I love yoga, that goes without saying. But my people do some strange things that are easily misinterpreted by our non-yogi friends as quirky at best, perverted and stay-the-fuck-away from me at worst. Here are some of the quirkier (but easily misinterpreted) yogic fun facts.
Read MoreYoga and self (or service) promotion go hand in hand. If you want to be a successful and a commercially viable Yoga Teacher – one who can sufficiently afford to pay their rent, bills, eat a 90% raw vegan diet and live in Bondi – you need to self-promote the sh*t out of your brand.
Read MoreTruth of the Day – 50% of me wants to be the type of girl who does yoga at night, drinks green tea, reads books, wears cute pyjamas, and stays at home; while the other 50% of me wants to wear my sexiest outfit and go out doing lines of cocaine on glass tables whilst dancing to the weekend’s music… yet i am neither of these girls. – Some random quote on instagram.
Read MoreHot yoga is a smelly endeavour and you will reek like an unwashed hobo who has just pee’d themselves after a 90 minute vinyasa class. Some yogis claim that a healthy person’s sweat shouldn’t smell – I disagree – most yoga rooms smell like moldy blue cheese. It’s gross but you become acclimatized with practice.
Read MoreMatt Singmin aka SOLON has been taking people out of the Ashrams and leading them towards the dance floor since 2009. He’s one half of the Future Sound of Yoga, a deep/tech house DJ and has a Philosophy/Literature major from Oxford University in England. I got to catch up with him and preview the new Future Sound of Yoga II mix.
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