CHAPTER 7: THE STRETCH OF TRANSFORMATION

“The secret of CHANGE is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

•  Socrates

A Jetts gym class changed everything. In Pyramid Pose, a deep hamstring stretch released not just muscle, but buried emotions. Exiting, I declared to Pen: “I’ll become a yoga teacher.” The universe aligned; scrolling Facebook, I found Chitta Yoga’s course in Thonburi. Starting April 2021, despite minimal experience, it felt right.

Graduation Day as a Yoga Teacher in 2020

The second wave locked down Bangkok again—I fled to Hua Hin, renting La Casita by the beach, then securing La Habana permanently. Weekends became ocean retreats. Yoga wasn’t poses; it was union—body, mind, sea. Merging with coaching and sailing dreams, it formed my triad: reshape movement, thought, life. The lockdown tested, but I emerged grounded, no longer the same man. Freedom beckoned louder.