{"id":11610,"date":"2018-10-12T11:35:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T03:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theyogamandala.com.sg\/?p=11610"},"modified":"2024-11-04T11:29:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T03:29:45","slug":"its-been-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theyogamandala.com.sg\/cn\/its-been-a-while\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a while&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Since I last blogged.<\/p>\n<p>Typing in this space brings back a sense of\u00a0familiarity and nostalgia. I keep\u00a0(<em>kept<\/em>, to be specific) a WordPress blog too, and the last entry\u00a0posted\u00a0was probably 5\u00a0years ago.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also been a while since I got out of bed before 7am EVERY\u00a0weekday. It\u2019s no easy feat; I give myself a huge pat on the back \ud83d\ude0a and I should really make this a habit even after YTT ends.<\/p>\n<p>My very first encounter with yoga was probably in university. I was browsing the App Store for and came across this free \u201cPocket Yoga\u201d app.\u00a0I listened to the instructions and followed the movements of the in-app instructor, which\u00a0was really just an illustration. I\u2019ve always assumed yoga to be some form of a stretching exercise (oh boy was I wrong, SO wrong). Yes indeed I had a gooooood stretch, though coming to think of it now, I might have been stretching wrongly. Also, half the time I was trying to balance&#8230; And thinking why the heck the routines must be repeated for so many times&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s all in the past\u00a0okay.<\/p>\n<p>To date, we\u00a0are 4 weeks into YTT and I\u2019m\u00a0lovin it. Yoga is wayyyy more than just stretching and exercise \u2014 Yoga is the union of the mind and body; about awareness and being mindful.<\/p>\n<p>Yoga keeps me grounded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/data.whicdn.com\/images\/64525782\/original.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" \/><\/p>\n<p>@yourflexiblefriend, Dora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Since I last blogged. Typing in this space brings back a sense of\u00a0familiarity and nostalgia. I keep\u00a0(kept, to be specific) a WordPress blog too, and the last entry\u00a0posted\u00a0was probably 5\u00a0years ago. It\u2019s also been a while since I got out of bed before 7am EVERY\u00a0weekday. 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