About the Author

Daljit Kaur

My name is Daljit and I live with my family in Panjab, a northern state of India.

Given a choice I would have preferred to be a doctor but I was destined to do post graduation in Chemistry. Thereafter I studies to become a qualified teacher. My teaching career was subsequently cut short due to family commitments and my various health problems.

I have faced multiple health problems and I came out as a winner. My struggle to fight my health problems has given new direction to my life. I was able convert my health problems into opportunities for learning more about my health and chart my own road to good health. My passion with yoga and my resolve to share my experiences about my yoga practice has transformed into this website. You can read more about my story here.

My Health Problems

My health problems started in April 1996. I had multiple health problems, frequent joint pains, headaches, irritability and low energy levels. I got operated for gall bladder stones and had frequent kidney stones. In Nov 03, my health deteriorated rapidly and I was bed ridden due to severe osteoporosis, ankylosing and cervical spondylitis.

Thanks to doctors at PGI Chandigarh (India), I was correctly diagnosed with Parathyroid Tumour (a rare disease) and underwent surgery succesfully. The meticulous and hard working doctors of PGI who take pride in professional excellence motivate me to this day.

My Yoga Journey

I was advised to do regular exercise and keep my weight in check so as to avoid further health problems. Regular yoga practice has helped me to achieve good health and take care of my family.

I love doing yoga and prefer eating healthy and nutritious vegetarian diet. Yoga practice requires simple sattvik diet consisting mostly of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Yoga asanas and pranayama provides us with free and most effective method of staying fit physically and mentally.

Due to health reasons I had to say good bye to my teaching profession. But there are no regrets as I enjoy my daily yoga practice?

Two years after my surgery, I gained weight quickly and discovered that I was suffering from hypertension and hypothyroidism. Initially I had to seek medical advice and take medicine to cope with these diseases. Subsequently, I resolved to continue my daily walks and step up my yoga practice. Now I have my blood pressure under control without any medicines and will be off hyperthyroidism medicine shortly. My weight is also under control with yoga and strict diet control.

I finally completed my teacher training course at Yoga Vidya Gurukul to become a qualified yoga teacher. It was a wonderful experience to learn yoga at the ashram along with other keen learners like me.

Sharing My Passion For Yoga

I stumbled across SBI, Site Build It and got the idea to share my experience with yoga with others. No programming skills? SBI helps you to make you site without any previous web design knowledge. It seems unbelievable at first.

SBI has made it possible for me to make this website without any previous knowledge of computers or internet. Here I was a newbie trying to make a site about my passion.

You can also venture to make your own site about your passion. SBI provides you all the tools required to make your website and guides you step by step on how to build a site from just an idea.

This site provides me the freedom to be a stay at home mom, do my yoga and also keep working on my website.

It gives me immense satisfaction that my site is viewed in 155 countries and most of the site visitors are satisfied with the quality of content they get here. My free online yoga course for beginners is well appreciated by beginners. It is quite satisfying to get positive feedback from my site visitors.

Financial Freedom And Working From Home

My site provides me an opportunity to work from home. I work at my own pace, love my work and set my own working hours. I can look after my family as well as work on my site in free time. As the site grows, so are the options for monetisation. Sky is the limit!

Our Mission Statement

My mission with this site is to spread yoga awareness and provide:

tools/ resources to start a simple yoga practice.
free and quality information on yoga and holistic health.
practical hints and do-it-yourself yoga exercises to start your yoga practice.
motivation to start yoga.

My dream is that this website will become your most valuable resource for information on yoga for beginners, and I'll be working hard to make it happen!