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Having a morning routine that includes energizing yet simple yoga stretches is one of the best ways to get your day off to the right start. The below exercises will help you wake up your spine, detox your organs, and get your mind in the right mode to tackle the…
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Seated yoga poses are suitable for practitioners of all levels and help to tone the core as well as promote better posture. You can do them at the beginning of a yoga class to warm up the body, or at the end of the class to cool your body down.…
If you think you are inflexible, you are not alone. Flexibility is determined by several factors, including gender, age, genetics and exercise history among others. When I first started yoga, half-splits were a torture, let alone full splits. But at the ripe age of 29 (going on 30!), I found…
Before building morning rituals into my life, I seemed to always be rushing for time – waking up as late as I possibly can, rolling out of bed, taking record-speed showers and scrambling to catch the bus before a large cup of coffee. By mid-day, after the caffeine wore off,…
There are times when we all need a little motivation for our yoga practice. Either it feels especially hard to roll out our mat at all, or we struggle emotionally and mentally to sustain a yoga habit. During days like that, I tend to reach out for my journal and…
Born and bred Singaporean, I have very blessed to be brought up in a country defined by cultural diversity and opportunities. This has been the most influential factor in shaping who I am now - a culture junkie, yoga and fitness enthusiast, and avid traveller. Nonetheless, living in this day…