Yoga playground to play

Humans were designed to be active – “to play”. It lifts our spirits with a happy high and takes us away from our routine work stress, screaming children, depression and worries. Play helps us to focus and concentrate and removes the human suspicion, making us feel better and improves our behaviour towards others. Play is no stranger to the young – indeed children learn through play. But we adults, whether men and women, have literally forgotten how to play? Not surprising that for some people, play time is down to almost zero. Ahh... the worst aspects of “modern life”.

At Cocoon, we define modern living through practicing yoga in a playground environment. Yoga is conducted in a cosy, buddy and serene environment to ensure that each individual’s playing needs are met.

Yoga yourself healthy

We all know that play also makes us feel good. A regular 60 minute play session can have a profound impact on our health and well being. Yoga is essentially a gentle exercise. Health and fitness are attained through proper exercise, postures, stretches which tones the muscles and ligaments, enhances the flexibility of the spine and joints, and improves blood circulation. This is really important for people who don’t get regular exercise.

At Cocoon, we perform yoga routines so that our bodies release a cocktail of hormones and chemicals that have startling positive effects on our system. Stress is reduced, blood pressure drops, depression is lifted and our immune system is boosted.

Why Yoga

Yoga is a non-religious, non-denominational practice of attaining healthy body, mind and soul, with an emphasis on dharma. Dharma is about uniting people. Getting people together. Apart from health and fitness reasons, yoga can do more for our mind and soul. Yoga breathing exercise teaches us on how to control our mental state. This helps us achieve a calmer and more focused mind, and increases our energy level. The meditative aspect of yoga may also reach a deeper, more spiritual and more satisfying place in our hearts through inner peace which needs to become an essential part of our daily lives.

Yoga combines meditation exercise and yoga breathing exercise to give you the health benefits of play. Yoga exercise almost always leads to real uplifting of the spirit, especially when practiced in a group.

Anyone can practice Yoga without reason

Yoga can become a popular way to get in shape, release stress and enjoy good health. At Cocoon, we welcome anyone, young or old, men or women in whatever present conditions to enjoy the fun and benefits of yoga. One of the most attractive aspects of yoga is that you don’t need to spend a fortune on expensive equipment and apparel to begin the workouts.

Our Studio

Meet Our Teachers

In 2005, Iza Liyana RYT^®, a Malaysian and an International Trained Yoga instructor, searched for a way to bring the benefits of yoga to those around her. In a flash of inspiration, Cocoon was born. Thanks to Iza, countless people all around Klang Valley and in Malaysia today enjoy the benefits of a daily dose of yoga at Cocoon or even at their workplace.

Iza is registered with Yoga Alliance, USA and has been operating for over 3 years. It is a yoga center dedicated to build yoga playground for all ages and focus on dharma. In addition, at Cocoon, we organize annual yoga events to raise funds for the needy and under privileged. This is a form of corporate social responsibility as the founding members practices the true spirit of karma yoga.

Fezia Tyebally specializes in working with adults and children with special needs, and value adds her treatment by incorporating her other areas of specialization such as sports therapy massage and therapeutic listening.

Fezia attained an advanced level as a sound therapist in the Samonas and Therapeutic Listening programmes. In addition to these very specialised therapy skills, Fezia also has a passion for yoga and is trained as a Kundalini Yoga teacher, under Guru Dharam Singh of the School of Kundalini Yoga, in U.K.

Emily Tan has been motivated by holistic development since young. Her discovery of yoga in 2003 was a blessing as she found yoga holistic and enriching in how it embraces the body, mind and soul. Her passion has always been wellbeing and fitness. In 2004, she left her corporate life as a marketing consultant to pursue yoga education and philosophy. She is now enjoying her lifelong relationship with the practice and principles of hatha yoga, vinyasa flow yoga and ashtanga yoga.

Emily is a US Yoga Alliance certified teacher under David Muehsam and has completed additional training programs and courses with reputable and respected senior yoga teachers; Simon Borg- Oliver, Desiree Rambaugh, Lance Schuler, Jonas Westring, Jacqueline Koay and Victor Chng of Yoga In Asia who was trained under Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers. She actively continues to pursue her yoga education globally.

Tosh was born and brought up in Rishikesh, known as the yoga capital of the world. He started practicing yoga in 1990 under the guidance of brahmachari Sri Rudragauda of Yoga Study Center, Rishikesh. Later he came in contact with Swami Rama of the Himalayas, and was initiated in the Himalayan tradition by Swami Veda Bharati in 1995, thereafter he became the part of the Himalayan community.

He got his Diploma in Yoga Education (first class) from G.S.College of Yoga and Cultural Synthesis (Kaivalyadhama), Lonavla,India (2003 to 2004). There he learned all the breathing practices and internal cleansing practices as well as yoga philosophy,anatomy and physiology etc.

Then he went to Pune to refine his yoga practice in Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute,Pune. There he learned yoga under the most senior teachers who were directly trained by Sri B.K.S.Iyengar.

Later he was called upon by the principal of Kaivalyadhama, to join the college as a yoga lecturer. He joined G.S.College of Yoga, Kaivalyadhama,Lonavla, India as a Yoga lecturer in year 2004 . There he successfully conducted the D.Y.Ed. and trained around 50 teachers from india and abroad.

In year 2005 he taught at the Himalayan Centre for Yoga and Meditation, Singapore. Tosh specialises in: Patanjali Yoga Sutras (Yoga Philosophy), Shatkarmas (Cleansing Techniques), Pranayamas( Breathing Practices), Yoganidra and Shithilikarana (Subtle relaxation practices) and Yoga Asanas (Postures).