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Hahaha! I just found out from my colleague, Chandra that he is connected to Sri K Pattabhi Jois! His brother-in-law is non other than R. Sharath! :) More amazing than this is that my colleague Chandra has a house in Mysore - India just right next to AYRI that Guruji teaches at! How cool is that! I'm only 3 degrees of separation from Guruji! Yaaayyy! (Although I'm sure that he'll faint if he sees how inflexible I am.)

Learnt something new last night, which really helped my backbends.… Continue

Finally! The hip is still healing and I'm happy to say that I've been
able to do yoga almost daily now. Yup! Been doing sunslutations before
dinner and I've been able to finish 90mins of Ashtanga two days in a
row. *whoohoo!*



Whats even better is that I've been getting others involved too. :) Mum
and Kelvin (my younger brother) started with an introduction to gentle
yoga last saturday. It was a really great experience - sharing the
beauty of being on the mat with my dearest loved ones… Continue

I have such good news! For the past two days, I've been able to finish 20min sets of sun salutations A&B without my hip sending pain waves down my left leg. Ooohh! Such joy! Easy does it. :)

Interestingly enough, I've slowly opening up my heart while scooping up into Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Dog), and dropping my head back to bend my back just a little more. Hahha! Such joy! I couldn't help smiling to myself!

It wasn't too long ago when this m… Continue

It has been a slow and painful start to WoYoPracMo. my body is in corporeal chaos.

Firstly, my old hip injury is back with a vengence in 2008. I've been to the acupuncturist twice to control the waves of pain traveling down my left leg. I'm staying clear from painkillers, but I'm considering going for an MRI, just to make sure that the nerves are not too damaged. Clear instructions from acupuncturist: " NO SPORT. NO YOGA FOR YOU." But like the stubborn monkey I am, I took my chances las… Continue