tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43281631634915247972024-02-20T15:06:30.371+08:00In the abode of abundance and joy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-68044612497468055612014-07-29T09:05:00.004+08:002014-07-29T12:10:57.660+08:00August 2014 Yoga Class Time Table
Yoga Class Time Table and Fees Guidelines
Time
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thur
Fri
Saturday
9 to 10.15am
Yoga
(gentle)
Yoga
(average)
No Class
Yoga&Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-26390582929395978362014-07-29T08:57:00.000+08:002014-07-29T08:57:04.180+08:00Annoucement
Dear friends,
As some of you may know, I've taken a sudden one-month teaching break in July, and, this was the first time in 14 years teaching in Malaysia that I've taken this long break!
The main reasons for the break was, to clarify the directions that I want to take with Yoga teachings and most importantly, is to rejuvenate and recuperate myself from the tiredness that has been Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-37289912126606493822013-05-20T12:38:00.001+08:002013-05-20T12:40:59.675+08:00The Three-Year Hill
A long time ago in a village, there was a ridge called Three-Year Hill. Legend had it that if someone fell from the hill he would live only three more years, so that's how the ridge got it's name. Since nobody like the ideas of crossing the hill, they all took a detour.
One day, an old man who had visited a village on the other side of hill was coming back late at night. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-35699996681958524902013-05-08T15:35:00.002+08:002013-05-08T15:39:26.747+08:00Headstand (Shirshasana)--Sometimes we need a new perspective in life!Last Sunday was the election day. Of course, I can't cast my vote even if I wanted to. Being an expatriate PR, I am not entitled to any political stance points, neither have I any interest to do so. But, this election is held in 5 years since the last one in March 2008. And personally, the election day brings me back a rather painful memory...So I was rather a bit nervous Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-40322721778044381582013-04-19T13:32:00.001+08:002013-04-19T13:34:28.796+08:00Chicken or EagleThere was a farmer who had chicken in his backyard. And then, there was a chicken that was a little odd looking, but he was a chicken. It behaved like a chicken. It was pecking away like other chickens. It didn't know that there was a blue sky overhead and a glorious sunshine.
One day a learned man was passing by the farm. He saw the odd looking chicken. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-77487533929829964302013-04-09T21:44:00.001+08:002013-04-09T21:51:53.100+08:00The GrumblerOnce upon a time, there was a man who was very proud of himself. He had a habit of grumbling at whatever he saw. For instance, when he looked at the mountain, he would say, "Why must a mountain be so high that we have trouble climbing it?"
When he looked at the dirt, he said "God is so strage. Why did he make soil to get our clothes dirty?"
The man always had a grievanceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-10488430252238481652013-02-24T20:57:00.000+08:002013-02-24T20:57:00.417+08:00The Toad’s Tears
One day, a Dragon King held a banquet,
inviting every imaginable fish there was.
They all gathered in his palace and ate and drank until they were
full. Everyone was having such a good
time until something happened. There was
a drunken hair-tail fish was swimming here and there, swinging its tail, and he
accidently hit the King in the eye, blinding him.
The King was furiousUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-3712184355126345932013-01-28T19:36:00.001+08:002013-01-28T19:36:29.509+08:00Who will pass this “find a daughter-in-law” test?
Long ago, in a village of Korea, a
rich, wise old woman had a son who was in a marriageable age. With his parents’ riches behind, this
handsome man was a target of every marriageable girl in the village. But the old lady wasn’t into any conventional
types of match making for her son. She
wanted a daughter-in-law who is capable of carrying on the legacy of the
family, not just Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-50603248120303860232013-01-20T21:33:00.005+08:002013-01-20T21:33:54.505+08:00Tree Pose (Vrikshasana)
What I liked the most about Putra Height when I
first saw; it was the lushness of green palm trees that were planted along the
long winding road. For someone like me who grew up in a city
that had mostly buildings only in Korea, and lived in apartment buildings since
came to Malaysia, especially the rich forest of Bukit Cermin hill was a sight to behold! So I fell in love with PH Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-11549392321677293722013-01-13T22:00:00.003+08:002013-01-13T22:02:46.532+08:00Grateful for just the way it is
I am not
sure how many people have noticed that, of recently, the Yoga Studio has gone
under some face lift. Obvious change is
the mirrors in the pillars. Other than
that…? Not sure of what?
Yes…not many
have noticed the changes, except two persons.
The first was ML, who has notice the studio somehow brighter, but couldn’t
tell exactly of what (the dead celling Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-66522666721835283362013-01-06T21:17:00.001+08:002013-01-06T21:17:50.301+08:00The Five Monks An urgent call came to the great Lama of the North from the Lama of the South asking for a wise and holy monk to initiate the novices in the spiritual life. To everyone's astonishment, the Great Lama sent five monks instead of one. To those who inquired he said cryptically, "We will be lucky if one of them gets to the Lama."
