Mindfully Aware with Marta Magdalena

“What doesn’t work for one person might be healing for another.”

Summary of Episode:

Jenn speaks to Marta Magdalena, co-founder with her husband John Tattva of Ashtanga Nilayam, Singapore. Marta’s journey took her from Poland, to being a former architect in Berlin running her own ashtanga yoga shala back in 2010 visiting India yearly to now residing in Singapore since 2018. She shares her early encounters with yoga, choices in career path, how meeting her husband was one of the boldest move she has made in her life, what her yoga path continues to teach her even through her entire pregnancy journey!

If you really want to see a change in your life and in yourself, you have to practice everyday because then the yoga works as a mirror of yourself. You can see the patterns, your mindset, you can see of the habitual things that you do and are unaware of.

About Marta Magdalena:

Marta is a dedicated yoga practitioner and teacher granted with Level 2 Authorization from Sharath Jois to teach Astanga Yoga. She has a daily self-practice of asana and meditation and almost 15 years of experience on the mat.

Through her own history of injuries, Marta developed a sense of compassion and understanding towards the students with limited physical abilities. While working with athletes and clients from various sports' backgrounds, she learned how to incorporate the knowledge of human body and anatomy, to provide the students with healthy and personalized practice.

Influenced by the spiritual teachers, among others Thich Nhat Hanh, BKS Iyengar and S.N. Goenka, Marta has been for almost a decade inspiring and motivating her students to change their attitude towards life through the disciplined daily yoga practice. She's also passionate about Ayurveda and constantly studies to understand more about the connection between one's mind, body and soul.

Episode Resources:

Website / Ashtanga Nilayam IG / Marta’s IG / The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali