This is how I wear my crown:)
Some of the books that aspiring yogis should read:~
Yoga Sutras by Patanjali
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha
Eastern body western mind
Kundalini Tantra
Pran and Pranayama
Yoga anatomy
Happy reading 📖 📖 📖
Cuz headstands are everything❤️
Transitions to headstands.
I am the wind blowing in to my hair,
The smell of the earth & the beautiful sight in front of me is nothing but my own divine light✨
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Close your eyes 🧘🏼♀️
Take three deep belly breaths.
Take the seat of an observer.
Deeply root yourself in the body and become aware of your emotions.
Look internally wherever your mind & emotions are taking you.
Don’t go with them. Just watch them from afar.
Slowly creating a distance between the mind & the self (the observer)
Tell yourself I am not the thought,
I am not the mind,
I am not the body,
I am that which observes it all;
The soul which is beyond all illuminating in its own divine light.
I am pure, I am peace, I am love❤️ Kerala – God’s Own Country
Be You👇🏽
People will expect you to act like their version of you. The way they see you does not define you. You don’t have to fill in any role to suit anyone’s requirements.
All you need do is be you.
The ever changing you who is growing & evolving with every season.
Your identity is something which comes from within you, naturally, organically; just you.
Don’t mask that pure authentic self under the superficial validations of the others.
One way to do this is:- when you stop expecting from others or defining their roles in your life, you somehow automatically release yourself from the job they appointed for you in their lives. That’s when you can be there for everyone in your own capacity & in your own authentic way✨✨✨
Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu🙏🏽
May all beings in this universe be Happy and Free🙏🏽 Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat and Spa
Be in the moment, be in the movement, simple. Every mindful thought, act, speech & being of yours where you surrender to just the present moment, is yoga:)
#wordsbyaparnaa Kerala – God’s Own Country
When every moment is a reflection, then every moment is a Becoming.
#wordsbyaparnaa Lodha Lakeshore Greens
What you see in others is a perception of you, what you see in others is a reflection of you.
Much more of internal reflection is needed than victimizing the self. Cuz, victimization leads to misery & the latter leads to discovery; discovery of self✨
#Wordsbyaparnaa
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
:- Lao Tzu
Life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.
:-Thich Nhat Hanh Lodha Lakeshore Greens
Love is the bridge between you and everything.
:- Rumi Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat and Spa
No comparison, no analysis, no performance, no competition ;
Just be & become
with yoga🧘♀️
#wordsbyaparnaa 😉
Fun fact about me 😛
Almost 10 years back I stayed on almost all raw foods for a complete year or a little more. I haven’t been able to come around to this lifestyle since then. Raw foods are extremely beneficial when it comes to retaining the nutrients of the food which is lost while overcooking the food.
I was my healthiest self at that point of time and after that my journey with food has been of a love & hate relationship.
During my acting days, to match up with the skinny trends & avoid my chubby cheeks to show on the screen; I really went yo-yo-ing and developed this unhealthy pattern of using food as either a comfort or a punishment to my mental state in that current situation.
Yoga & Traveling are 2 things which made me look at food either as nourishment for the body or a treat for the soul.
I stopped looking at food as a mode of happiness or entertainment. I am glad my relationship with food has become the best I have ever known but it’s not always that easy to maintain a healthy lifestyle when you are surrounded by plethora of wrong foods & wrong information.
I am slowly coming around & sticking to healthier foods by eliminating all processed & packaged stuff & introducing more of a satvik lifestyle to my yogic one:)
PS: I am not going raw but maintaining a healthy balance of consuming foods in most natural forms.
One big credit for this goes to @satvicmovement for re-introducing healthy ways of preparing food at home.
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Also, the smoothie bowl shown in the pic has beetroot, banana & green apple in it.
Cheers to whoever is making a healthy change.
Change is good✨
Fun fact about me 😛
Almost 10 years back I stayed on almost all raw foods for a complete year or a little more. I haven’t been able to come around to this lifestyle since then. Raw foods are extremely beneficial when it comes to retaining the nutrients of the food which is lost while overcooking the food.
I was my healthiest self at that point of time and after that my journey with food has been of a love & hate relationship.
During my acting days, to match up with the skinny trends & avoid my chubby cheeks to show on the screen; I really went yo-yo-ing and developed this unhealthy pattern of using food as either a comfort or a punishment to my mental state in that current situation.
Yoga & Traveling are 2 things which made me look at food either as nourishment for the body or a treat for the soul.
I stopped looking at food as a mode of happiness or entertainment. I am glad my relationship with food has become the best I have ever known but it’s not always that easy to maintain a healthy lifestyle when you are surrounded by plethora of wrong foods & wrong information.
I am slowly coming around & sticking to healthier foods by eliminating all processed & packaged stuff & introducing more of a satvik lifestyle to my yogic one:)
PS: I am not going raw but maintaining a healthy balance of consuming foods in most natural forms.
