Life Of Uncertainty

 I am back. After almost 5 years. My last post was in 2016 where I mentioned I wanted to leave the corporate world. I did - end of February 2017. It wasn’t the same getting up in the morning on 1st March and realising that there’s no more rush to work. It felt totally unreal. Took me almost a month to recover from the change. So. I turned into a full fledged yoga teacher. Free lancer. I managed to secure a studio and started teaching. It was a hit! I felt good. Fast forward to end of 2019, uncertainties kicked in. Covid-19. I never expected it to ruin the whole world, crash the economy and take away lives. Come March 2020, we went into many stages of lockdown. And now, it’s October 2021. Lockdown has ceased. Travels permitted. Businesses reopened. And so did my studio. 

Slowly things are picking up. We are seeing the virus slowly reducing day by day. What a scare we had and what a life of uncertainty that we faced. Such a huge lesson. I suppose we’ve got so much more to discover and learn and repent. It’s not going to give up and go away with a flip of the calendar. So so many lives lost. And, we surviving this pandemic is a gift. 

Till then, be well. Be thankful. Stay safe. Follow the SOP. Wear your mask. 

See you. 

#MyTravelokaEscapade - L O N D O N

I'm a part-time yoga instructor. It is my dream to turn around the part time to a full time. So, I decided to escape the corporate life. I spoke to a few of my close friends before taking the leap. All of them told me to think over.  I know it is all about choices and about smart back up plans...which I had none. I was repeatedly told to consider my day job as a blessing. "Why would you even want to quit when your 9-5 job pays your rent and feeds you?"...I thought of it over and over...and I asked myself..."If not now,when?" Time and tide waits for no man...and I braved myself and have escaped the corporate life...in just 2 months, I will be on my own...concentrating fully on my love, yoga! I want to work for myself...yoga amazes me and keeps me positive and combining my passion in the field of well being is what delights me. So to keep me updated, I need to do a bunch of yoga workshops and retreats and started searching for a place to go...and I "bumped" into a yoga certificate workshop by Sivananda Yoga in London! The fee for the workshop was affordable and a week to roam the streets of LONDON was kinda still manageable...but...to get my ticket to LONDON has kept me thinking over and over...should I, should I not...my feet was itching, the expenses that I would incur churned my tummy...

I've chosen from the heart and they say the rest will follow...and I saw you! Yes, you! TRAVELOKA...Is this a blessing in disguise or what? Wouldn't it be just mind blowing if traveloka.com.my approves my leave!!! I can't wait to see my name in the winners' list ... and in your words, I'm waiting with bated breath!! Come get me!!!#MyTravelokaEscapade!!!

“Quitting, for me, means not giving up, but moving on; changing direction not because something doesn’t agree with you, but because you don’t agree with something. It’s not a complaint, in other words, but a positive choice, and not a stop in one’s journey, but a step in a better direction. Quitting—whether a job or a habit—means taking a turn so as to be sure you’re still moving in the direction of your dreams.”

My Yoga Journey

My Yoga Teacher's Training started in March 2015. Something that I wanted to do for some years back when I started in this path in year 2009. It was all baby steps and learning the asanas under correct guidance, applying sensitivity and care in the process. After 6 years of attending yoga classes as a student, I took the decision last December and enrolled for the training. 

It was during the recent 3 months training, I began to re-learn and learn all that I knew and realigning and connecting with the poses. My Friday evenings, weekends and public holidays were sacrificed. In short, my rest days were spent at the studio - training! Zero time for family and friends. 

The strangest thing was that, there wasn't a moment during this period that I ever thought of quitting or even hesitant to attend the training. It was more of eager and looking forward to "what more is there in store for me" kinda feeling.  I suppose this is the feeling when one is passionate about it.

I couldn't be more happier and blessed to have finally completed 200 hours (RYT200hrs Yoga Alliance-USA) on 7th June 2015 and am now a certified yoga teacher. With this, my real time teaching journey is about to begin. 

