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 | 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...
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