I developed the idea of wanting to become a yoga teacher someday. I lacked flexibility, but I used my strength from other areas to compensate and do the poses the teacher embodied in class. However, I didn’t realise that I was practicing with a certain type of postural imbalance, which resulted in some back pain..

As yoga practitioner in Singapore, one who has discovered the beauty of the Mysore method, practicing at Mysore Breathing Room at with Sita is almost a default and natural choice. There are other teachers around, but the manner of how Sita lovingly holds the space, whilst balancing the need to let go just enough for me to deepen my practice safely, is a rare combination in a Mysore teacher.

I first came to yoga through the body. At the beginning, my focus was simple and practical: to move, to stretch, to feel stronger and more flexible. With long working hours…

Before the room fully wakes,

there is breath

soft, unseen,

like a tide remembering the moon.

For those seeking depth, lineage, and authentic teaching, Sita Chia, founder of Mysore Breathing Room, represents one of the most experienced and widely respected yoga teachers in Singapore today. With decades of practice, international teaching experience, and dozens of teacher trainings conducted across Asia, her work continues to shape the next generation of yoga practitioners and teachers.