Below are some of the vigorous training I underwent in a back bending session.  It was just humbling to be able to open my heart chakra even further and to let go of fear and filling up the space with positive energies. 

My heartfelt thanks goes to my wonderful teachers who taught me on the benefits of meditation, the "oh-so-many" variations in yoga poses, learning about anatomy, the breathing techniques and lots more. From the bottom of my heart too, I thank my family and friends whom I abandoned the past 3 months and despite my no-show, they have never failed to continue to support me till the end.  

And so, here I am now, with a strong desire to share with others what I have learned and ready to find my trademark as I embark on the beginning of my teaching journey whilst eager to watch it unfold!

“Yoga is one of the greatest gifts that has been bestowed on my life. This is the gift that I promise to open when I draw my mat during my sessions, either as a student or as a teacher.” ~ Danem 2015

Pain ...

Pain comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain. The normal pains we live with every day. Then there’s the kind of pain we can’t ignore. A level of pain so great that it blocks out everything else. Makes the rest of the world fade away. Until all we can think about is how much we hurt. How we manage our pain is up to us.

Pain. We anaesthetize… ride it out, embrace it, ignore it… And for some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just push through it.

Pain. You just have to ride it out. Hope it goes away on its own. Hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions. No easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait for it to subside.

Most of the time, pain can be managed. But sometimes, the pain gets you when you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn’t let up.

Pain. You just have to fight through. Because the truth is, you can’t outrun it. And life always makes more.

Grey's Anatomy - Bring the Pain

Moving Office - The New Unknown!

My New Office - my room!

Not sure if I am excited about the office move but I am pretty sure I am going to miss the old familiar as I move to the new unknown. The weeks that flew by were by far one of the most exhausted ones I ever came across in my working life. My current office where I've worked for over a decade is not an easy one where move is concerned. Can you imagine moving an office which has been there for over a decade? All those accumulation of whatever...Lol! and not forgetting the trash too! We're almost there, with the packing still ongoing...

Well, in about 2 weeks it will be goodbye... maybe a tearful one for the few of us! So many memories and experiences!

Yes, that's my room labelled Room 7 Danem

Hmm, soon I will be walking along...a new path, new faces, new environment and with each move, a new chapter in life...everything new...and I hope to find more contentment and peace in this new surroundings...my new office, the new unknown!

Till tomorrow then...goodnight ;)

The main working station in the centre of the office

Your Loved One May Be Gone BUT Never Forgotten

It's not a nice evening for me. Someone whom I've never met, someone whom I've heard so much of, someone whom I felt like I've known all my life...and that someone has passed on. I know it's an even tougher painful day for the family and close ones. There may be no words to express at a time of such sorrow. I hope God will make the pain bearable at least for everyone who loved/loves this wonderful soul who has now gone "home".

As I sit and feel for the loss, I am also recollecting all those stories about this kind soul and I feel privileged to have at least "known" and connected from those stories, all of which were so well narrated of the life of a cherished soul. 

To the family, my heartfelt and deepest condolences and my prayers too during this painful time ...your loved one may be gone but never forgotten. May he RIP.

Hazy Immune System

It was one of the worst feeling ever... I had, 2 nights ago. I was finding it difficult to breathe and the cough was endless. My eyes kept tearing. My throat was itching. I felt so sick and horrible. Stayed awake the whole night thru and the next morning with a really bad headache and high fever, I checked in at the nearest hospital. The findings? I was hazed!!! Lol. My immune system was hazed thus all those complications. But am so grateful to be alive and to be able to blog about it. I have been drinking plenty of water...God knows how much!!! with the hope of removing all those toxic. Well, we all know that water is the remedy...so if you're affected by the haze, drink water! lots and lots of 'em... stay indoors as much as possible, eat more fruits and stay on healthy! Cheers. Love!

How haze can impact your health - take note!

tips to boost your immune system

drink lots and lots of water, it doesn't matter how much, you need to get those toxic out of your system

Lastly, don't you forget to SMILE...a SMILE itself will make you feel better!