1st weekend of Yoga Teacher Training (YTT)

28 Feb 2021 1st weekend of Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) Unlike the other students who were excited and pumped for YTT, I was hesitant and feeling under the weather during the first weekend. I took my vaccinations for Covid-19 and have been sick most of my February 2021 and was only just recovering. Jessica, the […]

“Vinyasa” (breathing)

I always thought “vinyasa” means “flow”. And vinyasa style has been my most favorite type of yoga class. It was only during the first lesson in YTT when I was finally corrected. The fundamental of a flow is the “breath”. It is essentially our breath that connects each yoga pose to another, allowing us to […]

Arm balancing and inversions: Learning to use my fingers

It took me a while to really understand what it means to “put weight in your fingers” and to consistently apply it, but this was the one tip that made the greatest difference to me for arm balancing and inversions. I used to place a lot of weight into my wrists, and I tend to […]

Meditation

I recall how I felt during the first few times we had to start off the day’s practice with 30 minutes of meditation at 8AM. I wouldn’t exactly call it dread, but probably more worry instead as to how I was going to keep still for that duration on time while my feet go numb, […]

Loving and Calming 

  21 Feb 2021 – Week 1   Coming back from the weekend class and feeling beaten, not in the mood to tidy up the notebook from the theory class earlier. While chillin’ on the sofa watching my fave series, I heard my girl said. “Mum, Loving and calming voice? Are you sure you can […]