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Namaskara VOICE for the YOGA COMMUNITY October 2019 namaskarA VOICE FOR THE YOGA COMMUNITY October 2019 TWO TOOLS TO STILL YOUR MIND MUSIC IN YOGA TEACHER BURNOUT Using breath & gaze, practitioners can quieten Yoga teacher Samrat Dasgupta talks to four How to keep our selves & our teaching fresh ....p24 and bring focus to our mind............................p16 teachers about the role of music in yoga.........p18 Samrat Dasgupta in Handstand variation. Photo by Bianca Dasgupta 2 NAMASKAR NAMASKAR - OCTOBER 2019 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR He who has a why to live for ON THE COVER - SAMRAT DASGUPTA can bear almost any how. Observed Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most influential philosophers of the modern era. Although a man living in Germany in the 1800s would have a different life experience than Samrat teaches yoga classes, leads retreats and teacher whoever wrote the Bhagavad Gita, they seem to have made a similar conclusion about the trainings. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife, Bianca, importance of having a purpose in purpose. and their two sons. Patrick and Gabrielle, writing on our dristi “Teacher Burnout,” came to a similar conclusion - having a clear purpose in life helps ward off teaching blues. Part two of Eric’s history of yoga In This Issue teachers shows us how the yoga we study today was passed down to us through a long line of wonderful teachers. DRISTI - TEACHER BURNOUT LONGEVITY 24 Samrat, who graces our cover, collates the opinions of several notable teachers, on the using BURNOUT’S KNOCKING 28 music in yoga class or home practice. Eugene and Lai Chow tell us how lessons they learned on the mat are informing their lives off the mat. Christine and Sophie share learnings from their WHO DELIVERED YOGA TO YOU 29 teachers. While Quinn and Krishnaa explain simple techniques which can benefit all. SPECIAL FEATURES Thanks to all these contributors, and those behind the scenes - Angela, Carol, Wai-Ling, Joe, HARD TO FOCUS 16 Chester and Anny, all working hard to bring you each issue. Breathe and gaze your way to stillness MUSIC & YOGA 18 Our next dristi will be “Studio Owner’s Path.” We are hoping to hear from studio owners Five teachers share their views themselves or teachers or students with broad experience of studios to share. If you have a BEING BETTER 21 studio, can you tell about your vision and any sense of obligation. How do you balance “giving One yogi’s efforts to use technology for self- the clients what they want” versus “guiding them to a higher purpose?” Or maybe you are a improvement teacher or student who has worked at or practiced at lots of different studio and would like to JUST SHOW UP 22 comment on the approaches. Applying a yoga asana lesson to life On the topic of contribution, can you tell us what you think about our Kula section? Is it REGULAR CONTRIBUTIONS helpful, should we continue to include it or has on-line marketing made it obsolete? We ask KULA UPDATES, WORKSHOPS, because we’re receiving fewer submissions from contributors and we’re thinking about what RETREATS, TEACHER TRAININGS 6 to do. Please drop us a note on [email protected] with your thoughts on this and any other areas of Namaskar. TEACHER TRAINING REVIEW 32 MUDRAS 32 BOOK REVIEW 34 DIRECTORY 36 Namaskar provides a voice for the yoga community around the Articles and photographs in Namaskar are contributed at no ABOUT NAMASKAR world. The publication is an opportunity for practitioners on a charge. Advertising income covers production, distribution, yogic path to selflessly offer their knowledge, learnings and administrative costs and discretionary contributions to selected ADVERTISING Carol Adams, [email protected] experiences with others. charities and causes. KULA Wai-Ling Tse, [email protected] We welcome unsolicited submissions, therefore the opinions Namaskar, is published quarterly, usually January, April, July and expressed within these pages are not necessarily those of Namaskar or October. About 5,000 copies are printed and distributed for free SUBSCRIPTION Angela Sun, [email protected] its volunteers. to yoga studios, teachers, fitness centres, retail outlets, cafes and yoga-friendly outlets. Mostly distributed in Hong Kong, with 1,500 EDITOR Frances Gairns, [email protected] copies mailed to readers in 32 other countries. October 2019 CONTRIBUTORS ANGELA SUN CHRISTINE YEUNG EUGENE LEE KRISHNAA KINKARIDAS Krishnaa lives in London. She studied with B.K.S.Iyengar and now runs classes in London and Angela takes care of distribution After a full career in finance and teaches Sanskrit and mudras for and circulation of Namaskar. Now banking, Eugene took a 200-hour yoga for the Yoga Alliance and back in her home town of New TT with Dharma Mittra in 2017. He British Wheel of Yoga. She has York, she has been practicing yoga Christine is a yoga teacher in Hong