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Yoga as an extreme sport

More than 300 million people are getting their asana on in yoga studios, ashrams, back yards or goat farms. Far away is the era when it was strictly reserved for the higher castes of India. We found some of the craziest yoga variations for you. Will you be brave enough

My 200hour YTT Reflection

We’ve got just one more day to the end of the 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training and I thought to reflect a little bit about the experience. For starters, I signed up – mostly because I wanted to take a more holistic approach to learn about yoga. I always enjoyed

Decolonise Your Yoga Practice – Why and How?

When the British colonised India in the 18th century, Yogis were discriminated and tortured due to their spiritual aspect. The British intention of was to dehumanise low class Indians to oppress and control them. They denied and took out of Indian ethics, values, philosophy, and spirituality to make Indians feel

Exploring the origin and history of Yoga

“A people without the knowledge of their history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots- Marcus Garvey.”So, as a part of the community of Yoga, let us explore the history and origin of Yoga. Although Yoga did not develop into parts or different eras, it is loosely divided

Why I sign up for YTTC 200h?

Prior this, I was initially planning to sign up for Yoga 200h when I reach 25 years old; 2 years later. The reason was I feel that I lacked experience because usually I attend yoga beginner classes in the gyms. I did not expect to take a big step to

Anti-ageing Yoga

How does yoga anti-ageing secret recipe? Everyone age as time passes. It is part and parcel of life cycle and if we can slow down our body ageing process, isn’t that wonderful? If you are reading this, it means you are still alive! Joke aside, yoga is the best remedy

Sharing is caring

After a long day at the sports camp, my son came back home tired and very nervous. He found me practicing Surya Namaskar and he started asking me a lot of questions such as what I was doing and why I was saying those funny names while doing yoga. I

Beyond Asanas : Jnana Yoga, the yoga of wisdom

Practice of Asana is only a small part of the yoga journey. In fact, there are 4 main types of yoga, each of them being a different approach to attain the same spiritual goal.   Karma yoga = yoga of action. Selfless action, helping others without expecting anything back. Bhakti 

Getting into the flow : benefits of sequences​

When I started practicing Ashtanga Yoga, what I liked the most was to work through a definite sequence, even though I found it – and still find it – incredibly challenging. It helped me gain a better understanding of yoga and get more of the benefits, for several reasons :

Union in diversity

The word yoga means to yoke or bind and is it often interpreted as “union”: the union between the body, the mind, and the spirit. Therefore, this simple word englobes thousands of different practices and interpretations. Nowadays, Patanjali’s third limb of yoga, asanas, is practiced worldwide. It is the most

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