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What I am looking for is not out there, it's in me . Still working on that hollowback - real life video with all the determination, hesitation and wobbles Happy Weekend! . . . . . . . @yogapractice @yogspiration @_yogainspiration_ @yogahappyness @yogalooksgood @yogiintro #yogaeveryblessedday #Hollowback #hollowbackpractice #pinchahollowback #PinchaMayurasana #forearmstand #forearmfriday #yogapractice #yogaprogress #yogajourney #realyogapractice #yogagirl #armbalance #strongyogi #strongatheartyogis #augustasanas #crazysexyyoga #yogaarmbalance #yogainversion #invertedbackbend #inversions #yogainspiration #yogaeveryday #yogisofig #igyoga #dontcallmebaby #FlyingThroughSummer #yoga (at Singapore)

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I love this movement. Taking the front body from an extension to a contraction while upside down requires awareness in the subtle movements, which eventually results in an extreme looking change. . Kind of like life. Nothings ever stagnant, we’re constantly moving. And a lot of times it’s the subtle changes (like a shift in our mindset, or a conscious awareness of an action) that drastically changes our world. . . . . . #forearmfriday #pinchamayurasana #scorpion #scorpionpincha #babycrow #pinchaflow #pincha #pinchaplay #practiceyogachangeyourworld #yogaeveryblessedday #practiceandalliscoming #gratefulyogi #yogalessonsarelifelessons #yogagirl #forearmstand #yogainversion #invertedbackbend #yoga #yogisofig #yogavideo #yogatransitions #armbalance #strongyogi #namaste (at Singapore)

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This pose, or handstands even, isn’t in my daily practice. Starting the Ashtanga Primary Series after 6 years of yoga is very humbling. It’s thought me that progress does not have to be linear. Advanced poses aren’t “better”, they’re just different. And basic poses don’t lose their value over time. In fact, I’ve started experiencing depth that I used to overlook. . In yoga, there isn’t an end pose to achieve. Don’t get me wrong, we still strive to do our best at that point in time we’re on the mat. But it isn’t forced. And there is a sense of freedom that comes with not feeling pressured to reach a particular milestone just because we’ve accustomed ourselves to use time as a measure. Things come with time, but time doesn’t have to be your enemy. Time simply is. #yogalessonsarelifelessons . . . . . #ashtangayogabeyond #ashtangayoga #vrkasana #scorpionpose #resolutionhandstand #handstand #adhomukhavrksasana #invertedbackbend #backbend #upsidedownyogi #yogaeveryblessedday #yogaeverydamnday #ashtangi #ashtangayogachallenge #yogapose #yogalove #yogagirl #igyogachallenge #igyogacommunity #yogisofig #yogisofinstagram #instayoga #igyoga #yogainspiration

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Getting on my mat every single day, without fail, is not easy. Some days it comes naturally, even with eagerness! But some days the pull to sleep-in and bypass the effort of a physical practice is very very strong. . In the 8 Limbs of Yoga, Patanjali talks about ‘Tapas’, which often translates traditionally as ‘austerity’ or ‘discipline’. Tapas generally means cultivating a sense of self-discipline, passion and courage in order to burn away ‘impurities’ physically, mentally and emotionally, and paving the way to our true greatness. And although it sounds serious, it isn't meant to be solemn or punishing. It's about finding that fiery energy within our being, and using that energy to drive our actions. . So on days like today, when I'm on vacation, and my energy feels heavy, drained and low, I'm reminded of 'tapas' - Seek the breathe, a clear mind, and find that fiery energy to start the day right. . I'm happy to report that I made it to my mat today for pranayama, meditation and asana. 😊 . #practicetapas #8limbsofyoga #liveyouryoga . 📸: @cspotter1978 . . . . . #tapas #practiceandalliscoming #scorpionpose #vrishchikasana #scorpionpincha #pinchamayurasana #pincha #forearmstand #invertedbackbend #yogainversion #inversions #bikiniyoga #beachyoga #yogaeverywhere #yogaeveryblessedday #yoga #yogajourney #yogapractice #yogajournal #yogisofig #igyogacommunity #realyogapractice #igyoga #yogisofinstagram (at Rawa Island)

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Find your balance. Then start inching yourself out of that comfort zone, and find that new point of balance. . Monday, we got this! 💪 . . . . . #pinchamayurasana #pincha #lotuspincha #pinchalotus #lotus #padmasana #pinchavariation #yogabackbend #invertedbackbend #backbend #inversion #yogainversion #forearmstand #yogaeveryblessedday #onebreatheatatime #wegotthis #balance #yogajourney #yoga #yogagirl #yogainspiration #inspiredyogi #yogisofig #igyogacommunity

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X marks the spot - It's the weekend! Been looking forward to this after a hard week of training. Enjoy IGers 😘 . . . . . #LeagueOfExtraordinaryYogis #lxybackinsession #xmarksthepose #forearmfriday #pinchamayurasana #scorpionpincha #vrkasana #scorpionpose #invertedbackbend #backbend #yogabackbend #heartopener #upsidedown #yogainversion #inversion #pincha #pinchascorpion #forearmstand #yogaeveryblessedday #yogajourney #yogajournal #yogalife #yogalove #yoga #asana #beagoddess #yogisofig #xmarksthespot

