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Learn Yoga with Grace

I started my yoga journey as a teenager, and yoga has been my passion from a young age. Originally a chemical engineer, I also did Management studies in international finance. 

I made my hobby and passion into my profession in 2016. I am a yoga alliance certified teacher. I have lived in many places, completed many training courses, and practiced in different places around the world.


Yoga is a way of living more efficiently and finding full potential in our body, mind, and intellect. 


Apart from various advance teacher training courses, yoga therapy course helps me to understand and learn the needs of people who have certain limitations. I have done pranayama, meditation, and mindfulness certification courses because I feel that yoga is more than just physical exercise and movement. Its ultimate aim is meditation and mindfulness and live a life with perfect balance, cultivating a strong and healthy mind to explore its limitless power. I am deeply influenced by the Iyenger yoga teaching techniques and I am a member of Iyenger yoga association Hong Kong and I have done their few courses. 

I have been teaching from last 8 years. 
I have an advanced asana practice which enables me to have clear knowledge of all postures and understand how to prevent injuries. 


I have been teaching students from various age groups, old, young adults, children and people having various ailments and injuries. 


Giving back to society is always a main purpose of my life. As a part of community projects I have worked for cancer patients and pain patients from hospitals. I have consistently worked with financially deprived students like domestic helpers regularly. 


My asana teaching style is based on hatha yoga, mindfulness breath work and alignment techniques. 


I like to break down the practice into easy steps which are alignment focused to learn right action of muscle to achieve expansion and extension through proper breathing and awareness.


Understanding the limitations and strength of each student, I plan the practise to bring out maximum result and deepen the inner experience of the student. 


I motivate students to learn and understand their own body and mind through their practise, so they develop love for yoga practise and mindfulness. My aim is to make them independent and knowledgeable of the practice. 


I try to instil in students that Asana is a tool to first understand our gross body and then we get a glimpse of our energy body as we breathe in our asanas. This helps them to further understand subtle layers of our existence like mind and intellect.

My core values are

Ahimsa nonviolence

I believe in a balanced practice which has holistic aim to heal body, strengthen mind and intellect so that we don't do any violence with our body and learn to be respectful to our body as it is temple of the truth within us .

Awareness and mindfulness

The whole purpose of yoga is action in awareness. To develop this awareness alertness at all levels of our existence gross body, pranamaya i.e energy body, manomaya i.e mind body and intellectual that is vigyanamsya body is the final aim. 

Acceptance

Self acceptance and acceptance of any situation is the first step for change, improvement and positive mindset.. Through awareness and self study acceptance becomes easy. 

Empower

A real yoga practise will empower us to achieve the real goal off life which is self realisation. We will learn the art and skill of meditation developing mental and physical health for a balanced and positive happy life with a higher goal. It helps us to remove suffering in every walk of life giving us a sense  of freedom. 

What my student says about me

Excellent!

Shilpa is a fantastic teacher, and also a genuinely lovely person (which I feel is important when you’re listening to someone talk at you for an hour or more). Her directions are clear and precise so you’re not looking up to check you’re doing the right thing, and she’s very observant, constantly checking you’re positioning. Her classes are truly for all levels, and although you’ve worked hard you’ll somehow come out relaxed.

- Rekha Sharma, Mumbai

Excellent!

Shilpa’s ability to translate complex information into easily accessible concepts is first class. Having studied anatomy with her, I now have an increased understanding of my own body and feel confident that I can effectively pass this information on to my own students (I’m a teacher too!) to enhance their practice. Her teaching is practical and non-dogmatic, with a real emphasis on finding the variations that work best for individual bodies.

- Louise Smith

Excellent!

I've been practicing yoga with Shilpa for almost three years, and she has truly transformed my entire approach to staying fit. Her dedication to teaching yoga is unparalleled - every session is unique, challenging and tailored to my individual needs. 

