Yoga Apparels in Ref Station Shop, Brunei

Thanks to Angie, we have yoga apparels made and designed comfortably for our practice here in Brunei.  The Spring/Summer 2011 collection is in her shop on display and I must say the price is fairly reasonable for the excellent quality you're buying.  In contrast to sports clothing, 'easyoga' has made their clothes suited and catered well for yoga practices.  It is 'breathable'.

And here are some pictures from 'easyoga' site to share with you what's in store:-

Yoga Mat Tote Bag

Contact No: 8717769 or email: maj@brunet.bn

Doula Care

What is a Doula?

The word "doula" comes from the ancient Greek meaning "a woman who serves" and is now used to refer to a trained and experienced professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after birth; or who provides emotional and practical support during the postpartum period.


Studies have shown that when doulas attend birth, labors are shorter with fewer complications, babies are healthier and they breastfeed more easily.


Also:-


Doulas are not only beneficial to families who desire unmedicated birth, but also for those who require induction for medical reasons, prefer medicated pain relief, planned cesarean, etc.


Doula training includes vaginal, cesarean, and VBAC births for mothers that are low- or high-risk


Physical (non-medical support during labor and birth, including beneficial positioning, massage, and other trained techniques.


Emotional birth support utilizing comforting, affirming, and relaxation techniques - involving your partner as much as possible - not replacing them!


Postpartum support as needed, including breastfeeding support

Facilitates communication between the laboring woman, her partner and her clinical care providers

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Yoga Helps Cancer Patients by Krista Peterson

                     Mental, physical benefits draw cancer patients to yoga


The treatment stage for cancer patients can often be a brutal and difficult experience. Routine therapy processes like chemotherapy and radiation have been known to bring on multiple side effects that plague patients for an extended period of time during treatment. Luckily, there’s been an increased effort to explore complementary therapies in the past decade that are geared to help cut down on side effects from traditional treatment.

One of the more popular options in complementary therapy has been yoga, which built a great track record of providing patients with benefits in a physical and mental sense. Yoga can also be participated in different schedules. Some patients have taken to participating once or twice a week in a long session, while others may prefer to take part in daily sessions in the morning and before bed.

One of the primary reasons that yoga has become so popular outside of the medical community is because of its physical benefits. Many use it for exercise because it seems to hit every area of the body and this is no different for cancer patients. Many use yoga intertwined during their treatment process to help relieve physical ailments that plague them. Arthritis patients invest yoga use because it helps to alleviate body pain and improve range of motion. Some of the physical benefits that are most important to cancer patients are yoga’s success in reducing side effects like vomiting and nausea that are common with chemotherapy and radiation.

The mental benefits are also important for cancer patients. Yoga allows these patients the opportunity to take part in an activity that can provide time for meditation and reflection. This time of peace is something that can often be taken for granted in the medical community. As health care has become ever more specialized over the years, the need for a break from tests and treatment has become even more valuable. One excellent example of yoga’s effect from a mental aspect includes the impact that it has had on mesothelioma patients. This is a type of cancer that occurs in the lungs as a result of asbestos exposure and has a severely low life expectancy rate. These patients use yoga as a way to shut off the stress and fear that often consume their lives following diagnosis.

Moving forward, yoga will certainly be an excellent complementary treatment option for the future. Its ability to provide numerous physical benefits, as well as helping patients gain a time of peace will continue to make it a popular choice to alleviate treatment related side effects.

(Krista Peterson has contributed this guest article to Yoga At Heart and I thank her for the time and effort she has put into this piece.  I would also like to add that cancer is something that crosses our path one way or the other, directly or indirectly.  It is difficult for those who have loved ones going through this phase and for those who had it.  I am sure that everyone deals with cancer in many different ways, but there's one thing I hope and wish for them, is to find their inner strength and determination to live freely in hope, faith, peacefulness and calmness.  Whether it be through yoga, tai chi, other forms of complementary therapy, music, love, family or even through your own form of faith.  In light, Namaste)

Everything Is On Its Way

I feel like the past two weeks has breeze past me quicker than my sneeze.   I thought how super to have the month off and get the studio done at my own pace.  Nope, instead, I feel like I have been on a threadmill that has no stop button.  Had been up and down from Kiulap to Muara and back again to Batu Bersurat just to get various things done.  From finding the most trivial things like a toilet loo roll holder to finding the right mirror for the wash room.  Maybe I'm just too fussy on what goes where.  Why oh why is there no 'B & Q's here in Brunei ? We have new shophouses sprouting out every few to six months and yet it takes ten car journeys just to find the perfect loo roll holder.  Hmmm, maybe I am fussy. 

And just when I got the ball rolling for the studio renovation, one of my contractors decided to bail on me last minute.  ..............(you see these blank dots........I felt like my brain went into dot mode ....just not thinking but just dotting).  Perhaps my fault too, I got this contractor that spoke no english, only mandarin and we verbalised everything in malay.

Lesson One for Jac (and perhaps a few of you out there) : Do get a contractor that knows how to communicate and perhaps even speak the same language.  And yes, I do feel like Homer Simpson right this moment.

Well, at least in between all these busy moments, I got to catch up with a few good friends I haven't seen in a while.  It was nice.  Nothing says it better than a nice cup of chai latte.  And I managed to dropped into Angie's (Ref Station) and got myself two new tops.  She still has lovely yoga tops and glad to hear she'll be bringing some more easyoga apparels next week. 

So, be sure to drop in at Ref Station in Kiulap and have a browse at the stuffs Angie's brought in.  And I can't wait till the studio is finished.  It'll all be worth the sweat and tears.....especially with the quest for the perfect loo roll holder.   ;D