{"id":209800,"date":"2019-04-13T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=209800"},"modified":"2019-04-22T02:25:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T06:25:51","slug":"find-your-center-kaye-penaflors-yogini-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/13\/find-your-center-kaye-penaflors-yogini-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Find your center\u2019: Kaye Pe\u00f1aflor\u2019s yogini experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-209800 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/13\/find-your-center-kaye-penaflors-yogini-experience\/find-your-center-kaye-supplied\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1508\" height=\"1508\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...-Kaye-Supplied.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-209809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...-Kaye-Supplied.jpg 1508w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...-Kaye-Supplied-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...-Kaye-Supplied-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...-Kaye-Supplied-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...-Kaye-Supplied-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...-Kaye-Supplied-20x20.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1508px) 100vw, 1508px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-209809'>\n\t\t\t\t(Supplied)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/13\/find-your-center-kaye-penaflors-yogini-experience\/find-your-center-kaye-doing-the-dhanurasana-pose-maria-iscel\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5706\" height=\"3804\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...-Kaye-doing-the-Dhanurasana-pose-Maria-Iscel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-209810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...-Kaye-doing-the-Dhanurasana-pose-Maria-Iscel.jpg 5706w, 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href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/13\/find-your-center-kaye-penaflors-yogini-experience\/find-your-center-kaye-penaflor-supplied\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4898\" height=\"3265\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...Kaye-Pe\u00f1aflor-Supplied.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-209811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...Kaye-Pe\u00f1aflor-Supplied.jpg 4898w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...Kaye-Pe\u00f1aflor-Supplied-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...Kaye-Pe\u00f1aflor-Supplied-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...Kaye-Pe\u00f1aflor-Supplied-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Find-your-center...Kaye-Pe\u00f1aflor-Supplied-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4898px) 100vw, 4898px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-209811'>\n\t\t\t\t(Supplied)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Trapped cars in traffic honking, colleagues nagging, family feuds ensuing, a sea of people hustling, work and tasks unending \u2013 these are just a few of the things that reality offers that some have to go through everyday.<\/p>\n<p>In a world filled with noise, it is so easy to get carried by the \u2018stress current.\u2019 It is so easy to not just <em>feel<\/em> but get lost, and see yourself all over the place. One may find themselves seeking different ways to ignore all these to be able to cope from day to day.<\/p>\n<p>For some, it is easier to just ignore this world and plunge into your music; bring out your earphones, and ironically find that piece of quiet amidst that maxed out volume.<\/p>\n<p>But there are those people who chose to dig deeper in themselves for inner peace and embrace the ways of yoga.<\/p>\n<p>And for Kaye Pe\u00f1aflor, a certified instructor, yoga is more than a practice and definitely more than an escape. Yoga has brought her many things and here is her story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peace &amp; Pace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To achieve peace, it can be said that setting and following your own pace is important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, we just want the calm. We no longer appreciate extravagance and grand. The noise of the world is sickening. Competition. Ranks. Status. In the end, we just crave for silence. Simplicity. Family. We just want to rest our hearts. It\u2019s tiring pleasing the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is how a viral post online spoke to many online users on a different level. And true enough, Kaye\u2019s situation is very much the same.<\/p>\n<p>In early 2000s, her face was already a recognizable in television after being a segment host on flipTV \u2013 a lifestyle show for first generation Filipinos on OMNI TV and Sport Compact TV on Global TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2005, I decided to step away from the entertainment industry because I did not like being objectified and it began to affect how I looked at myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a personality seen on television, images are not only perceived but also imposed intentionally or unintentionally; which boxes the reality of the person. What Kaye went through is only one of the challenges of the people of the \u2018industry.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also knew that if I were to ever return to television, it would be of my own accord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A year later, Kaye finally crosses paths with yoga.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was not really this yogini that stepped onto that yoga mat on her own interest. It was actually her friends who first set up a studio. She was just one of those friends who wish to support their business ventures. But the experience actually made her realize how yoga was going to be a favorite \u201cme time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoga is more than the poses we see. The Eight Limbs of Yoga are a guide, or a path one may follow to connect to enlightenment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Kaye, the principles of yoga helped her in various ways and not only physically, but also mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.