One big credit for this goes to @satvicmovement for re-introducing healthy ways of preparing food at home.
–
Also, the smoothie bowl shown in the pic has beetroot, banana & green apple in it.
Cheers to whoever is making a healthy change.
Change is good✨
Embrace the child in you and lose all the seriousness. What’s past or future, is all an illusion. Live in the present and play with joy in this game of life.
#wordsbyaparnaa 😉 Palava City
Yoga does not only help you see your own divine light, but it also teaches you to the see the light in all. It teaches you humility, kindness, love & respect for all. Because beyond all our egos, we’re the same beam of light. We’re one but unique in our own way. Yoga teaches you:- We are the cosmos with cosmos is within us ✨
#Wordsbyaparnaa
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And all of them needed hard work, skill & talent. All of them were paid & all of them were/are respectful.
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If you think your job is above others or it’s too small for you to do a particular job, you are full of Ego.
If you think your job is below others or you’re too small to aspire for any particular job, you’re attacked by your Ego.
–
I belong to a small town and fortunately have very supporting & trusting parents. But I had been constantly told by my so called surroundings:-
If you’re a freelancer, you basically don’t have a job🤷🏻♀️
Girls don’t dance & it’s not a respectful profession🤷🏻♀️
If you’re an actor, then you have no education and are only going to struggle for a few years with no concrete future🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve chosen to fly as a stewardess, you are everybody’s servant🤷🏻♀️
If you’re a yoga teacher, you’ve not chosen a successful career because everybody knows how to do yoga in India and anybody can teach as well🤷🏻♀️
If you’re traveling so much, it’s better you get married instead of wasting your time & money🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve not yet gotten married, then you’re fast forward & characterless🤷🏻♀️
If you’re dating a Muslim, you’re anti-nationalist & anti-Hindu🤷🏻♀️
If your work is happening on an online format, then it’s not a real job🤷🏻♀️
Women don’t choose/ women follow what they have been told🤷🏻♀️
I still did those jobs & won’t trade them for any other. Right now I am signing up for a vagabond job of moving to foreign locations, meeting people, sharing yoga & helping others.
I am sorry, I wasn’t born with a 9to5 soul (no offense)
PS:- Just like my Prakriti “Air-Vata” (My Ayurvedic constitution) I can’t stay in one place and like to move with the Wind;)
#nojobisbestjob
#freelancerfreesoul
#alljobsmatter #respectalljobs #yourjobdoesntdefineyou
#freelancer #feminism
#womenempowerment
#islamophobia
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And all of them needed hard work, skill & talent. All of them were paid & all of them were/are respectful.
👇🏽read
If you think your job is above others or it’s too small for you to do a particular job, you are full of Ego.
If you think your job is below others or you’re too small to aspire for any particular job, you’re attacked by your Ego.
–
I belong to a small town and fortunately have very supporting & trusting parents. But I had been constantly told by my so called surroundings:-
If you’re a freelancer, you basically don’t have a job🤷🏻♀️
Girls don’t dance & it’s not a respectful profession🤷🏻♀️
If you’re an actor, then you have no education and are only going to struggle for a few years with no concrete future🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve chosen to fly as a stewardess, you are everybody’s servant🤷🏻♀️
If you’re a yoga teacher, you’ve not chosen a successful career because everybody knows how to do yoga in India and anybody can teach as well🤷🏻♀️
If you’re traveling so much, it’s better you get married instead of wasting your time & money🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve not yet gotten married, then you’re fast forward & characterless🤷🏻♀️
If you’re dating a Muslim, you’re anti-nationalist & anti-Hindu🤷🏻♀️
If your work is happening on an online format, then it’s not a real job🤷🏻♀️
Women don’t choose/ women follow what they have been told🤷🏻♀️
I still did those jobs & won’t trade them for any other. Right now I am signing up for a vagabond job of moving to foreign locations, meeting people, sharing yoga & helping others.
I am sorry, I wasn’t born with a 9to5 soul (no offense)
PS:- Just like my Prakriti “Air-Vata” (My Ayurvedic constitution) I can’t stay in one place and like to move with the Wind;)
#nojobisbestjob
#freelancerfreesoul
#alljobsmatter #respectalljobs #yourjobdoesntdefineyou
#freelancer #feminism
#womenempowerment
#islamophobia
👈🏽swipe
And all of them needed hard work, skill & talent. All of them were paid & all of them were/are respectful.
👇🏽read
If you think your job is above others or it’s too small for you to do a particular job, you are full of Ego.
If you think your job is below others or you’re too small to aspire for any particular job, you’re attacked by your Ego.