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Listen to your heart. That is your best teacher. . My first hollowback that looks like a hollowback! 😂 I read @senoritayogini post today about how she spent literally an hour just working on the same transition. Coincidentally I spend an hour today just working on hollowback - trying to find little adjustments in my body (and mind!) by experimenting, and in the process overcoming emotions (like fear, frustration, incompetence, etc) that pop up. This is yoga. This is the process. And this is the beauty of it. As Sri Pattabhi Jois says "Yoga is 99% practice, 1% theory" . #practiceandalliscoming #findyourinnerpeace #leadwithyourheart . . . . . #hollowback #pinchahollowback #hollowbackpincha #PinchaMayurasana #heartopener #dontcallmebaby #LoveMeSomePincha2 #LoveForBackbends #backbends #invertyohips #invertedbackbend #practiceyogachangeyourworld #onebreathatatime #loveandalliscoming #forearmstand #forearmstandvariation #shapeupyourinversions #yogaeveryblessedday #sgyoga #sgyogi #yogisofig #yogainversions #yogainspiration #pincha

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Yoga doesn't change the world. It changes people. And people change the world . I am fortunate enough to live in a love bubble. So much so that I forget the level of hate that circulates around the world. It's hard to wrap my minds# around these two things sometimes - love and hate - they are both so similar in its cause for action and level of impact but in such opposite spectrums. . I still don't believe people are born good or bad, which means I believe deep down people are not hard coded to making hateful decisions. The same passion that ignites those hateful actions could potentially be converted to just as passionate but love filled actions, could it not? And it makes me wonder too, if I can live in this tiny little love bubble, how can I expand that bubble to the community around me so that we can all create a cycle of actions and decisions driven by love, instead of hate... #thinkingaloud #practiceyogachangeyourworld . . . . . #forearmfriday #heartopener #practicelove #loveandalliscoming #Hollowback #pinchahollowback #hollowbackpincha #lotus #lotuslegs #invertedbackbend #PinchaMayurasana #yogaeveryblessedday #spreadlove #crazysexyyoga #yogalove #yogaislife #yogajourney #upsidedown #forearmstand #onebreathatatime #yogagirl #sgyoga #yogainspiration

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There is nothing selfish about wanting to work on yourself. In fact, it's the only way to really better serve the people around you. . Day 27 of #RoadToScorpion is #scorpionpose - I took Carmen's tips on finding maximum length in the spine till it's felt in the hip flexors, and I think i found space that I never knew existed! Host: @cyogalab Inspiring IG buddies: @eternalpriyan @gubbasana . . . . . #VrschikasanaI #straightlegscorpion #scorpionpincha #pinchamayurasana #forearmstand #forearmfriday #monnthursbackbend #igyogacommunity #igyogachallenge #igyoga #yogisofig #sgyoga #sgyogis #invertedbackbend #inversions #yogainversion #yogainspiration #realyogapractice #yogavideo #progressnotperfection #backbendjourney #backbendpractice #backbend #yogabackbend #yogagirl (at Singapore)

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"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will" . These past few days, doubt overpowered me as reality sinked in and I took the final few steps towards ending the corporate career I have so carefully paved for myself over a span of 10 years. I doubted if I was good enough - strong enough, independent enough, empowered enough, brave enough, crazy enough! - to build a dream from nothing more than a big heart. . I dragged myself to my mat when I absolutely didn't feel like it, and one breathe at a time, I let those emotions pass. It reminded me of what draws me back every single day. And it reminded me of what's important - just showing up and trying. Every single day, that's all we can do - try! Who knows if those voice of doubts would ever be silenced... but one breathe at a time, one step at a time, and (as they say in yoga) all is coming... . . . . . #yogawheel #yogawheelchallenge #yogawheelpose #yogainversion #invertedbackbend #backbend #backbendjourney #backbendpractice #heartopener #yogapractice #realyogapractice #practiceandalliscoming #alliscoming #yogisofig #sgyoga #sgyogis #practicenotperfection #upsidedown #inversions #pinchamayurasana #pinchahollowback #yogaeveryblessedday #yogalessonsarelifelessons #onebreatheatatime

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If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. Your passion will lead you right into your purpose . . . Day 22 of #RoadToScorpion is #hollowback in #forearmstand With host @cyogalab and IG playmates @eternalpriyan @gubbasana . . . . . #inversionlove #yogainversion #inversions #invertedbackbend #heartopener #pinchamayurasana #pinchahollowback #upsidedown #upsidedownyogi #forearmfriday #yogabackbend #backbendjourney #backbendpractice #backbend #inversionpractice #yogaeveryblessedday #yogagirl #yogalife #yogalove #yogainspiration #practiceandalliscoming #practicenotperfection #practicepracticepractice

