#dharmayoga77challenge

💜💜💜Happy Birthday Dharma 💜💜💜 I believe there is A N G E L on earth since I met you. I believe H U M I L I T Y is the greatest virtue as you set yourself as a role model on this. I believe everything is perfect due to law of K A R M A from your teachings. .. .. .. The first time I met you in person in 200hr Life of A Yogi training, the first thing I heard from you in person, was "I am You, You are me". Since then, I can never go back... Because you led me find the authentic Me. You taught me truth, love, and faith. You taught me how to be a truthful person. You taught me how to love. You taught me no matter what, serve. With all these, you patiently guided me on my path towards Self Realization. Happy Birthday Dharma! My deepest gratitude to you for your constant ceaseless devotion to yoga and yoga teaching. I can only do my best to spread the teachings I learnt from you to others, as a way to honour you. May you always be joyful, healthy & free💫☝🏼️💫☝🏼💫☝🏼 May we learn more from you on how to be compassionate, humble and truthful. @dharmayoganyc @dharmayogacenter #sridharmamittra #happybirthdaydharma #humility #faithhopelove #dharmamittraisyoga #dharmayogabereceptive #dharmayoga77challenge #bereceptive #alliswithin #dharmayoga #beopen #altar #guru #may142016 #nycyoga #yogateacher #gratitude #muchlove #yoga #yogi #yogini #dyw (at Hong Kong)

After learning that today's #dharmayoga77challenge was the #headstand I found this #quote by Vincent van Gogh.. "What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" So, this is my first attempt at Ardha Salamba Sirsana (against the wall) to offer my love and Om to #sridharmamittra for his #devotion to #yoga and his #students. ❤️✨💜🙏🏼#headstand #dharmamittraisyoga #dharmamittrabereceptive #ny #newyork #yogalove #yogainspiration #vincentvangogh #practiceandalliscoming #inversion #fitness #vegan #yogisofinstagram #photooftheday #ff #lifeisbeautiful @dharmayoganyc @rainbeaumars @katfowleryoga @wearejared @yancyscotschwartz @jasonnemer @acroyoga @ambrasana @activemeditation

#Dharmayoga77challenge pose on May 11 is my all time favourite pose #Kapyasana who is also a pose i practice everyday, several times a day. I can only think of G_d and my beloved teacher #SriDharmaMittra (which to me, he is a godsend) when i'm in the pose. Physically, its a great pose to open the chest shoulders and all the way down along the front body; Energetically, I feel totally recharged with the chest -opening pose; Spiritually, I imagine all other people who are physically challenged to enjoy this pose, the breathing, the openness and the spaciousness of the pose. Eventually i as if being able to be closer to The Almighty One, the Supreme. Love how @wearejared wrote about the pose. Happy Birthday Dharmaji ❤️❤️❤️ Even this pose cannot express how grateful I am for being able to find you this LiFE. #dharmamittraisyoga #dharmamittrabereceptive #alliswithin @wearejared @ambrasana @jasonnemer @yancyscotschwartz @katfowleryoga @acroyoga @activemeditation @rainbeaumars @dharmayoganyc (at Hong Kong)

This was once a dream pose to me. #Dhanurasana aka #FullBow as i was never a flexible girl. I could not do this during my LOAY 500hr TT (Sep 2014), the mentor @markkan came to assist me as he helped my hand to find my foot and he said, "next module (Nov 2014) i should see you doing this yourself" I came back to HK and continued my homework with ahimsa diet and everything, but, i still could not do this. Then, i got my #DharmaYogaWheel and i practised (played is a more appropriate word) and practised and suddenly, in January 2015, i could do this on my own. Dharmaji said, "eveything is perfect" which is so true in every situation: born to be flexible attracts admiration from others, but, being a stiff person to practise yoga, I feel the pain of my students as well as the trick to deepen my practice. Apart from arduous practice, #SURRENDER is the attitude that brings you calmness, stillness and joy when you practice asana. The pose came to you when everything is ready, and this thing people might name it as #MAGiC , is nothing short of constant devoted practice. Backbending poses will not break your spine. To me, this pose stretches my front body tremendously and at the very beginning when i could come into the pose, it's my intercostal muscles (muscles between ribs) that felt so sore. My therapist buddies, this pose is the best alternative to stretch my intercostal muscle before i can receive some Visceral Manipulation from you. ❤️ to Sri Dharma Mittra ❤️ who has been guiding me to deepen my practice in all aspects. @dharmayoganyc #dharmayoga77challenge #happybirthdaydharma #dharmamittrabereceptive #dharmamittraisyoga #lifeisajourney #lifeofayogi #progress #dywinspiration #dyw #dharmayogawheel #backbend #yogapractice #bendnotbreak #yogaeverydamnday #blissful #grateful #yogi #yoga #hkyoga #yogic #asanapractice #pureyoga #thisispure (at Hong Kong)

#Repost @sdharamr Thank you #sdharamr for this beautiful post in Prancing Leopard Toulouse Jumpsuit. ・・・ Showing my children the importance of living life with a full open heart and to love what in within us is more important then mastering any asana out there. With asana we can work through difficulties and test our minds in uncomfortable situation which is what we do off the mat each day. Yesterday my hubby and I were luck to be able to teach Tootsie how to be the observer and how to be be present in the now by stopping and smelling every set of roses, by watching the family of ducks at the pond, by rolling down the hills for a while , and yes we did a few poses to settle down before we went home. It was as perfect (minus my son not being there🤔) as I could dream of! Here's our #cobrapose #dharmayoga77challenge contribution to the @dharmayoganyc challenge @prancingleopard jumper #yoga #igyoga #playfulyogi #azyoga #azyogi #crazysexyyoga #becalm #heartopner #backbend #momanddaughter #motgeranddaughteryoga #miniandmeyoga #yogimom #strength #flexibility #flexible #contortion #inversionjunkie #balance #wearyourmat #letlovein #practiceyogachangeyourworld

"Do it because it has to be done" "Offer your practice to something HiGHER" ✨💜✨Sri Dharma Mittra ✨💜✨ I close my eyes as i comfortably stay in the pose, and i see G_d. For Dharmaji's upcoming 77th birthday #dharmayoga77challenge #dharmamittraisyoga #dharmamittrabereceptive #WhatDharmaTaughtMe @dharmayoganyc Had a chat with a yoga teacher awhile ago, who said s/he would not post pictures of yoga poses - thinking it was kind of show-off if the pose is advanced, or was meaningless if the pose is basic or uninspiring. There can be many negative thoughts even for a simple act of posting a selfie. I consider these thoughts are all due to the ego. Do we need to impress someone by posting a picture? Surely not. We dont need it. Maybe the mind does. I remember the very first time i started to pose my yoga pose pictures on facebook, was after the 500hr Life of A Yogi Teacher Training that we were encouraged to take part in an Instagram event titled Share The Way, to show our devotion towards our beloved guru Dharmaji. With this intention, I no longer felt shy to pose my pictures and that's it.