Stillness Does

Stillness Does Short. Simple. Effective. No time or energy wasted!
📚 Online & offline courses. Hi, I'm Ovidiu Ponoran, the founder of Stillness Does.

🌱 Wholistic self-cultivation and wellbeing through Yoga, Meipadam, and Karalakattai.
📍 Focus: inner stillness, vitality, and wholeness.
🌍 Online 24/48-min classes. I am a teacher and high performance coach.With over fifteen years of experience in leadership roles, I've been deeply committed to expanding my ability to create valuable outcomes with ease and fluidity, both individually and collaboratively with others. As a teacher and coach, my passion lies in guiding others to cultivate vibrant inner stillness. Nurturing both high energy and inner peace is essential. This combination serves as the seed from which individuals can draw strength to create harmonious and fulfilling lives for themselves and those around them.

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My Background
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YOGA
Since 2010, I've been dedicated to practicing the art of Yoga, primarily focusing on Shadow Yoga and Rishiculture Ashtanga (Gitananda) Yoga. I am a professional member of Indian Yoga Association and a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. A Yoga Sadhaka in Gitananda Yoga tradition and a certified 500 hours Gitananda Yoga Pranayama teacher, I study under the direct supervision of my beloved teacher Kalaimamani Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani. I frequently visit Ananda Ashram in India to deepen my Yoga practice.

​MEIPADAM & KARLAKATTAI
Since 2021, I've immersed myself in the practices of Meipadam and Karlakattai under the guidance of Dharmaraj Aasan at God’s Warrior, a Traditional School of Yoga and Martial Arts in Madambakkam, Chennai, India. It has been a privilege to learn these arts under the guidance of my teacher, who welcomed me so warmly into his home and family. COACHING
Certified by Integral Coaching Canada as a coach, I've completed additional training in 'The Art of Developmental Coaching' and 'Coaching from Source' with Coaches Rising from Netherlands. Drawing from my fifteen years of leadership experience in the Software Industry, along with the invaluable guidance I've received from remarkable mentors over the years, I now empower highly committed individuals to achieve their highest aspirations.

​LEADERSHIP
I held roles as a project manager and product manager in the competitive Software Industry, including at UiPath, the first Romanian unicorn. UiPath received consistent recognition as a leader in Robotic Process Automation and in 2023 was positioned highest for Ability to Execute.

🧘‍♂️💫 What is Yoga?❌ Not just body bending and "huffing and puffing" some breathing exercises once or twice a day, on a ...
08/04/2025

🧘‍♂️💫 What is Yoga?

❌ Not just body bending and "huffing and puffing" some breathing exercises once or twice a day, on a fancy mat wearing stylish clothes. This is not Yoga at all!

✅ Authentic Yoga is a way of life, a spiritual science of conscious evolution. It’s constant purification, expansion, and harmonious integration of our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions. This doesn’t happen only on the mat, but in every single moment of our life. In what and how we choose to eat. In how we interact with others. In how we treat our environment. In how we engage with our duties.

Let's not forget that. Let's live Yoga with every breath we take.

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𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 🌍💧🔥🌬️✨🌱 Spring comes alive with full power. Each day, a new leaf, a new flower, a new scent. Isn’t ...
04/04/2025

𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 🌍💧🔥🌬️✨

🌱 Spring comes alive with full power. Each day, a new leaf, a new flower, a new scent. Isn’t it a miracle—what wasn’t there yesterday, today is?

🌳 Nature’s unstoppable energy inspires me to create—I feel fully alive when I bring something new into existence.

🎥 The short videos I enjoy making aren’t just about physical exercises—they are journeys that guide the practitioner into a particular state of being when practiced as intended. They cultivate what I call "Versatility of Being."
"Versatility of Being" is about cultivating and expressing different qualities as life demands—being grounded and strong (🌍 earth), fluid and clear (💧 water), intense and passionate (🔥 fire), quick and spontaneous (🌬️ air), or open and expansive (✨ space). It’s about expanding our capacity to act in various ways, as life requires—rather than robotically reacting in the same rigid way. It’s about FREEDOM!

PC: Koulia, Cluj-Napoca, 04.04.2025.

💪 Do the work.🚀 Start now. Stay consistent. Stop, do not!❄️ PC: Alex Sava, 2018 (when we had proper winter!)         💯  ...
04/04/2025

💪 Do the work.
🚀 Start now. Stay consistent. Stop, do not!
❄️ PC: Alex Sava, 2018 (when we had proper winter!)

💯 ❤️‍🔥

✅ Pure, elevated thoughts. ❌ Toxic & wasteful thoughts.Pure thoughts keep us strong, stable, and at our best. Toxic and ...
02/04/2025

✅ Pure, elevated thoughts. ❌ Toxic & wasteful thoughts.

Pure thoughts keep us strong, stable, and at our best.
Toxic and wasteful thoughts drain our energy and disrupt our peace.

Let’s cultivate empowering thoughts and let go of the ones that harm us and those around us. Guard your mind. Preserve your energy. Stay strong and loving!

🌟 My dear teacher, Aasan Dharmaraj of God's Warrior, taught me that every action—watering plants, sweeping the floor, pr...
27/03/2025

🌟 My dear teacher, Aasan Dharmaraj of God's Warrior, taught me that every action—watering plants, sweeping the floor, practicing Yoga, Meipadam, or Karalakattai—must be an expression of unity and harmony. Mind, breath, and body moving as one.

Even though I cannot be with him in India right now (I really miss him and his family), his voice is with me in everything I do:
✨ "Relax your face, be smooth, move elegantly, show yourself."
✨ "Stand on both legs evenly—don’t lean to one side. Be present."
✨ "When you water the plants, be fully present, touch them, pour the water like rain, talk to them."
✨ "Don't worry. Connect with Universal Energy. What we need, we can create ourselves!"

🧘‍♂️ Yoga is not just a practice on the mat—it's about being fully present in everything we do. When we are truly present, every action becomes an expression of unity and harmony.

This is why I love my yoga teacher, Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani. It’s not just his vast knowledge, kindness, or contri...
25/03/2025

This is why I love my yoga teacher, Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani. It’s not just his vast knowledge, kindness, or contributions to yoga—it’s his openness about his own growth journey. He shares his struggles openly, showing us how to face our own. He’s a lifelong learner, constantly evolving, and a true role model for embracing growth with playfulness and a smile.

This isn’t just a growth mindset—it’s a benefit mindset. Dr. Ananda grows not just for himself but to support and lift others up along the way. Thank you for your constant guidance 🙏🏼❤️

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