Yoga journey

I started to practice yoga about three years ago.

After a very hectic period time, I was both mentally and physically exhausted, so I decided to find a routine sports that Force me to keep going.

Introduced by a friend, I joined Bikram Hot Yoga at Harbor Front . For someone who total has no experience in yoga, I was nearly killed in the first session.

It was overall great exercise, but the studio run by Australian lady, was closed abruptly and the members were forced to transfer to True Yoga. True Yoga is much bigger set up.

True Yoga has great teachers, but the management is rather unstable.  The management team was recently changed. Even though it was recently  I wasn't comfortable with their overly aggressive salesmen and noisy and crowded changing room.  By the end of membership with True Yoga,  I moved to Real Yoga, (it is funny that all the Yoga Studio in Singapore are  named as such, "True", "Real", "Pure" etc, to claim their authenticity I suppose).

The Real Yoga, to my surprise, it is lot more harder than Bikram Hot Yoga, no wonder, my previous Yoga instructor Maxus always refers Bikram as Beginner's yoga. With Real Yoga's class, I feel there are more spiritual elements than physical, Bikram can be really exhausting , but with Real Yoga, I don't feel so tired after exercise, but rather feel spiritually calmed and energized.

Life, that for myself now

Life is a beautiful journey......

When I was below 10, I lived my live mostly for my parents, I did whatever they asked me to do; and tried to be a good child as much as I could ;

When I was below 20, I lived my life for my teachers and my peers; my world was revolving by their influence;

When I was below 30, I was quite lost, it took me a while to find who I were, what I wanted, what I was going to do with my life .....I am glad that GOD found me and I found HIM. In all HIS divine guidance, we found each other;

When I was below 40, I lived my life for my children, day in and day out, I was "Only a Mum" and "Full Time Mother" yet full of craps; with some notions of being "Good Mother", yet lack of deep understanding …… My children bravely shouldered through my temper; my unreasonable standard; Thank God, they didn't cracked by me.  Now looking back, I wish I could have done differently; less strict, more loving; less routine, more fun activity……Children are most forgiving creatures, till today, they still say they love me J;

Now I just turned 50 years old this year, the age in Chinese idiom when one should know Heavenly calling, I am pondering……As for the first time, I have the real sense that "Now I am finally living for myself."

Recently, I read this book by Gary Keller "The One thing", this book challenge me to find “The One Thing” to be my  purpose, to live a productive life.  This is what I am going to do…..it is new journey!