Vivian started practicing yoga when she was a college sophomore. At that time her practice was the more traditional Taiwanese stretching style of yoga and she had no concept of muscular effort or core strength. Even though she was getting extremely flexible, she started to wonder why she should continue practicing. It was not until two years later, she took an Ashtanga class at SPACE Tienmu studio, a class that was completely different from any that she had taken, that made her want to learn more about other areas of yoga. From then on she began practicing Ashtanga regularly, realizing the flow of asana needs the core, the breath and the extension working at the same time to create that sliver of peace resulted from the focus in the present. This sliver of peace does not come easily.

In 2010, Vivian took Patrick Creelman’s Seat of Teacher Continuing Education Training Workshop. The words of this teacher, whom she had never met before, went right into her ears and straight to her heart. She had never before experience such connection. Vivian spent a whole year and completed 200-hour Anusara immersion and teacher training in 2012 with Patrick. She is truly grateful to him for not only allowing her to steady progress her asana practice, but also allowing her life off the mat transform along with her practice, becoming more consistent, steady and disciplined.

Vivian deeply believes that in the asana practice all the progress comes from the everyday efforts and details. In a basic pose finding the precise fundamental elements, then the asana will naturally happen. By focusing on the alignment, it will help you find the space in the body and the flow of the energy. She hopes that students come away from her class full of energy. Through their endless dedication and surrendering, they see their higher self – an amazing experience!

The most beautiful part of yoga can’t be seen through the naked eye. It is the subtle changes that occur through overcoming the obstacles of the body, where the patterns of thoughts are reshaped. Vivian believes that each time you stand on the mat you have a chance to face your true self. Perhaps that idea is difficult to understand at first, but by stepping on the mat time and time again, your own field of vision will start to come into view.