CarolynMillward

I’ve lived in many places, being born and raised in South Africa on a farm, then moved to Muscat, Oman when I was 38 years old for work, and have now been in Abu Dhabi for the past 10 years

After wanting to do a YTT200 for many years, I finally found MLPC, and the online format really suited my lifestyle as I have a very high powered job in the corporate world, so could not take time out to go to India or somewhere else to do a face to face fulltime course The online model worked so well for me, ad what was even better was that the sessions were live, which meant more interaction and engagement, and I need that live session to help me commit each week

I have been practicing yoga for the past 10 years, and it has honestly been my sanity and my mat has been my haven. Working in a very pressurised corporate environment means that my daily stress levels are definitely higher than they should be, and yoga has helped to keep me grounded and practice mindfulness throughout my day, bringing awareness and attention to my feelings in the body, the negative self-talk that impacts my performance and helps me to stay in the present and use my breathing exercises especially in stressful situations. This allows me to see take a step back, see the bigger picture and remain calm and grounded in most situations (most of the time at anyway, but we ’ re only human).

So far I’m providing free classes to ladies at my organisation as part of our Employee Health and Wellbeing program, and I also do weekly classes in my garden, for my close friends –girls night with a difference yoga and dinner afterwards Thank you Alex and MLPC for the amazing opportunity to do my YTT 200