❹2019.4.2
第一次尝试带同学上一节瑜伽课，虽然我极力克制做了好几组深呼吸，但是开始的时候还是紧张到声音发抖，大腿发抖，到后来慢慢的缓过来 一节课下来发现自己有很多的问题需要改正 ps瑜伽课休息时间，女生都在聊什么：你这件瑜伽服好看耶～这条裤子颜色不错～～推给我～推给我～
❸2019.4.3
还记得刚开始练习拜日的时候 很多体式做不到 每个看似简单的体式我用了洪荒之力做不到位 看别的同学轻松加愉快的做每一个体式 挫败感很强… 现在可以做到早睡早起 并且坚持拜A*5 拜B*10 期待去尝试让我大汗淋漓的拜日了 虽然体能还是不能像她们那么厉害 但却十分放松 神清气爽 学习和运动真的是让生活充实最简单的方法 ryt200周末班思文
❷2019.3.27
RYT200培训差不多一个月了慢慢开始进入状态 感觉时间过的很快 上午体式课，下午理论实践课，每一天都很充实，每一天都在更加深入的了解瑜伽，希望自己在新的一周能更好的把控节奏，尽自己所能，比昨天的自己多吸收一些能量 只要持之以恒，自己就有一件值得骄傲的事，就算那只是一件小事 我会坚持一年，然后再决定是否可以作为第二职业发展 ryt200周末班思文
❶2019.2.24
第一天哪有什么心得……一脸懵，好多都不会，体力也跟不上，体式名字也不知道，但是对于身体舒张来说，非常舒服 不会用力，手掌有点痛，膝盖也有些痛，手臂的训练很多动作我都是坚持不住 处于松懈的状态 总之老师很厉害，我很菜，跟不上，但是我要努力? 我也厉害！！！！！！！！！ ryt200周末班思文
Ruoxi Liu’s Blog 2
一直以来都很想尝试双人瑜伽，每次都会盯着照片里的动作盯半天。上周日终于有机会接触了一次双人瑜伽，可以说是很刺激又紧张了。
RUOXI LIU’S BLOG 1
星期六第一次接触了手倒立。那天上课前脑子里想象的是自己帅气的“啪”一下踢上去，然后实际是连腿都登不上去。但因为是女神老师教课，即便是腿爆炸也很开心。需要学习的路还很长，希望自己能好好利用暑假空档的时间抓紧练习和提升呐～～
On my yogi journey: Ash (Part 1)
So… I’ve always been more of a pen-and-paper girl and technology will be the bane of my existence. Have been documenting every single day in my own paper diary but here’s to typing it out on this space. Disclaimer: Not the best with words either but we’ll see how coherent I can get through my next few posts :’) This is already the start of the 2nd week but I’m gonna recount the past 1 week for me first ayeee The 1st week already challenged me so much mentally wew I realised the poses I thought I was decent at were a complete mess – my ribs weren’t tucked in, my breathing wasn’t right, my shoulders weren’t protracted and I could go on and on. It was a rude awakening, but a very timely one – to remind me to set aside my pride and be humble. Not going to lie, humility isn’t my forte, but over these few years, I’ve found myself re-evaluating this aspect of me. What is pride? Why do I have so much pride? (wow am I practicing some Niyama/Svadhyaya? ok jokes aside) And really setting away such useless pride has made me feel so much better as I grow & re-evaluate myself. The mind is such a powerful tool and I’m sure if I set my mind to be more conscious of my body sensations, my thinking, my actions, my attitude – I will be able to give others love selflessly. But for now, I am just glad to be learning each and every day, to remember that I’ve been made perfect by Him and to rest in the assurance that I am enough. And so I’ll end with a quote from one of my favourite writers: Morgan Harper Nichols “This is the season she will make beautiful things, not perfect things, but honest things, that speak to who she is & who she is called to be.” And so to all my beloved classmates together on this journey, we are beautiful in our ways, so let us see ourselves blossoming & growing every single day. ♡ With Love, Ashley
Hold Chaturanga Dandasana for 3 mins! (YTT weekend -Ivy)
I overheard that at the final asana exam, the examiner will intentionally asks students to keep certain pose for “long” time. Chaturanga is one of the most “favorite” poses. This pose requires strong core, arms, shoulders, and back. It was said student may need to hold Chaturanga for minimum one minute, the purpose of that is not to see how strong students are, but if the student (future Yoga teacher) can practice safely so eventually can help their students to find variation, practice it gradually and safely, meanwhile getting stronger and stronger. I wanted to share something I learned from this perspective, so I would able to safely hold this pose for 3 mins with prop, until one day my endurance allows me to hold this pose without any help. For beginner who does not have strong enough core, arms and back, yoga blocks and the wall are really good prop. The way is to put yoga blocks under both stomach and pelvis wall, under forehead (if needed), then adjust hands position with both palms right next to side of stomach, ensure elbows are 90 degree. Then, extend two legs and using feet to push against the wall with heels pointing to the ceiling, straighten back towards the head direction, engage core, with natural breathing, keep this pose for 60 seconds. I believe along with this practice, I will get stronger, can eventually remove the yoga blocks gradually. This pose is so useful to build beautify well defined arms, shoulders and abs. Want to have beach body, chaturanga is the answer. 🙂
