“SOMETIMES, you have to slow down in order to speed up,” says Jojo Struys, a former television host turned wellness speaker and yoga teacher. She spent 20 years practising Pranayama breathing techniques and training yoga at the foothills of the Himalayas before becoming a fully certified yoga instructor.
Jojo is one of many practitioners who are drawn to the physical and spiritual benefits of yoga. “It unites the mind, body and spirit. It brings us into higher states of consciousness and brings us clarity and inner peace. We live in such a fast-paced world; yoga helps us slow down and become more present.”
Dating back to the period of the Vedas and Upanishads, yoga is a traditional and time-honoured practice focusing on all-round wellness of the body, mind and soul. Like other Indian traditions, it was handed down from master (Guru) to disciple (Shishya), who, after rigorous practice, attains mastery and qualifies to become a master himself.
