THE FASHION IDENTITY Interview With Sujata Singh Taken By Pitanjal Datta

THE FASHION IDENTITYINTERVIEW WITH SUJATA TAKEN BY PITANJAL DATTA

Interview With SUJATA SINGH -Taken by Pitanjal Datta What would be your definition for YOGA? Ans) Yoga word itself means union- ‘union of body and mind, Some says union of soul and spirit.Our YogaInspira- If you ask me what is yoga- yoga is union oftion-Sujata Singh consciousness and unconsciousness, in fact yoga is way of living where we start our jour- ney with simple joints movements, breathing, yoga postures and pranayama and finally leads to meditation. According to my point of view Yoga is a kind of system where one follows physical asana with deep breathing, which create awareness about how to endure strength in your body and control over mind which gives channelize towards meditation. We all are moving towards materialistic goals. While achieving these gaols some where we are ignoring ourselves. Nobody is working on ‘who I am’Practicing . yoga gives sense towards self. “ Yoga needs practice. The more you prac- tice, the more you succeed. I am teaching from kids of 3 years to 90 years old per- son.

Are there any pre requisites in connec- Sujata performingtion to body types that are required to Vrksasana ( treestart YOGA or anyone with any body pose )type can enrol with you for doingYOGA?Ans) As per as my teaching experienceyou don’t need any specific body type foryoga, but all you need is a yoga expertwho can understand your body type.Forinstance if your body is stiff your yogateacher can guide you proper way tomake it flexible and subtle. One can start with simple joint exercises of yoga and move up to higher level of yoga practices by adopting yoga in life as routine. There is a saying that YOGA helps curing diseases and certain ailments? How far do you believe in this? Ans) Of course yoga can cure many diseases and ailments whether it’s physical or psycho- logical. In my eight years journey of teaching yoga I met many kind of patients like diabetic, asth- matic, heart patients, depressed mental pa- tients. I treated them with yoga therapy.

Our Fitness And Yoga InsSujata performing the Mūla Bandha ,is a Sanskrit (मूल बधं ) SFor every disease and problem I make them dodifferent yoga poses with breathing, pranayama,relaxation and meditation.I treated many patients and now they adoptedyoga for life long because Yoga is like life savingmedicine for them.Give us one basic and most important differencethat we can spot between a person who doesYoga and a person who does not, in firstglimpse?Ans) As i am stating in above answers benefits ofyoga that regular practice provides stamina andstrength, enables a person to work tirelessly andeffectively all day.Those who practice yoga can be seen calm, re-laxed and focused at work whole day as compareto others.It’s their regular practice which enables themwork efficiently with loads of day to day life chal-lenges and stress. For them practicing medita-tion and asana are easy to do and they can useyogic techniques a therapy anytime

spirationSUJATA SINGH How far can YOGA contribute to body building like toning of muscles, six pack abs, biceps and triceps, pelvic mus- cles?Can YOGA be a substitute to going to GYM? Ans) Yoga builds strength in bones, because you use your own body weight while performing yoga poses. Yoga is weight bearing, it helps in toning and conditioning of core, triceps, biceps, core and pelvic muscles. Yoga can be a substitute for gym if the diet and some spe- cific of set yoga poses just for 30 minutes a day are fol- lowed appropriately. Your inspiration in your profession? Ans) I still remember, during my school days my father used to start his day with yoga and so I started doing yoga as a part of game. Somewhere he is my inspiration for my profession and my life and of course my yoga guru Mr.Ra- jeev Maken. When people who are stiff go to you what do you do to make them flexible? Ans) That’s a good question being yoga teacher’s face this most of the time.As I mentioned above yoga has specific postures for each aspect whether its flexibility, strength, stamina or so on.Being a yoga teacher I tell them if you are stiff that doesn’t mean that u can’t gain flexibility. Take it on a positive way, stiff people usually have more strength as compare to flexible ones. They can do much more balancing and strengthening yoga poses and with regular practice of yoga they gradually increase flexibility also.