Shilpa is not just a talented instructor, but a true yoga guru. Through her deep knowledge of yoga she constantly encourages me to push my boundaries. What sets Shilpa apart is her sincere passion for yoga. She doesn't just teach the poses - she helps me connect my mind and body through yoga. Finding an instructor like Shilpa is rare- I feel blessed to have known her as a guru, friend and neighbour.

- Shreya sekhri Hongkong

Excellent!
Your classes have honestly given me overall health of the body and mind. Physical strength, flexibility, respect for the body, self confidence & calmness of mind are a few elements that I have gained with the help of your classes.
I think what sets apart your classes from a few others I have attended is the very small number of students in each class and therefore your highly personalized attention. Your commitment and devotion to yoga is apparent in every single class. Your attention to detail by getting me to perfect each pose with every single part of my body and mind shows your discipline and your ability to teach and above all to help us benefit to the maximum from yoga.
b. I am also constantly impressed with your knowledge of yoga not just from the body’s perspective and the human anatomy but more so from the mind and spiritual level.
a. With your help combined with my effort through a few other exercises, I was fortunate to resolve some injuries I sustained, including rotator cuff tear in my shoulder and meniscus tear and cartilage loss in my knees. Over time I was able to sit down on the floor which I never did previously and get up from the floor with little or no help at all. I was also able to get back on the badminton court with greater confidence. 
Another aspect I owe completely to you is my posture and the very simple task of standing correctly. Thanks to you, my mind is now trained to be conscious of how I stand or sit and see myself correcting my posture automatically in most social settings and also at home very regularly. 
On the mental front, the calmness and focus yoga helps with has also allowed me to get my creative juices flowing and do better in my art. In particular, I believe the shoulder stand and few other poses that you have helped me get better at have helped on this.
 

You is very caring and at the same time firm. I like these qualities in you.

- Aditi Velakacharla Retired; Most recently MD at Credit Suisse HK Ltd.

Excellent!

Shilpa Patil has been my yoga teacher for several years and her coaching has been a game changer for me.
I have been working with an osteoarthritic right knee and she was able through patient counselling and teaching of asanas and pranayama to help me get most of my full range of activities back. Including the playing of some active sports. Shilpa invests in her own learning and then pushes , cajoles and encourages you to “stretch” your limit to achieve things one thought one was not capable of.
Kapil Kapoor

- Kapil Kapoor Chairman Infoedge India Limited Formerly Global COO Timex Corporation, USA

Excellent!

Shilpa is a very dedicated yoga teacher and I have benefited from her teaching for  7 years .  I began in group classes with Shilpa . Since  a few years , I am deepening my practice with a weekly private lesson .In addition to being a seasoned practitioner ,  Shilpa has a lot of experience with teaching  aids / props and keeps updating these and finds new ones to use well in class . She explains the mechanics of what we do  in clear detail and that helps with practicing it .
Yoga  helps with balance and strength  in all forms of exercise  from walking to gym work to hiking . Yoga as equipoise of mind and body actually improves your life and living and Shilpa understands this well  . Through the practice of Pranayama , Shilpa has improved my breathing technique and lung capacity .
I will be forever in her debt for the dedication with which she continues to teach me .

- Anjali Kapoor

Excellent!

 I think doing the classes with Shilpa has been more fulfilling because Shilpa has a holistic approach to teaching. It's not just about the pose, but it's about how to get there, the correct breathing, the correct technique, the right balance in the body. I also enjoy the theory that Shilpa talks about with each pose, with great detail about muscles involved etc. Its detailed and scientific like talking with a doctor. The theory and the practicals makes each pose more correct and intense and at the end of the class I feel like a great sense of achievement.

I feel like I am able to use the learnings in Shilpa’s class during the week as well. I am more aware about my posture, am aware about the right way to stretch to remove the kinks especially in my shoulder area. My strength and flexibility have also increased and I feel more aware of my body, and more energetic. 

Yes, I feel challenged and come back feeling that I learned something new.

- Sneha Kohli MD Jefferies Hong Kong