“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things” – Leonardo da Vinci The countdown had started, 3 more sleeps and back to where I currently belong. I woke up twice last night so that was …
The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see” – Albert Einstein After usual 3 wake up calls in the night, the morning was early and dark as I woke up at 4.45am to do my yoga practice before Jyothis and I …
“This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before” – Maya Angelou Everything was perfect about this morning. I made it to the yoga pavilion 5 minutes earlier and did my practise for 10 minutes longer. Somehow today I felt relaxed, fresh and rejuvenated. At the end, when I was in final …
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard” – Winnie The Pooh Intuition is a strong thing and over a period of time I have learnt how to feel it and believe in it too. As soon as the alarm rang at 5am, I woke up and checked my phone …
25 February 2019 I remember the date 25 February 2018, when I decided to take a leap and go for a diving session after 8 years, so I could take the course of a certified diver in the coming days. Everything was in place – where to do the course from, how many days, vacation …
It’s been a year, a whole year since I took a leap into my passion and left Dubai for good. Well, it was precisely 22nd April 2016, when I flew out to London to start my journey and be a Certified Personal Trainer. With dreams in my eyes, passion to follow and believe in the …
20th January 2017 marked the date of Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, a run that made all the difference in my lifestyle 7 years ago. If I haven’t shared before, here is the story of my running life in brief… In 2009, during Ramadan days in my first job, few of us around the table came …
As the plane started to descend, I took some deep breaths looking at the stunning view outside. The day unfolded with a streak of yellow and orange colors and with every blink, it became clearer and clearer. At every stage, I couldn’t help but take pictures as I love clouds and every form of it, …
After weeks of silence from social media and the blog, finally I am back to share my experience and education towards becoming a certified Yoga Teacher. What started as a thought after the recently acquired certifications in personal training and group classes, soon grew into a serious move. You know what they say.. when it’s …
Recently I flew out to spend some time with family while I am still working on what’s next, and amongst all the things I watched in the flight to pass around 6.5 hours, one topic that made me think a lot was a documentary on athlete’s mind. Imagine how one athlete stands out from the …
It’s been almost two weeks since I arrived in Dubai and explored various job opportunities in the fitness industry. It has been an interesting journey so far as I got to meet the fitness experts, leaders, hear about their journeys so far, what the market expectation is and where I can blend and prospects to …
It has been an amazing journey so far and after almost 3 months it’s time to take the next step. With a heavy heart, I bid goodbye to London and make my way back to the current homeland Dubai for a fresh start with new opportunities and a completely new profile – as a certified …
Today was an eventful day I would say and it all started with a visit to the nearby gym to explore what they have to offer before signing up for few day passes. The walk was half an hour long and with a pleasant weather upon us today, where the sun was shinning for long, …
Yes indeed, this title comes with great pride as after few unsuccessful attempts to make pancakes, I finally got it right. So, I bought buckwheat flour (healthy of course!) along with grated coconut today and decided to give home-made healthy pancakes another shot. After mixing all the ingredients in the NutriBullet (did I say am a big …
Finally the theory is over and yesterday we sealed the deal with our practicals too, so now officially we are PREMIER QUALIFIED PERSONAL TRAINERS (yippee!!). It is such a great feeling I cannot express, these last 6 weeks has been an awesome journey into our heart, respiratory system, circulatory system, training systems, cardiovascular exercises and stretching …
The famous tagline of all times, from book titles to motivational quotes; says it all. After a hectic exam day yesterday with our brains all over the paper, our sleepless nights are finally over as it was the last paper in theory. With this, tomorrow is our last day in this course with practical sessions in the gym where I …
It’s amazing how a little time in hand can make you think again. After 5 weeks of confining my thoughts and focusing on studies, finally with one week left and one more theory & practical exam in hand; I decided to spend few hours of my weekend doing some experimental healthy cooking. The one that tops my list …
OMG it hurts!! It’s the right expression to start with today’s story that’s about a day full of action, workouts, circuit sessions and more & more & more. We had our practical assessment where each of us had to be the ‘instructor of the hour’ for 6 others and present our planned circuit with intro, demo …
So when our instructor asked us to bring clothes for the weather I wasn’t sure what she meant except we will be out and that it might, like might rain. After initial briefing in the class and revision of what we did over the last week, we stepped out to the nearby Finsbury park in …
With three days off and less of studies to do, I decided to make it my healthiest week so far by baking muffins at home with a healthy recipe and no sugar. When I was browsing online, I saw some key ones with avocado but none without sugar and while pondering over what could possibly …
This seems to be the new mantra that we as students are using now-a-days to push our limits or shall I say that of our future clients. We are taught different things daily and sometimes I really wonder if my brain will sustain all of this. Every evening, we finish the day strong and hope to …
