October 2018

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13 Oct

Translating lessons from the mat into real life

This follows on from my last post about being patient about yoga poses. I can safely say that I am less fussed about not being able to nail yoga poses because that I know with practice and patience, I will eventually get the pose. Why can’t I translate this lesson to off the mat? How […]

13 Oct

Chakras

YTT has been a never ending learning curve that i recommend for every yoga practioner to take even if they are not planning to teach in future. We learnt about the 7 chakras in our body. It makes Yoga feels so versatile. Little did i know every yoga class i go to actually help connect […]

13 Oct

Happy babies in Sadtember

Tomorrow’s the last day of YTT!! My 200YTT course is ending and the thought of going “out there” kinda freaks me out. Oh! My 2100 Asana book finally arrived from book depository and OH BOY IT IS SO HEAVY. But I’m so glad I bought it – I’m practising Jnana Yoga 😬 increasing my yoga […]

13 Oct

Reflecting on YTT

YTT has been an absolute journey – physically and mentally. I remember the first week of YTT – my body had never been pushed so much physically before. It was well worth it though, as I started making breakthroughs after breakthroughs. I never imagined that I would improve so much so quickly, but it goes […]

13 Oct

My Yoga Journey

It all started with an intriguing inversion post i saw on Instagram. And i thought to myself, maybe i can give it a try. To think, i once thought Yoga is all about just stretching. I started to look out for deals on Groupon and went ahead to purchase a 4 class trial passes at […]

13 Oct

Yoga Philosophy: What Seneca, Steve Jobs and Patanjali have in common

After learning about the 8 limbs of Yoga, I can’t help but see some similarities in modern sport science, technology or even ancient Greek philosophy. These concepts helped me understand some of the terms better and I hope it does for you too! Ishvara Pranidhana: Greek philosophy and Stoicism Ishvara Pranidhana’s literal translation is surrendering […]