My Yoga Journey
My yoga journey started in 1998. After many years of attending gyms and weight training sessions, I decided to be kinder on my body. Yoga showed me the way. Slowly, I got inspired to know more about the spiritual side and the many facets of yoga.
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In 2008, I completed my Vinyasa yoga teacher training course. A yoga technique that focuses on the alignment of movement and breath - a method to turn static asanas into a dynamic flow.
Vinyasa yoga was the beginning of my understanding that ‘yoga helps the mind to be peaceful’...
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However after a while the music and continual flow were having the reverse effect - the constant straining of my neck to follow the seamless movements of the amazing teacher. I became increasingly less flexible .
And in the same year, I discovered Iyengar yoga. The practice of yoga that is precision based.
If we can align the spine we can align the mind .
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A life altering experience. I found my true path.
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The first class was what i now understand to be YOGA. The complete mind, body and soul connection.
I finally felt my body was changing . The poses I was continually trying trying were now making sense.
Iyengar yoga Is taught in a way that the mind teaches the body what to do.
My hamstrings got longer in one class. Imagine with a regular Iyengar practice..
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In 2013, I travelled to Pune, the home of Guruji B.K.S Iyengar, the founder of Iyengar Yoga and I continue to travel to Pune regularly .
In 2015, I studied and practiced with Br. Rudra Dev, a senior Iyengar Teacher in Rishikesh, India.
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I have taught yoga in Nepal, India, Philippines, Australia and Bali.
I run regular retreats and teach one on one sessions as well as my regular classes.
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My Yoga Practice
I don't believe in sharing knowledge unless I know it to be true... and this applies to my yoga practice.
I use my body to discover and experience the truth and only then share it with my students.
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My style of Iyengar- I try to teach it exactly as it has been taught to me. Why do I not fabricate a new way?
Because the way they've taught me has worked on me. And if it is worked on me, it will work on you.
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My passion is fed when I see my students' bodies and minds change to become more open and flexible.
These changes however do not happen after just one class. Commitment to a regular practice will not only benefit your body and mind but bring positive changes to your life.
My insights and wisdom are gained from my daily practice and by attending ​ hundreds of hours of practice with very amazing teachers .
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I am also blessed to continually learn as ’the students teach the teacher’ I continue to teach so many, many students and continue gaining greater insights through them .
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The mind is the ruler of your body…
The breath is the ruler of your mind…
Breathe…
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NAMASTE.
My Mentorship
Within the practice of Iyengar Yoga we are continually being observed by our teachers. Guruji was a believer in tradition but at the same time he was a great revolutionary. He discovered new paths for imparting objective knowledge of a philosophical subject like yoga. Legacy was important to him but he recognized as the community grew larger a different framework for teaching and assessment would be needed.
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Over the past few years Geeta Ji ,Prashanti Ji, and Abijata repeatedly pointed out that assessments were losing their basic purpose and teacher training is becoming a money making business. Their observation and criticism have immense value in Iyengar yoga.
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RIYMI have suggested they go back to the traditional method of becoming yoga teachers…i.e Mentorships
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I have been blessed to have started my mentorship program to become a certified level one Iyengar teacher with Kathy Cook from Desa Yogi here in Bali Indonesia.