Respect and Acceptance (YTT weekend Ivy)
Recently I travelled to a remote island for a friend’s wedding. It was a very small airplane, and a domestic flight, there was no entertainment program at all on that flight. I had my book with me but the flight was quite bumpy so did not really have the motivation to bring out my thick book. Randomly I picked up the magazine in front of my seat and quickly browsed it. There was one article about free diving (I knew nothing about it) got my attention. There is this one particular paragraph very inspirational and when I relate that to my YTT experience, I think this is exactly as what this YTT journey has brought to me. “This journey is all about patience, mindfulness, determination, respect and acceptance of what your mind and body are capable of…” The journey of my YTT 200 is almost ending now. I still remember at day one when I saw all the challenging poses on that brown paper Jessica handed to us, there was an voice in my head saying “this is impossible, how could you ever make a headstand, which never ever happened to you in your life and will never happen”. I remember I shook my head and murmured “oh my god, this is impossible”. At that moment I did believe it was impossible given the understanding of my body and mind, I was quite upset that night after the training, as I thought I am taking on something completely beyond my capability. Jessica has been so supportive and inspirational, she kept on iterate at classes that everybody is different, it is ok if you cannot do certain poses, it is all about understanding and knowing your body’s capability and accept it, find the right variation which can bring you similar effect, keep on practicing it, building the strength of your body and mind, concentrate and be more mindful, one day the magic moment may happen when your body is ready, or it may not happen, even if it does not happen, it is perfectly fine as well. Just like that, I made it, I can do headstand now, and a few other poses that I never thought I could ever make it! I know Yoga is not about poses, this is all about the process, the journey, the journey of keep on practicing with determination, the journey of unite my body, soul and mind, the journey of respect and acceptance myself.
Uttanasana – My goal!? (YTT weekend 2019 Ivy)
First day at my YTT journey, the teacher asked us what were our goals we wanted to achieve from this YTT. Some student said “hand-stand”, some said “scorpion”…Only my answer was”standing forward bend”, being able to fold myself completely has always been a dream for me, it seems a very easy pose, however, as someone like me who is completely not flexible, it is a big challenge. I thought I knew how to do it but simply require more practice and flexibility. However, after the first day training, I realized I have been doing this pose completely wrong! After the teacher explained what is the purpose of this pose, which muscles need to be engaged, I started to observe myself and other students and realized that when we practice Uttanasana, we normally focus too much on reaching our palms on floor also trying so hard to have our faces reached sheen, with that, if you are not flexible enough, the common mistake for that is having round back. In order to lengthen the spine and fully stretch the hamstring, there are couple of really important elements about this pose which have been neglected by many people. 1) tug-in tailbone, as only when you tug in your tailbone, you can engage your core accordingly fold from the hip rather than from the lower back. 2) if palms cannot touch the floor, bend knees to ensure stomach always rest on your thighs, and this also helps us to avoid rounding our back. I will keep on practicing with the right method as only with the correct way we can progress and improve, I believe eventually I will able to achieve my goal, fully fold my body from hips, a perfect “Uttanasana”.
