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Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips

Perfectionist. Yogini. High heels by day and torn sweatpants and messy hair by night. Simon's wife. I've fallen in love with people and places around the world and am currently in love with the people (and place!) of Seattle, Washington. Om shanti and all that good stuff along my newly-found Forrest Yoga path.

About Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips

Perfectionist. Yogini. High heels by day and torn sweatpants and messy hair by night. Simon's wife. I've fallen in love with people and places around the world and am currently in love with the people (and place!) of Seattle, Washington. Om shanti and all that good stuff along my newly-found Forrest Yoga path.

Breaking down my self-made prison through truth

April 24, 2012 By 10 Comments
Ana Forrest Yoga Teacher Trainees

by guest author Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips The practice brought me to Denver for 27 days of karmic hell and dharmic euphoria. The practice reincarnated 28 years of emotional bullshit compost into rich spiritual soil. The practice destroyed the facade of "reality" in terms of conditioning and societal truths. I died in the practice. The practice brought me back to life. I realized this all at about 5:30 in the morning on Week Two of my Forrest Yoga Teacher Training. It was finger-numbingly … [Read more...]

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Forrest for the trees – no bullshit, just yoga

March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ana Forrest. Photo from forrestyoga.com.

by guest author Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips The planted seed of a fruitful vine is a memorable moment. For me, it was hungrily reading through old issues of Yoga Journal on the second floor of the Wellington library. After starting to feel yoga as a lifestyle decision, not just an exercise regime, I wanted to learn everything I could. My body still bore the inflexibility and weakness of someone brand new to the practice, but my soul had expanded immediately. In the haze of too much … [Read more...]

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Confessions of a shiny new yoga teacher

June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Freelance writer and yogi Seka Ojdrovic at Paekakariki Beach

by guest author Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips. Seka reflects on teaching her first yoga class. You can catch one of her Yoga Sangha classes at Yoga Unlimited in Wellington. Plus you can check out Seka's writing website and blog here. I never planned on this happening but, in the immortal lyrics of John Lennon: Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Now I find myself standing in front of a class full of eager yogis and yoginis, all eying me in … [Read more...]

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How to use the creativity of yoga to unleash the child within

March 31, 2009 By 1 Comment
Seka, delighting in playful yoga

We’re all too often wrapped up in the tasks of life.  As we age, we run the risk of diminishing our natural creativity for the sake of ‘being a grown-up’.  The practice of yoga will help keep the inner child alive, and creativity flowing. By Seka Ojdrovic Children can be our best teachers Nearing the end of a particularly child-like weekend (spent tumbling down a waterslide, enjoying a double-scoop ice cream cone and visiting a toy store), I was thrilled when the sun shone … [Read more...]

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How practicing yoga builds internal strength for day to day living

February 16, 2009 By 2 Comments

Finding something to passionately believe in is indeed daunting, but immensely rewarding.  Discover who you are to discover what you passionately believe in. By guest author Seka Ojdrovic I was given an amazing Christmas gift this year. My aunt had taken it on herself to translate from Serbian to English a story written by my grandfather about an experience of his during World War 2. … [Read more...]

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How to approach challenging yoga poses with patience and self-kindness

January 16, 2009 By 5 Comments
galavasana

  Though we all know, as good yogis should, that the purpose of our practice is to create a greater sense of inner peace and self-actualization, it’s sometimes difficult to not push ourselves past our physical limits. by guest author Seka Ojdrovic It’s often said that we are our own worst critic.  Part of being human is striving to attain the unattainable and not being satisfied until it’s within our grasp.  The practice of yoga is no exception, as we often literally … [Read more...]

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