Yoga Education :
After Chris returned to Hong Kong in 2004, he started his basic yoga teacher certification training from Australia Fitness for Trainer and Professionals. Chris found that there’s a need to further deepen himself after his first training so he found Dickson Lau as the founder of Hong Kong Yoga Association and he studied both basic and intermediate hatha yoga teacher training program with Dickson Lau. During his time with Dickson Lau, he studied and learnt his philosophy and approach of yoga practice and teaching which were based on applying traditional Taekwando and martial art methods of developing muscle elasticity and joint flexibility blended with traditional hatha yoga techniques to practice variety of yoga poses.
After spending 1 year with Dickson Lau, Chris found that upon the flexibility and elasticity of the physical body to practice yoga poses, certain internal aspects like strength and stability; awareness on prana flow, ujjayi breath as well as practice of bundhas ( energetic locks) concepts were missing.
Chris found the learnings and practice Ashtanga Yoga vinyasa in 2005, that’s the beginning of his Ashtanga Yoga journey. Chris devoted his Ashtanga practice with several Ashtanga teachers and his passion and interest in this practice continue to grow and escalate. By the end of 2005, Chris participated a 200-hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Training program in Ashtanga Yoga Vinyasa in Centered Yoga Institute , Koh Samui, Thailand.
Since then , Chris continued to maintain his Ashtanga practice from 2005 til the present.
Along side with the practice of Ashtanga, Chris also found the studies of Pilates essential. In 2009, he studied a Mat Level-1 Teacher Certification with Stotts Pilates. Chris‘s journey of yoga practice was influenced by some joint and core alignment stabilisation from Pilates which enhanced his practicing awareness on injuries and better alignment of practice .
During his time of Pilates studies, Chris studied subject of musculoskeletal system and biomechanics of human body, and how to apply these knowledge on postural alignment issues that induced back pain, neck and shoulder discomfort and other structural issues of the body.
Chris‘s interest and pursue in anatomy and physiology of the human body came into his journey of learning apart from just the musculoskeletal system of the body, so he pursued the studies of massage therapy where he studied the complete spectrum of human anatomy and systems as well as pathology of the body.
By the time of 2009, Chris started to commit his yoga teaching profession in one of the biggest yoga corporation , Pure Yoga. Since then , Chris had been dedicated in learning how to be a traditional Ashtanga Mysore teacher so he dedicated his time to study with other Ashtanga teachers . Along side with that learning , Chris dedicated his work in teaching varieties of yoga group classes ; private 1-1 classes ; yoga workshops . Chris began to study Wall Rope Yoga with other senior teacher who studied Iyengar system of Hatha Yoga.
In January 2020 , Chris studied Ashtanga Yoga with Sharathj Jois for 1 month in Mysore , Karnakata, India where he experienced the traditional Ashtanga Yoga practicing lifestyle and community life. It was his wonderful opportunity to study yoga philosophy and Sanskrit with Sanskrit scholar alongside with his Ashtanga practice with Sharath Jois.
By the beginning of 2021, Chris resigned from Pure Yoga and Continue his yoga teaching profession to a next level where he needs to continue to manifest his dedication and devotion in his yoga practice and studies as well as his consistency in his yoga teaching professionalism. It will be a wonderful new journey of his venture and to see where this will lead him to…….
Yoga Experience :
- 2004-2005. Dickson Yoga
- 2005-2009. Living Yoga
- 2009-2021. Pure Yoga
- 2021-present. Pranava Studio