Namaste

So I've been thinking on putting down things in my mind about my experience with yoga.  Started going to yoga classes in 2009. It was my attempt to get in shape for my brother's wedding. I have been quite conscious about my arms since forever. I like how yoga is so calm and slow paced. Or at least as I've learnt there are many types of yoga but the studio that I go to have their focus on the correct alignment of our bodies. So during the practice we learn to feel the correct pose for our body. After the first year of quite regular practice, I noticed how my shrimp like hunched shoulders are getting more straight. My mom always reminded me how I hunched but it's a habit that's not easy to get rid of. And gladly with yoga I'm starting to be more aware of my own body and how it's supposed to stand.

I feel lucky that I joined early when the studio just recently opened in my living area. Up till now they already change managements so many times but I still meet the same people. And because they are one of the pioneers of yoga studio when they teach, they teach from the very basics. The little marks of what to do to make correct alignments, and if you haven't been able to do it they will let you know how to get to that state. As I was practicing last year, I noticed how the teachers have been more letting it off since they know we've all been practicing together. So they would only make fewer marks. Sometimes I feel bad for the new comers that joined the studio. They may not have the same chance that I had. But they are all so dedicated and catch up quickly. While myself have been troubled in making myself going to classes. So it has been in and off for me these past few years. After a month off I would be as stiff as I started and warmed up and my body would remember those alignments again.

I remember discovering some yogis Instagram accounts in October 2013 and there are some challenge of the poses that you have to do for the whole month. The idea is to get you on your mat every single day. I promised myself to hop on the challenge and get on my mat everyday even only for 5 minutes but that still didn't happen. So yeah. Hahahha.. And now without I am realizing it. It's already the second month of 2014. Crazy how time flies, yeah? And lately I have been checking out on their timelines again.. They are very inspiring.. I feel my body is craving for more yoga time. Hopeful I can be better in getting on my yoga mat this time. I just need to be more discipline and get myself some new achievements in making some poses that I know will bring benefits to my body.

Wish me luck! ;)