Tamika Yoga Sai Kung

17/08/2025

Dearest HK Yogis,

Welcome to Monday.
School is cancelled but yoga is on.
If you find yourself free, do come along.

9am Yoga @ Phoenix Palm

27/07/2025

This week’s yoga offerings at Phoenix Palm:

Wed 30 Jul - 9am Flow
Fri 1 Aug - 9am Flow
Fri 2 Aug - 10:15am Yin
Sat 3 Aug - 9:30am Flow

Please note, there will be no classes 4-10 August. The full schedule will resume 11 August.

See you on the mat!

22/07/2025

Hi everyone! I hope your summer is going well. I’m back in HK and looking forward to a gradual return to life and yoga.

I’m so keen I would love to start tomorrow but, jet lag aside, it currently looks like the T10 happened inside my house rather than out. Suitcase explosion!😅 Hope you all fared ok through the actual typhoon.

Let’s resume this Friday.

Looking ahead to next month, I will take a few days off for appointments in early August and resume our full schedule on 11 August.

If you’re still on vacation, enjoy your time away and I’ll see you next month.

10/05/2025

In case you too need a gentle reminder to slow down...

I started playing tennis again recently, after not playing regularly for over 20years. As you can imagine, I’m not great. I’m also completely out of my element and comfort zone. It’s fun, it’s humbling, and it gives me lots of time and space for self-deprecating dialogue... Perhaps because it transports me back to my teenage years! Seriously tho, I am loving the process. Several weeks ago, my coach—who’s ultra cool, slightly evil, and a little bit zen—said a few quiet words to me after observing me play a game. It went something along these lines... “There are three types of play, Tamika; attacking, defending, and keeping it steady or in play while you create or wait for the opportunity to go for the winner. At the moment, you are only attacking or defending”.

Boom.
Epiphany.
I chuckled. I nodded.

This is what I’ve been doing for a while now, and I’m not only referring to tennis. I’ve pretty much been doing this since motherhood. I go hard, move fast, fall in a heap (or attempt to pick up the pieces) and seldom hit a steady, or what could be considered, cruise mode. Smooth steady life without rushing to get somewhere or do something—or impatiently encouraging my mini spawn to get somewhere, do something, or NOT do something—happens so rarely that when it does, I’m legitimately surprised. This is not sustainable. And it’s certainly not very zen.

When I‘m on the yoga mat, I feel steady. Breath. Mind. Body. Most days I practice I actually feel calm and like I have all the time and space in the world. Yoga helps me balance the ‘crazy’. It’s when I step off the mat and into life that I sometimes slide into the extreme of attack/defend, fight/flight, or run/crash mode. And it permeates everything; body, posture, thought, speech and action.

So, yeah, I think it’s high time for more steady play. It’s time to keep things unhurriedly in motion. It’s time to enjoy a smooth, considered pace and conserve energy for when it matters most. It’s time to invite a little more steadiness into everything I do.

Thank you zen tennis master for the timely reminder, and the tennis tips. And thanks to you, dear reader, for reading. Seriously chuffed you made it this far. I hope this share will help you or someone else out there remember along with me to slow down and keep it steady. 🙏

Namaste
Tamika
🌺

27/04/2025

May Yoga 🌴

• No 5:30pm class Thu 1 May public holiday
• All other classes continue including 9am Mon 5 May Buddha’s Birthday Public Holiday

See you on the mat!

22/04/2025

Easter holidays are over and it's time to get back on the mat.
Our regular yoga schedule resumes today in Phoenix Palm.
Get in touch to save your space.
Strength • Mobility • Balance Breath

08/04/2025

Oh my, yin yoga, you’ve done it again. The stillness, the gentle whole-body release, the enveloping sounds of springtime bursting from the jungle outside... it brings an effortless and profound sense of calm and equanimity. Yin is such a simple practice and yet so impactful.

Do you need to unwind and slow down? Are you feeling the desire to de-stress and meditate but can’t possibly sit still for an hour? Try a yin yoga class. We resume after Easter, 22 April
🙏

06/04/2025

APRIL CLASS UPDATE
Stretch, strengthen, and de-stress with yoga. Join me on the mat this week before we break for April holidays

Mon 7/4 - 9am Yoga
Tue 8/4 - 9am Yin
Tue 8/4 - 5pm Yoga
Wed 9/4 - 9am Yoga

Wishing you a fabulous Easter break! See you back on the mat from Tue 22 April

22/01/2025

Hi Yogis
••Holiday Update••
I will be taking a break over Chinese New Year—please note, there will be no classes from 27 Jan to 2 Feb

20/01/2025

It’s a bit of an emotional week as I teach my final classes at The Studio, seeing faces I have taught for almost a decade. I love my Monday & Saturday crew and will endeavor to keep us all practicing and progressing beyond January, albeit in a different space.

Following the Luna New Year, Mon and Sat classes will begin at Phoenix Palm. It’s a simple space, not as large as the studio, but I have all the basics and all are welcome. I hope you can join me. Please get in touch for details and bookings.

Enjoy the celebrations and ringing in the CNY! 🎊

Tamika
9733 5351

11/01/2025

Dearest Yogis,

You may have already heard, with the new year came some sad news: The Studio Sai Kung is closing its doors at the end of the month. End of an era. Covid days were tough on so many small businesses in town and for many the effects have lingered.

I am so thankful for my years at The Studio, for the people who ran the show—Flickie, Terry and Jimmy—and all the fabulous yogis who joined me on the mat each week.

Monday and Saturday yoga continues at The Studio until 25 Jan. Bookings are open on MBO.

See you on the mat.

Tamika

06/01/2025

Happy New Year, Yogis ✨

2025 yoga begins next week on 13 January. We will enjoy 2 weeks of yoga this month before the Chinese New Year holidays arrive. The celebrations continue! 🎊

Stay tuned for a yoga-filled February with a couple of new times coming to the regular schedule for 2025.

I hope your winter holidays have been fabulously festive or rewardingly relaxing… or both! I look forward to seeing you back on the mat very soon to stretch, strengthen and relax.

Tamika