In celebration of International Women’s Day, I #ChooseToChallenge those who keep on mistaking yoga as any of the following: stretching, a headstand, a person who is calm and cool. You are correct in everything except for one, they may represent yoga but there is more to stretching (passive and active), a headstand (or any complicated […]
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Always A Student In Yoga
Since I started my yoga journey (2014), I have been in constant search of the practice. This year, I am completing my second 200H Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) with SSV Yoga Ashram by end of March 2021. I am studying under the practices of Ashtanga Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga (I finished my 200H Vinyasa YTT […]
Color Your Life with Kuula
These days, we have to innovate and create ways to hone our skills and passion. In my case, being a yoga teacher has been a passion since I finished my Vinyasa yoga teacher training last August 2020 with Pranalaya. Last September 2020, I came across this new online platform based in London called Kuula. With […]
Running Free Manila Back In The Habitat
4 years ago (2017) was my last official run. 2018 I also ran in Baguio when I used to work for an international gym. Since 2019, it was all about going back and forth Metro Manila to La Union or Baguio doing myofascial release to clients. UP Diliman is where I started running. I started […]
Stay Fit with Area63.Fitness
Area63.Fitness came into fruition amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. Move You Better was fortunate to collaborate with the online platform to reach a wider audience, not just within the corners of a fitness studio. The concept of Move You Better (MYB) aligns to the aims of Area63.Fitness and so partnership was renewed for another year to […]
Following The Path of Yoga
Currently finishing my course with SSV Yoga Ashram for the 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training. Our teachers hail from Rishikesh, India and we have daily practice of hatha yoga and ashtanga vinyasa yoga. Other than that, we discuss about the philosophy and anatomy in line with yoga discipline. If you have been practicing yoga or you […]
Kundalini Yoga To Start The Year
Sat Nam Sat means truth, Nam means name Every Tuesday morning, Pranalaya Yoga lead teacher, Gelie leads Kundalini Yoga online. And I have been intrigued by it ever since I seriously practiced yoga. The search for higher consciousness is I think what yoga is about (yoga means union). Our being humans limits us from seeing […]
First Ashtanga Primary Series
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yoga | Wellness | Meditation (@allanatypical) I am taking another 200H Yoga Teacher Training and this time it is with SSV Yoga Ashram. Their course covers Ashtanga Vinyasa and Hatha yoga and while I am an alumnus of Pranalaya Yoga for their Vinyasa Yoga 200H TTC, […]
108 Sun Salutations for the New Year
Last Saturday, Pranalaya Yoga & Wellness welcomed the new year with 108 Sun Salutations. The number 108 is significant in yoga as a spiritual completion. You will notice the japa mala has 108 beads with one (1) bead to indicate the beginning and end of a mantra. In Mathematics, it is considered as representing the […]
Starting Again
Back in February 2010, I wrote on a blog that about my new mission: running a marathon. I started with aiming to run a road race with training around UP Academic Oval (read my blog here). From achieving running that marathon to peaking and running the ultramarathon. It was a great memory to recall: being […]