–
I belong to a small town and fortunately have very supporting & trusting parents. But I had been constantly told by my so called surroundings:-
If you’re a freelancer, you basically don’t have a job🤷🏻♀️
Girls don’t dance & it’s not a respectful profession🤷🏻♀️
If you’re an actor, then you have no education and are only going to struggle for a few years with no concrete future🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve chosen to fly as a stewardess, you are everybody’s servant🤷🏻♀️
If you’re a yoga teacher, you’ve not chosen a successful career because everybody knows how to do yoga in India and anybody can teach as well🤷🏻♀️
If you’re traveling so much, it’s better you get married instead of wasting your time & money🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve not yet gotten married, then you’re fast forward & characterless🤷🏻♀️
If you’re dating a Muslim, you’re anti-nationalist & anti-Hindu🤷🏻♀️
If your work is happening on an online format, then it’s not a real job🤷🏻♀️
Women don’t choose/ women follow what they have been told🤷🏻♀️
I still did those jobs & won’t trade them for any other. Right now I am signing up for a vagabond job of moving to foreign locations, meeting people, sharing yoga & helping others.
I am sorry, I wasn’t born with a 9to5 soul (no offense)
PS:- Just like my Prakriti “Air-Vata” (My Ayurvedic constitution) I can’t stay in one place and like to move with the Wind;)
#nojobisbestjob
#freelancerfreesoul
#alljobsmatter #respectalljobs #yourjobdoesntdefineyou
#freelancer #feminism
#womenempowerment
#islamophobia
👈🏽swipe
And all of them needed hard work, skill & talent. All of them were paid & all of them were/are respectful.
👇🏽read
If you think your job is above others or it’s too small for you to do a particular job, you are full of Ego.
If you think your job is below others or you’re too small to aspire for any particular job, you’re attacked by your Ego.
–
I belong to a small town and fortunately have very supporting & trusting parents. But I had been constantly told by my so called surroundings:-
If you’re a freelancer, you basically don’t have a job🤷🏻♀️
Girls don’t dance & it’s not a respectful profession🤷🏻♀️
If you’re an actor, then you have no education and are only going to struggle for a few years with no concrete future🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve chosen to fly as a stewardess, you are everybody’s servant🤷🏻♀️
If you’re a yoga teacher, you’ve not chosen a successful career because everybody knows how to do yoga in India and anybody can teach as well🤷🏻♀️
If you’re traveling so much, it’s better you get married instead of wasting your time & money🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve not yet gotten married, then you’re fast forward & characterless🤷🏻♀️
If you’re dating a Muslim, you’re anti-nationalist & anti-Hindu🤷🏻♀️
If your work is happening on an online format, then it’s not a real job🤷🏻♀️
Women don’t choose/ women follow what they have been told🤷🏻♀️
I still did those jobs & won’t trade them for any other. Right now I am signing up for a vagabond job of moving to foreign locations, meeting people, sharing yoga & helping others.
I am sorry, I wasn’t born with a 9to5 soul (no offense)
PS:- Just like my Prakriti “Air-Vata” (My Ayurvedic constitution) I can’t stay in one place and like to move with the Wind;)
#nojobisbestjob
#freelancerfreesoul
#alljobsmatter #respectalljobs #yourjobdoesntdefineyou
#freelancer #feminism
#womenempowerment
#islamophobia
👈🏽swipe
And all of them needed hard work, skill & talent. All of them were paid & all of them were/are respectful.
👇🏽read
If you think your job is above others or it’s too small for you to do a particular job, you are full of Ego.
If you think your job is below others or you’re too small to aspire for any particular job, you’re attacked by your Ego.
–
I belong to a small town and fortunately have very supporting & trusting parents. But I had been constantly told by my so called surroundings:-
If you’re a freelancer, you basically don’t have a job🤷🏻♀️
Girls don’t dance & it’s not a respectful profession🤷🏻♀️
If you’re an actor, then you have no education and are only going to struggle for a few years with no concrete future🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve chosen to fly as a stewardess, you are everybody’s servant🤷🏻♀️
If you’re a yoga teacher, you’ve not chosen a successful career because everybody knows how to do yoga in India and anybody can teach as well🤷🏻♀️
If you’re traveling so much, it’s better you get married instead of wasting your time & money🤷🏻♀️
If you’ve not yet gotten married, then you’re fast forward & characterless🤷🏻♀️
If you’re dating a Muslim, you’re anti-nationalist & anti-Hindu🤷🏻♀️
If your work is happening on an online format, then it’s not a real job🤷🏻♀️
Women don’t choose/ women follow what they have been told🤷🏻♀️
I still did those jobs & won’t trade them for any other. Right now I am signing up for a vagabond job of moving to foreign locations, meeting people, sharing yoga & helping others.
I am sorry, I wasn’t born with a 9to5 soul (no offense)
PS:- Just like my Prakriti “Air-Vata” (My Ayurvedic constitution) I can’t stay in one place and like to move with the Wind;)
#nojobisbestjob
#freelancerfreesoul
#alljobsmatter #respectalljobs #yourjobdoesntdefineyou
#freelancer #feminism
#womenempowerment
#islamophobia