，各种找毛病，相互喷缺点，其实就是相互进步的过程，我很喜欢别人指出我的缺点，希望自己可以改。 咳咳….下午沉重的时刻到了，老师问我们想知道考试结果吗？只有两位通过，内心是淡定的，因为觉得肯定不是自己，还要七位跟我作伴，我不虚….? 老师宣布的时候我就惊到了，两个人其中一个包括我，当时我是开心的，不是因为我做的体式有多好，是我记住了老师讲的话，考试过程中，体式进入的方式，还有专注力也是很重要，所以我尽量让自己少点小动作，毕竟有多动症，其它同学就要下周三进行补考，体式都可以的，就是要专注力，希望她们下周三全部通过
The Reality Hits (boon)
Last Friday; 08.03.19, the day where I feel the moment of reality hits. Teaching exam started. It is not my exam though, I was there as a student. Supporting my classmates while they taught. It started of with Shirleen; our number 1 monotonous girl in the class. For some reasons, her tone of voice just made me at ease while practicing yoga yet did not sound boring. Second one was Shu Ping; the girl that can always instruct well and sounds confident, in a good way. Then came Ana, tiny yet “spicy”. Having fun practising yoga under her led. Her smiling eyes just made us forget she can be a hard core teacher. So bare in mind, do not be mislead! My last teacher of that day was Cindy; the girl that never fails to entertain us by making mistakes. When she is nervous she just tend to mix up the words and test us real hard in focusing our poses. However, it was such a joyful moment being led by her. I would love to practise yoga with her more often and I think I can only attend her “beginner” class. Is ashamed that I missed Jade’s class. I still have chance next week though. Then I would have completed my physical and mental support to all my classmates. ??
What’s YOGA -5/6 Cindy Li
There was one class we learned about what’s YOGA. Yoga is more than just a physical workout. Yoga increases body awareness, relieves stress, reduces muscle tension, strain and inflammation, shapens attention and concentration and calms nervous system. I love the most the Eight limbs of Yoga which are core principles that serve as a compass for living a meaningful and purposeful life. One of the eight limbs is NIYAMAS means Observances. There’re five NIYAMAS: •Saucha:(Cleanliness) Leave a place cleaner than you found it. •Santosha:(contentment) Don’t worry, be happy! •Tapas:(Burning impurities) When the going get tough, the tough gets going.” •Svadyaya: (Self-study) Learn from your mistakes. •Ishvarapranidhana:(Serrender) Have faith! Need to move on. These are what I can’t agree more! Yoga is a practice of transforming and benefitting every aspect of life, not just the 60 minutes spent on a rubber mat. If we can learn to be kind, truthful and use our energy in a worthwhile way, we will not only benefit ourselves with our practice, but everything and everyone around us too.
200HR YTT – Last Week – Shirleen (6/6)
13032019 It is scary how time flew past just like that. 5 weeks. I am so glad I made that leap to join this YTT. It has always been a dream and now, I feel like I can finally stop dreaming and start living the life I want to lead. After much encouragement by Alexis, I took the leap and got out of my comfort zone and lived my dream. An Inversion Class. I have so much excitement as I plan this sequence. It is like the fire in me lit up. I have fear when I go for inversion class, and I can’t believe I can actually teach one! The class started with me feeling confident as I planned thoroughly on how the warm up should be done. It feels like a cheat way to have more asanas. *smirk* and thankfully, it was easier to remember my own sequence this round. This day, all the ladies took the leap and tried. Even though I did not assist perfectly, I was prepared to hug their entire body and lift them up if I had to. They know how it feels to be upside down, so I thought it was not as bad. I was so happy after the class! Now that I finally understood how it actually should be as a teacher, I am ending the course. I will miss these ladies, Tal, Boon, Shuping, Cindy, Anna and Jade. We all come from different backgrounds and fate brought us all here. So thankful for these friendships and bonds built through the way. And also our honesty to one another. Thank you Jess and Alexis for the love, guidance and so much patience! :’) My heart is so full.
200HR YTT – First Teaching Exp – Shirleen (5/6)
09032019 I taught for the first time with my own sequence yesterday. I approached the day feeling rather confident of my sequence and how prepared I feel. I kept telling myself to take it as I am living my dream of commanding people to do what I want for a yoga pose, just to reduce the butterflies in my stomach. In the midst of the class, I realised I was ahead of time. I had an oh-shit moment in my head. It probably seem like there were many oh-shit moments to others. Really need to learn to conceal my thoughts and stop frowning. It is so hard to change such habits within days when I have never been aware for my entire 31 years of my life. I always seek perfection in the things that I do. I can take more than an hour just to edit a photo to perfection. It is not a good thing and it causes additional stress on myself. I never thought stress would be an issue to me. I always thought that I have a firm character and poker face. Only through this YTT, I found out so many things about myself that I did not know about myself. These days, I feel like my behaviour has been different from the me in the past. Like I share more about what I think and I try to elaborate more. Even like the small things. Not sure if it is the post natal hormones still raging in my body or I have changed entirely. I am now working on more self awareness. Wish me luck!
200YTT – Week 4 – Shirleen (4/6)
05032019 It’s the start of week 4! Time flew by so quickly and we are made to absorb the contents as fast as we can. I’ve never studied so hard for anything. Even my degree. It feels really good to be studying something that I’m always interested and curious about. Today we learnt about lymphatic system and muscular system. I have trouble relating to the names. But thank goodness it is an open book test. I know of the lymph nodes in our body, but I did not know its function. I thought they only lie at our throat area. Thanks for letting me know more about my body. With Tal’s explanation of where the lymph nodes position, like it is actually another layer under our skin. Can’t help but feel so ignorant! I always keep my questions to myself and do not speak up in public. Only through this YTT, I boldly ask dumb questions and am forced to speak up in public. It turns out to be a very good and harsh learning experience for me. I feel like I get confused easily now too. Like getting from point A to point B, seems like point A1, A2, A3, B in my head. Simple sentences can be easily misinterpreted by me. Totally a sign of thinking too much. Jess, thanks for being so patient with me and through the suck-your-blood moments. It is a week of stress. It feels everything is coming in place and I going to roll out as a full yoga teacher after this. I FEEL SO UNPREPAREDDDD..
