Hello Yogis,
My name is Claire from Taiwan.
Thirteen years ago (in 2007), the job i had in fashion occupied most of my time and energy. Gradually, a voice deep in my heart spoke: imbalance and unrest.
As most people, I started searching for physical activities to release the stress and to get balance between the physical and mental. Luckily,I found « Pure Yoga » in Taipei which started my Yoga journey. As for every new thing, i struggled at the beginning, however, through the continuous practice, i started to enjoy the sweet and sour during the practice and fall in love with Yoga which taught me « be patient » ; « be positive »; « be flexible » ; « be well-organized » ; « be appreciative »; « be perseverant » and « be happy ».
Yoga started playing progressively a role in my life journey ,no matter where I was.
In 2017, another life adventure came to me : Living in Paris. After settling down, the first thing I looked for was « where I could continue my yoga practice »... Fortunately, I found Sarah @yogainmygarden and @olybe yoga who widened my knowledge and practice of different factions ,such as YIN, Kundalini, Hatha, Vinyasa ... However, there’s always a voice deep in my heart spoke : Yoga isn’t about asana only. The knowledge covers different Yoga styles, pranayama , meditation ,philosophy (sutras), Ayurveda ... Why not giving myself a permission to dig out and learn more. So, I decided to enroll 200hrs YTT with Gillian @Transformational Yoga in September - October ,2020. Throughout the YTT, I got the knowledge of Yoga Philosophy ,Yoga Nidra with Matthieu Waddell ,the Anatomy with Meghan Louise, the Yoga laboratory (one of my favorite classes) ,the Prenatal yoga, Ashtanga and Ayurveda with Gillian , the Kid’s yoga, Chakras and Meditation with Benjamin Hart. Throughout the YTT, it gave me the good foundations in terms of technical & physical knowledge and yoga teaching skills. I am grateful for having an opportunity to teach yoga at Transformational Yoga after my graduation.
For me, Yoga is an Art, a journey ,an endless learning in life and a balance between strength and flexibility ; exertion and release ; physical and mental ; yin and yang ; on and out of the yoga mat.
Vinyasa flow is always my favorite practice which combines with the theories of physical benefits and breathing for each movement. By the breathing, it strengthens and softens the body and mind. It also helped me to find the surprising potential in the body and mind. Let’s Flow & Breathe together!
Namaste 🙏