New Classes, New Teachers at Be Yoga

June will be an exciting month at Be Yoga with new classes being introduced and new teachers joining the studio.

There will be up to 9 CLASSES A DAY, 48 CLASSES WEEKLY and 20 CLASSES TO CHOOSE FROM!

The new classes being introduced are New-Be (if you don't know anything about yoga, this is the class for you as this is an intro to yoga class for newbies), Yoga with Ropes and Props, Yoga for Spinal Care and Ashtanga Led 2 (Ashtanga Intermediate Series). Other classes at Be Yoga include Hot Yoga, Begin, Hatha, Yin Yoga, Pilates, Yogilates, Chi-lates, Prenatal, Flow, Vinyasa, Dynamic, Ashtanga Intro, Ashtanga Led and Happy Hour Yoga (where anything goes from Yoga Dance to Partner Yoga depending on the request from the practitioners). The free Karma Yoga class is still being held every Sunday with donations received from the class going to a charity organisation.

The new classes have already been uploaded at Be Yoga website. Check out the schedule at http://www.beyoga.my by simply clicking the Book Your Class Online yellow tab.

Be Yoga has also engaged new teachers to teach the classes and one familiar face will be Angie Teh (former teacher from Yogazone and Energy). Angie is trained in Stott pilates matwork (Essential to Advanced) and Stott therapeutic pilates "Injury & Special Populations". She is also a certified FISAF Fitball Instructor.

Viviane de Doncker, the Scoliosis Expert who has been guest teaching at Be Yoga has also joined the team of teachers at Be Yoga which include Azmi Samdjaga, Malaya Kasal (Lila) and Ken Lim.

Be Yoga is offering new membership packages which include a TRIAL CLASS PACKAGE @ RM100 FOR 10 PASSES. Call Be Yoga at tel no. 03-77286182 for further details on classes and membership packages.

I am ONE with Be Yoga

Today I was presented with a certificate by Be Yoga for having completed my 1-year membership with them. How time flies, I remember getting an email from Azmi last year informing on the opening of Be Yoga and going there to have a look at the studio which was still under renovation. I had not hesitated to sign up for a 1-year membership with Be Yoga even after the YZ fiasco as I have confidence in the management of Be Yoga.

Although it is only one year since Beyoga started operations, I have gained so much from being a member there. So many new friendships were formed with my fellow practitioners, sharing and getting to know each other better after class in the shower room or at the mamak shop next door while having drinks or “makan” after class and having a regular practice with a group of Ashtanga “kakis” who come either for the Thursday evening or Sunday morning class.

I also went to my first yoga retreat in Bali in February this year with Azmi and some of the Be Yoga members and had such an enlightening and wonderful time there.

My yoga practice has grown stronger and more focused under the tutelage of my beloved teachers at Beyoga. Under the guidance of Azmi, I am growing more and more confident in trying and doing difficult poses such as learning to let go of the fear of falling by focusing on my breath and finding my center of gravity in headstand and keeping my core strong and lifting my hips up when I am in Bakasana and Tittibhasana to ensure that I do not fall on my butt and learning to jump (or step back) from the pose.

I love going to Lila’s classes as she always ask what we need after a day sitting at the office and fighting traffic to go to class after work. Her shoulder and hip opening poses and hamstring stretches help to ease those tense and tight muscles. I have also been going to Lila’s Begin classes as I believe in “going back to the basics” to ensure that my alignment for the poses are correct and her use of blocks and the strap help to deepen and enhance my poses. I also learn to recognize my limitations in doing certain poses and instead, do the variation given for the pose to receive the same benefits.

I see myself progressing most this year with Be Yoga as it has been full of new personal discoveries especially connecting my yoga practice with life lessons on letting go, acceptance and setting intentions which are in harmony with who I am. How we do our yoga poses in class sometimes mirror how we lead our lives. When our confidence rests in the way we look in the pose and what others think of us, it is the same as how our sense of security is affected by how other people see us and how we feel that we must have certain material things to be accepted by society. Learning to accept who we are and learning to let go in matters that are beyond our control and stepping back to look within ourselves for inner peace will help to keep us to feel centered and be a much happier person.

I have just renewed a 1-year membership with Be Yoga and am looking forward to the new classes to be introduced during the year which will include Ashtanga Intermediate Series, MySore and Ropes Yoga, the workshops and especially the Yoga Retreat in November.

To a great year ahead and Happy Birthday, Be Yoga!

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