Fight or Flight

A day full of stress.

And by coincidence (or not?), my yoga class today started with a story by teacher Kapil on "Fight or Flight"

He said that it's an inborn nature for people to either fight or flight when we are facing danger. However, in the modern world, it is actually very rare that we bump into real danger.

But we still have this "flight or fight" body reaction (getting tense....etc.) unconsciously when our ego (or image) is kind of threaten. And he said this is totally meaningless as there is actually no real danger we are facing. It's only the ego we are facing.

So true. Why stress out? It's not a matter of life or death

Aug 29

Yoga - Warm and Relaxing Stretch with Kapil @ Pure Yoga CWB

Listen to your body

I realize that doing yoga does help you get more aware of your own body.
There are some days when you don't feel as energetic or flexible,


And today is one of my bad days.


Thanks to my teacher who reminds us that we need to listen to your body and just take it easy. I still try to do all the poses, but when I don't feel good, I just relax a little bit.


I guess that also applies to daily life. When we don't feel good, we should take it easy. Instead of waking ourselves up by drinking coffee or even Red Bull, maybe all we need to a good night sleep.


Aug 28

Yoga - Hot Hour @ Pure Yoga Quarry Bay (Vagish)

Yoga Sutra

I was listening to Geshe Michael Roach's lecture on Yoga Sutra online.
http://www.theknowledgebase.com/browse/products.php?product=Love-and-the-Yoga-Sutra-%282011%2C-Singapore%2C-Geshe-Michael-Roach%29


This lecture is really quite interesting and inspirational.
I am not going to go into details about this Sutra (Cos if you are interested, it's really better to listen to the original teaching)


I really like the idea that when we ourselves are having problems, and negative emotions start to arise, instead of thinking about ourselves, pray for others' happiness.


I think this practice can be quite powerful as it reminds you not to be self centered. Usually, when you feel unhappy, you can't get out from the sadness as all you can focus on is yourself.
And God knows that this will only intensify your unhappiness.


Instead, if we can learn to shift our focus to others, we will stop thinking about ourselves at least for a short moment. And eventually, you can be closer to the "selflessness" stage as described in Buddhism.


Aug 26


Yoga - Hot Hatha Class with Margie @ Pure Yoga CWB


Meditation - the Yoga Sutra by Geshe Michael Roach

Peacefulness off the mat

Life is getting a bit hectic again.
I realize that I still cannot really bring my practice off the mat. The peacefulness I experience on the mat seems to be staying on the mat only. I really wish I can develop the awareness needed to bring this peaceful feeling into my daily life.
After all, that's the ultimate goal, isn't it?


Aug 25

Yoga - Hot class with Annie @ Pure Yoga CWB
I really enjoy how I can stretch more in a hot room, although I don't like how my sweat make it slippery to actually hold my pose.

My 1st Entry!!

After I started practicing Yoga again in June, I wanted to keep a journal of my yoga/ meditation journey. Basically, I would like to simply keep a record of my practice (as a tool to keep me practicing everyday :P)

At first, I thought about keeping the journal private, I want to just write all my thoughts in a small notebook.

As a yoga beginner, I think I probably have more frustration to share than real practice tips or advice.

But I guess there are so many beginners out there, who are also on their way in discovering yoga and meditation. So I hope that someone (finger-crossed) might find a little bit of inspiration from my own journey.

I will also try to share articles and videos on Yoga /Meditation that I find interesting.

AUG 24

Yoga - 1 hr practice Warm and relaxing stretch with Jasmine @ Pure Yoga Qarry Bay
All the poses are simple, but if you put your heart into it, it can still be a very deep practice

Meditation - Follow Eoin Finn's Wed meditation (manifesting)
- "Why bob around when you can surf?" Eion asked.
Mmmm...probably will take me some time figure out what it means.....