The group had been on the road some days when a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-52535583465548277862012-12-30T18:30:00.001+08:002012-12-30T18:31:02.957+08:00That is Fullness, this is fullness
“That is Fullness. This is fullness. From Fullness this fullness comes about. Bringing this fullness from Fullness,
Fullness alone remains. Om Peace Peace
Peace”
“Om
puramadah purnamidam purnatpurnamudacyate Purnasya purnamadaya purnamevavasisyate Om santih santih santih”
During graduate school days, we were asked to
memorize this Sanskrit verses and recite Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-33084255707251689832012-12-24T09:53:00.000+08:002012-12-24T09:53:20.182+08:00Travelling lightheartedly
Whenever come to this time of the year, the energy in
our surrounding becomes rather hyped as people are busying themselves with
holidays, celebrations, gatherings and New Year plans, etc. Naturally, the yoga studio is becoming quieter
and more still. So with the tranquility
that is more evident than usual during this period, I sit back and take some space
in my awareness to reflectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-40712041604067395722012-12-17T11:54:00.000+08:002012-12-17T11:55:13.792+08:00Let’s go more with the flow in the New Year
I like water because
of its fluidity. The waves of water, its
perpetual motions, represent everything in nature that flows effortlessly with rhythms
and harmony. I like to view our life as
water. Everything comes and goes, up and
down, like waves. When I can surrender my
inner struggles to the natural flow, then, I feel the sense of grace and
blessing floods over me Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-24773386413789070222012-12-09T17:37:00.000+08:002012-12-09T17:37:15.151+08:00Tunnel vision
I used
to have an ‘acerbic’ penning habit.
Since young, I had the eyes of seeing it through both sides of a coin in
anyone, in any situation, coupled with inability to hold my tongue. I would often lose my sleep over it if I
didn’t get to express what I saw. But
then, my mother wouldn’t allow her children using any foul or quarrelsome
language. So whenever I felt
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-69006614559647404752012-12-02T23:40:00.002+08:002013-02-24T20:59:29.779+08:00Yoga Story 12. She is Madam. Chuah
Yes, she is
Madam. Chuah who is in her mid-fifty. She
started yoga less than a year ago. But
it took her more than two years to finally come to yoga class, after she gave
me an inquiry call. Her daughter who is
studying journalism in US was my former yoga student. Her name is Jolyn. Jolyn recommended her mother to go for yoga
classes before she leaves.&Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-56257714192057220072012-11-30T11:26:00.000+08:002012-11-30T21:23:44.144+08:00Can you see the matching planets from these guys?
It seems these days youngsters are getting more and
more creative and fun loving in whatever they do. They are brilliant and amazingly technically
savvy. They also do things very differently
than older generations. Particularly revamping with customary functions are
their expertise that calls for constant innovations and refreshing
outlook.
Last Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-27212172636581456322012-11-26T00:11:00.001+08:002012-11-26T00:15:52.845+08:00Yoga story 11. Lotus Pose (Padmasana) and Seated Mountain Pose (Parvatasana)
One of the most difficult yoga poses for many yoginis
is probably the Lotus Pose (Padmasana), in where you seat with both legs crossed
by placing one foot and another over the opposite side of thighs. For beginners or non-beginners alike, if your
lifestyles haven’t been much closer to the floors while growing up, then, doing
the Lotus Pose for the first time during the Yoga classes can beUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-18935708908840566932012-11-13T23:26:00.003+08:002012-11-13T23:31:20.050+08:00The old-stork woman is on vacation
Lately, infertilities among married couples are
on steep rise. Every now and then, I
come across with couples that have been trying for years to conceive by various
means, but many to no avail. It is quite
heart-breaking to see them keep getting disappointed month after month, year
after year… It seems as though the Samsin-halmoni
(the old Stork-woman in Korean folklore) has Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-58624944682146498832012-11-06T23:24:00.002+08:002012-11-06T23:30:28.058+08:00Life is beautiful
I like movies and dramas that are inspirational. There was a movie that I watched years ago which still makes me ponder over it time to time. Its title is “life is beautiful (1997)”. By the title alone, you will think it must be happy-go-merry kinds of story. But it’s not. It is an Italian tragicomedy drama film, depicting a Jewish Italian book keeper, who must employ his Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-49052715316949608302012-11-02T11:53:00.002+08:002012-11-02T11:55:26.489+08:00Stay Young with Strong Legs...
Joseph Pilates, the founder
of Pilates fitness method, said we are “young” if our body is supple and strong
even at the age of sixty. On the other
hand, you are told “old” if the body is stiff and out of shape even if twenty
or thirty something only.
I think he was very
correct. I see all the time many “young”
people in old body, many “old” people in young body. But then, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-58142379084109061262012-10-30T23:35:00.001+08:002012-11-02T10:54:46.969+08:00The Star Track
I have a
confession to make.
Not many people know that I am a serious astrologer,
not just an amateur, but rather a
serious one who virtually breaths and lives with the stars. Basically I am living in the star track, not the movie,
but the real star track of the heavenly bodies, like the Sun, Moon…Neptune, etc. They are
always roaming around in my head as well as in my soul. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-67818934799524693432012-10-25T12:04:00.000+08:002012-10-25T12:04:35.054+08:00Yoga Story 10. Cow Face Pose (Gomukhasana)
There
are few closing yoga poses we do at the end of each Yoga classes. They are all very sweet and delicious yoga
routines to use toward the end. They
have much settling and nourishing effects to the all worked-up nervous system. One of them is “Cow Face Pose (Gomukhasana).”
You will
sit with one bent knee placed over the other, forming the cow’s lip. One arm Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-44326136664572040622012-10-18T11:40:00.000+08:002012-11-07T22:21:11.142+08:00Each day as a prayer, each day as an offering, and each day as a blessing...
I have just
finished doing 108 times sun salutation.
It’s like as though I came back home after long, long journey…very
sweaty and sticky, and whole body muscles are pulsating like fine ripples in a
quite lake. The heartbeat is
surprisingly settled, the mind is lucid clear, and the emotion quietly surging
upward with indescribable feelings of lightness, happiness and joy.
Then I
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328163163491524797.post-32893342893807888172012-10-16T23:09:00.000+08:002012-10-30T22:09:33.108+08:00Yoga Story 9. Hanumanasa (The Monkey God Pose )
This
yoga story is continuation from the long overdue Yoga Story series that was
last left at June 2011. I won’t give any
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com