Main benefit of regular yoga is to control your hormones , if your hor- mones are in control you can achieve any kind of fitness goal with yoga like weight loss, inch loss, muscle strength, flexibility improve- ment, maintaining body shape Yoga is a never ending journey, it needs infinite number of small steps to move towards each fitness goals.Can YOGA stretches be painful at times? Sujata training one of herWhat are the painful stretches of YOGA? clients.What precautions do you take before mak-ing your clients do such painful stretches?Ans) It’s true that some stretches are painfulfor beginners. While teaching I keep this inmind if someone is new to yoga I teach thembasic joint moments to build up strength andendurance in muscle once they able to dobasic stretches then intermediate level posesand finally I teach them advance postures.What are the different FITNESS goals thatyou train for?Ans) My teaching method is very simple every-one should follow one motto “I LOVE MY-SELF AND I SHALL STAY HEALTHY”

Sujata performing the eka hasta vyaghrasana One Handed TigerTeach us one YOGA Suryanamaskara for overall body toningstretch/asana for obtaining Tadasna for height improvementthe following goals: Vajrasana for posture correctiona) Biceps and triceps ton- Downward dog pose, plank to chattering for armsing toning.b) For increasing height So there are many postures for each aspect in yoga.c) For correcting posture If you ask me only one pose for all these things thend) Overall body toning I will suggest Chakrasana (wheel pose)Talking about above men- Wheel pose stimulates thyroid gland which is respon-tioned needs we have so sible for height improvement.many yoga postures for Wheel pose helpful for vertebrae alignment which isevery aspect like: responsible for posture maintaining. While performing this pose you balances over your arms which tones your biceps and triceps.

Sujata shows you one of the beneficial streYoga regime.We are an avid follower of your blog. Any fu- I always try to make them do diture plans to write a book? ferent styles of yoga like Ash-Ans) God willing, at a suitable and right time shall tanga -vinyasa yoga ,Hathasurely pen a book about my experiences and Yoga and sometimes mixture ofshare some valuable information about Yoga and different form of yoga, Medita-Fitness which would be my contribution to the tion sessions etc.welfare of the society.A major misconception of Yoga that you wouldlike to change?Ans) Most people think yoga is boring, slow and itis just for flexible people. Truth is that you don’tneed to have flexible body. The less you flexiblemore you have to gain and more you do efforts

eches from her Sujata Singh during meditation Flexibility is one of the benefit of yoga prac- tice not the aim and necessity How do you inspire your clients when theyif- feel lazy to make it to work out? Ans) I feel my students are very dedicated and punctual for yoga. They love doing yoga with me. They don’t feel lazy yes of coursef sometimes they feel lack of energy. But once they entered the yoga session and they are on YOGA MAT they are absolutely fine, that’s the magic of yoga and vibrations of yoga room I believe.

ok 'thats adho F mukha svanasna- TAn important question on YOGA we missed asking For the ladies who are read-you? Please give us the answer to that question too. ing it, please share one se-Ans) You forgot to ask about role of breathing while yoga, cret tip behind your beautifulwill tell you – breathing is base of yoga. Whenever you body.....perform some yoga postures with breathing and you hold Ans) Follow my mantra ofproper breathing while holding posture, you releases mus- BRAT - Beautiful Smile, Regu-cular and mental both kind of tensions from your body. lar YOGA, Appreciable AttitudeYou feel more and more relaxed with each Breathe. and Thinking Positive, my mantra to beautiful body.

FromTEhdeitor Hello Fashionistas.Its Diwali Time and of course time to enjoy.To accessorize your celebration of festival of lights,we “The Fashion Identity” bring to you this edition featuring Sujata Singh,our Yoga Expert,to guide you on your fitness to contribute and make your festival celebra- tions even more joyful with a healthy feeling of well being.Thank You so much Sujata ma’am for your valu- able inputs and advice to our readers. Wish all of you our readers a very Joyful Diwali Pitanjal Datta