has founded BetterMe a company written 15 books on Bhakti Yoga. for 10 years. She currently teaches Kong. She loves teaching, writing, focused on empowering individu- [email protected] privately. shooting photos and videos. She als to motive corporations globally [email protected] believes we are all travellers in to carry out their Social Develop- LOW LAI CHOW life, and yoga is a beautiful way to ment Goals. CAROL ADAMS live with love and freedom. www.bmegss.mystrikingly.com [email protected] GABRIELLE MCMAHON ERIC SHAW Lai Chow manifests words for a living. The journalist of 15 years and sometime editor is based in Singapore. www.lowlaichow.com Carol takes care of Namaskar adminstration, advertising and Eric has studied yoga and PATRICK CREELMAN billing from the UK. She works meditation for more than 30 years from home which gives her the and taught both since 2001. He freedom to take care of her son. maintains a lively international Gabrielle is a life and spiritual [email protected] teaching schedule and is the coach, incorporating meditation, creator of Prasana Yoga and Yoga yoga and Ayurveda. She is based in Education through imagery. He is Byron Bay, Australia. an E-RYT 500 with two degrees in www.bebliss.com.au Art and a Master’s degree in Education, Religious Studies and Asian studies. www.prasanayoga.com 4 NAMASKAR namaskar As Pure Yoga’s founding teacher Samrat is a senior yoga teacher at Patrick has been and continues to Pure Yoga in Hong Kong and leads be a pillar in the yoga community workshops, retreats, foundation throughout Asia. Since the and advanced teacher trainings opening of Pure Yoga in Hong Kong globally. samrat.dasgupta@pure- Now on-line at: in 2002, Patrick has taught yoga.com www.issuu.com/namaskarasia thousands of students and trained hundreds of yoga teachers from SOPHIE SANDERS around the world. Informed by the wisdom teachings as taught to him by his profound teachers, Patrick continues to walk this path studying regularly and practicing as Dristi for December 2019: a way of life. patrick@pure- yoga.com Studio Owner’s Path QUINN TAPLIN Dristi for February 2020: History of Asana Sophie is a Tier 2 certified Baptiste Yoga Educator, an aspiring writer Dristi for May 2020: and a teacher mentor. She is living and breathing her empowered (yoga) life, moment to moment, Yoga & Buddhism day by day in Singapore and writes on www.sophiexsanders.com/blog WAI-LING TSE Quinn is a student and teacher of mind-body awareness. He has If you’d like to contribute on any of these topics, please email well over 1,000 hours of training in [email protected] with the idea for your article. Ashtanga, Iyengar, therapeutic, restorative yoga and bodywork. He Contributions are also welcome on other topics. Final articles are travels yearly to India and Bali. welcome before November 10 for December issue; January 10 for [email protected] February issue and; April 10 for May issue. SAMRAT DASGUPTA Wai-Ling practices and teaches mindfulness, therapy and is Kula editor for Namaskar. [email protected] October 2019 KULA Updates AUSTRALIAN Self-Attunement Laughter Meditation PICER, Central Wellbeing For the past 20 years, this Conference community has been assisting people to help bring about real 23 - 30 October change to their lives. Sessions Greenmount Beach Hotel, Gold held Mondays 3 – 4 pm and Coast Wednesdays 8 – 9 pm; HK$100. www.laughterwellbeing.org Call to reserve a space. HONG KONG For more information www.picer.com / Accessible Yoga (852) 2167 8661 for Everyone with YAMA Global Wellness Foundation Summit 15-17 October Valerie Ho & CoCo Chan, founders on OMSA online platform Platform, Sai Ying Pun Grand Hyatt, Wanchai Yoga for people with special Learn about the latest research OMSA, e- crystals, herbs, essential oils, needs, disabilities or for, and the crucial trends angel and oracle cards. physical challenges. Individual developing in Asia, China and commerce & and group classes for different Hong Kong’s wellness markets. Lifestyle Platform They are offering free shipping in ages and abilities. Held on Hong Kong and Singapore for Mondays 2-6 pm, classes by Namaskar’s founding editor & Launches orders over HK$500. donation. Bookings required. Gong teacher, Martha Collard Aromatherapist and energy will be one of the presenters. healer, CoCo Chan and invest- CoCo and Valerie plan to expand For more information ment manager, Valerie Ho, have the platform to include a direc [email protected] / yamahk.org / For more information launched a online platform selling tory of holistic therapies and a (852) 5507 0268 www.globalwellnesssummit.com community of events and workshops in Hong Kong and Free Lecture on Singapore. Medicines of the For more information Rain Forest www.omsa.world November Classes at Iyengar Central A medicine man and biotherapist Yogasala will deliver a lecture on the South Quarry Bay American tradition of healing.
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