by ausyogi | Oct 13, 2022 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
Inspired by the mangroves of Mida creek, at our Creation Retreat last year, we choose to name our 2022 retreat ‘Root to Rise’. Drawing from how in unison, the mangroves spend half their time underwater send roots all around to support each other and...
by ausyogi | Jun 15, 2022 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
I am blessed to live in a time when we care about mental health. Ok mostly, sometimes, depending on… I also have the privilege to have learnt about healthy coping and mental health support tools. A lot of times, it feels as if everyone and their cousin’s...
by ausyogi | May 25, 2022 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
Eish! Inspired by Sharon and Elizabeth. Two women, I had the honor of sharing a conversation with yesterday. We spoke about breath, this naturally occurring thing connects us all to each other and ourselves. In the practice of Mind-Body Wellbeing, a trauma-informed...
by ausyogi | Jun 23, 2021 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
In African (Kemetic) yoga, it’s called Journey of Ra, in Sanskrit, it is Surya Namaskar. We call them sun salutations. We have #Sun salutation A, #Sunsalutation B and we also have various types of #moonsalutations. The sun is thought of as that active,...
by ausyogi | Oct 9, 2020 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
The Aligned Expression Retreat Catherine, my teacher, mentor, friend, first African woman to lead Yoga teacher training in Africa (Cue applause) has been leading yoga retreats. 2020 was to be the year we co-led a yoga retreat, originally set to happen in April. Miss...
by ausyogi | Sep 28, 2020 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
Like any red blooded Kenyan woman, I have been wanting to get my body right fitness wise. I wasn’t doing to bad in that department (#humblebrag?) but I knew I wasn’t at my peak performance, so to speak. One of my pre-covid goals was to start lifting. I...
by ausyogi | Jun 24, 2020 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
The year was 2017. Amboseli. In the middle of what my best friend, Sharon, calls vaporising. Read Africa Yoga Project 200hr Teacher training. She named it that because, in that environment, you can really tune in without any distractions. Anyhuuuu, Here I am in...
by ausyogi | Oct 22, 2019 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
At some point during a yoga class, the teacher will call out inversions. According to Uncle google, ‘inversions are postures that take you upside down. e.g. they bring the hips higher than the heart and the heart higher than the head. They are an integral part of yoga...
by ausyogi | Jul 31, 2019 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
‘No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training…what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.’ Socrates, a Greek philosopher who is said never to have...
by ausyogi | Jun 11, 2019 | Chronicles of an alleged Yogi
I have often told my friends I don’t run. Unless I am cognizant of imminent danger to my person. For a long time, my idea of exercise or wellbeing was #kujipigiapole with a night (ok maybe consecutive nights) of dancing in a #lit club. I found yoga after my bestie...
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