<\/p>\n<p>On the outside especially for beginners, yoga is simply like a practice that one turns to, to relieve stress, but she knows full well that there is definitely more into yoga.<\/p>\n<p>Kaye shared various principles, but made it clear that other than the poses, yoga has its own code of ethics, concept of self-discipline, internal awareness, meditation, and many more that she now lives by.<\/p>\n<p>Through Yoga, Kaye was able to reach a certain form of relationship and understanding with herself, created through yoga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am better equipped to experience life\u2019s ups and downs with an equanimous mind. Through this practice, I understand what my body and what my mind needs to re-calibrate if I am feeling \u2018off.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having this strong connection with herself, somehow Kaye still \u2018goes back to the industry\u2019 with her newfound core \u2013 as the host and producer of \u201cLive Breathe Yoga.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith \u2018Live Breathe Yoga,\u2019 I have creative control over how I am portrayed and the content being produced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now on its fourth season since its airing in 2015, her show is dedicated to inspiring the viewers practice and elevating the mind, body and soul.<\/p>\n<p>Her show features different segments that can touch the consciousness of its viewers, offer healthy variations for their palates, and of course the physical aspect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roots &amp; Fruits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now that Kaye has \u2018found her center\u2019 all thanks to yoga, not only is she making a career out of something she is passionate about as the founder of kaye.yoga, a company committed to creating empowering programs for the community . But she is also using her knowledge to show to the whole of the world the Filipino in her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my favorite ways that I have incorporated my heritage into my day to day is with a movement program that I created called Pineapple Flow (formerly known as Pineapple Flower Yoga).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is normal for beginners to have stiff shoulders, back pains, and other forms of discomfort once they start practicing yoga, but Kaye found a way to ease this and even pinch in some Filipino-ness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program takes the skills and movements from Filipino folk dance to complement a dynamic yoga practice. My experience as a Principal Dancer with Folklorico Filipino Canada is what helped me find the correlation between the two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization that Kaye mentioned is Canada\u2019s second eldest folk dance troupe and apart from being a cultural ambassador, it allowed her to step her foot into different international stages of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Mexico, and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, I am a Principal Dancer with Hataw Performing Arts, a neo-Filipino folk dance company that burst onto the Toronto performing arts scene in 2015, who have made their mark on notable stages such as the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Harbourfront Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Kaye has also arrived at the Philippine lands before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time I went to the Philippines was after winning a pageant when I was 18 years old. My dad joined me for this visit and I got the chance to meet all of my relatives that I had only known about through photos and phone calls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only was this homecoming all about reunions, but this visit, according to Kaye is what gave her \u201cindependence of living\u201d for four months \u2013 where she also entered the entertainment industry here.<\/p>\n<p>The yogini, however, had a confession to make.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t\u00a0 until I started travelling after high school that I really started to appreciate living in Canada. Before a trip to the Philippines, I was told what to expect so I didn\u2019t experience the culture shock people alerted me to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She could not help but compare how the countries were.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I returned home to Toronto, it became clear how fortunate we are to live in Canada and how we often take it for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twenty years after, Kaye comes back after being invited to share on health as an expression of art.<\/p>\n<p>Fringe Manila described her visit as the \u201cseasoned Filipino-Canadian yoga practitioner\u201d who \u201cbrought her dynamic Strength and Length Aerial Workshop to Fringe Manila\u201d in 2018, where the participants were able to \u201cexplore their bodies and create a display of strength and beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my six-week visit, I got to share my love for yoga, movement, and self-care with the arts community before exploring the islands with my Mom. I look forward to visiting again in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yoga is indeed a vital part of Kaye\u2019s life, and to this, she shared an important message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you build a stronger, healthier relationship with yourself, you can encourage a ripple effect among your family, friends, and your community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<p><em>Kaye and her co-host, Steph Ouellette will be at the Danyasa Eco Retreat Center in Costa Rica for a unique yoga retreat experience this December 2 to 7, where Aerial Yoga, SUP Yoga and Acro Yoga with Next Level OM will be explored. 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