Self Management of Excessive Tension (SMET)

Starting on 4 March

The fast, sensitive, sharp mind of modern man in thriving for a good life is demanding its physical system to cope with the rush. While good stress is essential to motivate growth, fast-paced living constantly stimulates and conditions us to be ‘in the rush’ or ‘under pressure’ and this leaves no time for our innate ability to achieve a restful state. Habitual stimulations trigger internal imbalances, which percolate as mental, physical and psychological tension of any kind such as stiff body, impatience, anger, a sense of wanting or losing control etc. Left unchecked, persistent tension then manifests as various physical symptoms.

Paradoxically, physical symptoms deteriorate quality of life - the very subject man tries to improve in the beginning. Some of the common physical symptoms are high blood pressure, diabetes, allergies, insomnia, body aches, fatigues, indigestion, worrisome thoughts, menstrual disorders, migraine headaches, irritability and asthma.

Self Management Excessive Tension (SMET) is a special yoga technique that rejuvenates body, mind and spirit by tuning our bio-rhythm to its natural tranquil state. In the process of fine-tuning, imbalances arising from stressful lifestyle are addressed while associated physical symptoms are relieved if not eliminated. In this programme, a repetitive series of conscious stimulation and relaxation exercises are introduced, with awareness of breaths and body sensation.

Successive stimulations and relaxations one after the other help to release stress at deeper levels of mind and body. The stimulations are provided by yoga postures and breathing techniques. The basic frame of yoga postures act as a skeleton on which to build the flesh and nerves, to give it a shape. Breathing, awareness, feeling, sensing and sound response are woven harmoniously into the programme.

The benefits of regular SMET practice over time are relaxation of body, slowing down of the breath, calming down of the mind and sensitization of self-awareness. Combined with a holistic lifestyle, SMET brings about inner harmony and the realisation of a blissful state of being.

Time :7 - 8 pm

Day : Every Thursday starting from 4 March

Fee :  RM 100 (4 classes)

Facilitator: Lim Kar Yee

Kar Yee has a penchant for holistic living through the cultivation of a healthy body, mind and spirit. Though she was trained and had worked in the finance industry, her inquisitive thirst for realising the meaning of ‘life well-lived’ prompted her learning of various healing modalities. These included amongst others, yoga, awareness meditation, nutrition and holistic medicine (Bachelor of Science in Holistic Nutrition from U.S.A), yoga therapy training by Institute of India Yoga Therapy, leadership training course by Vision Mountain, Canada; and most recently, yoga instructor course by Svyasa University, India in 2009. She taught yoga on a part-time basis from 2007. In 2009, she quit her full-time job in funds management to share her passion for teaching yoga, beyond just as an exercise for good health but a lifestyle with practical applications for management, mind training; and the treatment and rehabilitation of modern ailments. She aspires to inspire by walking the talk on living well, loving much and laughing lots.

Please call us at 03-20959868 or email info@thevioletflame.com.my to register!!