Namaste community
We are almost reaching the last episode of the year 2021 and life is slowly coming back to normal routines after the critical periods we passed through during the pandemic lockdown … at this transition, I feel I can share some thoughts with my students and audience…
While I am into constant study to pursue deeper knowledge on the science of Yoga, Let’s recall a bit…
I started teaching Yoga and Pilates at Hilton club the same year after my accreditation from India February 2019, which resulted in a great experience and loyal committed members. The YOGA NOW group has been created in March 2020 at the sudden lockdown and after one of my Hilton students contacted me asking to give online classes, and the journey started via the interesting Zoom App, which has been a great tool to keep my active participants connected, while getting us into a broader Yoga community to experience exceptional evolution of times.
It’s easy when people get together for joy & fun, but when it comes to hard-times, the invention of such a community is a lifetime contract. The Teacher’s aim becomes not only to introduce a workout plan “Yoga and Pilates”, it’s also combined with careful attention to lift the spirit of the participants and engage their minds into new practices while improving their fitness level for a healthy lifestyle. From my end, I was thrilled how people started to join from different regions of the World and it flew me away from the feeling of being locked at home and I’m sure it’s the same for each one of You.
The teacher’s dedication is not only about a release of the classes schedule, it’s more about the preparations and constant study to move with you into different practices and body-mind challenges. There were the times that we did an amazing “challenge” during the full-lockdown 2020, then the Ramadan and Eid programs. I hope you still remember, almost five classes a week of practice plus a meditation session.
Additionally, our efforts were topped with the innovative approach of the “Mindfulness Self-healing & Meditation program” by engaging my school Lead-Teacher Yogi Manish to run his lectures and meditation sessions Live from India, which has been a unique and spectacular ride into the Self. All of this didn’t happen by chance, the time and efforts consumed in our study and research to come up with the suitable solutions of practices supported by associated theory of learning has been a daily undertaking and time allocation. If we wanted to materialize the actual value of these efforts, it would have been enormous. However, we took the consideration of the uncertainty state caused by the global pandemic lockdown, and thus the payoff was marginal.
The positive vibration resulted from our daily interactions was incomparable and as the world continued its transition into more and more online connection and engagement, my thoughts that our online activities here will never stop even after getting back to normal on-ground classes and whatever I or you might be doing. Nature’s assumption that we wouldn’t unleash the hand that held the threads at our crucial times. However, the decrease in attendance and lessening in group interactions has been a puzzle…!
It is totally understood that once clubs were starting to open people wants to move out and socialize, however, this doesn’t violate the fact that we could still maintain our interactions and exchange experiences, whether via our group, social media, web page, or even a simple text message at any time,,, the sky’s the limit.
Now, Let’s get to the recent happenings since early this year 2021…!
The monthly FULLMOON session is always different ride of Yoga & Meditation experience and a beautiful opportunity to see many of you. While time investment and attention to focus on Private sessions, both “one-on-one” and “private-groups”.
Also, another line of study, offering Privates for pregnant women “Prenatal Modified Yoga & Pilates”, which has been an amazing journey since early this year.
At this time, I send my warm hugs & kisses with heartfelt thoughts to each one of YOU..….. I see you; I hear you; I am with you…