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25 Nov

Leo Yaik 2018 September 200 Hrs (6)

“Standing on the Shoulder of Giants” It has been an amazing journey. There is no better group of people I would have asked for to experience this short 3 months, 2 days a week, 6 hours a day with. So for my last post, I would like to write something about them. Christine […]

25 Nov

Leo Yaik 2018 September 200 Hrs (5)

“To teach is to learn the second time” My first class went almost how I thought it might turned out. I blacked out. Not blacked out as in I froze up in class. Blacked out as in I don’t recall what happened during that one hour. It was the same the first time i […]

25 Nov

Leo Yaik 2018 September 200 Hrs (4)

“No man is an island” I think I have a better version of that phrase. I would say “Every man is an island and we connect them with bridges”. These bridges need to be built to connect an island to another island. These bridges need to be maintained for the islands to stay connected. […]

25 Nov

Week 3 of YTT: Loving Your Own Body

This last week we learnt about the skeletal structure of our bodies. It was really interesting to find out more things about your body that you never knew about before, especially when you have already been poked at and prodded a lot by medical practitioners. Of course, the inner kaypoh in me was also really […]

24 Nov

Mula Bandha – Now I get it!

I have literally been hearing about the importance of the bandhas for years. Every yoga class, every strength training core class, every pilates class, trainers talk about the bandha in lots of different ways: “engage your mula bandha,” “squeeze your pelvic floor – lifting it,” “hold that muscle like you’re stopping your pee!” I thought […]

24 Nov

The importance of knowing your body and the fun of knowing others’!

This week in YTT, one of our theory afternoons was spent learning how to analyze a body and diagnose which skeletal and muscle problems are present. Of course, two hours is hardly enough time to truly learn to identify and ‘fix’ all issues, but it was a great crash course on beginning to understand this […]