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14 Oct

10 reasons why you should take YTT even if you don’t want to become a teacher. No. 3 will shock you!

Confession time! I did not join a Yoga Teachers’ Training (YTT) to become a Yoga teacher. My acute desire to improve my fitness before hitting my 40s and stumbling upon breath-taking low-impact acrobatic Yoga poses on Instagram fueled me to search for a fun time. And I found The Yoga Mandala with Jessica Sinclair. With […]

14 Oct

Yoga- Mind over body

We had our Asana exam yesterday. It certainly felt more tired than doing a conventional yoga class. Jessica made us hold poses for long. Like chaturanga in 1minute. It was madness to us because it was something we have never done before. We were also asked to hold Navasana and headstand for 3minutes. Something i […]

13 Oct

Crow me a river

“Tell us what you’d like to achieve from this YTT” Uhhh… I’d like to be able to do a crow pose. Initially, I really cannot fathom the knees being on the triceps. I mean, how does it even stabilise?! How does the knee cap actually stay there?! 😱 My arms aren’t very firm, they are pretty […]

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 […]