Gremlin Ashtanga & Bodywork

Keep practicing. All is coming.

受疫情影響，教室目前不再收新生。🙏🏻 We are no longer accepting new students at the studio. Thank you for your interest.

最近練習老師發現我 mayura 怎麼做那麼快。我很皮的說我停留了五個飛速呼吸。老師說：「我寧願你停留一個紮實的呼吸。你們的練習就是這樣，所以一直反覆輪迴，沒有辦法進步。」

老師那天的話我一直記在心裡。我想我們每個人都是這樣吧。總想著今天一定要努力做些改變，但一個分心又用同樣錯誤的方式做事。

老師叮嚀我。我叮嚀自己的學生。一代一代的傳承八肢走向自由的練習。

體位法是外相的練習，呼吸法給予其中的內涵。而凝視點則是心法。心不定無法，無法自主。願我們都能秉持八肢心法，不受雜念的影響。

The other day Mei caught me doing a half-ass mayura. I told her I held it for five rapid breaths and she said she would have preferred that I held two steady ones. Then she proceeded to lecture me on how instead of using the practice to free myself from my old habits, I was using it to reinforce them.

I think we all do it. We start the practice thinking we’ll do better today but then at some point we lose our focus and slip back to our old patterns. Day after day, we slip and we fall from grace again and again.

Asana is the shape we embody, pranayama gives it substance and dristi brings liberation. Let us never lose our dristi and get sidetracked by silly things.

12/1 週三
17:00 Asana Lab II (1/3)

12/2 週四
17:00 Asana Lab II full primary (1/3)

12/3 週五
13:00 Business English (booked)
16:30 Yoga Therapy (full)

12/5 週日
14:00 Business English (booked)
15:00 Asana Lab II up till badhakonasana (2/3)

詢問同學的意見後，12月起單人上口令課(不是一對一私人課喔)收費$500。☺️ 英文課除非來教室上課，加收$200。🙏🏻
Time for some heart to heart. There are parts of me that I show proudly to the world. There are parts of me I hide in the closet. When I practice they meet heart to heart as one steps away from the striving and the other away from the shame and together we rest in our playful innocence and unconditional love.

週二 11/23
12:45 Business English (booked)

週三 11/24
18:00 Asana Lab II (1/3)
(帶到 supta padangusthasana)

週四 11/25
17:00 Asana Lab II (1/3)
(帶到 supta padangusthasana)

週五 11/26
13:00 Business English (booked)
18:00 Business English (canceled)

週日 11/28
14:00 Business English (Booked)
15:00 Asana Lab II (1/3)
(帶到 kurmasana)

12月開始平日課三3堂，週日4堂。最近慢慢開始找回對體位法的熱誠。要進修提升。而且要更專心於一個工作項目。

Gonna start cutting back on some teaching hours next month. Will be limiting weekdays classes to three classes per week. Same goes for Sunday (can add an additional class occasionally).Too much to do and too little time. Thank you for your support and understanding. 🙏🏻☺️🙏🏻

11/15 週一
09:00 Intermediate Chinese (booked)

11/16 週二
12:30 Business English (booked)

11/17 週三
18:00 Asana Lab II (1/3)

11/19 週五
12:30 Business English (booked)
16:45 - 19:00 open

11/21 週日
10:00 Asana basics (full)
14:00 Business English (booked)
15:00 Asana Lab II (2/3)
（目前帶到 kukkutasana)

大家都說 karanda 難，我覺得孔雀和鱷魚才是真正的魔王。練了一年也沒什麼長進。所以如果有什麼動作對你來說特別難，不要氣餒。這些動作都是在幫助我們正視自己的盲點。時間到了，我們準備好了，就能自然的解鎖。

And I thought Karanda was hard. These two poses absolutely kill me. Been a year and I still suck. So don’t feel bad if you’re struggling with any particular poses. We all struggle. Struggling is how we grow.

11/2 週二
9:00 Intermediate Chinese (booked)
13:00 Business English (booked)

11/4 週四
17:00 Asana Lab II (1/3)

11/5 週五
12:30 Business English (booked)
17:00 Yoga Therapy (full)

11/6 週六
09:30 Intermediate Chinese (booked)

11/7 週日
10:00 Asana basics (full)
15:00 Asana Lab II (1/3)

懶惰是一種很恐怖的東西。常常想懶惰一下，結果一天就過去了。想懶惰一天一個禮拜就不見了。再懶惰下去越來越沒動力。八肢的練習這麼嚴格其實就是要預防懶人病。😂🤣

有時候我也會犯懶，所以就拖著自己去找老師。老師在懶惰蟲🐛就會一下變成一條龍🐲。

希望大家都有個讓自己長長志氣，專治懶人病的好老師。

When you’re feeling lazy, that’s when you should definitely get your ass on the mat. Make sure your person is there with you so you can’t half-ass it.

Mei’s been my person the last few weeks. I’m truly grateful. Thank the lord imma be getting that first jab finally.

週四 10/28
17:00 Asana lab II (1/3)

週五 10/29
16:30 Yoga Therapy (full)

週日 10/31
14:00 Business English (booked)
15:00 Asana Lab II (2/3)

週二 11/2
12:00 Business English (booked)

從Karanda 開始，
幾乎每個動作都要老師扶著。
搖搖晃晃也來到二級的七個頭倒立。
像是馬拉松的18到20-mile 的牆，
內心只想著其實現在就能停下來。
但是老師象徵著未來更堅強的自己，
所以只能看著老師慈悲的笑臉，
再難再恐怖的動作至少多試一次。
而且一路上還有同學的支持。
我想這種精神上的連結
才是真正讓彼此不怠惰、精進的力量。
希望我們都能透過八肢遇見最棒的自己。

These headstands feel extra challenging after I’ve been going at it for an hour and half. It feels a bit like the 18-20mile mark of a marathon. You just wanna call it a day and get some food in them belly! 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️ but having Mei next to me makes it a little easier. Swipe to see her showing me how it’s done.

Cakrabandhasana also felt a bit different after the three headstands. It almost felt easier to recruit mula bandha honestly. Gnarly!

It was a full room today. Been a while since I saw and the other ladies. 好久不見真開心。🥰🥳

週四 10/21
17:00 八肢 Asana Lab II (2/3)

週五 10/22
17:00 Yoga Therapy (full)

週日 10/24
9:00 Business English (booked)
10:00 八肢 asana basics (full)
14:00 Business English (booked)
15:00 Asana Lab II (1/3)

剛才發現今天是獅子🦁️新月。
難怪早上練二級一股狠勁。
今晚要平衡火星的能量，
對自己少一點批評和逼迫。
也要利用新月的能量歸零，
問自己：「現在的我真正需要的是什麼？」

Mei gave me the last of the sitting postures of the intermediate series yesterday. I’ve officially made it to the seven deadly headstands.

Ashtanga is so strange that you have to wait for the next pose. You wait for it to be given to you. It’s a bit like anything in life. You struggle, you beg and you fight and nothing comes. Or you push, you run, you are ambivalent and everything comes.

Some of us sanctify this practice because nothing seems sacred anymore. Some of us use it as a healing tool in a world of hurt. Some of us chase it for the highs and in the process learn to live with the lows. Whatever gets you on your mat today, ride it out and say, “yes” or if you are like me, say, “hells yeah!”