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TT200 final exams @ Sangha

TT200 final exams @ Sangha

Saturday, October 17, 2015 – Sunday, October 18, 2015
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Final exams / Karma yoga weekend @ Sangha

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"If I never stepped on a yoga mat before, I might, like some people, also believe you have to have supernatural strength as well as flexibility of a contortionist to practice yoga". This is an opening line for a new column I recently wrote for @buro247hr In the column titled "yoga is for everyone”, I only touched the subject of Instagram yoga, it's influence and what social media in general is turning this ancient practice into today, but I feel there’s much more to be said.
Not many years ago, when I would mention yoga to someone who doesn't practice, they would say - Yoga is boring, or yoga is slow for me, I need something dynamic. Today I hear them say - Yoga? That’s too hard for me. I’m not flexible enough. I’m not strong enough, I’m not disciplined enough. What’s next? I’m not pretty enough?
With all of these impossible asana photos hashtag-ed #yoga on profiles followed by hundreds of thousands I can't help but wonder: who and what do they serve? These highly edited photos of perfect bodies wearing super expensive yoga outfits or often wearing next to nothing, in impossible asanas, on an exotic location day after day, featuring lives few can have, remind me of fashion magazine editorials with impossible lifestyle and beauty standards to which not even the model herself / himself can live up to. Because it's unreal, stylised, photoshoped with one intention behind - to create a desire and ultimately, to sell a product.
- more thoughts on this in my new blog, link in bio.
Photo @sanjinkastelan 🙏🏻
#stopthemadness

Sri Lanka TTC in February is slowly filling up. Join us for transformative 21 days of yoga studies and practice in inspiring setting of @sriyogashala. After eight years of running 200 & 300 hour yoga teacher trainings this is my first TT Intensive offering; I have put a lot of work and all my experiences of how to (and how not to;) and created a comprehensive programme I am really excited to share! If you want to learn how to teach Vinyasa yoga as a healing practice and not just as 'fun flow', as well as create the sequences with a deep understanding of anatomy and biomechanics, subtle anatomy, elements and nature's cycles, this one's for you!
#yogateachertraining #vinyasateachertraining #srilanka #yogaeverywhere #vinyasayoga #integralvinyasayoga #integralvinyasa #yogaeverydamnday

New moon yesterday, fall equinox on Friday, even though it feels the fall is already here for weeks now. Time to reset. Some tips on how to on my new blog post on @supersoulyoga
Happy new beggings❤️ #vinyasayoga #newmoon #ground

Grateful for all of you reaching out with your stories and experiences with anxiety. They will help me with shedding some light on a part of the picture at least and share with you helpful tips for that part of the picture. As we are all unique, every unbalance is somewhat unique, but we can look for similarities and use them to help each other.
I'm grateful you read these words and you relate, I'm grateful you find them inspiring. Keeps me on this platform. Keep sharing. Keep speaking your truth. It's the only thing which can set us free. Satya. Namaste.
#satya #anxiety #thankful

In the past three weeks or so I spoke with three different young women about the same topic - anxiety. Anxiety which came all of the sudden, triggered by something or out of nowhere. As they shared their different stories, few things were very similar and painfully familiar. One in particular - "Sometimes I am afraid to come close to the window, I don't trust myself enough in those moments." My anxiety was triggered by a few underlying conditions and it lasted until I got those in check. I am grateful it didn't take long for me to figure out what's going on, but for a lot of people it's a long and painful journey. There's much to be said about this subject so I'm planning to write a blog about not only my experience but of those who shared their stories with me. I am doing some more reading and research on the subject now so I can offer some helpful tips and practices. I'm also thinking about creating a yoga sequence that could be helpful, perhaps even adding it as a class in studio's programme. So, if you have or have had experiences with anxiety and would like to reach out and share, please pm or email me.
And if you have someone close to you suffering from anxiety, talk to them, offer support, hear them out. It's real, no matter how strange for you it may be that this person, whom you thought could never suffer from something like anxiety, is. It's very real. It turns your life upside down.
I believe one of a common causes of anxiety or different underlying conditions where anxiety is a symptom lie in much of what I shared in my last post - stress of trying to be someone we think we need to be causing us to loose sight of who we truly are.

#anxiety

A beautiful video popped up on my FB feed today in which 60+ year old women are giving advice to younger women. It turned out to be an add, but nonetheless a good one. Many things spoke to me, but one in particular - "instead of to do list, make a not to do list". As women we expect so much of ourselves; to be perfect wives, mothers, partners, to work and have a career, come home and prepare a perfect meal, eat well, be fit, beautiful, slim, be smart, get that degree, have a hobby, have a man, have a baby, be self sufficient, be cool, travel, don't get old, be a good friend, be a good daughter. Put your best smile on when you leave your home so you look happy and in control. Post beautiful photos on your IG so your life looks perfect, just as you are. Feminism was all about freedom, and yet, so many women are prisoners of their own goals based on false beliefs that we should be perfect and can have it all. So many must's and must have's, so many to do's and do not's that we are under such pressure ultimately leading to stress related health issues. We are all in the same boat and the question is what can we do to help ourselves and help each other? I believe only truth can set us free. Being truthful to your self, peeling off all the labels and finding the truth within. Inspiring by sharing your fears, your sorrows, your vulnerability and yes, sometimes your triumphs too. Be gentle to your self, be kind to all. Perfectionist is so last year;) #women #sisterhood #softness #inspire #truth #yogaeveryday #noperfection #beyou

I talk to myself quite often, especially when something upsets / triggers me. It's my little therapy; I sit and ask "alright love, tell me, what do you think/ feel happened?" Today I got an unexpected text which triggered some unexpected feelings. I felt it in my body, felt my heart started to beat faster, felt a cramp in my stomach. Than laughed a little too because I remembered how my humor was at least intact back when the wound was still fresh as the sender ID on the text was 'Man with no balls. Don't text back!' 😂
So, I dropped everything, made myself some tea and set down for a feel and a chat which made me feel better but also made me see clearer. I didn't analyze the situation, I just analyze myself. I don't ask 'what does he want now?', I ask 'what do you want?' When my questions were answered I changed the caller ID back to his name, answered politely and archived the conversation. I knew I was ok.
Relationships are a great place to learn much about ourselves. But only if we stop looking at the other, trying to understand, blame, find faults, but instead look at ourselves and try to understand and see ourselves snd our actions, feelings, wants, needs, believes etc from a loving, open hearted and open minded space. Only then we learn, only then the healing can happen.
#healing #insight #love #change #yogaeveryday #selftherapy

Zagreb yogis! Join me this Saturday for a Chakra flow workshop in @sangha_yoga
We will be exploring the higher chakras, their qualities and practices which stimulate the flow of Prana in these energy centers like movement meditation using body and hand mudras, pranayama, mantra, visualization and different meditation techniques. Still some spots left, email for registration. Everybody's welcome!
#meditation #visualisation #mantra #mudra #chakraflow #chakravinyasa #vinyasayoga #teachertraining

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