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Oct
Surviving this Pandemic
Surviving this Pandemic October 26, 2020 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Adelena Gustafsson We are living in very challenging yet interesting times. Do you remember the day you thought 2020 was going to be a better year than 2019? I recall seeing posts on the social media where we celebrated [...]
03
Oct
Simple Yoga for Health
Simple Yoga for Health October 3, 2020 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Rutharra Being healthy in today’s world while living amongst stressed members of humanity in the rat race deemed necessary for survival may sound like a difficult feat to accomplish. This is why many tend to skip daily exercise [...]
13
Mar
Yoga – My Saviour from Depression
Yoga – My Saviour from Depression March 13, 2020 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Adelena Gustafsson I was 16 when I had my first breakdown, and I literally couldn’t get out of bed for a month. Since then I have had to seek treatment for anxiety and depression. I remember [...]
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Oct
Hypermobility and Yoga
Hypermobility and Yoga October 17, 2019 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Adelena Gustafsson "But I'm not flexible enough for yoga, " and “I can't twist my body like a pretzel." These are the common statements I get when I speak to people about yoga. Why do we have all these [...]
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Jul
The Wonderful Combination of Yoga and Freediving
The Wonderful Combination of Yoga and Freediving July 14, 2019 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Adelena Gustafsson What is Freediving? Freediving is the art of diving underwater in one breath. One dives by taking in a deep breath, holding, diving and only taking a new breath as one resurfaces. It [...]
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Jan
The Beauty, Power and Infinite Possibilities Of Yoga
The Beauty, Power and Infinite Possibilities Of Yoga January 17, 2019 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Chan Soon Wei A friend introduced Yoga and the meaning of self-realisation to me when I was 16 years old. Being young and ignorant, I thought Yoga only involved stretching and self-realisation was only [...]
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Oct
Moola Bandha
Moola Bandha October 23, 2018 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Jason Amiri Moola bandha: Moola means “root, firmly fixed, source or cause, basis, the foot, lowest part, or bottom, or foundation”, Bandha means lock, restrain, shut or close. Together, the words ‘Moola’ and ‘Bandha’ refer to the contraction of the [...]
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Oct
A Traveller’s Journey: Bhutan, Kingdom of Thunder Dragon
A Traveller’s Journey: Bhutan, Kingdom of Thunder Dragon October 20, 2018 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Kanien Keha We were in awe right from the time the Druk Air pilot announced that the mighty Mt Everest and Himalayan snow-capped mountains were visible in the comfort of our seats as we [...]
20
Sep
Yoga: The Journey towards Effortlessness
Yoga: The Journey towards Effortlessness September 20, 2018 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Nemala “Yoga is simple” – trying saying this out loud and you’d realise you have landed into a zone of great possibilities which many have yet to give much thought. Let us ponder on this for a [...]
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Sep
Simplicity in Eating – The gourmet home chef cooks real food for the family
Simplicity in Eating – The gourmet home chef cooks real food for the family September 13, 2018 Posted by: admin Category: Articles by Practitioners, No Comments By Nicole Yong Six years ago… Being married and in my early 30's, I was not so good at cooking. I always thought cooking was a hassle. I was [...]