Surviving and Resolute: Shi Qi
The third stage of my YTT experience can be termed as “Surviving and Resolute”. Accepting COVID to be part of our lives and adapt accordingly to it seems to be the way to go so moving on with the third stage! This stage of the YTT would be when most sequences comes together to make […]
Practice and COVID: Shi Qi
The second stage of my YTT experience can be termed as “Practice and COVID”. As the name suggest, no prize for guessing what happened during the next few weeks of the YTT journey. As the number of COVID cases rises, so did our frustration and anxiety. From mask on practice to mask off practice to […]
What yoga means to me: Phyllis
I was going through a really difficult time as I felt like I didn’t know who I was. I felt so lost in the idea of who I am, and I couldn’t even recognize myself anymore. That was when I found yoga, or rather, yoga found me. Yoga became a compass, a beacon of light […]
Exploring my spirituality: Phyllis
Jessica taught us about the different types of elements in our bodies, as well as the seven main chakras in our bodies. This is a relatively new learning field to me as my practice has always been dominantly physical and mental. As I learned more, I started to become slightly more aware of the energy […]
Owning my fears: Phyllis
Everyone has fears right? They come in all sorts of shapes and forms. There are mental fears that exist only in my head. There are also physical fears that warn me of danger. I often allow my fears to get the better of me, and in doing so, I’ve missed out on the untapped potential […]
Figuring out my teaching style: Phyllis
As we started teaching more and more, I started to become very aware of how my teaching voice sounded very different from my normal voice. My teaching voice didn’t feel right, it never felt like it belonged to me. It constantly felt like I was trying to sound like someone I was not and instead, […]
Beginning of the YTT: Phyllis
Besides being in a new and unfamiliar environment, the YTT experience was a huge change from simply practicing yoga as a student. I felt very lost and disoriented as there were many new types of information that I was learning but could not yet absorb efficiently. Becoming a certified yoga teacher felt so out of […]
Towards becoming a teacher: Kim
What I really appreciated about the YTT was the gradual and thoughtful transitioning and scaffolding towards our teaching weeks. We began the training as students and now as we are so close to graduation, we have begun to embrace the act of teaching. I remember everyone’s initial bewilderment and frustration learning the names of […]
Reflections on sequencing: Kim
Prior to YTT, I used to experience yoga classes with genuine curiosity – how would yoga teachers sequence the series of asanas, what were their considerations? From imagining a holistic flow and scaffolding the various poses (from easiest to most challenging), to effectively stretching, mobilising and engaging the necessary muscles to get into a peak […]
Being in Pranayama: Kim
To be one with our breath sounds simple, basic and fundamental to our being. Yet, in our hectic day-to-day living, the act of breathing is often overlooked. Learning about Pranayama (in Sanskrit, “prana” refers to ‘life energy’ and “ayama” translates to ‘control’ or ‘to extend or draw out’) has been a wonderful revelation during the […]
