Ninie Ahmad's favourite quote. Some may know her as the famed yoga instructor who got appointed to be the official yoga ambassador for Adidas Malaysia, others may know her as the witty blogger who writes about her life and about (in a way Carrie Bradshaw would in Sex and the City, if you get what I mean) when she is not on her yoga mat doing headstands.
Personally, I have only met Ninie Ahmad twice, once in Delicious Bangsar, another in a fashion magazine launch, and I could not help but to admire how the small, petite Ninie Ahmad went against all odds to beat the ban of yoga among Muslims in Malaysia and set up BeYoga, her very own yoga sanctuary for the benefits of all yoga practitioners in KL & PJ.
One may find it hard to believe that she was not at all flexible 10 years back. Being active as as an school athlete and hockey player back then, Ninie was forced to quit her games when she developed chronic asthma attacks that affected her respiratory system. Not willing to give up her lifestyle, she resolves to yoga as the answer to balance her strength and flexibility, and the rest, as we know it, is history. Now at 27 years old, she carries a pretty impressive list of achievements under her belt. She has been (all of you now, take a deep breath); practising yoga for 10 years and has been teaching yoga professionally for 8 years; published two yoga magazine, one of them "Hati Yoga" being the first Yoga magazine in Malaysia; being appointed as Yoga Ambassador for Adidas Malaysia; started her own yoga empire with BeYoga; and appeared numerously on television, talks and magazine spreads (yoga-ta check out her 8 pages spread on TATLER Malaysia). Phew, that was a mouthful.
If you want to know how she does it, meet Ninie Ahmad in person this Thursday in Bangsar Village II, Starbucks Live & Inspire Series where our yoga instructor would talk about yoga over coffee and if you are lucky, she might just decided to flex her spine and strut some interesting yoga poses. It doesn't matter if you're into yoga or not, be inspired by the talk and come for the freebies! Maybank is offering free coffee for the first 30 who register on ground and BeYoga is giving away exclusive membership for free and basically you do not have to pay a single penny to be part of the talk as it is free of charge. Now that's a lot of 'free' in one sentence!
Mark your calendar now, or (sadly, in this technology dependent world) set a reminder on your phone or lappie because for someone who eat, breathes and pray yoga, Ninie Ahmad is one hot speaker that should not be missed!
Date : 21 January 2009 (Thursday)
Time : 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue : Level 2, Starbucks Bangsar Village 2
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This event is organized by Live and Inspire and sponsored by Maybank.
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