Ninie Ahmad: Off her yoga mat.

Her daily AFFIRMATIONS of staying optimistic especially when she's (upside) down.

Who is Ninie Ahmad

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PRESS RELEASE 2013

Yoga In The City

KUALA LUMPUR - Ninie Ahmad is easily Malaysia’s most visible yoga teacher. She has graced a number of magazine covers, endless magazine pages as yoga personality / fitness model and also no stranger to Malaysian TV as she has been featured as special guest in most local talk shows.

In 2010, Ninie was ranked Top 5 Female Bloggers in Malaysia (by Nuffnang) with over 15,000 readers a week reading her daily affirmations at http://ninieahmad.com. In 2012, Ninie’s website won the award for Malaysia’s Best Health & Wellbeing Blog 2012 by (MSMW).

Just like everyone else, Ninie was ‘dragged’ to her very first yoga class in 1999. She was a record-holder athlete and hockey player for her boarding school (Sekolah Tun Fatimah, Johor Bahru) and university (Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Bangi) but with chronic asthma problem that prevented her from participating in long-training / tournaments.

After only 6 months of attending yoga classes religiously, her respiratory problem disappeared. She also found that the new flexibility plus patience she gained from yoga helped her ‘outperform’ and focus better in her sports training. That was when she decided to ‘join the cult’ and teach yoga to share the wonderful gift of stretching one’s limit to others.

At only 30 years old, Ninie has been in the yoga industry in Malaysia for 13 years and has been teaching yoga in Kuala Lumpur for more than 10 years. Ninie has also published two yoga magazines under her belt of which, her self-published magazine ‘Hati Yoga‘ (2006) was Malaysia’s very first yoga magazine. She has been under the tutelage of world’s most renowned yoga masters namely Sri Dharma Mittra and Hollywood celebrity yoga teacher, Rainbeau Mars.

During Bali Spirit Festival 2010, Ninie was among the celebrated Head Workshop Presenters for Yoga during  alongside Shiva Rea, Duncan Wong, Twee Merrigan and Eion Finn.

Heavily influenced by daily Ashtanga practice and also certified in teaching Preconception, Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga, Ninie is often described as the small, hip and not-your-typical-saffron-wearing yoga teacher. Her small figure executing ‘Impossible Is Nothing’ arms-balancing and her very public journey of sharing her love for yoga have been an inspiration to health and fitness enthusiasts in Asia.

Her big personality, long list of credentials and more than a decade experience in yoga have landed her the title of Official Yoga Ambassador for adidas Malaysia from year 2006 until 2010.

In May 2009, Ninie launched her very own yoga sanctuary, BE Yoga located in the heart of Damansara Perdana, Petaling Jaya for yoga practitioners to begin or resume their practice with Malaysia’s best yoga teachers in Ninie’s chosen industrial-minimalist ambience & eco-friendly environment.

In April 2010, Ninie left BE Yoga for her personal journey to see the world. In June 2010, Ninie announced that she will be taking a year off media appearance and from teaching yoga for public in Kuala Lumpur. Through her blog, she expressed her frustration on the unfair treatments and judgments she has been getting from Malaysian media and religious council although yoga ban is lawfully unenforced in Malaysia.

In 2011, Ninie joins the MANDUKA ambassadors list for their Who’s on the Mat™ program.

In July 2011, Ninie resumes her teaching journey in Malaysia by founding Upward at Saujana Resort, Subang inspired by her favourite yoga studios in New York City.

In July 2012, Ninie announced her first pregnancy and continues teaching 20 hours of physical yoga classes a week at Upward to inspire more women and to educate her community that with daily yoga practice pre-pregnancy, one can remain calm, strong, healthy and fit to endure 9-months pregnancy marathon.

Ninie just completed gentle birth midwifery and advanced doula training with Ibu Robin Lim (world renowned midwife and CNN hero) and Giuditta Tornetta (doula and best-selling author of ‘Painless Childbirth’) in October 2012 to materialize her visual of self-delivering her firstborn and to help empower other mothers who celebrate their highest capability as strong and able women to birth naturally.

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Ninie Ahmad in the media (2009 - 2010):

Daily Chili: ‘Nimble Ninie

Free Malaysia Today: ‘Astro pulls the plug on Muslim Yoga guru

The Sun: ‘Breakfast Like A Queen

KLue: ‘My Klang Valley

Harper’s BAZAAR: ‘Perfect Poise

TATLER: ‘Style In Motion

The Star Property: ‘Find Serenity at BE Yoga

SHAPE: ‘Being The Best She Can Be

MSN Life & Style: ‘Getting To Know Ninie Ahmad

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January 6th, 2010 at 1:43 am

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