Namaste, I’m Ketaki.
I’m a yoga alliance certified Yin Yoga instructor and a International Breathwork foundation certified breathwork facilitator. I have always been fascinated by the connection between the body, mind and soul.
As someone who was disassociated with my body for many years and was most of the times operating from the sympathetic nervous system and being in a constant fight/flight/freeze response state; I didn’t even realise how disconnected I was until I met someone who I had ignored for a very long time, took for granted but who was right there with me the whole time, at the tip of my nose - My Breath!
The first glimmer appeared when I got introduced to Reiki which I got initiated into with the help of my reiki master Mrs. Vijaya Srikanta who is no longer on this earth plane. She was the beautiful soul who introduced me to the wonderful world of energy healing. I went deep into my daily practice of 1.5 hours of meditation, chanting and cleansing rituals under her guidance.
The next glimmer came in soon after when I discovered Yin Yoga. I started practicing Yin which is a slow meditative practice that targets the deeper connective tissues like the ligaments, joints, bones and the fascia. It works with the meridians (energy channels) in our body - removing blockages so the prana/chi/energy can flow through us freely. It also helps in releasing emotional blockages. It was everything I needed to start my journey to the mind body soul connection. After falling in love with the practice and feeling the benefits first hand I decided to go for a teacher training course to learn more. After being certified by the lovely Alexandra Denkinger M.D and spending a lot of time in self practice, feeling the benefits of this modality I felt the need to want to share this with others as well.
After a few years of teaching Yin, I realised I had a much deeper connection and awareness of the breath knowing very well that every conscious breath is an opportunity to live in the present moment.
I then got a calling to go the foothills of the Himalayas where I spent one month in an immersive teacher training course in Conscious connected breathwork with my teacher, the wonderful Mike O'Meara where I was given a safe space to be able to dive to some deeper parts of my soul. I was uncovering layers and layers of stories that I had created, so many repressed and suppressed emotions that I didn’t even know existed, reaching altered states of consciousness using just the breath, tapping into the subconscious mind and uncovering so many hidden gems. It was a true journey to self, one that brought me closer to my inner wisdom, my heart and to my highest self.
Although this was terrifying at times I had some of the most best powerful breakthroughs. The love I was able to give myself was better than any love that I had been longing for my whole life and through this work I was able to also realise that I had been abandoning myself on multiple occassions throughout my life to either to fit in or to make someone else happy. As a recovering people pleaser my definition of Self love changed immensely during this time.
Remember when I said breathwork has been life changing ? Well, it is and I can tell you first hand that it changed my life. It changed the way I saw myself, others and the world. My connection to nature has only grown stronger. My bond with my higher self has only grown deeper. I no longer accept any form of abuse from others or from myself. I have learnt to prioritise my needs, to stop escaping and be present when I’m triggered or when things get uncomfortable.
Now I’m not saying that none of these old habits or patterns have never reappeared and my life is perfect. Not at all! but the difference is now when adversity hits, I have the tools and I can choose how i want to respond in that situation and I am usually not consumed by it. The way I view myself, other beings and situations have changed drastically. I now have the ability to not react, see it for what it truly is not what the mind makes up, love myself harder in those moments, recognise the old patterns and accept them with kindness before I say goodbye to them once again. Still learning, still growing and evolving but by being 10% kinder.
When we are living our highest expression of ourself, we can inspire others to as well. When we heal our inner world, it resonates into our outer world. When we take responsibility for our own healing, we heal the collective.
So this is my bit, a tiny part that I would like to play in the cosmos.
“Apart from all this I enjoy baking, dancing, creating things with my hands, being in nature, laughing and cuddling. I also really enjoy doing absolutely nothing!”
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