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Upside down, right side up - sometimes I can't tell the difference! 😂 . . . . . #inversionlover #upsidedownyogi #upsidedown #hollowback #pinchahollowback #pinchamayurasana #forearmstand #yogaeveryblessedday #inversions #invertedbackbend #heartopener #shoulderopener #yogainversion #yogainspiration #yogalife #igyogacommunity #yogisofig #yogisflyinjune #sgyoga #sgyogis

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In yoga there is no concept of an ultimate end pose that brings you to enlightenment. There is a state of mind that the practice looks to cultivate, but that state of mind will always be a conscious work in progress. If you are able to be fully aware in your practice today, it doesn't mean you'll have it for the rest of your life. Just like anything in life, we put in the effort for the things that are worth the results. And that state of mind, that inner peace, is worth the effort. . . . . . #yogapractice #realyogapractice #practiceandalliscoming #practicemindfully #practiceawareness #summerbumsup #inversions #yogainversion #hollowback #pinchahollowback #pinchamayurasana #forearmfriday #forearmstand #backbendpractice #invertedbackbend #yogainspiration #yogaislife #sgyoga #sgyogis #yogisofig #yogaeveryblessedday #keeppracticing

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Fear is one of the most reoccurring emotion that pops up in my yoga practice, especially with inversions and backbends. It's an emotional reaction that has been the hardest for me to breakdown objectively. Some bits of fear is there for a good reason - it accurately identifies a dangerous situation and prevents us from injuring ourselves. But there are other bits that we have accumulated through direct or indirect experiences that may not have been harmful but were not very pleasurable - and this accumulated fear hold us back more than they serve us. . This pose scares me more than it logically should. There's something about the combination of not being able to see where I would fall backwards and the vulnerable position of the neck. I'm sure my body can handle this pose, even if I did fall, but my mind constantly holds me back from the experience. . By cultivating awareness in our practice, we can slowly start to tune into our inner intelligence - the one that can distinguish danger and illogical fear. Once that voice start vibrating louder, we start to find ourselves in a different equilibrium, one that opens us to possibilities - experience that would not have been possible if we were still lugging around that heavy backpack of past accumulated emotions. . #practiceawareness #practiceyogachangeyourworld . . . . . #invertedbackbend #headstand #backbendheadstand #headstandbackbend #scorpionpose #headstandvariation #upsidedownyogi #yogainversion #inversions #inversionpractice #yogapractice #realyogapractice #yogajourney #yogajournal #ninjayogagoddess #letsheadstand #yogisofig #yogaeveryblessedday #yogalove #yogalife #sirsasana #yogagirl #yogiofig #yogisofinstagram #sgyoga #sgyogis

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Everyday it seems like nothing much changes, but when you look back, nothing is the same . I know it's not #transformationtuesday but I've been feeling a little demotivated over the very slow progression of my backbends. So I took a sneak peak at my old pics (swipe right) to see where I've come so far. The pictures are about 7 months apart. Putting aside the obvious differences, there are also some subtle conscious differences. If you look at the picture from 7 months ago, there is a bend in my waist, which means I was compressing my lower back to get the scorpion backbend. I've consciously tried to stop that now, which means the backbend may not be deep, but it also means I've taken a more conscious approach with my backbends. It's nice to see that, since I've been putting a lot of work into creating space in my backbends over the past few months. Another thing that I love about this comparison, my middle back was a rod 7 months ago! And I can now slowly start to see the opening 😍 #practiceandalliscoming . Oh yes, and happy #forearmfriday . . . . . . . #invertyohips #dontcallmebaby #inversionjunkie #lovemesomepincha2 #loveforbackbends #backbendjourney #backbendprogress #yogiprogressreport #PinchaMayurasana #scorpionpincha #scorpionpose #pincha #forearmstand #yogainversions #inversions #yogaeveryblessedday #yogainspiration #yogalove #yogagirl #sgyoga #sgyogis #invertedbackbend #backbend #yogaislife #yogalessonsarelifelessons

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Our entire lives have been built on experiences - sometimes our own, but occasionally through others based on what they've told us or what we've heard. Some experiences make us feel uncomfortable, unhappy or even scared, and we use that unpleasant experience to limit any future "related" experiences. We gradually limit our life through these cumulative experiences, which we intellectually label as "lessons". The funny thing is that each experience is unique. So no matter how similar a new experience may be to the previously unpleasant one, they will never be identical. And yet, we often assume they would, and close ourselves completely to any other possibilities. We think these so-called lessons from our cumulative experience make us smarter. But if they limit us (and most of the times in illogical ways), are we really getting smarter? . . . . . #handstand #handstandjourney #ardhomukhasvanasana #scorpionpose #scorpionhandstand #scorpion #Vrschikasana #PhenomenalHandstand #handstandjunkie #upsidedown #upsidedownyogi #teamforcore #corebasic #yogaeveryblessedday #yogaislife #yogalife #yogajourney #yogalessonsarelifelessons #armbalance #yogaarmbalance #strongyogis #augustasanas #invertedbackbend #backbend #backbendjourney #yogagirl #yogainspiration