Ninie Ahmad: Off her yoga mat.

It feels like yesterday I got married.

Exactly one year ago,
we started off 11 December 2010 with a short Ashtanga practice at sunrise,

Upward dog

Heels over head

..a couple of hours before they pronounced us man and wife.

Above photos by Pretty Peektures

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Yesterday, we celebrated 11 December 2011, 365 days of being married
by hosting an Ashtanga workshop until sunset at Upward, our pride and joy

..and surprised each other by accidentally getting the very same 1-Year Anniversary card for each other.

If that’s not MFEO, I don’t know what else is.

Yoga brought us together and this much I know,
it is yoga that is going to keep us happy and healthy together.
God willing, forever.

Help me understand what do they really mean when they say “I can’t live without my Blackberry” and “Success is.. my new Birkin.”

OK, my shallow for reading inside back cover of fashion magazines anyway but, you can’t live without your Blackberry? Really?

Not your breaths? Or brain? Or vision? Really?

I find that when I (keyword used here is, ‘I’. I don’t know about you..) resort to non-material things to be happy about, I’m always surprised of how happier I can be. Why accumulate unnecessary possessions that take up space, offer temporary relieve and most importantly, do not make me (and others) healthier?

I’m at my happiest when

• my husband makes me breakfast (well, that’s about everyday )
• I see new places
• I make new positive friends
• I witness smiles on my students’ faces after classes at Upward

and of course,

• when I’m upside down.

Banjaran Hotsprings (Oct 2011)

May all beings everywhere be happy.

In case it wasn’t that obvious (in the previous post)..
someone you know is the first Malaysian to be the international ambassador for Manduka

I was on Manduka BlackPRO by Lululemon

The endorsement offer came mid February this year but I thought I should wait until Upward opens before I announce it here. It is not updated in Manduka’s website yet but I just can’t contain the cat in the bag anymore.

I am beyond proud and honoured to be representing Manduka
yet so small and so humbled to be in the same league with Kino Macgregor, Natasha Rizopoulos, Kathryn Budig, Simon Park, Twee Merrigan and my many other yoga inspirations.

I am counting my blessing, allowing them to keep coming and visualizing what the future and Manduka have for me and my yoga journey.

To a flying Monday and new week ahead!

Don’t ask me why but I’m on wedding mode all over again!

I can’t get over my ‘baju kurung moden’ from House of WANPA
I wore to my friend Alena & Raphael’s wedding last week!

And it didn’t help that I came across this wedding reception invite with one of the most recited poems last decade, made popular by SATC The Movie (2008).

.. why can’t Malay wedding invites be more r-o-m-a-n-t-i-c like this?

And my favourite bit of the invite has got to be this..

‘Dinner, dessert & eternity to follow’

God bless and grant eternal love to the happiest couple I know

Lululemon never fails to make my yoga ass look better and their ads plus window displays’ copywriting often cracks me up!

Check out their window display at Yonge St store, Toronto during my visit last summer

and their window display this Valentine’s (via Lululemon’s twitter)!

Love and yoga butts!