Return to Zero
Two years ago, I attended a program on leadership. One of the highlights was about how we can block ourselves from continuing to improve due to our upsizing ego as we progress. Throughout the session,… Read More »Return to Zero
Adeline Lum
The 3 types of yoga students
With reference from the yoga sutra Chapter 1 verse 22, śiṣya, students are being differentiated into 3 main categories. मृदुमध्याधिमात्रत्वात्ततोऽपि विशेषः ॥२२॥ mṛdu-madhya-adhimātratvāt-tataḥ api viśeṣaḥ Mrdu: mild, slow The student who doesn’t get started. They… Read More »The 3 types of yoga students
Is your ‘practice’ affecting your Yoga
We hear this often, ‘Asana is a 90 minute practice, yoga is 24 hours’. As easy as it sounds a yoga-infused life is indeed a life-time process with consistency and consciousness. Yoga will not happen… Read More »Is your ‘practice’ affecting your Yoga
The story of two little mice
“Two little mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse wouldn’t quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and… Read More »The story of two little mice
Why is attending class still essential?
Have you ever wondered why practicing together in a class is still essential when the intention of Mysore practice is to be able to have our own practice as an individual? This story might shed… Read More »Why is attending class still essential?
The Fleas in the Jar
Fleas can potentially jump 150 times their own height and the power of the jump can be compared to a space rocket. In an experiment, where fleas are put in an open jar, they can… Read More »The Fleas in the Jar